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Matzah Brei Goes Modern

With the tasty new ingredients, it's not just your bubbie's fried matzah.

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FRIED MATZAH has a new
look and taste at a number of places
today ... Jewish folks of long remembranc-
es cringe or hardly recognize some of the
orders they see ... With fake bacon bits
or lox or mushrooms or green peppers or
sauteed onions, crushed pineapple and so
many, many more pancake and scrambled
varieties ... Time marches on ... and obvi-
ously so does tradition.
THIS YEAR, THERE WAS NO run-
ning out of cake at the birthday party of
Diane Jones, sister of the late boxing icon,
Emanuel Stewart, at Prime 29, Maple and
Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield ...
Well over 50 invitees and oodles more
made sure by downing all three huge cakes

Diane brought for the devouring attendees.
A lot of rip-roaring loud and very rhyth-
mic jazz by the Brian Alexander Band that
holds sway, jamming it up every Thursday
evening at Prime 29 ... Yes, also the lady
singer with that huge, super-Afro hairdo
that greatly overshadows even the one worn
by former Detroit Piston star Ben Wallace.
RESTAURANTS THAT present time-
aged dishes suffer when their unnecessary
food alterations may look good but are
not what people enjoy having ... In other
words, chefs and cooks should not change
success.

GREEK FIRE BELLY
DANCING was enjoyed by a
very attentive audience at the
recent Greek Night by Uptown
Parthenon, Orchard Lake
Road, Crosswinds Mall, West
Bloomfield ... Other than the
wonderful double-cut large
succulent lamb chops and var-
ied Greek dishes, the attractive
fire belly dancer was superb
... Eating fire while contorting
her body, balancing a double-
flamed pole on her head while moving
her extremities to fast rhythmic strains by
live Greek music-makers made for a very
choice evening as attendees clamored for
more.
DELICATESSEN
SANDWICHES as
large or as small as
you want are going
over big at Pickles &
Rye Deli off Orchard
Lake Road, south of
Maple, in the West
Bloomfield Plaza ...
Top-quality sand-
wiches with choice
of three-, six- and
12-ounce deli meat
are going over in a
huge way ... People
are embracing this
concept with much favor ... enjoying just
enough corned beef or whatever custom-
ers want to satisfy their palates ... And
not having to pay for what they perhaps
leave on their plates or wrap up to take
home to the dog.
Pickles & Rye's light deli menu, by the
way, is set to come out the second week of
April.
And, of course, it has fried matzah for
Passover downing ... scrambled or pan-
cake style ... Jewish and Jewish-style delis
in particular would be fools not to have
matzah brei.

ANOTHER GOOD
EXAMPLE of a true destina-
tion restaurant is Georges on
Northwestern Highway, West
Bloomfield ... Customers
are continually beating the
street-ravaging orange barrels
and closed areas that make it
difficult to get to ... But folks
looking for good food and low
prices know that getting there
regardless of the temporary
inconvenience is worth it.
QUESTION & ANSWER DEPT....
"Every time we pass it we wonder who
would leave such a terrific location. Do
you know why the restaurant closed that
was in that empty building on the corner
of Haggerty and 15 Mile? And if any other
restaurants were ever there?" ... Suretta

Silvers
(The last one, Villa Maria, had a lack
of needed business. Before that, it was
Maple Gardens, Haggerty Harry's and Doc
Frock's.)
PEOPLE SAID, "If Mountain Jack
couldn't make it, being across the street
from Costco, how in the world can anyone
else?" ... But 5th Tavern, on Telegraph,
Bloomfield Township, owned by George
Lukaj with Jerry and Luis Sanchez, has
certainly proven them wrong ... It is not
only making it, but doing so in a much
bigger way than anticipated by the owners
and so many others ... Excellent menu,
reasonable prices and much-improved
service have all made a big difference in
continuing to bring people back for more.
MAKING ROUNDS ... To Cliff Bell's,
Park Avenue, Detroit, for Sunday brunch
... To Early Bird Cafe, Orchard Lake Road,
Keego Harbor, for Sunday breakfast.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE ... Morris calls
his son in New York and says, "Benny, I
have something to tell you. However, I
don't want to discuss it. I'm merely telling
you because you're my oldest child, and I
thought you ought to know. I've made up

my mind, I'm divorcing Marne
The son is shocked and asks his father
what happened.
"I don't want to get into it. My mind is
made up:' his father says.
"But Dad, you just can't decide to
divorce Mama just like that after 54 years
together. What happened?"
"It's too painful to talk about it. I only
called because you're my son, and I
thought you should know. I really don't
want to get into it any more than this.
You can call your sister and tell her. It will
spare me the pain."
"But where's Mama? Can I talk to her?"
"No, I don't want to say anything to her
about it. I haven't told her yet. Believe me
it hasn't been easy. I've agonized about it
for several days, and I've finally come to a
decision. I have an appointment with the
lawyer the day after tomorrow"
"Dad, don't do anything rash. I'm going
to take the first flight down. Promise me
that you won't do anything until I get there
"Well, all right, I promise. Next week
is Passover. I'll hold off seeing the lawyer
until after the seder. Call your sister in
New Jersey and break the news to her. I
just can't bear to talk about it anymore
A half hour later, Morris receives a call
from his daughter who tells him that she
and her brother were able to get tickets
and that they and the children will be
arriving the day after tomorrow. "Benny
told me that you don't want to talk about it
on the telephone, but promise me that you
won't do anything until we both get there
Morris promises.
After hanging up from his daughter,
Morris turns to his wife, Sadie, and says,
"Well, it worked this time, but what are we
going to do to get them to come for seder
on Passover next year?"
CONGRATS ... To Elizabeth
Applebaum on her birthday.

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Danny's email address is
dannyraskin®sbcglobaLnet.

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