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MR. & MRS. HENRY SPERBER
MR. & MRS. MARTY JEROME
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Round challahs and apples dipped in honey are especially significant on
Rosh Hashanah.

Enjoy Holiday Treats, But
Keep Cholesterol Low

Leslye Michlin Borden

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Special to The Jewish News

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shanah tova tikateivu.
'Y May you be inscribed
for a happy year! This
is the central theme of Rosh
Hashanah, the Jewish new
year, which begins on Sunday
evening.
Rosh Hashanah marks the
head of the year, but in more
than a cyclical sense. A time
for new year's resolutions, the
holiday sets the pattern of
behavior and thoughts for the
entire rest of the year. Thus,
whatever is done for the holi-
day should be done with
special care, whether it is
praying or cooking.
However, many of the foods
associated with this occasion
— challah, gefilte fish,
chicken soup, tzimmes, and
honey cake — are high in
cholesterol, either because
they are made with eggs or
because they naturally have
a high fat content. One Rosh
Hashanah resolution you can
make that will improve your
health and the health of your
family is to reduce the
cholesterol in this traditional
meal.
Can you do this and still re-
tain the wonderful food
customs connected to this
holiday? Yes, if you plan your
menu carefully and observe
some of the suggestions in the
recipes that follow.
First, replace the eggs in
the challah by using egg
whites instead of whole eggs
in your favorite recipe or by
using egg substitute instead
of whole eggs. The recipe that
follows eliminates egg yolks
and has the additional benefit

of being made with honey in-
stead of sugar, keeping with
the honey/sweetness theme of
the holiday. Make your
challah round instead of in a
braid, to emphasize your hope
for a well-rounded new year.
Instead of making gefilte
fish, (chopped fish held
together by eggs), try
poaching fish in a court
bouillon made similarly to
the cooking liquid of gefilte
fish. Observe the Sephardic
Rosh Hashanah tradition of
serving a whole fish, in-
cluding the head, signifying
the hope of being at the
"head" of your peers, outstan-
ding in righteousness. By us-
ing the whole fish, you'll end
up with some of the same tas-
ty gel that makes gefilte fish
so special, and you will have
avoided the eggs.
You can even prepare your
soup almost totally fat-free. If
you have time, start a few
days ahead so you can carry
out all the steps. Begin by
carefully removing the skin
and all the obvious fat from
the chicken. Strain the finish-
ed soup and place it in the
refrigerator so that any re-
maining fat will float to the
top and solidify. Remove this
fat the next day or whenever
you are ready to use the soup.
If your schedule doesn't per-
mit such a time consuming
preparation, buy canned soup
but keep it in the refrigerator.
Remove its hardened fat and
use as you would homemade.
Garnish either soup with
fresh vegetables instead of
the high cholesterol mandlen.
You'll be increasing your fiber
intake as well as eating

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