In article <mtVKg.1554$RW2.526@trndny04>,
"Mordechai Housman" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> news >
> > Geez...
> > Reading this thread makes me realize just how lucky I was to have the
> > parents I had. We eat a great variety of foods, I love to cook and
> > I'll
> > try nearly anything at least once! There are a few foods I just cannot
> > enjoy but I'm still always looking for new stuff to try. <G>
>
> Yes, the influence of parents has been alluded to by several in this
> thread, iirc. That's a very good point. My mother was a good cook, but
> she wasn't into exotic stuff, but she had a nice and large repertoire of
> varied foods, so I guess I just got used to seeing some things all the
> time.
>
> We kids often had the job of peeling, especially before a Jewish
> Holiday, most especially before Passover, when there is a LOT of cooking
> to do. We would all sit around, wearing aprons, and peeling tons of
> fruits and vegetables: apples, oranges, potatoes, carrots, parsnips,
> parsley roots, and on and on. It was actually a lot of fun.
>
> I never personally peeled any garlic when I was a kid, but I watched my
> mother do it often enough.
>
> I don't know, it's just that garlic seems almost like an onion. Could
> you imagine someone in America saying that they'd never seen an onion
> before?

You never know... :-)

I don't know a lot about Jewish cooking, but some of the traditional
recipes sound very interesting. I really should do some googling and
check more of them out.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch"
-- Jack Nicholson