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L’CHAIM Seuda-worthy wines
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COOKBOOK Real Life Pesach Cooking by Miriam Pascal Cohen
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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CORK Sonoma-Loeb Winery
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EDITOR'S LETTER
IF YOU ASK MOST KIDS what their favorite Jewish holiday is, Purim is likely in the top three. Not so much for most adults, who are likely balancing preparing and distributing mishloach manot packages (prep and distribution), hearing megillah and taking part in the seuda — all exciting aspects of Purim, but less so when there is so much to do. This issue is dedicated to making Purim fun for us adults. Fleishigs contributor Adina Silberman had the idea of three themes that carry over from feast to outfit to edible gifts. In all honesty, I am not much of a theme person, and while she shared the ideas with me last year, I pushed it aside for other content. Once I really read through it I thought, how fun to embrace a full-on concept and create worthy experiences right in your own home? Take a trip to Paris, Hawaii or go simple with breakfast for dinner. What I also loved about the recipes is how well many of them work on their own for Shabbos and all week long. From the breakfast feast alone, I can't even tell you at this point how many breakfast cookies I have made for my family, and I am completely obsessed with the brownie-like oatmeal cake. I am truly excited for you to either embrace a fullon theme or pull out inspiration from the pages before you. On the topic of excitement, Purim is the holiday all about feeling joy and happiness that encompasses the entire month of Adar. It is written in the Talmud, “Mishenichnas Adar marbim b’simcha,” which means, “From the
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beginning of Adar, we increase in joy.” This concept of enhancing happiness is based on the story we read in Megillat Esther, which details the story of how the Jews went from being at the doors of annihilation to being saved. Thus, Mordechai declared the fourteenth and fifteenth day of Adar one of celebration, as it was “the month which for them was turned from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday.” Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, z’l, brilliantly shares how the story of Purim is the antidote for all future generations dealing with the terror of being destroyed. To quote Rabbi Sacks, “You defeat fear by joy. You conquer terror by collective celebration. You prepare a festive meal, invite guests, give gifts to friends. While the story is being told, you make a rumbustious noise as if not only to blot out the memory of Amalek, but to make a joke out of the whole episode. You wear masks. You drink a little too much. You make a Purim spiel…It is the most counter-intuitive response to terror and the most effective. Terrorists aim to terrify. To be a Jew is to refuse to be terrified.” This message really resonated with me this Purim season particularly, and I hope the pages of this magazine will be a tool to help bring some much needed joy this Adar season!
EDITOR IN CHIEF Shifra Klein CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Shlomo Klein EDITOR Elisheva Taitz COPY EDITOR Chana Z. Weiss ART DIRECTOR Simone Heimstädt MARKETING Mann Sales Co. PHOTOGRAPHER Schneur Menaker TEST KITCHEN CHEF Suchi Mittel CREATIVE WRITER Yudi Lewis TEST KITCHEN SPONSOR Gourmet Glatt TILES www.tilebar.com DISTRIBUTOR Distribution Express distributionexpress1@gmail.com
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Technically, the closest kosher option for spare ribs would be a lamb breast with 7-11 bones, cut long. However, this is not the typical way that lamb is broken down and is very hard to find. Most commonly, you’ll find kosher spare ribs cut from the plate, or belly, of a steer. This is the same section that is used to make 3-bone short ribs, English short ribs, plate-flanken and Korean short ribs – so we’re talking about very nicely marbled, flavorful pieces of meat. However, kosher spare ribs are not cut in a rack. They are generally cut into even pieces, about 1½ inches wide by 4 inches long. Each piece will contain some bone, with meat on either side and the top.
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pare ribs are delicious, beefy, well-marbled and tender when slow-cooked, either by braising, indirect grilling or smoking. They’re frequently prepared with a sweet glaze or barbecue sauce.
Once again, there is some name confusion around this cut. In this case, it comes from the fact that in nonkosher, “spare ribs” generally refer to a rack of 11-13 connected pork ribs cut from the belly. These pork spare ribs are nicely marbled (in contrast to the much leaner baby back ribs, which are analogous to beef back ribs, with leaner and more tender meat).
Spare ribs can be braised in liquid at a low temperature until tender. They can also be grilled or smoked. Since there is a lot of fat in the meat, you may want to braise the spare ribs in advance, then allow to cool and skim off the fat before reheating to serve. You can grill spare ribs relatively quickly – sear first, then cook over indirect heat for 30-45 minutes. If using a sweet glaze, add it towards the end of cooking to avoid burning. Grilled spare ribs will be on the tougher side, but still tasty. You can also cook them in a smoker for 3-4 hours. If you’re following a recipe for pork spare ribs, you may need to adjust the total cooking time to achieve your desired tenderness. The trick with spare ribs (or any cut from the plate) is to cook them until they are tender, but not completely falling apart, so you can eat them off the bone. MARCH 2024 Fleishigs
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urim stands out as a unique holiday on our calendar, partly because God's name is absent from Megillat Esther. However, the miracle of Purim serves as an obvious revelation of Hashem's omnipresence and intervention, almost akin to the explicit mention of His name. Similarly, without making any inappropriate comparisons, God forbid, I would like to reveal here some special wines that might have gone under the radar of Fleishigs’ readers. I highly recommend these wines for the upcoming Purim seuda. It is a diverse selection to suit every palate, as indulging in wine at the seuda is not only a tradition but also a great mitzvah. It becomes an even greater mitzvah when you genuinely enjoy drinking it. L’chaim!
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