Which religious community typically produces the best food?!
Now I must declare a bias: I'm Jewish. But guys, come on: bagels and lox.... chicken soup.... challah (that jewish bread that tastes like cake)...... lol lol lol lol lol
Who gets your vote? :)
2007-12-23 07:56:20 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
OH GUYS, YOU ARE ALL MAKING ME SO HUNGRY, YOUR ANSWERS SO FAB! JEWCY - that matzoh sounds amazing...
2007-12-23 08:26:25 · update #1
LONDONPETE - I am a Londoner too and I hear ya! Curry rules! Peshwawri Nan and chicken korma :)
2007-12-23 08:27:37 · update #2
JT...You would have LOVED family meals at my house then!
My Russian Jewish father loved to cook and missed his calling as a chef..he had great Jewish recipes from his mother from the Old Country and from two of his best friends..were a Lebaneses and an Italian both who came to the US as children..whose parents shared with them some great recipes from THEIR old countries. My father in turn, shared his own special secret spaghetti sauce recipe with me ( that I've only shared with one other so it isn't "lost") and a wonderful Italian lasagne recipe from my Dad's Italian friend ( both of which receive raves) and some great Tabouli Salad served on the side ( Lebanaese dish ) There was also a stuffed grape-leaf dish with vegetables and lamb and spices ( olive oil, lemon juice, pepper ..sadly, I cannot recall this exact recipe but it was the only way I could ever stomach lamb other than a great lamb stew my mom made. I think the dish started with a d..but I cannot even remember that!
His Lebanese friend managed to get us pita bread here in rural redneck Arkansas, long before it appeared in stores. This was also in the day when bagels were NO where to be found in stores in Arkansas and we had to have relatives in Houston send them to us. Arkansans looked at bagels as "those rock hard donuts that aren't sweet".
When I would take pita bread stuffed with vegetables and sauces to school for lunch I would sometimes get stares and then the braver kids would want to try my concoctions..my Matzoh sandwiches..my Mom's raisin kugel..the bagel with cream cheese and homemade strawberry preserves ( I wasn't much for lox as a kid but I love it now)
At any rate..growing up in rural redneck Arkansas, I still managed to sample cuisine from all over the world and enjoy a diverse palate of flavors to this day..
Good ole' Southern cooking has some great recipes, too! I LOVE sweet southern cornbread with real sweet butter and a glass of milk for breakfast. Although it isn't as good as challah ( which I could make a meal out of just in itself with warm fresh challah and sweet butter)
Ok..now I need to go fix supper...you guys got me HUNGRY! Hmm..what's for dinner here?
Homemade rolls, sweet potatoes, brussell sprouts, spinach salad with poppyseed dressing and baked chicken breasts with honeyglaze.
Shalom y'all!
EDIT: smelly feet..if you love Jewish cooking..try a potluck at a synagogue. You'll be in heaven...that is if you can manage to walk after you've eaten. Don't forget the knishes!
2007-12-23 09:15:19 · answer #1 · answered by ✡mama pajama✡ 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Good grief gal even your light questions cause pause, much thought and a hell of a lot of floundering. Okay, first off I have never been all that fond of bagels, bread wise I am a white mountain roll man and of course those absolutely fantastic German Brotchen. Can't declare for lox as I have never had any and I apoligize I have never heard of challah before today. However I will say that although I really don't care for chicken I am a fanatic about chicken soup! If you or anyone else is serving chicken soup set up another plate cause i'm on my way over. Alright here, I've never thought about my food preferences in a religious light before. God with mine you just can't do that, but I'll take a stab at it. I love Polish Kielbasi and beans,(Campbells Pork and Beans that is), beef or pork with potatoes, roasted preferably and I absolutely go nuts over SPAM, the meat. Give me a can of spam, a loaf of bread and a jar of cheap yellow mustard and I'm in heaven. I also love Thai eggrolls, beer batter fish fillets, popcorn and potato chips/crisps,(either plain traditional ones or sour cream and onions or KC Masterpiece barbecue). I am also very fond of my wife's beef stew, (I regret that the Army did away with serving beef stew), and a thrown together soup she makes from ground beef, potatoes, carrots, corn and peas. We call it Norma Stew and it's great on a cold day. Okay if you can come up with a religion based diet from all of that my hat is definitely more off to you than it was to begin with. Heinz 57 seems to apply to me. I love it. Keep them coming and I promise I'll respond to all of them that I think I may have some sort of imput on. Cheers!
