.46 Friday, Ottober6,.1918 - r MANNY CHUDNOW'S BETTER BUSINESS ), ka EQUIPMENT CO. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS' Israel's. Various Foods A Gastronomic Delight By SYBIL ZIMMERMAN galuyot (ingathering of the exiles) is really strongest that surely must be in the Israel is celebrating its culinary arts. It seems-that 30th year of statehood and Zionism feels very much at everyone in, every field has home by the kitchen stove. been listing the achieve- One of the nicest and most ments and accomplish- distinct Israeli traditions is ments of Israel's lifetime. If food. But what is "Israeli" ever there was one area in cooking? Jews coming from which the building of a new the Middle East and the Far nation through kibutz East, from Europe, down under in Australia and in sidered Israeli foods? South Africa, across the Eggplant salad (in fact, oceans to North and South eggplant in 100 different America — all adopted the ways!), vegetable salad local cooking habits to their (with lemon juice and oil Executive ,Furniture WANTED... dietary laws and passed dressing), kabab, shishlik, NEW . USED ANY USED them on to their children schnitzel (boneless breaded RENTALS • LEASES TYPEWRITERS • TRADE-INS and their children's chil- and fried chicken or tur- WE WY USED FURNITURE dren. The cooking style of key), roast chicken, fruit IP A EN 548-6404 their native countries came soup, pickles and olives, as part of their baggage strong Turkish coffee. 231 W. P-Mile Rd., Pomade 112 Beck West ef Woodward when they made their way Whether one is Ashkenazic or Sephardic, to Israel. Coming to Israel, some undoubtedly these would cooks have maintained the rate high on the lists of "Is- culinary traditions of the raeli" foods. Interestingly Ashkenazim, those who enough, many people con- originally lived in Germany sider the Ashkenazic- and France but later on in European cooking as other predominantly Chris- "Jewish," While the tian countries — Poland, Sephardic-Oriental-Middle Hungary, Lithuania, Eastern cooking is referred Romania, the USSR and to as "Israeli." Let's take a look at U.S. Others have retained the traditions of the what some other typical Sephardim, originally those Israeli and Jewish foods from Spain and Portugal, are. To a North African then those of the Middle it's couscous (farina or Eastern Moslem countries semolina), shahshouka as well as North Africa, and (Spanish omelet with finally Italy, Greece and vegetables and hot Bulgaria. Today, one is as sauce), and ful (broad likely to find borsht, gefilte beans). To the Iraqi and Kurdis- fish and kugel (pudding) on the menus of Israeli re- tani — the kibbee (cracked) staurants as to find wheat cake stuffed -with bourekas, eggplant and meat and fried or baked), burghul salad (cracked stuffed vegetables. The strong character of wheat with tomatoes) would the Middle East domi- rate high along with rice, nates Israeli cooking — lentils, beans, eggplant and falafel (chick pea fried squash. My Yemenite neighbors balls), humus (chick pea dip), tchina (sesame seed would tell you that hilbe paste) and pita (Arab (fenugreek dressing) and skhug (the hot paste made pocket bread). - The ready-to-eat arid, of garlic, cumin, hot pep- packaged foods industries of pers, coriander and Carda- Israel are young, yet humus mon) are Israeli as well as and tchina. in plastic con- tea with mint and cardamon tainers . are widely availa- in coffee. Other Middle Eastern ble, as are packets in supermarkets and grocery groups would tell you stores. Pita sits alongside bourekas (stuffed turn- wide varieties of white and over-type pastries with dark breads and rolls. cheese, potatoes, spinach or Likewise, humus is among meat inside), hamindas the few packaged mixes av- (browned hard-boiled eggs) ailable- to which one adds and stuffed vegetables (with only water and spices before rice or meat) are Israeli. Serving The Cities Of ,Oak Park, Huntington Woods, Russians will list her- using. This availability also makes them widely used in