Group 7-day waking average?

[rebrascora]

Now Googling "Cholent"

 

[miguel81]

I am sure that hash browns were derived from latkes the only difference being that generally hash browns are thicker

 

[ColinUK]

I had to search the term "latkes" as I hadn't heard it before. They sound a bit like hash browns but I love the idea of using alternative vegetables and cheese in them... cheese almost always makes things better.

There's no cheese in latkes!

 

[ColinUK]

Can't abide cholent 🙂

 

[eggyg]

Feeling better now. Managed a cuppa and a couple of biscuits at 10:15.

Not nice to hear of your hospital stay. It was a bowel obstruction and operation on it that led to my mother-in-law's death at New Year. Mind you, she was 94!

Glad you're feeling better.

(I'm up to 74 now with just 3 weeks to go this year).

How strange, I’m also up to 74! Luckily I didn’t need an op as was a partial obstruction ie small bowel loops. Adhesions caused by previous abdominal operations have wrapped around my intestines and narrowed it. They don’t want to operate as that could cause more scarring. On a limited diet, soft, mashed or very finely chopped food, very little fibre and much smaller meals. It’s a small price to pay. I do not want to go through that pain and subsequent treatment ever again. Happy reading and hope you feel better soon.

 

[rebrascora]

There's no cheese in latkes!

Apparently there are variations where people do put cheese in .... according to my recent research.... but I accept it is not a staple ingredient. What sort of oil are they fried in? Is it traditionally animal fat (chicken perhaps?) or will any oil do?

 

[Veenorthants]

Its been a few months since posting, life got hectic what with Covid and a few other issues so took a break but glad to see you are all still here, my bg is horrendous at the moment at 6.00am 10.8 checked again 1.5 hours later to discover it had risen to 12.5 I had only had a cup of tea...... don't understand what's going on..... Today I have had fruit and yoghurt for breakfast, scrambled egg and wholemeal toast for lunch and I cant get my BG down below 10 so far grrrrrrrr

@rebrascora sorry to read you latest news, I hope today is a good day for you

@SueEK good luck today in London

@Kaylz good luck and hope you aren't gone for long

 

[miguel81]

Apparently there are variations where people do put cheese in .... according to my recent research.... but I accept it is not a staple ingredient. What sort of oil are they fried in? Is it traditionally animal fat (chicken perhaps?) or will any oil do?

Tradditionally it is chicken schmaltz - rendered chicken fat - my neighbour used to add a little onion. Any oil will do but bear in mind that the type of oil will add an extra flavour.

 

[ColinUK]

Apparently there are variations where people do put cheese in .... according to my recent research.... but I accept it is not a staple ingredient. What sort of oil are they fried in? Is it traditionally animal fat (chicken perhaps?) or will any oil do?

Depends on the tradition I guess but they used to be served with salt beef (brisket) and gherkins so as it's part of a meat meal dairy fat couldn't be used so it would likely be chicken fat. Beef fat would have been used in some dishes but not so many as now. Although if it's being eaten with beef then it would make sense to cook the latkes in the beef fat that comes from the meat I guess.
It's really peasant food so nothing would have gone to waste.

There is another form of latke which is often called a bubelah - that's a side dish made when frying fish. We traditionally don't use batter when frying fish fillets but use egg and matzo meal instead. Dip the fish in the egg and then "flour" with the matzo meal (which is literally finely ground matzo - so it's wheat flour) and then fry. The egg left over once all the fish is fried is combined with enough matzo meal to make a simple batter and then spoonfuls of that are dropped in to the hot fat and fried. They're surprisingly delicious for something quite so simple.

 

[ColinUK]

Its been a few months since posting, life got hectic what with Covid and a few other issues so took a break but glad to see you are all still here, my bg is horrendous at the moment at 6.00am 10.8 checked again 1.5 hours later to discover it had risen to 12.5 I had only had a cup of tea...... don't understand what's going on..... Today I have had fruit and yoghurt for breakfast, scrambled egg and wholemeal toast for lunch and I cant get my BG down below 10 so far grrrrrrrr

@rebrascora sorry to read you latest news, I hope today is a good day for you

@SueEK good luck today in London

@Kaylz good luck and hope you aren't gone for long

Glad to see you back and hope everything's ok CV-19 wise. If it isn't then don't forget that the Red Cross have a free Covid support line and that's open 10am - 6pm seven days a week - 0808 196 3651
They're there for practical and emotional support so if you ever need them call them.

 

[Veenorthants]

Glad to see you back and hope everything's ok CV-19 wise. If it isn't then don't forget that the Red Cross have a free Covid support line and that's open 10am - 6pm seven days a week - 0808 196 3651
They're there for practical and emotional support so if you ever need them call them.

Thanks Colin, so far so good on the CV-19 front, have worked the whole way through so been very fortunate

 

[ColinUK]

Tradditionally it is chicken schmaltz - rendered chicken fat - my neighbour used to add a little onion. Any oil will do but bear in mind that the type of oil will add an extra flavour.

Mum used to have a jar of schmaltz in the fridge and boy would it be a real treat to use that instead of butter on bread!

Also it would be subbed in for butter if a meal was "meaty" if it was fish or veggie (which it never was) then we could use butter as that's a meaty fat.

These days I'm not fussed and there's nothing better than a butter basted steak 🙂

 

[ColinUK]

Thanks Colin, so far so good on the CV-19 front, have worked the whole way through so been very fortunate

I'm working right now - from home obviously - and it's not a pressured day as everything seems to be ticking along just fine 🙂

Are you working from home?

 

[Veenorthants]

I'm working right now - from home obviously - and it's not a pressured day as everything seems to be ticking along just fine 🙂

Are you working from home?

Unfortunately not no, I work at a quarry, for the initial lockdown I changed posts and ran the weighbridge for the company as both clerks were shielding, now I'm back in the office, which is Covid Safe, I'm surrounded by perspex 😉

 

[ColinUK]

Unfortunately not no, I work at a quarry, for the initial lockdown I changed posts and ran the weighbridge for the company as both clerks were shielding, now I'm back in the office, which is Covid Safe, I'm surrounded by perspex 😉

That's a job you certainly can't do from home!

 

[Veenorthants]

That's a job you certainly can't do from home!

no unfortunately not. We only opened for trade during the first lock down but on the 2nd not quite sure how the general public thought coming to a quarry was an essential journey 🙄

 

[ColinUK]

no unfortunately not. We only opened for trade during the first lock down but on the 2nd not quite sure how the general public thought coming to a quarry was an essential journey 🙄

Unless it's where they go to dispose of the bodies...

 

[ColinUK]

Apparently there are variations where people do put cheese in .... according to my recent research.... but I accept it is not a staple ingredient. What sort of oil are they fried in? Is it traditionally animal fat (chicken perhaps?) or will any oil do?

Just realised why there's a version with cheese! Judith, who was a Hasmonean I think, made latkes which included cheese, an especially salty cheese. She gave them to an enemy general I think and he grew very thirsty so drank lots of wine. When he was drunk she chopped his head off!

 

[SueEK]

Been back home about an hour. 6.5 hour round trip, was only in there half hour, waited half hour outside in the freezing cold as hubby got lost and caught up in London traffic. How does anyone live there, sorry @ColinUK , found it really stressful. I drove there and back, had to run up the road to get there in time and the first thing they did was my blood pressure, needless to say they had to do it again at the end of the assessment lol. So glad I’m back home, Christmas lights on and all cosy.
@Veenorthants nice to see you back and hope all is ok, hopefully you will get your bg in order soon.

 

[Veenorthants]

@SueEK thank you. Good to be back x