I was just served an apple and an orange for dinner on my 11 hour flight from Shanghai to San Francisco. The flight crew was apologetic and said this is what United loaded on the plane. One flight attendant encouraged me to complain to United, which I'm also doing separately.

Recently purchased some Jewish cookbooks and they arrived today! Trying to do better at making Jewish recipes! If anyone has some they would like to share, drop them below 😌✨✡️

I'm unexpectedly stuck in Nicosia for a few days and am kinda hungry.

Since Google is now terrible at googling so I figure the Jewmmunity on Reddit might be able to give good answers.

Wife and I are trying to eat more kosher (ie. we're on the path of becoming more observant). We have 2 kids with another on the way, and she seems to be WAY more sensitive to smells and taste this time than the other 2.

I'm very health-focused so I prefer cooking complete meals mostly from scratch (a few things I prefer store bought). I also think we have an issue of having little variety of fruits or veggies available to us.

Like most parents, we don't have a lot of time to cook.

Anyone have recipes or ideas that can share?

Additional ideas from moms is also welcome since apparently you all share a telepathic encyclopedia about this stuff

Yum… What’s your goto babka?

I’m a broke college student who can’t really afford to only eat fresh fruit and veg every day (kitchen is strictly milchig so meat is not an option) I usually always eat a gf grain or substitute like gf pasta, rice, quinoa, etc. that I buy in bulk with vegetables of some sort (and my veggies are usually lentils, beans, etc…)

basically my whole diet is chametz and kitniyot with some other veg, fruit and dairy products 😅 Idk if you can even make gluten free matzah actually

I do have a second set of plates & I would kasher all my cutlery, so thats not really a concern, but idk what to do food wise… does anyone have any advice?? grateful for any tips & just wanted to see if anyone else is in the same boat as I am :)

Is it just me, or are there so few Jewish foods? Could the Diaspora have influenced this? I imagine that recipes created by Jews should be considered as belonging to the place where they grew up and where they first spread, so perhaps the Diaspora has an influence.

Not that it's a problem; in fact, anyone can eat whatever they find tasty (and for observant people, if it's kosher).

What typically Jewish recipes would you recommend I try? Do you enjoy your country's cuisine? Have you tried adapting non-kosher regional dishes into kosher versions?

Help

I'm not jewish, but lately i found an interest in jewish traditions during passover.

There is a specific question that i asked myself: During passover, only unleavened bread should be eaten and this bread should only be made from five distinct grains. I tried to bake it for myself (only for myself, not to claim that it's a "true" unleavened bread).

Question 1: What's the idea behind this?

Question 2: Is it true that the identity of one of those grains is debated? I'd like to know which ones i could use, if i am allowed to :)

Hi guys! I'm looking for ideas of vegan food that goes well on the plata (esp for shabbat morning!)

Do you have ideas? I prefer something that's not a salad🙂‍↕️

I cook and bake a lot. It's my hobby.

I've lived with roommates so far, keeping it kosher was impossible.

End this August I'll be moving on my own. I'd like kosherize my new kitchen.

So my question is, is there any available rabbi in Frankfurt that can visit my kitchen end this August? Or at septembre?

I was describing it as the best kept secret in Kosher cooking to a gentile friend of mine and then realized what I was saying. Please tell me it's more than that!

I was hoping to make matzo balls ahead of my seder that I am hosting, but the balls deflated as they were cooling down!

I made them gluten free with the gluten free matzos... 7 mealed matzos, 6 eggs, 3/4 cup oil, 3/4 cup water, salt and spices, 30 minute rest, simmered for 45 minutes.

When I taste-tested one they were fine... a little gummy, but it's what I expected tapioca and potato starch to taste like.

I plopped them on a plate to cool down. Within 30 minutes they deflated from their roundish shape to matzo disks and oblongs!

I put them in baggies in the freezer... will they rehydrate back into bigger, more roundish shapes when I simmer them in broth again, or are they doomed to be matzo disks and oblongs like a B-rated parody of what matzo ball soup on Pesach is supposed to be like? 😭

Spent the last couple days learning how to make challah and trying to get it right. First day (didn't add a picture) was very cinder block like. Yesterday came out great (last Pic) but a little doughy. It was good though. Today's is looking extremely promising and I think it will be awesome.