ring salads, kasha Pleasant Ridge and Royal Oak Township most Israeli homes, regard- (buckwheat groats) or less of the family's origins. borsht (beet or cabbage • Paid for by Committee To Re-Elect Judges Friedman & Frankel What other foods are con- and meat soup). Romanians mention mamaliga (corn meal pud- ding). One- cannot forget tzim- mes (stewed carrots or car- rot and meat with prunes), knishes, gefilte fish, krep- lakh and cholent (the Fri- day night to Saturday lunch cooked bean-meat stew) – i all from Eastern Europe or goulash and stewed vegeta- bles from Hungary. Besides these, most people consider the fruits and vegetables and other foods so widely available this is our message: "A Bissel Billiger"! locally as "Israeli" — av- ocados, eggplant, green peppers, squash, fruit these are our salesmen .. . salads, dishes using oranges, fish, omelets, • Betty Green • Robert Mcirtimer • Martin Adler • Albert Marx • Albert Handler • Zedith Cagle cheese and yogurts, ar- • Herb (Oshinsky) Owens • Edward Chanko • James Kane tichokes, cheese cakes • Joseph Pampalona • Sidney Cohn • Ben Lutz and fruit juices. • Bill Collins • Shirley Watson • George Meyerson If you want to try Israeli these are our stores . . . food, remember that we have absorbed immigrants from nearly 100 lands,— DODGE CITY FURNITURE DOMESTIC FURNITURE DROME FURNITURE DOMESTIC FURNITURE 9823 Jos. Campau 2915 Biddle Ave. and for each newcomer Is- 1214 Southfield Road 10200 Joseph Campau (Across from Federal Dept. 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Here are some typical Is- raeli recipes you can pre- pare in your own kitchen: * * * EGGPLANT SALAD 1 medium eggplant (1 pound) 2 tbsp. lemon juice 1 crushed garlic clove fresh parsley 1 /2 tsp. salt 1 /4 tsp. pepper 1 /2 small grated onion 1 tbsp. mayonnaise or 2 tbsp. Tchina (sesame seed paste) . Rinse and dry eggplant. Prick with a fork in a number of places. Place in roasting pan in very hot oven and roast for 40 minutes, turning every 10 minutes so all sides become tender. Remove from oven, slit skin with a fork and scoop out flesh into a bowl. Add lemon juice, garlic clove, salt, pepper and onion and mash well. Add mayon- naise or tchina and blend well. Place in serving dish, garnish with fresh parsley and refrig- erate until serving. Serve with pita (Arab pocket bread, called Sahara bread, Syrian bread or pocket bread). * * * ORANGE=FILLED CAKE 2 eggs 1 /2 cup sugar 1 cup sugar 21/4 cups flour 1 tbsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 1 /4 cup vegetable oil 4 tsp. grated orange peel (from Jaffa oranges) - 1 cup orange juice (freshly squeezed from Jaffa oranges) FILLING 1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding 4 tsp. orange peel 1 /2 cup orange juice 1 /2 cup water 1 /2 cup whipping cream Beat egg white until almost stiff. Add 1/2 cup sugar and continue beating until stiff: Set aside; Mix 1 cup sugar, flour, bak- ing powder and salt. )Add oil, orange peel and orange juice (1 cup). Add egg yolk and beat entire mixture for one minute. Fold in whipped egg white. Pour into a greased baking pan and bake in a moderate oven 30-35 minutes or until ai toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove cake from oven and let cool. Split in half to make two layers. Combine vanilla pudding, orange juice (1/2 cup), water and orange peel of filling and blend well. Beat whipping cream until stiff and fold into pudding mixture. Spread fil- ling on bottom layer. Replace with top layer. Hillel Halkin, Author 5,4 "Letters to an Americi Zionist Friend" "AliYa. from America may be un- realistic, but the continued survival of Israel without aliya may be equally un- realistic. "To this extent, American Jewry may be forced to choose , between two un- realistic options, Israel poses a challenge to the legitimacy of Jewish life in the Diaspora. "By the same token, the . Diaspora puts into question the validity of the Jewish state. This is the only real issue between us. Indeed, it is all that matters between us."