In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (2008)
Real Food - What to eat and why by Nina Planck (2006)
and
Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes (2007)
These books are to be found at about 613.2 in the Dewey Decimal system in a library.
Update: I also now found another book at 363.8 (food business)
It is The End of Food by Paul Roberts (2008)
The book by Gary Taubes is about double the length of the other two. The authors of the other two books have also written other boooks on the same or similiar topics but Taubes has not.
They all basically are a little bit on the same theme. The food we are encouraged to eat by the experts, and the food that is most readily available or maybe often eaten, and the food theories that are officially promoted - are wrong, or badly conceived, and they go into great detail.
One book even says that some of the theory the author might give contradicts itself , but it still adds up to the same thing.
For some reason at least of the books (I think) seem to trae the start of the problem to the 1980s when in reality it was much earlier. But they note that we originally did not have a wrong theory about carbohydrates before 1950 or 1960.
The point of one of the books is that we are now trying to think of food as made up only of its constituent parts, but this is wromng (especially since there are nutrients that never got counted or discovered or at leasts never got any publicity) I don't remember what exactly is in each book, and there are other sources to draw on, but there is one thing here I would like to mention taht in part comes from ideas in these books.
There are two - maybe three - maybe four - different things that are wrong with most breads.
The thing we hear most about is that you do not get the whole grain, and so are losing nutrients. This is actually the least important thing and is not the thing that might cause weight gain and diabetes etc. and is not really mentioned in these books.
The other problems are:
1) Wheat is now more finely milled - into smaller pieces. This is actually a bad thing, one book says, because it means the body digests it faster and the result is too much glucose gets into the bloodstream too fast. (as some would say, it has a higher glycemic index)
People did this because this flour was more white, and kept longer. Rats and mice don't like to eat it so much. We shouldn't either.
2) In general, if you need to make one simple generalization, eating grains (which are seeds) is not so good. We are eating too many seeds and not enough of other parts of a plant. Most parts of a plant contain more Omega 3 fatty acids relative to Omega 6 than do seeds, which have a lot more Omega 6. It may very well be that is not the amount of Omega 3 or Omega 6 that you eat that matters, but the ratio between them.
(It occurs to me that seeds are thing taht sometimes are considered kitniyos and there is a lot you can discuss about that - it is mostly custom and history as to what is kitniyos and what is not, but there are some very important real distinctions between something that can become chometz and something that cannot and might only be kitniyos)
Note: This post is actually by Shmuel Finkelman. In fact almost all of this has been by me. There is no way to allow more tahn one user with this software, apparently.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Macrobiotic menu
We have prepared a menu to cook macrobiotic meals for someone (approved by the person prescribing it) and we have one or two customers for that. We can prepare many different kinds of specialized kosher meals. Right now we are getting started cooking for one person. You can get this too - for yourself, or for a family member who either lives or doesn't live with you (somewhere in Brooklyn for the most part - not too many of the meals can be mailed)
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Three more menus
Here are more dishes, in the form of a menu for breakfast, lunch, supper and Shabbos. Actually anything can be taken from any menu. Everything here is pareve.
Menu I is at the bottom (first post) . You can see it at http://www.snurl.com/22199
Menu II
Breakfast Price per Lb:
Apple sauce (plain or with strawberries)......................... $7.00 a pound
Apple Torte................................ $8.00 a pound
Fruit turnover................................ $8.00 a pound
Whole wheat raisin sticks................................ $8.00 a pound
Fruity couscous salad................................ $7.00 a pound
Quinoats cereal or milloats cereal................................ $8.00 a pound
Quinoats is quinoa mixed with oats and millouts is millet mixed with oats. Quinoa - pronounced usually something like keen-wa - is also sometimes mistakenly called quinloa. It looks something like a cross between sesame seed and millet. It originated high in the Andes Mountains in South America and was for years known there as an Indian food and getting less popular with time, till about 1975. It had been used by the Incas for some of their religious rituals and was frowned on by the Spanish because of that. It was first test planted in the United Sattes in 1982 in Colorado and was popularized in a book published in 1989 (Quinoa the Supergrain: Ancient Food for Today - ISBN number 0870407805.) She has a forum today at Eden Organic http://www.rwood.com/Forum. Quinoa is not a true grain and is Kosher for Passover, although there are a few Rabbis who consider it kitnios. Of course it would need to be processed separately from any chometz products .
Glazed apples or pears................................ $7.00 a pound
Hot chocolate, hot choco or iced choco ........................ $7.00 a pint.
Hot chocolate is more liquid than the others. Choco is made from a type of rice drink known as rice dream, with a type of texture more like a milkshake.
Lunch
Veggie soute' ............................... $7.00 a pound
Roasted beets or mixed veggies............................... $7.00 a pound
Carrot soup............................... $7.00 a pound
Sweet and sour cabbage............................... $8.00 a pound
Mushroom pate'.............................. $7.00 a pound
Baked peppers and onions............................... $7.00 a pound
Fish salad (made from whitefish)............................... $12.00 a pound
Fish patties (of salmon) ............................... $12.00 a pound
Supper
Roasted saitan and sauce............................... $10.00 a pound
Mushroom Ravioli............................... $9.00 a pound
Tzimmis............................... $7.00 a pound
Potato (or butternut) chips or knishes.................. $9.00 a pound
Yam stew............................... $8.00 a pound
Shabbos
Matza veggie kugel............................... $8.00 a pound
Quinlet pilaf (Quinlet is quinoa mixed with millet) ....... $8.00 a pound
Sardine salad ............................... $10.00 a pound
Sorbet (plain or banana berry) ............................... $10.00 a pound
This sorbet is non-dairy. It is made of water, fruit juice and maple syrup
(instead of sugar) Sorbet is also called sherbet and is a frozen dessert.
Menu III
Deviled eggs with lox ............................... $13.00 a pound
Apple fruit cake or apple carrot cake............................... $9.00 a pound
Banana oat muffins (about 6 ounces each) ................... $2.00 each
Fruit dessert with nuts............................... $7.00 a pound
Lunch
Zucchini-tomato sauce ............................... $7.00 a pound
Zucchini is a variety of squash. The zucchini is mixed with tomatoes.
