Hi Everyone,
Thanks for all the symbols and traditions - but I was hoping someone
could refer me to an actual source - like a book or website or
something - that discusses all of these things....
Thanks,
Shaya
On Aug 9, 10:21 pm, bac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> In article <1186508258.938420.142...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Chef
Shaya - At Your Palate <atyourpal...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > I was wondering if anyone has any good sources for Jewish food
> > culture, specifically surrounding the tradition of eating a head on
> > Rosh Hashana. Those who follow the Ashkenazi customs generally use
> > Fish head, whereas those that follow the Sephardic customs usually use
> > a lamb or goat head.
>
> > I was hoping someone would have some kind of source for the symbology
> > and traditions (and how it evolved perhaps) of this particular piece
> > of culinary tradition.
>
> For an interesting tidbit of Jewish culinary history there is the
> 14th century medieval Ashkenazi custom of dipping a sheep's head in
honey
> [this is mentioned by the early 17th century commentary BACH (Bait
Chadash)
> in the TUR Orach Chayim on the laws of Rosh Hashana].
>
> It makes my late grandmother's a"h recipe for "galeriteh" a.k.a.
"pitcha"
> [jellied calves foot] tasty by comparison :-)
>
> Josh
>
>
>
> > Thanks,
> > Shaya
>
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