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.
Seconding the suggestion of a sweet matzo brei! For what it’s worth, I didn’t like matzo as a kid and now I enjoy it. You’re absolutely right that the egg and onion is the best.
But children ARE picky. I played along growing up during Pesach because I thought the matzo was supposed to help me understand the suffering of the Exodus. I’d be more concerned if she didn’t like latkes. On the other hand, all the more reason to make sufganiyot during Chanukah…
Oh, and my aunt used a piece of chocolate covered matzo for the afikomen while her children were finicky. She might find that more appealing.
I don’t think it’s humanly possible not to like latkes. Sour cream and applesauce please!!
I usually skip sour cream because I prefer them fried in schmaltz, but I often do one batch in oil so I can have them with sour cream, lox, green onions and salmon roe caviar as a decadent breakfast
That sounds like an amazing breakfast!
My dad (Jewish but atheist) never bothered keeping kosher so he’d make pork chops with latkes (“hey, they both taste good with applesauce!”), or a savory cheesy matzoh brei with bacon - you get the gist.
After lighting the candles we used to bang on the table and chant suf-ga-niyot! suf-ga-niyot! like the little animals we were…
Needless to say, it took weeks to get the smell of oil out of our clothes with all the latkes and donuts we devoured….