2007-12-23 08:32:20 · answer #2 · answered by Mike S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This was a trick question.
Jews are at an unfair advantage in this evaluation. We get to claim the best foods from all our host countries from thousands of years as our own!
One single item, such as cholent, inspires a shelf of cookbooks, with recipes from around the world. And every one is an "authentic" Jewish recipe!
While some think that keeping kosher limits us, I think of the saying, "Let your design constraint become a springboard for creativity." Having to keep kosher in general, and observe the particular food-related laws and traditions of so many holidays has given us so many different traditional holiday foods.
After all, we have almost one set of traditional holiday foods a month!
P.S. We're Yekkies (Jews of German descent), so our challah is eggless, with a soft, firm interior and thick chewy crust - not cakey or sweet at all!
2007-12-24 00:29:11 · answer #3 · answered by Juggling Frogs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny you ask...I just made a huge pot of matzoh ball soup a few minutes ago! I agree, Jewish food, hands down!! Bagels and lox with a schmear of cream cheese...brisket....latkes with applesauce. There's even a remedy for matzoh - caramelized and dipped in chocolate, a Passover favorite at my house! YUM!
Yes, Jewish food is one of the reasons I schlep up to the gym! lol!
2007-12-23 08:08:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You absolutely cannot beat a big Catholic funeral feast----everykind of dish from just about every kind of ethnic group in the Parish shows up and it just keeps on coming from salads, deserts, hot dishes and everything in between. The Alter Society generally is broken down into different groups that take the responsibility to order up from within their ranks what types of food they need and they make sure there is a wide variety. It is a wonderful service the ladies do.
2007-12-23 08:10:12 · answer #5 · answered by Midge 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
being raised in all Ashkenazi neighborhood....I must admit that I enjoy a few delicacies...ie:bagels/lox/creamchesse, kuggel, matzoh ball soup
However, I am sephardic...and living in a city that recognizes our taste buds....so hands down my all time favorite dishes go to the Middle Eastern food group...how can yo not enjoy malawah, and jahnun on a shabbat, and a real chamim with brown eggs!
2007-12-24 08:20:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholic...Italian, Mexican, Spanish cooking...yum. But I do love my Jewish bagels and lox, Greek Orthodox gyros/baklava, Baptist fried chicken, Hindu curried chicken/palak paneer, Buddhist Sushi, and Aztec/Mayan Hot Cocoa, yum.
2007-12-23 08:13:20 · answer #7 · answered by Mizz SJG 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hindus and Muslims , I love a good Madras curry and a Pashwari naan.
Curry is the UKs favorite food , so that's why we are not too bothered if they appear to be taking over the country , at least we'll get fed well !
2007-12-23 08:25:01 · answer #8 · answered by londonpeter2003 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not Jewish but I LOVE Jewish food. I was introduced to it at a restaurant in Hot Springs, Arkansas during a business trip. I was in heaven and hooked ever since. I have even learned to cook some of it.
On the other hand ..... Southern Baptist Potlucks absolutely can not be beat! Some of those people can pull it out!!!!
I'm Presbyterian and we usually compete with each other (but deny it of course) to see who can bring in the most upscale, professional looking dish. -they're good too!
2007-12-23 08:19:51 · answer #9 · answered by ....... 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Is Pizza considered a religious community? Just kidding, homemade chicken soup is the best on a cold winter day.
2007-12-23 08:06:42 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