Vegetable casserole............................... $8.00 a pound
Rainbow couscous............................... $8.00 a pound
Carrot salad............................... $7.00 a pound
Tofu with tomato sauce............................... $8.00 a pound
Barley bean soup............................... $8.00 a pound
Rice & millet patties............................... $9.00 a pound
Spaghetti with veggies and sauce............................... $8.00 a pound
Baked tofu............................... $9.00 a pound
Supper
Potato bake (like a potato cake) ............................... $7.00 a pound
Zucchini kugel............................... $8.00 a pound
Guacamole (avacado salad)............................... $9.00 a pound
Rice amandine (this means rice with almonds).......... $8.00 a pound
Baked bean casserole............................... $9.00 a pound
Chickpea patties............................... $9.00 a pound
Shabbos
Pinto bean salad............................... $8.00 a pound
Imitation chopped liver (all vegetable) ................ $9.00 a pound
Pea spread............................... $8.00 a pound
Chocolate cake deluxe............................... $9.00 a pound
Chocolate banana............................... $9.00 a pound
This is basically a banana cut into pieces, covered with chocolate, and frozen. You take it
out and wait till it warms up a little - till it gets soft enough to eat. You shouldn't wait
until it gets close to room temperature.
Menu IV
Breakfast and desserts
Banana bread or banana pie ............................... $7.00 a pound
Raspberry chocolate pie............................... $8.00 a pound
Carrot-nut torte ............................... $7.00 a pound
(a pound of carrots with a cup of nuts)
Vanilla pudding............................... $7.00 a pound
Oatmeal cookies or sesame almond cookies......... $8.00 a pound
Walnut cookies............................... $8.00 a pound
Almond butter cookies............................... $8.00 a pound
(almond butter is a paste made up of almonds)
Lunch
Tomato soup - one pint ............................... $6.00 per pint
Bean and pasta soup ............................... $6.00 a pound
Wheatberry salad ............................... $6.00 a pound
(Wheatberry is the whole grain)
Sardine spread (standard or plain) ....$9.00 a pound
(Plain = with no vegetables in it)
Tuna steaks ............................... $13.00 a pound
Salmon cakes............................... $13.00 a pound
Supper
Roasted vegetable soup ............................... $7.00 a pound
Pickled carrots............................... $6.00 a pound
Eggplant-walnut pate' ............................... $7.00 a pound
Corn on the cob ............................... $6.00 a pound
(One pound is about 3 cobs)
Oven fried potatoes............................... $6.00 a pound
Pasta squash with walnuts............................... $7.00 a pound
Shabbos
Apple crisp ............................... $8.00 a pound
Blueberry cream pie............................... $8.00 a pound
Falafel balls * ............................... $7.00 a pound
Lentil patties with tomatoes............................... $8.00 a pound
Cinnamon balls............................... $8.00 a pound
Honey cake............................... $8.00 a pound
* Note: Falafel, according to the strict rules of Hebrew grammar - that is,
the official beged-kefet rules enforced on Israeli radio - ought to be
pronounced palafel, I think (or maybe palapel?) but everybody says falafel.
Dressings: ($8 a pound)
1) Citrus
2) green garlic
3) coleslaw
4) tartar sauce
5) garlic dip
6) bean dip
7) Nayomaise
Nayomaise is made of a brand of mayonnaise preparation known as Nayonaise, which contains soy and not eggs - which, when some additional other ingredients are added, mainly vinegar, a book has dubbed Nayomaise.
* From Nasoya. See http://www.nasoya.com/nasoya/nayonaise_index.html
Condiments ($1 a pound)
1) Eggwhite mayo
2) cranberry conserve
3) tomato sauce - cooked
4) fresh tomato sauce
5) light lemon sauce 6) tofu spread
7) techina
8) corn relish
Menu I is at the bottom (first post) . You can see it at http://www.snurl.com/22199
Menu II
Breakfast Price per Lb:
Apple sauce (plain or with strawberries)......................... $7.00 a pound
Apple Torte................................ $8.00 a pound
Fruit turnover................................ $8.00 a pound
Whole wheat raisin sticks................................ $8.00 a pound
Fruity couscous salad................................ $7.00 a pound
Quinoats cereal or milloats cereal................................ $8.00 a pound
Quinoats is quinoa mixed with oats and millouts is millet mixed with oats. Quinoa - pronounced usually something like keen-wa - is also sometimes mistakenly called quinloa. It looks something like a cross between sesame seed and millet. It originated high in the Andes Mountains in South America and was for years known there as an Indian food and getting less popular with time, till about 1975. It had been used by the Incas for some of their religious rituals and was frowned on by the Spanish because of that. It was first test planted in the United Sattes in 1982 in Colorado and was popularized in a book published in 1989 (Quinoa the Supergrain: Ancient Food for Today - ISBN number 0870407805.) She has a forum today at Eden Organic http://www.rwood.com/Forum. Quinoa is not a true grain and is Kosher for Passover, although there are a few Rabbis who consider it kitnios. Of course it would need to be processed separately from any chometz products .
Glazed apples or pears................................ $7.00 a pound
Hot chocolate, hot choco or iced choco ........................ $7.00 a pint.
Hot chocolate is more liquid than the others. Choco is made from a type of rice drink known as rice dream, with a type of texture more like a milkshake.
Lunch
Veggie soute' ............................... $7.00 a pound
Roasted beets or mixed veggies............................... $7.00 a pound
Carrot soup............................... $7.00 a pound
Sweet and sour cabbage............................... $8.00 a pound
Mushroom pate'.............................. $7.00 a pound
Baked peppers and onions............................... $7.00 a pound
Fish salad (made from whitefish)............................... $12.00 a pound
Fish patties (of salmon) ............................... $12.00 a pound
Supper
Roasted saitan and sauce............................... $10.00 a pound
Mushroom Ravioli............................... $9.00 a pound
Tzimmis............................... $7.00 a pound
Potato (or butternut) chips or knishes.................. $9.00 a pound
Yam stew............................... $8.00 a pound
Shabbos
Matza veggie kugel............................... $8.00 a pound
Quinlet pilaf (Quinlet is quinoa mixed with millet) ....... $8.00 a pound
Sardine salad ............................... $10.00 a pound
Sorbet (plain or banana berry) ............................... $10.00 a pound
This sorbet is non-dairy. It is made of water, fruit juice and maple syrup
(instead of sugar) Sorbet is also called sherbet and is a frozen dessert.
Menu III
Deviled eggs with lox ............................... $13.00 a pound
Apple fruit cake or apple carrot cake............................... $9.00 a pound
Banana oat muffins (about 6 ounces each) ................... $2.00 each
Fruit dessert with nuts............................... $7.00 a pound
Lunch
Zucchini-tomato sauce ............................... $7.00 a pound
Zucchini is a variety of squash. The zucchini is mixed with tomatoes.
