tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post8028781359610816449..comments2008-05-20T06:37:53.700-07:00Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15855325002260654089miss_mudpie@yahoo.co.ukBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-72032138673942515022008-05-20T06:37:00.000-07:002008-05-20T06:37:00.000-07:002008-05-20T06:37:00.000-07:00Elizabeth, I'm so honored that you put this on your blog. Thank you!<BR/>And Mel...maybe you could go into business with my husband, if you do open your restaurant. Phil always thought it would be great to import dairy products from Nazareth and call the business Cheeses of Nazareth.<BR/>But we're Jewish - and observant - so maybe not...Elizabeth A.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-83368999412667877722008-05-19T08:58:00.000-07:002008-05-19T08:58:00.000-07:002008-05-19T08:58:00.000-07:00This reminds me of a funny thing that happened to my friend who is a food writer. In her newspaper column, she uased the phrase "Lord God Almighty, this is a great fish recipe!" and a furious reader wrote her saying she would NEVER read the column again, because of her use of the Lord's name in vain. Of course, when my friend circulated this hate-mail to her irreverent waggish friends (myself among 'em) we began a flurry of recipe creations (well, titles) designed to appeal to fundamentalist Christians. Examples: "Moral Fiber Muffins"..."Blessed Be the Lard Biscuits"..."Garden of Eatin' Potato Salad (the secret ingredient is SHAME.") We went on and on...it got pretty silly. My dear pal Ann, the only one among us with any real education, came up with "St. Joan of Arkansas Flame-Kissed Barbecue."<BR/>I think at some poit all our holy writ was sent to this poor church lady...never heard back from her, though. I bet we're still on the Prayer List at her Baptist church!papist hoodlumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-23739291548712114632008-05-18T11:51:00.000-07:002008-05-18T11:51:00.000-07:002008-05-18T11:51:00.000-07:00Ah...yes. Apparently my brain needs servicing again. I'm glad you found the webby anyway!lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-1061677018561323312008-05-18T07:33:00.000-07:002008-05-18T07:33:00.000-07:002008-05-18T07:33:00.000-07:00Great site, Lisa, except URL is www.makersdiet.com. We grooved on it.<BR/><BR/>Eliz A, I made the challah, it was beautiful but I think I did it wrong as I made it with bread flour, instead of normal flour. It was a little heavy. Can u confirm that it's regular flour you use?Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-39948004391245664362008-05-17T02:28:00.000-07:002008-05-17T02:28:00.000-07:002008-05-17T02:28:00.000-07:00Oh, Mel - I forgot:<BR/><BR/>Check out these people:<BR/><BR/>www.themakersdiet.com<BR/><BR/>Maybe they can partner with you in your new venture. :-)lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-34422468672598416092008-05-17T02:24:00.000-07:002008-05-17T02:24:00.000-07:002008-05-17T02:24:00.000-07:00Second what you said above, Mel. Most of the Jewish people I know are atheists and their "Jewishness" looks like cultural identity and not religion.lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-53219836597445403092008-05-17T02:21:00.000-07:002008-05-17T02:21:00.000-07:002008-05-17T02:21:00.000-07:00Thanks for the tip, Brian - sounds like a good idea.<BR/><BR/>Holy Food Imports? Reminds me of an idea I had a couple of years ago. What about a restaurant (or even a chain of restaurants) serving only food that Jesus and his crew would have eaten? The places would be as authentic as health regulatios allow and the servers could dress in biblical gear. "Hi, I'm Maryam and I'll be serving you today".<BR/><BR/>Yeshua's - twleve locations in and around Atlanta. I keep threatening Elizabeth with putting the idea into practice. Strangely enough, she doesn't seem too keen on the idea - somthing about losing all our money...melnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-86244137375622701522008-05-17T02:11:00.000-07:002008-05-17T02:11:00.000-07:002008-05-17T02:11:00.000-07:00>that would be a bit too >hypocritical, even for me, <BR/>>since I don't believe in God.<BR/><BR/>Do you need to believe in God to be Jewish? I suppose it helps, but many of the Jews I grew up with seemed to have little in the way of belief - it was more about identity and community for many of them. Some didn't even seem to care about that - they were Jewish in the same way as some of us were nominally Christian and that was it.melnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-55715870948975012952008-05-16T13:24:00.000-07:002008-05-16T13:24:00.000-07:002008-05-16T13:24:00.000-07:00Personally, I always buy my challah bread from a company called Holy Food Imports. They grow their products in Israel, however they sell them to many places in the world. I've been buying my bread from them for months now and I have never had any issues. If anyone is interested, their website is at www.holyfoodimports.comBrian Evansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-64472409981113208532008-05-16T06:55:00.000-07:002008-05-16T06:55:00.000-07:002008-05-16T06:55:00.000-07:00L'chaim backatcha, Dame Blogger. How delicious that sounds. ZH, how thoughtful!bwjnoreply@blogger.com