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osh Lerner, 28, finished ex-
ercising Sunday at the Oak
'Park Jewish Community
Center when he heard a
racket.
Heading toward the gym, Mr.
Lerner saw people setting up ta-
bles of nosh for the annual kosher
food fair. Starving, he thought: '1
might bypass lunch."
More than 2,000 metro Detroit
Jews shared his plans. Hungry
mobs of all ages attacked tables
of kosher dishes Nov. 13 at the

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dressing, or McDonald's large
fries?"
Galina Opochinsky, 12, could
have sworn it was the Big Mac.
Not true. The answer. a chefs sal-
ad with ranch dressing.
While Slapstick the clown pro-
vided magic and amusement for
the children, Aliza Blumenfeld,
12, supervised people's donations
of canned goods to Yad Ezra
Kosher Food Pantry. There was
no charge for Sunday's event, but

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FIRST PLACE — Laura

Fletcher
Dish: Great Aunt Fannie's
Passover Apple Kugel

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8 matzot
6 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup melted margarine or
butter
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup white raisins
4 large apples, chopped

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"The proof is in the kugel."
Reporters from the Daily Tri-
bune, Oakland Press and Jewish
News took notes while the judges
belabored the choice of several sa-
vory samples.
`There are no losers," Ms. Ra-
derman announced. "You're all
the winners for participating. Our
judges had a very, very hard
time."
Laura Fletcher, 11, took first
place with her "Great Aunt Fan-
nie's Passover Apple Kugel."
Sharon Finegood of Hunting-
ton Woods won second place
and Sidney Goodfriend came in
third.
Their recipes are below.

Slapstick the clown presents a flower to Jessica Gross at the Kosher Food Fair.

Jimmy Prentis Morris JCC. The
fress fest was sponsored by
Neighborhood Project, in cooper-
ation with the JCC, Jewish Fed-
eration Apartments, the Council
of Orthodox Rabbis and the Jew-
ish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit.
"When you've got all this, what
do you need lunch for?" said JCC
Executive Director Mort Plotnick,
waving at the knishes and cook-
ies, falafel, pickles, donuts ... You
name it.
Twenty-one businesses donat-
ed food for the fair. There were
sweet treats from Zeman's New
York Kosher Bakery and muffins
from Morrison Restaurants Inc.
Sara's Glatt Kosher Deli offered
kugel and rice pudding and Mor-
ris Kosher Poultry raffled off sev-
en kosher turkeys.
"It's an opportunity to show-
case new products," said Rhoda
Raderman, director of Neighbor-
hood Project.
Local vendors provided cook-
ing demonstrations and a dietit-
ian from Sinai Hospital answered
questions on nutrition. An elec-
trical game board quizzed the
health-minded: "Which of the fol-
lowing foods has the most fat?
McDonald's Big Mac, 1/2 cup
Haagen Daz ice cream, McDon-

participants were asked to bring
food for the needy.
Brand new to the yearly feast-
ing frenzy was the Kosher Kugel
Kook-Off, judged by taste-bud ti-
tans Annabel Cohen of Annabel's
Catering, Cheryl Chodun of
Channel 7 News and Danny
Raskin of The Jewish News.
Fourteen kugels were entered
in the contest. The judges evalu-
ated the dishes according to ap-
pearance, creativity, flavor and
texture. They gave a 5 for the "in-
credible" entries.
A 1 stood for "inedible." No one
got a 1.
Margo Borkin of Southfield
was a contestant in the heated
battle for culinary glory.
"If I don't win, I'm in the hole,"
she said. "I spent a lot of money
on kugel this week."
Ms. Borkin enlisted the help of
her two children, Jamie, 5, and
Joey, 2. (Jamie added brown sug-
ar and Joey stirred.)
"I tried eight different kugels
— spinach, spinach and mush-
room, and the rest were all types
of sweet ones," she said. "Yes, I
am (sick of kugel), thank you very
much. I drove everybody nuts
with these kugels."
So was it worth it?
"We'll see," Ms. Borkin said.

Directions: Soak matzot in hot
water for a few minutes. Drain.
Beat in eggs with matzot. Add all
other ingredients. Mix together.
Pour into greased casserole dish.
Bake at 350 degrees for one hour
or until done.

SECOND PLACE — Sharon
Finegood
Dish: Crown Shaped Noodle
Kugel

1 stick margarine, melted
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts
16 ounces medium noodles
1 teaspoon salt
4 eggs beaten
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
213 cup sugar
3/4 cup applesauce

Directions: Spray bundt pan.
Pour 1/4 cup melted margarine
in pan. Place brown sugar over
margarine and chopped nuts
over the brown sugar. In a large
bowl, mix eggs, sugar, salt, cin-
namon, applesauce and two ta-
blespoons melted margarine.
Cook noodles and drain. Add noo-
dles to the mixture and mix thor-
oughly. Pour into pan. Bake at
350 degrees for one hour or until
brown.

THIRD PLACE — Sidney

Goodfriend
Dish: Kugel Pudding