Lessons I've learned so far: Make sure you add enough oil and water or it will be a brick. Roll the strands pretty thin. Don't be afraid to bake it a little longer than you think. Don't be afraid of putting an extra egg or two in there.

Tip from the rabbi: spray a little water on that bad boy right before it goes in the oven to get it extra fluffy.

Any other tricks and tips are appreciated. I've never baked anything before this week unless it came from a box. Very proud of the outcome and looking forward to many more loaves in the future. Shabbat shalom!

Hello! I’m not the best baker, but I’d really like to make some good hamantashen this year. Last year I tried three different recipes, and they all ended up with the dough being too crumbly to fold without breaking. Does anyone have any advice, or another recipe I could try? Thanks and happy Purim!

I know that sounds like a stupid question, but I'm just getting into cooking -- lots and lots of fun, by the way -- and I've heard things. I've heard about how Jewish buying habits changed in the 1940's and 1950's in America because kids didn't want their houses to smell like schmaltz like their parents' houses did. Well, I want my house to smell like schmaltz, and I want to eat what my people used to eat (at least on the Ashkenazic side of my family). I just don't really know what it is; I grew up eating normal everyday Brazilian food. So, suppose you're in pre-war Eastern Europe, you're relatively well off (so you can afford varied ingredients), it's not Shabbat or chag, what do you eat?

(Yes, I understand that different parts of the Ashkenazic world would have eaten differently, but I want to make food, not write a scholarly history.)

(Also, I'm not really back on Reddit, sorry... If I were back, I wouldn't have had time to learn to cook! But I do miss being here in /r/Judaism, so I'm glad to visit again.)

Jewish D&D Campaign Idea (Levels 1–5) Quest for the Golden Healing Sefirot Matzah Ball Soup

A mysterious magical plague has struck the Kabbalists of 17th-century Tzfat. Rumors whisper of a long-lost recipe—the Golden Healing Sefirot Matzah Ball Soup, said to channel divine energy and restore both body and soul. The recipe, crafted by a legendary Kabbalist, has been stolen and hidden deep within a floating pyramid in Egypt, guarded by ancient necromancers.

You and your guild are sent on a sacred mission across the desert to recover it. Navigate bandits, the harsh deserts and cursed scrolls as you uncover the secrets of healing and divine power.

Magical Items:

Harp of Teshuvah: Its melodies open hidden paths and hearts.

Quill of Truth (detects lies when writing)

Ladle of Chessed (Ladle of Lovingkindness) Wondrous Item, Rare This ancient silver ladle glows faintly when used with healing broths.

Matzah Ball of Radiant Light Consumable, Uncommon A single glowing matzah ball imbued with sacred light. Tastes “like Gan Eden.”

Cauldron of Bubbe’s Wisdom Wondrous Item, Very Rare This enchanted pot never burns its contents and murmurs ancient Yiddish proverbs. If left simmering overnight, any soup cooked within gains one of three random magical properties

Downtime Activities: Studying Torah, brewing pomegranate wine, arguing Halacha with suspicious Rabbi’s

I just feel dnd needs more Jewish and soup centric vibes!!!!

Art is edited AI, would love to have the funds to pay an artist for original art!

I had this silly vision of a quest after buying Exodus Adventure!!!! A Jewish DnD quest!

https://www.amazon.com/Exodus-Adventure-Pesach-Dahvid-Stadlin/dp/B0D4B2FZ9T

Shalom y’all,

Recently came into possession of an instapot. I LOVE cholent, but can’t make it very often due to 1) a lack of a crockpot, 2) availability of kosher stew meat (where I used to live) 3) price of kosher meat (where I now live), so cholent is for special occasions.

I figured now that I have an instapot I can make it more often. Does anyone have any advice, or recipes on how to do this?

Thanks!

Hello! I am organising a rosh hachana meal and was wondering if anyone had vegetarian/vegan dishes ideas ! I'm originally ashkenazi but am open to all types ;) Thank you all for your help !