Thursday, December 12, 2013

Est Gezunterheit: The Forward's Yiddish Chefs Make a Hearty Vegetarian Cholent


Cholent, the traditional Shabbat casserole of beans, potatoes, meat, and just about anything else gets a vegetarian twist when Rukhl Schaechter and Eve Jochowitz, the conversational Yiddish chefs of the Jewish Daily Forward, combine their cooking talents in another instructional video in the Est Gezunterheit (Eat in Good Health) series.

 Over the last four years, we've posted 18 of these cooking encounters covering everything from knishes to varnishkes to borscht to kugel to all kinds of holiday meals. Click on "Est Gezunterheit" in the Keywords listing in the left column of this page to link to all of them.

 In the course of watching these exhibitions of culinary expertise, we've come across some Yiddish words that we didn't know before and we've been sharing them with you. This time it's no different, so check below for a few new words to add to your Yiddish vocabulary. And below the video you'll find the recipe.

 Enjoy!

 Celeriac: Tzeleria
Peel: Sholachtz
Food processor: Shpeiz machine
Ground: Tzemulen
Room: Platz
Cloves: Tzeindlach
Beans: Beberlach
Frying pan: Patelniye
More delicious: Geshmacker
Grater: Ribeisen
Balderdash: A Nechtiger Tog
Slowly: Pavolye

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousFriday, December 13, 2013 at 2:19:00 AM EST

    If I had to eat the Cholent, I would want to kill myself! sorry kids.

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  2. AnonymousFriday, December 13, 2013 at 12:16:00 PM EST

    Is it just ME, or are the pictures of both the Cholent AND the Kugel the SAME? Also, I have to agree with the above......the Cholent would make me gag.

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  3. AnonymousSunday, December 15, 2013 at 12:22:00 AM EST

    Why is the pic of the CHOLENT as well as the KUGEL the same? OY VEY! I am NOT a fan of CHOLENT either.....I rest my case. and isn't it "Ess" for "Eat?"

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    1. AlSunday, December 15, 2013 at 2:54:00 AM EST

      I hope Rukhl or Eve will offer their explanation, but here is mine: The kugel isn't really kugel, but rather a vegetarian kishke that doesn't look like anything but a cylindrical blob (watch the video). I don't know why they repeated the photo.
      My limited knowledge of Yiddish grammar tells me that "Ess" is what you would say to one person and "Est" is plural.
      Any Yiddish pros out there? Please confirm or explain otherwise.

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    2. AnonymousSunday, December 15, 2013 at 11:02:00 AM EST

      Thanks,Al.....Oh NOW I understand..lol...lol...."The Kugel isn't REALLY a KUGEL!!".....rather a "vegetarian BLOB".....SO appetizing......haha......(I am NOT making reservations at their place any time soon,tho.)...lol...

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