Will you celebrate Hanukkah with me tonight? Virtually?

I sure will. I’ll get out my dreidel and light a candle. I lurve my latke’s and plan to have a glass of whatever wine is on the counter!

Salute!

Ah Zen Again – ya beat me to the punch! Happy Chanukah! Chag Samaech!

@janbb I need the lurve. ;-)

Chag sameach gisato.

@Zen_Again And where should I deliver the potato pancakes – er, latkes?

@janbb if’ you’re delivering, don’t forget me! Maybe you are Hanukkah Harry! You know,the guy who delivers dreidel’s and wine to good little girls and boys?

Sure I suppose I will.

Oh dreidel dreidel dreidel I made it out of clay…

And when it’s dry and ready
then dreidel I shall play! :)

Zen! Zen! Zen! Yes, yes, yes!

I’ve got my chanukiah all ready to go…in the window of my cottage. It will confound the passers-by as it usually does.

Latkes will be frying on the stove…....and I will virtually share them with you!

@DarlingRhadamanthus I can virtually smell them cooking…yumm did you use just a pinch of garlic this year?

@DarlingRhadamanthus Recipe?

How do you know this a “Jewish” question? Everyone chips in, loves it, but is stingy on the GQ lurve. ~

Zen….?? Not sure what you are alluding to? Recipe?

And not sure about the “Jewish” thing you are alluding to, either. (Did I miss something?)

@skippy…No garlic…...just lots of onion…....:)

As long as my roomies’ Grandma makes her stuffed cabbage (and they manage to bring some back without eating them all in the car), we’re all good over here!

@DarlingRhadamanthus You said: Latkes will be frying on the stove…....and I will virtually share them with you!

I asked for your recipe.

I joked that Jews are stingy – even with lurve for a GQ.

~

I’m not Jewish, but I sure will. I have my dreidel that my friend brought me from Israel sitting on my desk right now.

Happy Chanukah everyone!!

@aprilsimnel Do you know what it’s called in whatever language they speak (the makers of the stuffed cabbage)?

@cprevite What are the letters on the dreidel?

@Zen_Again: There’s four of them. I’m not sure how to reproduce them here. Gimme a minute…

Here ya go: I just shot a photo of it.

Ooh, they’re of Hungarian/Polish ancestry. As far as I know, they’re called galumkis, but I’ll have to ask to be sure.

ooohh

I love Latkes. Happy Ch..Ch..Ch..(clears her throat)
Chanukah everybody.

I’m not stingy with lurve nor
with potato pancakes.

GA for every response and a GQ for the host.

:D

@Zen…..Recipe for Latkes…..one recipe anyway…tweak as you go….

2 cups (or so give or take depending on guests make it more) grated potatoes
3 eggs beaten (more people, more eggs, eh?)
1 tablespoon (see above) grated onion
2 tablespoons flour (see above)
1 teaspoon salt (less if you have angina…lol)
½ oil for frying
Applesauce
Sour Cream

Grate potatoes, Place them in cloth and wring (cheesecloth or cotton muslin). Get the potatoes as dry as possible. This is an art. In bowl, stir potatoes, onion, eggs, and salt together.

In large heavy skillet over medium-high heat, heat the oil until hot. Place large spoonfuls of the potato mixture into the oil and using the spatula, press down on them to form ½ inch thick patties. Brown them (both sides). Drain them on towels…serve hot with spoonfuls of sour cream and applesauce as toppings or condiments.

Exercise vigorously tomorrow.

Happy Hanukkah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aDDmt-8ZSM

@cprevite They are the four letters representing the words Great Miracle Happened Here. It’s Israeli – or it would’ve said ”there.”

No thread would be complete with The Hanukkah Song

@Zen_Again: Great. Thank you for the translation.

Put on your Yalmuka, get out your harmonica and come celebrate Hanukkah!

@Zen_Again There’s another thread with a discussion of latke recipes from a few days ago. Let me know if you can’t find it and I will send it to you.

Ooh I just found out the bakery here at the farm I work at made sufganiot (jelly doughnuts) for today. YUM!!

What do they put in ‘em?

Side: do you pronounce your nickname (or is it real name too?) c -preVITE (to rhyme with mite, or previte to ryhme with Kit?

I always thought it was pre-vi-tee.

According to Scootter our bakery manager, they use raspberry jelly.

Side Answer: It’s my first initial and last name (sounding like “Kit”).

I knew it, previte.

Lurve and a happy Hanukkah to all!

@cprevite Short “e” or long “e”?

@janbb: the “e” is silent and useless.

I’m telling ya right now, if y’all show up at my house stalking me, you better bring cookies. ;^)

YES!!!!!!! <3

@cprevite I promise not to stalk you, but I was asking about the first “e.” (Or I do, I’ll bring cookies!)

DID I HEAR COOKIES?

NO.

David Brooks had a surprisingly great column today about why.

Basically, I refuse to celebrate a holiday that glorifies the violent revolt of fanatical religious terrorists.

Nobody would celebrate the Taliban magically having enough electric power for 8 days and nights to continue to fight off their American oppressors.

Depends. Will there be jelly doughnuts?

Yeah, I might overlook the revolt if they ply me with doughnuts.

@janbb: Oh, sorry. The first “e” is short.

@Qingu I get where you’re coming from from other threads and will not debate you, but way to bring a party down!

@DarlingRhadamanthus Latke fight!

2 eggs
3 cups cubed potatoes (3 large or 4 small – russets)
Onion
2–3 tbsp pancake mix
Salt
Pepper
2–3 tbsp Mayonnaise

•Grate potatoes and onion into large mixing bowl
•Put in eggs, salt and pepper, and pancake mix
•Use 1 tbsp canola oil, heat in large pan on medium heat.
•Mash potato mixture into flat cakes in the pan about 3” in diameter

Drain on paper-toweled pate. Very important step.

Happy Hanukkah!

I’m not Jewish, but I’d be honored to celebrate with you.

I don’t mind celebrating, but I wish the Macabees had lost. Hellenized Jews would never have been a target, and there would have been no Shoah.

That’s beautiful. Thank you. Yes. I enjoy any kind of positive, happy celebration.

@pd

Could you explain how you arrived at that conclusion? That’s a pretty big assumptive leap and I’m trying to figure out how you arrived at that.

@cprevite: That’s a very unusual dreidel! How beautiful!

@La_chica_gomela: Thank you very much. I love it.

I consider the Maccabees to have been quite fundamentalist in nature. They engaged in forced circumscision, and were quite intolerant of Hellenized or non-practicing Jews. My other conclusions are based on an analysis of the history that followed, as the Maccabees were very poor administrators and things plunged into great disarray.

The Greeks, on the other hand were quite tolerant and liberal in their practices, the elite Jews were on their way to assimilation. I am not sure why Antiochus targeted the Jews at that time; if anyone knows or has a theory I would like to hear it.

@Qingu You are hereby unwelcome in future threads of mine. ~

Hanukkah celebs

Happy Hanukkah!

Happy Hanukkah!

@wildpotato….I’m in competition with “wildpotato” for a latke recipe???

Hey, I concede….while I have some dignity left!

lol!

Happy Hannukah!

@DarlingRhadamanthus Oh, I can’t imagine it’s ever a good idea to quarrel with someone named Rhadamanthus. :oD Happy Hanukkah!

Much Lurve, Wild Potato!

:)