Well... my only takeaway here, is I was right about them being hard. <g> I guess I would try a Lithuanian kneidlach recipe but not include the meat filling and see how it came out... I do have a friend who lives in Brockton, MA who is Lithuanian descent and may have some ideas. He's a goyim but we do know that foods can inhabit many homes... I sent him a Facebook PM... If he has an answer, I'll let ya know!
Thanks for trying -- it's not that they're hard in the traditional sense (except if you leave one on the counter) - they're "dense". It's a truly unique consistency.
I'm thinking it has something to do with the eggs - matzoh balls are basically matzoh meal, some salt and maybe spices, and then some oil for sinkers, and seltzer for floaters. The sinkers use fewer eggs - and you'd never separate them, which you could for floaters if you left out the seltzer.
I've tried different amounts of eggs, and I've never gotten it quite right.
But this year, when I have off from work for the last couple weeks of the year (they shut down) I'm going to play in the kitchen.
You and I will have to have a talk one day about the CCNY incident. Remember, I was also there then in my second year and Sports Editor of the Observation Post, the campus weekly newspaper organized by the returning WWII vets in opposition to the traditional, administration supported student weekly newspaper. That conversation has to be private unless you feel otherwise.
Well... my only takeaway here, is I was right about them being hard. <g> I guess I would try a Lithuanian kneidlach recipe but not include the meat filling and see how it came out... I do have a friend who lives in Brockton, MA who is Lithuanian descent and may have some ideas. He's a goyim but we do know that foods can inhabit many homes... I sent him a Facebook PM... If he has an answer, I'll let ya know!
Thanks for trying -- it's not that they're hard in the traditional sense (except if you leave one on the counter) - they're "dense". It's a truly unique consistency.
I'm thinking it has something to do with the eggs - matzoh balls are basically matzoh meal, some salt and maybe spices, and then some oil for sinkers, and seltzer for floaters. The sinkers use fewer eggs - and you'd never separate them, which you could for floaters if you left out the seltzer.
I've tried different amounts of eggs, and I've never gotten it quite right.
But this year, when I have off from work for the last couple weeks of the year (they shut down) I'm going to play in the kitchen.
You and I will have to have a talk one day about the CCNY incident. Remember, I was also there then in my second year and Sports Editor of the Observation Post, the campus weekly newspaper organized by the returning WWII vets in opposition to the traditional, administration supported student weekly newspaper. That conversation has to be private unless you feel otherwise.
Yes -- a private conversation -- and I WANT to know more!!!! I know so little.