Vegetable casserole............................... $8.00 a pound
Rainbow couscous............................... $8.00 a pound
Carrot salad............................... $7.00 a pound
Tofu with tomato sauce............................... $8.00 a pound
Barley bean soup............................... $8.00 a pound
Rice & millet patties............................... $9.00 a pound
Spaghetti with veggies and sauce............................... $8.00 a pound
Baked tofu............................... $9.00 a pound
Supper
Potato bake (like a potato cake) ............................... $7.00 a pound
Zucchini kugel............................... $8.00 a pound
Guacamole (avacado salad)............................... $9.00 a pound
Rice amandine (this means rice with almonds).......... $8.00 a pound
Baked bean casserole............................... $9.00 a pound
Chickpea patties............................... $9.00 a pound
Shabbos
Pinto bean salad............................... $8.00 a pound
Imitation chopped liver (all vegetable) ................ $9.00 a pound
Pea spread............................... $8.00 a pound
Chocolate cake deluxe............................... $9.00 a pound
Chocolate banana............................... $9.00 a pound
This is basically a banana cut into pieces, covered with chocolate, and frozen. You take it
out and wait till it warms up a little - till it gets soft enough to eat. You shouldn't wait
until it gets close to room temperature.
Menu IV
Breakfast and desserts
Banana bread or banana pie ............................... $7.00 a pound
Raspberry chocolate pie............................... $8.00 a pound
Carrot-nut torte ............................... $7.00 a pound
(a pound of carrots with a cup of nuts)
Vanilla pudding............................... $7.00 a pound
Oatmeal cookies or sesame almond cookies......... $8.00 a pound
Walnut cookies............................... $8.00 a pound
Almond butter cookies............................... $8.00 a pound
(almond butter is a paste made up of almonds)
Lunch
Tomato soup - one pint ............................... $6.00 per pint
Bean and pasta soup ............................... $6.00 a pound
Wheatberry salad ............................... $6.00 a pound
(Wheatberry is the whole grain)
Sardine spread (standard or plain) ....$9.00 a pound
(Plain = with no vegetables in it)
Tuna steaks ............................... $13.00 a pound
Salmon cakes............................... $13.00 a pound
Supper
Roasted vegetable soup ............................... $7.00 a pound
Pickled carrots............................... $6.00 a pound
Eggplant-walnut pate' ............................... $7.00 a pound
Corn on the cob ............................... $6.00 a pound
(One pound is about 3 cobs)
Oven fried potatoes............................... $6.00 a pound
Pasta squash with walnuts............................... $7.00 a pound
Shabbos
Apple crisp ............................... $8.00 a pound
Blueberry cream pie............................... $8.00 a pound
Falafel balls * ............................... $7.00 a pound
Lentil patties with tomatoes............................... $8.00 a pound
Cinnamon balls............................... $8.00 a pound
Honey cake............................... $8.00 a pound
* Note: Falafel, according to the strict rules of Hebrew grammar - that is,
the official beged-kefet rules enforced on Israeli radio - ought to be
pronounced palafel, I think (or maybe palapel?) but everybody says falafel.
Dressings: ($8 a pound)
1) Citrus
2) green garlic
3) coleslaw
4) tartar sauce
5) garlic dip
6) bean dip
7) Nayomaise
Nayomaise is made of a brand of mayonnaise preparation known as Nayonaise, which contains soy and not eggs - which, when some additional other ingredients are added, mainly vinegar, a book has dubbed Nayomaise.
* From Nasoya. See http://www.nasoya.com/nasoya/nayonaise_index.html
Condiments ($1 a pound)
1) Eggwhite mayo
2) cranberry conserve
3) tomato sauce - cooked
4) fresh tomato sauce
5) light lemon sauce 6) tofu spread
7) techina
8) corn relish
Salt-free menu
Salt free menu
Breakfast............................................................. $2 each
Orange cranberry muffins................................. $2 each
Tomato muffins.......................................................$6 a pound
Hash brown potatoes...............................................$6 a pound
Rye bread with onions............................................$6 a pound
Olive oil and basil bread..........................................$7 a pound
Honey and sesame bagel sticks..............................$7 a pound
Cinnamon raisin bread.............................................$7 a pound
Date and nut bread...................................................$8 a pound
Rice pudding...................................................$8 a pound
Apple sauce...................................................$8 a pound
Apple walnut cake,...................................................$8 a pound
Macaroons...................................................$8 a pound
Oatmeal cookies...................................................$8 a pound
Lunch
Brown rice ...................................................$7 a pound
[extra charge if adding tomato salsa]
Pasta and pesto...................................................$8 a pound
Cheeseless pizza...................................................$8 a pound
(When salt is removed, other parts of the recipehave to be adjusted)
Bean soup...................................................$7 a pound
Tabbouleh (bulgur) or couscous.............$7 a pound
Salmon, talapia or tofu steaks ........$12 a pound
[extra charge for adding corn relish]
Tuna salad with dressing ...................................................$10 a pound
Supper and Shabbos
Avocado and bean salad ...................................................$8 a pound
Challah or challah rolls ...................................................$6 a pound
Roasted garlic chummas ...................................................$7 a pound
Baba Ganoush...................................................$7 a pound
Cucumber salad...................................................$7 a pound
Potato and egg salad [separate or together] ..........$6 a pound
Mushroom pancakes...................................................$7 a pound
Breakfast............................................................. $2 each
Orange cranberry muffins................................. $2 each
Tomato muffins.......................................................$6 a pound
Hash brown potatoes...............................................$6 a pound
Rye bread with onions............................................$6 a pound
Olive oil and basil bread..........................................$7 a pound
Honey and sesame bagel sticks..............................$7 a pound
Cinnamon raisin bread.............................................$7 a pound
Date and nut bread...................................................$8 a pound
Rice pudding...................................................$8 a pound
Apple sauce...................................................$8 a pound
Apple walnut cake,...................................................$8 a pound
Macaroons...................................................$8 a pound
Oatmeal cookies...................................................$8 a pound
Lunch
Brown rice ...................................................$7 a pound
[extra charge if adding tomato salsa]
Pasta and pesto...................................................$8 a pound
Cheeseless pizza...................................................$8 a pound
(When salt is removed, other parts of the recipehave to be adjusted)
Bean soup...................................................$7 a pound
Tabbouleh (bulgur) or couscous.............$7 a pound
Salmon, talapia or tofu steaks ........$12 a pound
[extra charge for adding corn relish]
Tuna salad with dressing ...................................................$10 a pound
Supper and Shabbos
Avocado and bean salad ...................................................$8 a pound
Challah or challah rolls ...................................................$6 a pound
Roasted garlic chummas ...................................................$7 a pound
Baba Ganoush...................................................$7 a pound
Cucumber salad...................................................$7 a pound
Potato and egg salad [separate or together] ..........$6 a pound
Mushroom pancakes...................................................$7 a pound
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
New menus coming up
I have written 3 more regular menus (in addition to the menu that is in the first post at http://organickoshercatering.blogspot.com/2008/03/introducing-home-made-today-organic.html (shortcut: snurl.com/22199) and we will be posting up the details shortly.
