Thursday, December 17, 2009

CHANUKAH -- part 7

8 Chanukah Mysteries Revealed (continued)

7. What were you saying before about pancakes?

Forgive me. You can’t go without a nosh. Potato pancakes – latkes in Yiddish – are the traditional holiday food for Jews whose background is in Eastern or Central Europe. They’re usually topped with sour cream or apple sauce. In the Middle East, sufganiyot – jelly donuts – are the holiday delicacy.What they have in common is both are fried in oil. So there’s a reminder of the miracle in every delicious bite.

1 comment:

Honeygo Beasley said...

Nosh - we nosh a lot! Yummy reminder of the Holiday.