This is why we never gave her a bat mitzvah.

Oh, but does she want 8 Hanukkah presents every year? You bet she does.

Clearly she inherited the multi-generation Indiana family food gene from her non-Jewish mother. Either that, or this is not my daughter. Should I go on Maury?

I’m not even going to try with the gefilte fish. I don’t need the tsouris.

And I’ll tell you one thing- she isn’t going looking for an afikomen come Passover.

Non-Jews: it’s probably best to just ignore my rant. Thank you.

EDIT: Hmm. Guess people here aren’t matzo fans either. Oh well.

  • @BertramDitore
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    128 months ago

    Wait, do you actually like matzah?! I’m totally on your daughter’s side lol. It was always a groan in my household. Ugh, time for a week of cardboard sandwiches.

    The only thing to look forward to was sweet matzah-brie: matzah soaked in water to soften it up, then soaked in eggs with cinnamon, sautéed, then covered with maple syrup or sugar. Basically matzah French toast.

    Yeah, I wouldn’t bother making her try gefilte fish, unless you make it yourself in your bathtub!

    • Flying SquidOP
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      8 months ago

      Plain matzo? Not at all. Egg and onion? I could eat a whole box.

      Also, that matzo-brie sounds amazing. When I was a kid, we used to eat it with “vegetarian chopped liver,” which was made from green beans, eggs, walnuts and some other stuff all chopped up in a food processor. I’ve never had actual chopped liver, so I don’t know how it compares, but I can taste it now. It was really good. And I don’t even like green beans or walnuts.

      Edit: Found a recipe. It also has onions, forgot about that.

      https://www.food.com/recipe/vegetarian-chopped-liver-green-beans-50320

      • @BertramDitore
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        28 months ago

        Hah! Funny you bring up chopped liver. That was one of the only things my parents could get me to eat on matzah until I found out what it was…then I was piiiissed at them for withholding that vital information. What a dumb kid I must have been. Your veggie version sounds excellent!

        • Flying SquidOP
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          28 months ago

          I edited with a recipe I found while you were replying if you ever want to make it. We never did the grated eggs thing though, we just put all the eggs into the food processors.

          • @BertramDitore
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            28 months ago

            Hell yeah, thanks! I’ll definitely give that a try.

    • @[email protected]
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      38 months ago

      My family made a savory matzoh brei with onion and shredded cheddar, and we still covered it in maple syrup lol. To this day it remains one of my favorite comfort foods!