Food Jewish Food - how many have you tried?

How many of these Ashkenazi delicacies have you tried? I'd expect that people in the Northeast will have seen more of these than people in the Midwest or South, but many of them really have become All-American in the past few decades.

I had 50 of 50.

 

16. Some, I admit, I'd never even heard of...

 

I am at 39. Many of those foods are daily staples.

 

I've had 13, which was actually more than I would have thought.

Apples with honey look delicious, I will definitely try that combination soon.

 

34 and very glad to have Jewish in-laws. Some of the stuff on this list is delicious. I am now craving a bialy and a brisket knish with mustard and pickles on the side.

 

All save a couple.
I make a hell of a kasha varnishkas.
Had it last night as a side with pulled pork sandwiches.
And I just had a black and white for dessert. For me the black and white along with multiple other items on there is "New York" food, not necessarily Jewish.

 

50, of course. But some of those aren't Ashkenazi (Israeli salad, matzah, challah, sufganiyot, charoset) and some aren't delicacies in any way, shape, or form (Maneschewitz, egg salad, KLP lollies, Passover cereal, Entenmann's, Hebrew National stuff).

This is the kid stuff, the Jewish kitsch food.

The deeper stuff among Ashkenazi foods are things like onion chicken with barley, kohlrut (sweet and sour red cabbage) beef borscht, schav (cabbage soup), pecha (calve's foot jelly), tongue with sweet raisin sauce, roschaschaneskuchen (spiced apples-and-honey cake), gerostetsche hertz (roasted beef heart, usually served with potatoes and carrots), and kugel of all sorts.

And the best stuff isn't the Ashkenazi food, it's the Mizrachi (Middle Eastern and North African Jewish) foods, and the foods from Cochin (Indian Jews from Kerala). The cuisines in those cultures are incredibly rich and diverse, and have uncounted wonderful dishes with lots of aromatic spices and piquant flavors.

 

36, though I'd question several of them as being Jewish. My Polish/German upbringing includes many of them

 

45, but I very nearly married a reform rabbi years ago.. so.... rofl. There were some I haven't tried but have had in the house for others or have been seated at a table where they were served and didn't know what it was so didn't try that cover the few I've not had.

 

Levite, schav is vile. It's one of the only foods I won't eat.
But I'm with you on p'tcha. Most of my friends won't eat it but I think it's heavenly -- so long as it has enough garlic and pepper in it.

 

Dude, if you think schav is vile, it's because you haven't had it made properly. Almost no one makes it right: they use too little potato, no meat, and nowhere near enough onion and garlic. And they don't cook down the cabbage before adding the broth to the soup.

Personally, it's petcha I can't abide. Too gelatinous and slimy.

 

I think I've had 'em all.

But missing is a staple from my grandma's house......schmaltz (rendered chicken fat) as in a schmaltz with salt as a spread on black bread or toast or schmaltz in place of butter in many dishes.

 

Ah, schmaltz. The worst thing in the world for you, and one of the best tasting. I remember my grandma used to render the schmaltz and make gribenes-- chicken skin fried crispy in its own schmaltz, and served with onions fried in schmaltz, with nothing but a little salt and pepper. You might as well just mainline a syringe of cholesterol, but oh fuck does it taste like Heaven!

 

Rest easy... schmaltz is not as bad for you as you think! L'chaim!

 

I counted 12.

The German in me is protesting that Apfelstrudel (Apple Strudel) and Bauernbrot (Rye Bread) are categorized as anything but of German origin.

 

I scored a 15, surprised it's not more. Many I simply have never heard of prior to the list. I like to try new food and would be interested in tasting the ones I haven't tried.

 

Probably about half, but many of the dishes I wouldn't call strictly Jewish per se.

While we're on the subject, what is the Jewish dish that is something like a cake (???) topped with a horseraddish sauce?