While the JN’s premier 
columnist, Danny 
Raskin, is speedily 
recovering from rib 
injuries from a fall, 
we’ll be offering high-
lights from Danny’s 
prior columns until his 
return.
If you’d like to send him 
greetings, email Danny at 
dannyraskin2132@gmail.
com or send mail to Danny 
Raskin c/o The Jewish News, 
32255 Northwestern Hwy., 
Farmington Hills, MI 48334.

Here is one of Danny’s 
Potpourri columns from Dec. 
17, 2009, where he offered 
random thoughts — starting 
out with kudos to restaurant 
owners who successfully 
weathered the economic 
recession of 2008-2009. 
Certainly, many restaurants 
had to similarly figure out 
how to survive the COVID-
19 pandemic these past two 
years.

P

OTPOURRI 
… Most restau-
rants honoring 
an anniversary during 
these trying economic 
times may not realize 
it, but they also send an 
important message … 
They are proud of their 
accomplishment, however large 
or small the anniversary may 
be … Somewhat like a boxer 
willing to take a punch know-
ing he or she will eventually 
win the fight … Many tighten 
their belts and, if need be, 
lower prices or come up with 
super specials, etc. 
Name of the game today is 
staying afloat, making ends 
meet and keeping a restaurant’s 
employees working … It isn’t 
forgotten … Not by the public, 
their employees or those toiling 
in businesses that depend so 
much on restaurants not clos-
ing their doors … In the long 
run, those anniversaries will 

many times result in numerous 
additional years of successful 
continuance.
A BIG WONDERMENT 
out there is why most delicates-
sens continue to serve corned 
beef and pastrami sandwiches 
piled so high that most folks 
can only eat a half and either 
leave the other half or take it 
home to many times rot … 
then grumble about paying for 
something they don’t eat … 
Jewish delicatessens of yester-
years used to thrive greatly on 
four- or five-ounce sandwiches, 
and even today a lot of delis 
in other cities satisfy millions 
with their seven-ounce beau-
ties … Deli owners hereabouts 
should stop bragging about 
who has the biggest deli sand-
wiches and offer a big or a reg-
ular at popular prices.
They could be overstuffed 
for people who like the 
huge-looking ones and have 
options for those who are sat-

isfied with four or five ounces, 
priced accordingly … Corned 
beef and pastrami sandwiches 
of yesteryears at four or five 
ounces sure made a lot of 
people happy … and very well 
satisfied.
QUESTION & ANSWER 
DEPT. … “I enjoy walleye 
but sometimes find it hard to 
locate. Where can I look for it? 
… Mariana Sakwa.
[If the menu doesn’t say 
walleye, try pickerel, a name 
often given for walleye, which 
is in the same family … 
Different names but the same 
white meat and fine flakes.]
“Is someone who calls them-
selves a master chef considered 
the best there is?” … Martin 
Cahn.
[The words “master chef” 
are very much misused … 
Only those who have the grad-
uate title of certified master 
chef are considered top culi-
nary dogs.] 

RASKIN
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING

Danny 
Raskin
Senior Columnist

A Word or Two 
for Restaurant 
Owners ...

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