puzzler

Am I the only one to think Baldur looks as if he belongs to the Jewish Orthodox faith?

Robindcr8l

And by the way, doesn't Auntie B have any new recipes she could share with your listeners? I'd love to copy and paste one into the recipe thread to bring it back up to the top of the page.

Robindcr8l

Puzzler, I believe Jewish Orthodox men shave their moustaches and have only a beard. Plus that hat Baldur is wearing is way too high to be a yamulke! LOL! (But really, I CAN see the resemblance! LOL)

polenta

Completely off-topic and FOR THOSE WHO LIKE MUSIC, I want to share this video with you. It's an orchestra with a soloist playing a very special instrument.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf9ypRpbZMA&feature=related

indigo

THANKS polenta! Enjoyed this video very much and what a surprise
when the lady started playing the castanets! The orchestra was
FANTASTIC! I'll watch it again for sure!

Robindcr8l

A pleasure to watch, Polenta!

Baldur

Spats were a necessity during the period of history when muddy, dung filled streets were the norm in metropolitan areas. It kept the crap out of one's shoes.

Baldur

The picture does make me look like a Jewish Gangsta, doesn't it?

Baldur

The current plan is to go to both days of the film festival and to dine at a nearby Chinese Restaurant rather than the Pizza/Seafood place we usually enjoy.
The Chinese Restaurant is within walking distance of the theatre and thus it will not be unreasonable to do both.
Plus they make damn good lo mein there.

marius

Polenta ... I LOVE that youtube clip. THANKS SO MUCH!!!

Robin, you did not spend your youth watching old movies like I did! Everyone wore spats in the old movies. Am I wrong thinking Fred Astair danced in them? I also thought I recalled Baldur saying he already had spats ... but perhaps I just imagined he'd look nice in spats. marius LOVES spats (the shoe kind ... not the personal relationship kind).

And, Baldur, I do like the new look. Yes to Jewish Gangsta ... but, is there such a thing. Guess anything is possible. LOL.

marius

Robin, I think there were recipes posted while you were gone. I thought about posting them in the recipe thread, but got confused if that is mostly your "thing," so I left them alone. (giggle) We aim not to tread, whether wearing spats or not.

Maybe someone else posted them? I don't know.

AuntieB

Here you go Robin,
Just because you asked so nicely here is one of my recipes that Baldur loves.

Auntie B's Matzo Ball Soup

Prepare 3 quarts of vegetable broth in your soup kettle.
You may use purchased broth and/or make your own
To this add
6 carrots, peeled and sliced
4 ribs of celery, cleaned and sliced
1 leek, the white and light green part only, very carefully cleaned and sliced thinly
1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
freshly ground black pepper
Simmer everything together until the veggies are tender.

Meanwhile set a large cauldron of water on to boil.

In a bowl whisk 6 eggs together until light and frothy
add
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley and/or chives (optional but very nice)
1 teaspoon Kosher salt, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
1/4 cup seltzer water (regular water may be used but seltzer water improves the texture)
2 cups matzo meal
1 teaspoon baking powder
Stir everything together until just combined and then put the bowl aside to rest for about 20 minutes.

When the water is boiling and the matzo ball mixture has rested lightly oil your hands with vegetable oil and form the dough into 2 dozen or so nice round balls. They should be slightly smaller than a ping pong ball.
Carefully transfer the balls to the boiling water.
Reduce the flame under the pot so that the water is barely simmering, cover the pot and let the matzo balls cook at low heat for 45 minutes.
Remove them with a slotted spoon and place them in a bowl of cold water.
(By cooking them separately from the soup you keep the broth from becoming murky)
When ready to serve bring the soup up to a light simmer.
At this point you may add
A couple mushrooms thinly sliced (optional)
A handful of frozen green peas (optional)
Add the matzo balls and heat the soup only until they are nice and hot
Serves 1 if it is my nephew Baldur
otherwise it will make 8 portions

Robindcr8l

Why, thank you, Auntie B! How appropriate to give a recipe for a traditional Jewish soup whilst your nephew is dressed like a Jewish gangsta!

And Marius, I am not the least bit territorial, so feel free to post away in the recipe thread, particularly if it's a recipe!

Baldur

My daughter just messaged me on MySpace.
She saw that I had posted a bulletin advertizing the Three Stooges film festival and confessed to me that she has never seen anything done by them.
I am a failure as a father.
Baldur just sent her links to watch 'Disorder in the Court' on YouTube.
The amazing part of this is that she is a movie junkie, she has watched thousands of films, many more than I'd ever seen and I am twice her age.
Even very old films.

sheftali52

I hope your daughter enjoys the Three Stooges, Baldur. I remember watching them on TV when I was a kid. We'd laugh at their silly antics. It was pure, mindless fun. (Nyuk, nyuk. nyuk)

Heidi2323

Oh Auntie B, What kind of knadels are made without schmaltz? I have to hold a spoon over the bowl to keep them from floating away when Bubbie/Mom makes them...

AuntieB

Heidi, my nephew Baldur is a vegetarian, so schmaltz is out of the question for him.
In the recipe I used oil, but to be specific I myself always use olive oil for this. Any vegetable oil, or yes, schmaltz will work perfectly well.
For anyone else trying to decipher this, schmaltz is the traditional ingredient used in this recipe.
It is marvelously flavored goose or chicken fat, rendered by slow cooking with onions and then used in Jewish cooking. It is also as a condiment, very often as a spread on top of breads.

AuntieB

I should add, now that I reread that last comment that the onion part is optional.
It adds a nice flavor but is not in everyone's version.

marg

aahh.. but Auntie B.. you forgot to mention that schmaltz should always be taken with a bit of salt..

marius

This is off subject, but not entirely as marg mentioned salt (which does not work on ice when it's too cold outside. Our low temp for today is supposed to be 11 below zero and the high, 3 degrees above. It's been like this for several days and that means it's time for another Missouri Moment. Here's a poem my neighbor sent.

It's winter in Missouri
And the gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour
At thirty-five below.

Oh, how I love Missouri
the snow's up to your butt
You take a breath of winter
And your nose gets frozen shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around
I could never leave Missouri
Because I'm frozen to the ground!!

Whoever wrote that must have gone outside. We're staying in!

PS Loved hearing about schmaltz. I always thought it was an adjective, as in schmaltzy movies, or music.