They are almost entirely itens not listed before.
I also have made up a no-salt menu.
All these menus have a breakfast, lunch, supper and Shabbos component, although, of course anyone can take from any of these things at any time (for delivery the next day or later and of course for use at any kind of a catered event) In the salt-free menu the Supper and Shabbos categories are combined.
They are almost entirely itens not listed before.
I also have made up a no-salt menu.
All these menus have a breakfast, lunch, supper and Shabbos component, although, of course anyone can take from any of these things at any time (for delivery the next day or later and of course for use at any kind of a catered event) In the salt-free menu the Supper and Shabbos categories are combined.
Organic Grape Juice and more
One of the ideas we are contemplating is offering freshly squeezed kosher organic juice (kosher because we are doing squeezing personally)
This is not on our menu, but it is one of the things that can be done, if somebody asks, and many other things are possible. Feel free to ask.
This is not on our menu, but it is one of the things that can be done, if somebody asks, and many other things are possible. Feel free to ask.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Siyum to be catered in Shul
We are going to cater a Siyyum (also spelled Siyum) in my shul.
They are finishing the Gemorah Yoma, and it will probably be a week after tomorrow. (Next week Thursday after Shavuos)
We can do this for others for around $18 a person.
Our catering is pareve (unless we make special arrangements) and that could be
important for something that is going to occur at about 11 AM in the morning.
Update: We have reduced the price in exchange for reducing the menu.
They are finishing the Gemorah Yoma, and it will probably be a week after tomorrow. (Next week Thursday after Shavuos)
We can do this for others for around $18 a person.
Our catering is pareve (unless we make special arrangements) and that could be
important for something that is going to occur at about 11 AM in the morning.
Update: We have reduced the price in exchange for reducing the menu.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Latest addition to our menu
Our Research and Development Department is still working on new items.
We are now able to offer chocolate cookies for $12 a pound. That can also be a chocolate cake. It depends on whether or not you cut it into pieces. And we can make different shapes - stars, half-moons, gingerbread men or diamonds.
We are now able to offer chocolate cookies for $12 a pound. That can also be a chocolate cake. It depends on whether or not you cut it into pieces. And we can make different shapes - stars, half-moons, gingerbread men or diamonds.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
New items in our menu
We are constantly working on new dishes to add to our menu.
Right now we are working on some kind of whole wheat item with raisins. The shape has not yet been worked out.
We are also working on main dish pies. While many kinds of pies are available in England, but in the United States you can mostly get only fruit pies (usually eaten for dessert) or, possibly, chicken pot pie.
The pies I am talking about are eaten at the start or middle of the meal.
The latest item added is potato and carrot pie. Next on the list is butternut squash pie, and the third one will probably be eggplant pie. (The recipe we are using for the potato pie originally also contained eggplant but we took it out because some people have allergies to eggplant. But eggplant may be a separate pie.)
Right now we are working on some kind of whole wheat item with raisins. The shape has not yet been worked out.
We are also working on main dish pies. While many kinds of pies are available in England, but in the United States you can mostly get only fruit pies (usually eaten for dessert) or, possibly, chicken pot pie.
The pies I am talking about are eaten at the start or middle of the meal.
The latest item added is potato and carrot pie. Next on the list is butternut squash pie, and the third one will probably be eggplant pie. (The recipe we are using for the potato pie originally also contained eggplant but we took it out because some people have allergies to eggplant. But eggplant may be a separate pie.)
Friday, May 16, 2008
Picture from Chanukah Party
Click below to see picture:
http://picasaweb.google.com/foodalbum/ExcellentKosherFoodCatering/photo#s5202483944524395458
http://www.snurl.com/29s7d will also work.
(But don't type http://www.snurl.com/29sd7. That goes to somebody else's site altogether, whose pictures arejhosted by Mac web gallery, and Mac web gallery may warn you that your browser might not be high quality enough. Not so at Picasa.)
While this was before Excellent Kosher Food Catering was started, this is an example of what we can do. It was all prepared by me.
Note: If you want to open the picture in a separate window, press the Shift key down while clicking the blue link with the mouse. (This is a general property of Internet Explorer for opening links ina separate window but I don't know what other browsers do) You can then return to the blog by pressing Alt-Tab - that is holding down the Alt and Tab keys at the same time.
Important: First press down the Alt key and then, while holding it down, also press the tab key - the reverse will not work.
You can also get back to the blog in any way that you know how to maneuver - maybe clicking the minimized button for the window - usually on the bottom of your screen - or, if different Internet Explorer windows are tabbed, picking the blog out.
Another thing you can try is to click on http://www.snurl.com/29s8b to go just to this post alone. The word Home is at the bottom center of the post, and, by clicking on it, you can then go to the entire blog. In fact you can click on the word Home - right here in the previous sentence - and that also will work! And so will Older Post.)
Otherwise use the Back button. This will work for everyone except me when I am logged in.
http://picasaweb.google.com/foodalbum/ExcellentKosherFoodCatering/photo#s5202483944524395458
http://www.snurl.com/29s7d will also work.
(But don't type http://www.snurl.com/29sd7. That goes to somebody else's site altogether, whose pictures arejhosted by Mac web gallery, and Mac web gallery may warn you that your browser might not be high quality enough. Not so at Picasa.)
While this was before Excellent Kosher Food Catering was started, this is an example of what we can do. It was all prepared by me.
Note: If you want to open the picture in a separate window, press the Shift key down while clicking the blue link with the mouse. (This is a general property of Internet Explorer for opening links ina separate window but I don't know what other browsers do) You can then return to the blog by pressing Alt-Tab - that is holding down the Alt and Tab keys at the same time.
Important: First press down the Alt key and then, while holding it down, also press the tab key - the reverse will not work.
You can also get back to the blog in any way that you know how to maneuver - maybe clicking the minimized button for the window - usually on the bottom of your screen - or, if different Internet Explorer windows are tabbed, picking the blog out.
Another thing you can try is to click on http://www.snurl.com/29s8b to go just to this post alone. The word Home is at the bottom center of the post, and, by clicking on it, you can then go to the entire blog. In fact you can click on the word Home - right here in the previous sentence - and that also will work! And so will Older Post.)
Otherwise use the Back button. This will work for everyone except me when I am logged in.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Ora's Bread now available for sale on the street at Vitamins Plus
You can now buy Ora's bread (rolls or Challah) in bags containing at least 12 ounces at Vitamins Plus. Vitamins Plus is now located at 1340 Coney Island Avenue, 5 or 6 store fronts (depending on how you count) north of Avenue J.
