Anyone else read that blog post and think of a South Park episode involving an unfortunate incident on a game show?
The list of pun-laden proposed names from the earlier thread was sooo great I can't believe the proprietors didn't use one of the many that were harmlessly funny.
oh well. Grape leaves eh? I'd think that was a greek market at first glance, but good luck to this establishment anyhow.
Greeks aren't the only Mediterranean folks. Israel is all about the couscous and dolmas and baba ganouj too.
Actually, I'm loving that they chose a name that's 1) not meat-centered and 2) not in reference to Ashkenazi-specific cuisine. So much of the American Jewish world is very Ashkenazi-centric and is all about the brisket and kugel while forgetting that there are Jews all over the world with all different traditions. Lot of Jews are vegetarians and/or have Jewish cuisine that looks a lot different from the Ashkenazi stuff.
If anyone's interested, I wasn't consciously aware of the food thing being such an ethnocentric issue until I read The Colors of Jews -- I highly recommend it. It pointed out things such as the seemingly benign books and posters and whatnot that talk about the foods "we" eat on the various holidays, except that those only include the Ashkenazi foods, and not the foods that are eaten by other Jewish groups in/from other parts of the world. I'm even noticing things like Chanukah wrapping paper with latkes on it -- clearly this isn't something to find offensive, but why only latkes and no kibbeh (eaten by African Jews on Chanukah) or no pipirizas con queso (eaten by Spanish Jews on Chanukah).
I've found that it's hard to find traditional Ashkenazi food. Most restaurants these days have more of an Israeli focus. Rubin's Deli is the only kosher Ashkenazi restaurant in the area, and there are plenty of Middle Eastern places (Rami's, Cafe Eilat, Jerusalem Pita).
But food served at events tends to be more Ashkenazi, and foods intended for certain holidays and rituals and whatnot are almost exclusively the Ashkenazi ones, with a lot of people not even aware of the others.
Well, that's an easy problem for you to solve. Next time you're going to such an event, bring some Middle Eastern charoset with dates and stuff, sufganiyot, or burekas and people can try them along with the apple-raisin charoses, latkes, and blintzes.
Well maybe a little more. Yes, I know that grape leaves are enjoyed as little burrito wrappers outside of Greece, But I didn't realize that kosher butchers lean so heavily towards Ashkenazi Jews.
I'm overjoyed to be able to buy my kosher products somewhere that isn't called a butcher shop. I'd prefer to buy my products from somewhere that doesn't profit off of killing at all, but that's more work than I'm willing to undertake, so at least with this place I don't have to say "I'm headed over to the kosher butcher."
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South Park flashback anyone?
Anyone else read that blog post and think of a South Park episode involving an unfortunate incident on a game show?
The list of pun-laden proposed names from the earlier thread was sooo great I can't believe the proprietors didn't use one of the many that were harmlessly funny.
oh well. Grape leaves eh? I'd think that was a greek market at first glance, but good luck to this establishment anyhow.
Hey now!
Greeks aren't the only Mediterranean folks. Israel is all about the couscous and dolmas and baba ganouj too.
Actually, I'm loving that they chose a name that's 1) not meat-centered and 2) not in reference to Ashkenazi-specific cuisine. So much of the American Jewish world is very Ashkenazi-centric and is all about the brisket and kugel while forgetting that there are Jews all over the world with all different traditions. Lot of Jews are vegetarians and/or have Jewish cuisine that looks a lot different from the Ashkenazi stuff.
If anyone's interested, I wasn't consciously aware of the food thing being such an ethnocentric issue until I read The Colors of Jews -- I highly recommend it. It pointed out things such as the seemingly benign books and posters and whatnot that talk about the foods "we" eat on the various holidays, except that those only include the Ashkenazi foods, and not the foods that are eaten by other Jewish groups in/from other parts of the world. I'm even noticing things like Chanukah wrapping paper with latkes on it -- clearly this isn't something to find offensive, but why only latkes and no kibbeh (eaten by African Jews on Chanukah) or no pipirizas con queso (eaten by Spanish Jews on Chanukah).
I've found that it's hard to
I've found that it's hard to find traditional Ashkenazi food. Most restaurants these days have more of an Israeli focus. Rubin's Deli is the only kosher Ashkenazi restaurant in the area, and there are plenty of Middle Eastern places (Rami's, Cafe Eilat, Jerusalem Pita).
Yeah, for restaurants
But food served at events tends to be more Ashkenazi, and foods intended for certain holidays and rituals and whatnot are almost exclusively the Ashkenazi ones, with a lot of people not even aware of the others.
Well, that's an easy problem
Well, that's an easy problem for you to solve. Next time you're going to such an event, bring some Middle Eastern charoset with dates and stuff, sufganiyot, or burekas and people can try them along with the apple-raisin charoses, latkes, and blintzes.
I can say "I knew that...."
to only the first sentence of your post!
Well maybe a little more. Yes, I know that grape leaves are enjoyed as little burrito wrappers outside of Greece, But I didn't realize that kosher butchers lean so heavily towards Ashkenazi Jews.
Thanks for the lesson eeker~!!
"But I didn't realize that
"But I didn't realize that kosher butchers lean so heavily towards Ashkenazi Jews"
I wouldn't say that they do. But you should take a look around the Butcherie and this new butcher, and judge for yourself.
Doesn't evoke 'meat market' to me
Sounds more like a fruit and vegetable place.
More inclusive that way
I'm overjoyed to be able to buy my kosher products somewhere that isn't called a butcher shop. I'd prefer to buy my products from somewhere that doesn't profit off of killing at all, but that's more work than I'm willing to undertake, so at least with this place I don't have to say "I'm headed over to the kosher butcher."