I'm not Jewish. Not even remotely. Southern Girl here with an Irish heritage. I had a dear friend who was Jewish tho and I have eaten Jewish food. I adore it!!! No one around here to cook it for me now. You are all starving me to death today with the potatoe pancakes, matzo ball soup, etc. Quit it!

I'm so envious. I'll get more turkey I imagine for Christmas. Actually, now that I think of it, if my son and his wife come for Christmas, I'll call a local deli and have a vegetable tray and a meat and cheese tray made up. Then I'll have my husband pick it up along with some great bread and spreads. No way can I cook for my son and daughter-in-law. They are vegetarian. Oh, I'll also get some spinach and water chestnut dip and bake a pie or two (frozen).

But you are making me want potato pancakes soooo badly.

Billye

Glenn, if you aren't careful, you mite fade away? Can't have that, no way, no how. Got that?
Latkes are well, heaven...unless with gifilte fish...then, I just gotta take a pass. Otherwise, I just gobble 'em up as politely as I can.
Billye, if you want, I can check out some middle-eastern recipies for vegetarians, using bulghur wheat, tabbouleh and the like...Most are easy, incorporating veggies into quick stew like meals...Probably all you would need is the ingredients and the kids could make it to their taste... Glenn sorry to get off track here, but feeding FAMILY is an important thing we all know about. Not to mention feeding ourselves well while we're at it.
Now, I guess we all have to try to walk, waddle, hobble, thera-band as much of the excess off as possible? Or, do as Cats do? Nap! - j

Mmmmm, Middle Eastern food, now you've made me hungry for hummus! I can't have raw veggies to dip into it anymore, so I've gotten creative and put hummus on rice crackers with feta cheese.

Veggie shish kabobs might be good, with different colors of bell pepper, red onion, tomato, etc. Also, veggie burritos with rice, black beans, salsa and cheese if they eat cheese. And if I had people visiting who were vegetarian, I'd take them to an Indian restaurant as there would be lots of menu choices for them.

Well, now I've done it. I'm craving lamb curry at 10pm!

fanfaire

Glenn,
I taking bets that you won't' make it thru Christmas!! You sound as if you are weakening.

Dahlek, no eastern food in this house. I can't eat any spices, the tongue is too cracked. Cracked equals sore and very painful. But I can make (thanks to the deli area of walmart) a hummus spread. Thanks for reminding me.

Grilling outside for the "bobs" in this weather is impossible and they are too hard to eat on a lap tray. Indian restrurants in rural Texas??!! We have a Walmart, a Brookshires, a small boutique store, JC Pennys, well you got the idea. We have an "a" of each variety of store. Not much shopping done here. Everyone drives into Dallas for the big shopping even tho it is a long drive.

But back to Thanksgiving. I'm really thankful for the one I had. Let's change this thread over to Hannukah for our Jewish Friends. I"ll post a new thread for it.

Billye

Billye:

For your cracked tongue, you might want to try brushing your teeth with Vince powder. I don't know why, but it helps tremendously with the mouth sores. I was thinking that my tongue was cracked when I used this last. It might be worth trying...

You can get the pharmacist to order some. It is non-prescription and about $5.00. I get Tom Thumb grocery pharmacy to order it, but I think other pharmacies can get it. It is not usually something kept on hand.

Cathie

Cathie,
I actually ordered some of this stuff a few years ago after you suggested this. I hated the taste of it and tossed it.

I do appreciate your effort in posting this.

Billye

Melody that is a funny story. I can picture it.
Billye is your cut like a sore? I get cancker sores all the time and have tried over the counter stuff and I hate it. It just makes my mouth numb but not a good feeling. I agree spices or citrus is not good.
Gifilte fish ugh gross. At my gramps house he has that and other things to me similar like liver pate and all those spreads. Not my cup of tea.I do like ruggala if that is how it is spelled. If you go to Boca they have great bakeries and delis that cater to Jewish foods I think. Or Matza Brai like french toast with matza.Yum!
What is Chistmas food?Same as Thanksgiving?We sometimes have chinese. I'm sure a wonderful breakfast though. I love big homemade breakfasts.
Most restaurant have at least some veg options.My step sister is vegan. I tried a vegan muffin once and it was interesting. I give credit to people who can do it.
Random? Does anyone watch Dancing with the stars? I just started at the end but its good show.

I use Biotene products for the mouth problems. The mouthwash tastes good and seems to help with the cracked tongue. For the really nasty lesions that don't go away after a few days, I have to resort to a prescription steroid paste.

Had to laugh about the Indian restaurant. There's only one in all of Sioux Falls, and it's very small. But it has a good variety of dishes, and not all of them are spicy.

Believe it or not, I buy Indian frozen dinners. The brand is Ethnic Gourmet, which I was really surprised to find in South Dakota. My favorite is the Palak Paneer, which is pureed spinach with cheese cubes, and it comes with rice.

So, is anyone still eating leftover turkey? My mother-in-law sent us home with a bunch, but we polished it off on Sunday. The last of the crustless pumpkin pie vanished yesterday.

fanfaire

Do you know Amy's brand they have indian food and her meals are wonderful and I think organic.
I know when I got the sores in my mouth my dad told me to wash my mouth out with salt water or mouth wash to kill the bacteria. I'm not saying to do it but I use to spread mine so I guess it was suppose to help but oh my at the time it stings.