That is on the west side of Coney Island Avenue between Avenue J and the post Office (and needless to say, much further up, Avenue I)
Years ago - it's been some time now - the same store used to be on Avenue J just east of Coney Island Avenue a bit ahead of Rite Aid but still very close to where the bus stopped. You could get off the bus and almost step right in. It was there in 1995 and had been for many years. I am not sure exactly when it had to move but it has been some time now.
Things have changed so much that, now, on that side of Avenue J, a separate stop, near E. 12 St has been created for the B6 bus (the B11 still stops by the bus shelter and on the other side. They are both still in front of the bank) Rite Aid is gone too, replaced by Down and Dirty Liquidators, which is a new business that now has a few outlets.
Of course before Rite Aid there was a Pathmark and before that a number of small stores including a newsstand. The Jewish Press was 50 cents then (this goes back to sometime in the 1980s)
The telephone number of Vitamins Plus (you might want to telephone to see if any are left, or you just might want to have that number available anyway for reference - is (718) 258-6162.
Our telephone number, of course, is (718) 338-6043.
Update Friday May 9, 2008: Next week, we will also have our Nut Oat Cake available there.
Update May 19: It is there now since the middle of last week. If you don't find it, call 718-338-6043.
That is on the west side of Coney Island Avenue between Avenue J and the post Office (and needless to say, much further up, Avenue I)
Years ago - it's been some time now - the same store used to be on Avenue J just east of Coney Island Avenue a bit ahead of Rite Aid but still very close to where the bus stopped. You could get off the bus and almost step right in. It was there in 1995 and had been for many years. I am not sure exactly when it had to move but it has been some time now.
Things have changed so much that, now, on that side of Avenue J, a separate stop, near E. 12 St has been created for the B6 bus (the B11 still stops by the bus shelter and on the other side. They are both still in front of the bank) Rite Aid is gone too, replaced by Down and Dirty Liquidators, which is a new business that now has a few outlets.
Of course before Rite Aid there was a Pathmark and before that a number of small stores including a newsstand. The Jewish Press was 50 cents then (this goes back to sometime in the 1980s)
The telephone number of Vitamins Plus (you might want to telephone to see if any are left, or you just might want to have that number available anyway for reference - is (718) 258-6162.
Our telephone number, of course, is (718) 338-6043.
Update Friday May 9, 2008: Next week, we will also have our Nut Oat Cake available there.
Update May 19: It is there now since the middle of last week. If you don't find it, call 718-338-6043.
New organic fruit delivery service
We can order a many different kinds of organic fruit (there is a wide selection, from apples to yams) and deliver it to your home.
We would need to have your order by Monday for delivery by Thursday.
This can also be a regular weekly order.
As far as we can tell, there is no place now to get fresh organic produce anywhere in the 11230 Zip code.
This is besides getting fruit bowls (say of pineapple) for catered events.
We would need to have your order by Monday for delivery by Thursday.
This can also be a regular weekly order.
As far as we can tell, there is no place now to get fresh organic produce anywhere in the 11230 Zip code.
This is besides getting fruit bowls (say of pineapple) for catered events.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Dr. Daniel Eisenberg in the Nov 2007 Jewish Observer
There is a good article by Dr. Daniel Eisenberg (preceded by one by Leon Zacharowicz) on pages 18-27 in the Nov 2007 Jewish Observer.
There is quite a bit about a tendency to eat bad food (at other places as well as at Simchas ) in a long article. It is the second in a section entitled Guarding Our Lives. Go to pages 21 and 22 if you can find a copy.
[Update May 5: I did find it online in PDF format at http://www.daneisenberg.com/JOhealthylifestyles150.pdf . It had not turned up in Google search although some PDF documents are turned up by Google. I found it by looking up more about Dr. Daniel Eisenberg.]
It is not online, as only excerpts from Sivan 5762/May 2002 through the Tishrei 5767/October 2006 seem to be online.
http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/jewishobserver/archives.htm
But the article gives some quotes from the Chicago Jewish News of January 19, 2007, and that article *is* online.
OVERWEIGHT IN JEWISH CHICAGO: A new study shows an alarming rate of obesity
By Pauline Dubkin Yearwood (01/19/2007)
http://www.chicagojewishnews.com/story.htm?sid=1&id=250230
It quotes this:
There are many in the community who don't dispute the study's shocking conclusions about weight. Aside from the problems of unhealthy food and a sedentary lifestyle that beset all segments of American society, they cite problems specific to the Orthodox community: a tradition of huge Shabbos and holiday meals, a busy lifestyle that often precludes taking time to prepare healthy low-fat, low-calorie meals; and, for children in Jewish day schools, a long school day that doesn't allow much time for sports or other physical activities.
This part is not quoted but is worthy of note:
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Another community leader says he is well aware of the problem but believes it is a long way from being fixed. Rabbi Douglas Zelden, assistant rabbi of Congregation Ezras Israel, principal of the JCB Therapeutic Yeshiva Day School and host of a cable TV show on Jewish subjects, says he too, is uncomfortable with his weight, as is his wife.
"I think what we do is, we have a lot of yontifs (holidays), and Shabbos every week. During the week, with our kids coming home at 5 o'clock from school, the parents are working and running around, they throw dinner on the table and don't even consider the health factor or a balanced diet," he says, speaking for many in the Orthodox community. "My kids are not overweight but they eat pasta all the time. They love pasta."
Shabbat meals, he says, are generally large. "You go to someone's house for Shabbos, they make four main courses, everybody feels obligated to eat a little of everything." At holidays, "you might have six or seven gigantic meals in a row. This is my personal weight problem, Shabbos and yontif," he says.
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So it really is important to have better and healthier meals at catered and other events. We haven't entirely worked this out - we're still new - but are willing to discuss this with anyone who wants to use us. We don't make fruit but can buy and it probably should be ordered.
More about the online Jewish Observer:
There is a good article about the history of Matzoh in the April 2004 issue, which is online (in PDF format)
http://www.shemayisrael.com/jewishobserver/archives/apr04/JOApr04web.pdf
Go to page 13 of 22 in the PDF which was actually page 20 in the magazine.
Dr. Daniel Eisenberg is a radiologist at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and an assistant professor of Diagnostic Imaging at the Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine. He studyied two years at the Heiden Torah Institute in Jerusalem. He has taught a weekly Jewish medical ethics class and moderated a monthly Jewish medical ethics study group (a shiur) at the hospital. He writes extensively and has a website at
http://www.daneisenberg.com/ which collects some of his articles. The November 2007 Jewish Observer article is there at http://www.daneisenberg.com/JOhealthylifestyles150.pdf
Only the article itself is there - whatever else was on the Jewish Observer page is missing from the PDF and as a result some of the page numbers are missing.
Dr. Leon Zacharowicz is a pediatric neurologist based in Far Rockaway, New York who is also the co-founder of the International Yarchei Kallah on Medical Halacha which meets every year in Jerusalem.
There is quite a bit about a tendency to eat bad food (at other places as well as at Simchas ) in a long article. It is the second in a section entitled Guarding Our Lives. Go to pages 21 and 22 if you can find a copy.
[Update May 5: I did find it online in PDF format at http://www.daneisenberg.com/JOhealthylifestyles150.pdf . It had not turned up in Google search although some PDF documents are turned up by Google. I found it by looking up more about Dr. Daniel Eisenberg.]
It is not online, as only excerpts from Sivan 5762/May 2002 through the Tishrei 5767/October 2006 seem to be online.
http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/jewishobserver/archives.htm
But the article gives some quotes from the Chicago Jewish News of January 19, 2007, and that article *is* online.
OVERWEIGHT IN JEWISH CHICAGO: A new study shows an alarming rate of obesity
By Pauline Dubkin Yearwood (01/19/2007)
http://www.chicagojewishnews.com/story.htm?sid=1&id=250230
It quotes this:
There are many in the community who don't dispute the study's shocking conclusions about weight. Aside from the problems of unhealthy food and a sedentary lifestyle that beset all segments of American society, they cite problems specific to the Orthodox community: a tradition of huge Shabbos and holiday meals, a busy lifestyle that often precludes taking time to prepare healthy low-fat, low-calorie meals; and, for children in Jewish day schools, a long school day that doesn't allow much time for sports or other physical activities.
This part is not quoted but is worthy of note:
---------------------------------------------
Another community leader says he is well aware of the problem but believes it is a long way from being fixed. Rabbi Douglas Zelden, assistant rabbi of Congregation Ezras Israel, principal of the JCB Therapeutic Yeshiva Day School and host of a cable TV show on Jewish subjects, says he too, is uncomfortable with his weight, as is his wife.
"I think what we do is, we have a lot of yontifs (holidays), and Shabbos every week. During the week, with our kids coming home at 5 o'clock from school, the parents are working and running around, they throw dinner on the table and don't even consider the health factor or a balanced diet," he says, speaking for many in the Orthodox community. "My kids are not overweight but they eat pasta all the time. They love pasta."
Shabbat meals, he says, are generally large. "You go to someone's house for Shabbos, they make four main courses, everybody feels obligated to eat a little of everything." At holidays, "you might have six or seven gigantic meals in a row. This is my personal weight problem, Shabbos and yontif," he says.
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So it really is important to have better and healthier meals at catered and other events. We haven't entirely worked this out - we're still new - but are willing to discuss this with anyone who wants to use us. We don't make fruit but can buy and it probably should be ordered.
More about the online Jewish Observer:
There is a good article about the history of Matzoh in the April 2004 issue, which is online (in PDF format)
http://www.shemayisrael.com/jewishobserver/archives/apr04/JOApr04web.pdf
Go to page 13 of 22 in the PDF which was actually page 20 in the magazine.
Dr. Daniel Eisenberg is a radiologist at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and an assistant professor of Diagnostic Imaging at the Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine. He studyied two years at the Heiden Torah Institute in Jerusalem. He has taught a weekly Jewish medical ethics class and moderated a monthly Jewish medical ethics study group (a shiur) at the hospital. He writes extensively and has a website at
http://www.daneisenberg.com/ which collects some of his articles. The November 2007 Jewish Observer article is there at http://www.daneisenberg.com/JOhealthylifestyles150.pdf
Only the article itself is there - whatever else was on the Jewish Observer page is missing from the PDF and as a result some of the page numbers are missing.
Dr. Leon Zacharowicz is a pediatric neurologist based in Far Rockaway, New York who is also the co-founder of the International Yarchei Kallah on Medical Halacha which meets every year in Jerusalem.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Anyone want a learning Chavrusah catered?
If there is anyone who would like small refreshments served at any kind of learning Chavrusah in a shul, we can do it. Call 718-338-6043. Don't be afraid to ask about specials situations.
While everything we do at at our regular kitchen is pareve, if someone can provide a Kosher kitchen we can prepare there organic (or other Kosher) meals that include meat. Don't be shy to ask. If this is something we can't do, we'll tell you.
Update May 18: There is kitchen in a different shul we might be able to rent for purposes of producing anything not parveh, which would mostly be chicken.
While everything we do at at our regular kitchen is pareve, if someone can provide a Kosher kitchen we can prepare there organic (or other Kosher) meals that include meat. Don't be shy to ask. If this is something we can't do, we'll tell you.
Update May 18: There is kitchen in a different shul we might be able to rent for purposes of producing anything not parveh, which would mostly be chicken.
Passover Seder catered
Excellent Kosher Food Catering catered a Passover Seder. We did two Seders for Congregation B'nai Isaac at 54 Avenue O, corner of West 9th Street. The Seders were held in the place a Kiddush is given on Shabbos and where davening is done during the week and (usually) Shabbos afternoon.
There were three tables used out of four (one was a kind of spare) or about 15 to 20 people at each Seder, some of whom would not have had a different Seder to go to. This included one person at least who attended a first Seder at another shul which did not hold a second one.
The cooking could not be supervised by the Va'ad HaRobbonim of Flatbush because this was done in my own kitchen. This was the first thing prepared after the kitchen was Kashered for Pesach. The cooking went on from about 2 P.M on Thursday, April 17th, the 12th of Nisan, till about 2 P.M Friday, April 18th, the 13th of Nisan. (Erev Pesach was Shabbos)
Food was prepared for up to 25 people a Seder. Shemurah Matzoh, Haggadahs and wine or grape juice was not included, which was provided separately. The two sternos also were provided separately. I charged $600 for all the work and items. Delivery was made by someone from the shul. I gave instructions as to how to warm up etc.
There was a lot of Shemurah Matzoh left over and people at that shul ate Shemurah Matzoh (along with other things) all week after davening.
I only bought and began cooking for myself after this was over. It turned out that I had no potatoes or anything for Karpas, because this was somehow not checked out. But I had guests.
One of the guests wanted to bring something so they bought potatoes, so we quickly prepared them and cooked them. And we told them to bring potatoes for the second night too.
We are very interested in any kind of special situations like this.
If anyone wants to know the Passover menu that can be provided. It was not entirely perfect - they didn't manage to find all the soup, and there was not enough apple sauce - there was none left over for the second Seder.
Update: May 16: At some point in the future we hope to have some pictures of the layout of the seder the preparations, as it looked on Friday afternoon, the day before Erev Pesach. But first some pictures will have to be developed and someone will have to learn how to upload and post them on this blog.
There is also a picture of Chanukah party which was, I guess you could say, catered, although it was all before this business started.
There were three tables used out of four (one was a kind of spare) or about 15 to 20 people at each Seder, some of whom would not have had a different Seder to go to. This included one person at least who attended a first Seder at another shul which did not hold a second one.
The cooking could not be supervised by the Va'ad HaRobbonim of Flatbush because this was done in my own kitchen. This was the first thing prepared after the kitchen was Kashered for Pesach. The cooking went on from about 2 P.M on Thursday, April 17th, the 12th of Nisan, till about 2 P.M Friday, April 18th, the 13th of Nisan. (Erev Pesach was Shabbos)
Food was prepared for up to 25 people a Seder. Shemurah Matzoh, Haggadahs and wine or grape juice was not included, which was provided separately. The two sternos also were provided separately. I charged $600 for all the work and items. Delivery was made by someone from the shul. I gave instructions as to how to warm up etc.
There was a lot of Shemurah Matzoh left over and people at that shul ate Shemurah Matzoh (along with other things) all week after davening.
I only bought and began cooking for myself after this was over. It turned out that I had no potatoes or anything for Karpas, because this was somehow not checked out. But I had guests.
One of the guests wanted to bring something so they bought potatoes, so we quickly prepared them and cooked them. And we told them to bring potatoes for the second night too.
We are very interested in any kind of special situations like this.
If anyone wants to know the Passover menu that can be provided. It was not entirely perfect - they didn't manage to find all the soup, and there was not enough apple sauce - there was none left over for the second Seder.
Update: May 16: At some point in the future we hope to have some pictures of the layout of the seder the preparations, as it looked on Friday afternoon, the day before Erev Pesach. But first some pictures will have to be developed and someone will have to learn how to upload and post them on this blog.
There is also a picture of Chanukah party which was, I guess you could say, catered, although it was all before this business started.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Correction of sorts: Excellent Kosher Food Catering is our name
Actually, the name of the business is Excellent Kosher Food Catering. Organic Kosher catering is more of a description of what we wanted to do, but we are not limited to organic.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Get a bag of whole wheat rolls ABSOLUTELY FREE!!
Just call (718-338-6043) or e-mail us (mailto:yachnesy@netzero.net) or even leave a comment here and we'll get you a free bag of Whole Wheat rolls (about one pound) made from the same flour that goes to make Ora's Bread.
This bread is very light and fluffy and may have a low glycemic index - it feels that way anyway.
While it hasn't been specially tested, see what http://www.glycemicindex.com/ says about whole grains.
All you need to do is leave a message on our answering machine (and your address too, of course! No need or reason to leave your e-mail address.)
Also - get any of these five menu items at half price with a $10 order:
Whole Wheat Bread or Whole Wheat Challah (1 pound loaf, not divided into small rolls)
Cheeseless Pizza (1 pound)
Nut Oat Cake (up to one pound)
Granola (one pound)
Parve Chulent (one pound)
Pre-Pesach party special: $20 a person.
Click on http://www.snurl.com/22199 for a direct link to the menu.
Our e-mail is yachnesy@netzero.net
All you need to do to send e-mail is to click on the icon containing a little black arrow inside an envelope that is just to the right of the word Comments below. A web form will open where you can leave e-mail. (to anyone actually about anything) You can't change the subject header which is Organic Kosher Catering. Type in yachnesy@netzero.net as the "Friend's Email Address" and fill in the rest. After you send it gives you a link to go back to the main blog page.
(That is not the standard way to leave comments which is to click on comments and then follow instructions)
Special expires before Pesach.
This bread is very light and fluffy and may have a low glycemic index - it feels that way anyway.
While it hasn't been specially tested, see what http://www.glycemicindex.com/ says about whole grains.
All you need to do is leave a message on our answering machine (and your address too, of course! No need or reason to leave your e-mail address.)
Also - get any of these five menu items at half price with a $10 order:
Whole Wheat Bread or Whole Wheat Challah (1 pound loaf, not divided into small rolls)
Cheeseless Pizza (1 pound)
Nut Oat Cake (up to one pound)
Granola (one pound)
Parve Chulent (one pound)
Pre-Pesach party special: $20 a person.
Click on http://www.snurl.com/22199 for a direct link to the menu.
Our e-mail is yachnesy@netzero.net
All you need to do to send e-mail is to click on the icon containing a little black arrow inside an envelope that is just to the right of the word Comments below. A web form will open where you can leave e-mail. (to anyone actually about anything) You can't change the subject header which is Organic Kosher Catering. Type in yachnesy@netzero.net as the "Friend's Email Address" and fill in the rest. After you send it gives you a link to go back to the main blog page.
(That is not the standard way to leave comments which is to click on comments and then follow instructions)
Special expires before Pesach.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Is there anyone you need to prepare food for?
Is there an elderly or sick person who can't cook for themselves, or a child coming home from school early?
We can deliver meals, or individual dishes, every week day from our menu.
To look directly at the menu click on:
http://snurl.com/22199
OR
http://tinyurl.com/2u63u8
You can memorize this: To you - 63 - you ate.
We can deliver meals, or individual dishes, every week day from our menu.
To look directly at the menu click on:
http://snurl.com/22199
OR
http://tinyurl.com/2u63u8
You can memorize this: To you - 63 - you ate.
Mishloach manos available
We can prepare healthy Mishloach Manos using items from our menu .
Minimum order $10.
Minimum order $10.
See our ad in The Vues
Our current ad is running on page 28 (by the listings from Sunday, March 16, 2008 before 8:30 P.M.) in the March 15th through March 21st 2008 issue of free supermarket ad publication The Vues, and a new ad will be in the next issue.
Update: It is on page 12 of the March 22 through March 28th issue. A new one will be in the next issue but that may be our last ad for a time, so save it. (March 24)
Update 2: The current ad is on page 24 of the March 29th thru April 4th, 2008 issue. It is , like the last two, on the bottom left hand corner, opposite TV listings (this time Sunday March 30 at 3:30 PM)
Note the free bag of rolls
Update 3: We now have only a classified ad. It is on the inside back cover of the April 5th thru April 11, 2008 issue. It is the 3rd ad from the top in the last column. It is 7 lines long. It reads:
FREE SAMPLE THIS WEEK OF (this line in boldface)
Oatmeal Carrot Cookies compliments
of Excellent Kosher Food caterers.
The Health Conscious Caterers.
Call us at (718) 338-6043 or (Telephone number in boldface)
visit us on the web at:
www.snurl.com/22199
Update 4: The classified ad on the inside back cover of the April 12th thru April 18, 2008 issue
reads:
FREE SAMPLE THIS WEEK OF (this line in boldface)
Sour Dough Challah or Mini
Cheeseless pizza compliments of
Excellent Kosher Food caterers.
Call us at (718) 338-6043 or (Telephone number in boldface)
visit us on the web at:
www.snurl.com/22199
There won't be an ad next week, if we can help it.
Update: It is on page 12 of the March 22 through March 28th issue. A new one will be in the next issue but that may be our last ad for a time, so save it. (March 24)
Update 2: The current ad is on page 24 of the March 29th thru April 4th, 2008 issue. It is , like the last two, on the bottom left hand corner, opposite TV listings (this time Sunday March 30 at 3:30 PM)
Note the free bag of rolls
Update 3: We now have only a classified ad. It is on the inside back cover of the April 5th thru April 11, 2008 issue. It is the 3rd ad from the top in the last column. It is 7 lines long. It reads:
FREE SAMPLE THIS WEEK OF (this line in boldface)
Oatmeal Carrot Cookies compliments
of Excellent Kosher Food caterers.
The Health Conscious Caterers.
Call us at (718) 338-6043 or (Telephone number in boldface)
visit us on the web at:
www.snurl.com/22199
Update 4: The classified ad on the inside back cover of the April 12th thru April 18, 2008 issue
reads:
FREE SAMPLE THIS WEEK OF (this line in boldface)
Sour Dough Challah or Mini
Cheeseless pizza compliments of
Excellent Kosher Food caterers.
Call us at (718) 338-6043 or (Telephone number in boldface)
visit us on the web at:
www.snurl.com/22199
There won't be an ad next week, if we can help it.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Introducing "Home Made Today" Organic Kosher Catering 718-338-6043
Under the strict supervision of the Vaad Harabonim of Flatbush, I would like to introduce our menu of Organic Kosher homemade food. Order today and get free delivery starting tomorrow. '
We use mostly organic ingredients, whole grains, sea salt, as well as
only spring water, natural sweeteners, and specially squeezed lemon
juice (for those dishes that use lemon juice.) Various tofu dishes available.
We also cater small parties and are available for gift basket / mishloach manos orders.
Update note, April 11, 2008: This menu is regularly updated with any changes. Most if not all of the items here will not be available for around two weeks before, during, and after Pesach (approximately Wednesday April 16 to Wednesday April 30) but we are always interested in getting advance orders for any big or small catered affair, such as a kiddush, sheva barochos , etc.
We wish everyone a happy and Kosher Pesach.
Breakfast
Baked Apple or Apples and Dates Cooked.............$5 per lb.
Tofu Scrambler (Scrambled Eggs Substitute).........$7 per lb.
Granola (12 Ingredients).....................................$10 per lb.
100% Whole Wheat Bread.........................................$5.00 a pound
Low Yeast Bread.......................................................$6.00 a pound
Sour Dough Bread....................................................$7.00 a pound
Fruit Soup...............................................................$7.00 a pint
Muffins (Carrot or chocolate)....................................$2.00 each
Lunch
Miso Soup, Vegetable Soup, or Mushroom Barley Soup ...$10.00 a quart
Vegetable Salad (Tomatoes, Kirbies, Green Peppers) ......$6.00 a pound
Cheeseless Pizza (Plain or with Vegetable Topping) .........$8.00 a pound
Tofu Cacciatore, Tofu Spread.........................................$7.00 a pound
Roasted Nuts (Almond, Walnuts, etc.) .................$10.00 a half-pound
Nut Oat Cake or Apple Cake or Seed Cake .........$15.00 a pound
Oatmeal Carrot Cookies ....................................$8.00 a pound
Supper
Potato Soup or Borscht Soup or Yam Soup......................$10.00 a quart
Cooked Vegetables (Carrot, String Beans, Zuchinni)........$5.00 a pound
Beets and Brown Rice or Plain Brown Rice......................$5.00 a pound
Pasta and Tomato Sauce (Homemade Sauce) ................$5.00 a pound
Cooked Adzuki Beans.............................................$5.00 a pound
Soy Steaks............................................................$8.00 a pound
Soy steaks can be either fried or baked, use either whole eggs or just egg whites, and have a coating of either oat meal or matzoh meal. Your choice.
Salmon .................................................................$12.00 a pound
Tilapia * ...............................................................$10.00 a pound
* Tilapia is like flounder, only tastier.
See http://www.supermarketguru.com/page.cfm/9230
"Flounder & Tilapia: Both of these fish contain among the lowest levels of mercury and any other toxins."
Shabbos Kodesh
100% Whole Wheat Challah...........................$5.00 a pound
Low Yeast Challah.........................................$6.00 a pound
Sour Dough Challah......................................$7.00 a pound
Whole Wheat Matzoh Ball Batter (freshly ground).......$7.00 a pound
Tombuli Salad (Bulger or Cuscous) ..........................$5.00 a pound
Parve Chulent (Beans, Barley and Vegetables)..........$8.00 a pound
Techina or Chumus.................................................$7.00 a pound
Noodle Kugel or Carrot Kugel...................................$7.00 a pound
More to come.
New: Homemade Apple Sauce.............$5 per lb (May 6, 2008)
Another new item, potato and carrot pie for $6.00 a pound. That's one pie. Carrot flavored potato pie. It's a modified (and improved!) recipe. (May 20-21, 2008)
Update May 20, 2008: It has been brought to our attention that many kinds of pies are available in England, but in the United States you can only get fruit pie (usually eaten for dessert) or, possibly, chicken pot pie. But many vegetable pies exist. This one tastes delicious. This pie is intended for eating in the middle or start of the meal, not for dessert.
May 21: Coming soon: Butternut squash pie and, possibly, eggplant pie.
Also, give us your family recipe, and let us see what we can do with it.
Update May 27: Chocolate cookies for $12 a pound. That can also be a chocolate cake. It depends on whether or not you cut it into pieces. We can make different shapes - stars, half-moons, gingerbread men or diamonds and more.
Update June 18: Not priced: Organic Grape Juice and other fruit juices. Various tofu dishes and other items which are available.
available, as used to be mentioned near the top of this post.
Note May 7: We can order a many different kinds of organic fruit (a wide selection, from apples to yams) and deliver it to your home. We would need to have your order by Monday for delivery by Thursday. This can also be a regular weekly order.
Call (718) 338-6043 to order for the next day - we are located in The Agudas Achim of Midwood shul (mostly) at 1564 Coney Island Ave (Between Ave. L&M) across the street from Chaim Berlin.
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