As the last Kosher Cooking Carnival came out at the beginning of the Three Weeks, I think it appropriate that I dedicate this one to Tu B’Av and women dressed in white who would go into the fields to dance. In days of old, women were said to dress up in white clothes and dance in the fields:
The Mishnah Taanit (4:8) relates that Tu be-Av was a day for making shiduchim (matches), albeit without the intermediary services of the shadchen (matchmaker):
Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel used to say that there there were no days more joyous than Tu be-Av and Yom Kippur.
[On these days] the maidens of Jerusalem would go out bedecked in borrowed white clothing (in order not to embarrass those who did not own any) . . . And the maidens of Jerusalem went out and danced in the vineyards. And what did they say? โYoung man, check us out and decide whom you like.โ [*]
Let’s pretend your sister or third cousin once removed has just finished dancing in the field; now it’s time to eat.
Batya suggests Pitu'im in Jerusalem.
If you want some nice conversation, you could talk about “umami” and Torah as the “spice of life”. But I would suggest you wait until after the meal if you want to discuss Rafi’s post on Shechita.
If you would like to discuss hechsherim and the kashrut of restaurants, Rafi posts on kashrut in Jerusalem restaurants and then updates. Larry Lennhoff says this is how kashrut certification should be done.
Lion of Zion asks: is it “assur” (forbidden) to eat at home in Brooklyn during the Nine Days?
What would make a nice summer meal?
A lovely bean salad by Tamar Fox.
A cancer-preventing fruit salad with thyme.
I made a soup from my Farmers Market produce. And I grew an edible flower.
Gazpacho time:
Juggling Frogs suggested Leah Koenig’s gazpacho posted on the Jew and the Carrot.
Gail teaches us how to make her gazpacho.
If you don’t want to spend a lot, but you like delicious food:
One way to really keep it simple is to go out for some bagels.
On the other hand if you really want to live it up and make this meal extra-special, check out the wine selections at http://www.kosherwinereview.com/. Personally, I like Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon. Anything by the Galil Mountain Winery is going to be delicious; we tasted their wine our recent trip to Israel.
Raizy presents us with recipes from the Land of the Magyars.
We could have an elegant meal with Ilana-Davita’s chicken teriyaki or Baroness Tapuzina’s chicken paprika. Ilana-Davita’s roasted peppers would make a lovely side dish.
Like pasta? Try frumskeptic’s Fettucine Alfredo.
Batya teaches us how to roast vegetables in the oven.
Check out Mother in Israel’s new griddle and chickpea patties recipe.
Kosher Whine has a delicious recipe for Swiss Chard. Bet that might work with kale, too.
Here’s a really easy fish recipe.
Batya suggests that because it's Shmitta year, you can go into the field to pick some grapes. She also notes a sign allowing others to enter and pick.Our options for dessert:
For a dairy meal, you could make the Kosher Blog’s Strawberry shortcake with cream on top.
Or try this easy Shabbat cake.
Not enough recipes? Here’s a blog called Cooking with Yiddishe Mama.
B’Taavon. (= Bon Appetit in Hebrew)
Finally, if you want to organize your recipes, Frumhouse has some nice suggestions. Here’s the cover of her Pesach recipes binder:
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Great edition( with beautiful illustrations), as I knew it would be. Congratulations!
Beautiful KCC, Leora!
One important correction: I didn’t design the logo. I think it might have been Mr. Bagel, but I’m not sure.
Thank you for all your hard work on this!
Juggling Frogs, I stand corrected. I changed the words in the post. Thanks for letting me know.
That was fast – and generous of you to keep the link active.
It’s a great edition. Looking forward to reading all the links. And to a double dose of light and fun this weekend, it being both Shabbat Nachmu and Tu B’Av!
“Letโs pretend your sister or third cousin once removed has just finished dancing in the field; now itโs time to eat.”- LOL!
Looking forward to reading all the articles!
Love that dress! Looks like it’s something I would’ve worn in the 70s ๐
Very elegant my dear! Thanks so much!!
http://me-ander.blogspot.com/2008/08/kcc-celebrating-tu-bav.html
Great job! Thank you for including my link.
Very creative, Leora. Sorry I didn’t get my recipe for leftover chicken in. The post has yet to make it from my brain to my computer.
Thanks for including my blog.
Regards,
Michelle
aka Baroness Tapuzina
I’ve been looking for a hummus recipe. Thank you! I think I’ll serve gazpacho for dinner tonight, too — my own more traditional recipe, though.
What a fantastic edition! I’m glad I stopped here to see it!
Yeah, I wouldn’t call that sunflower seed cheese “cheese.” It’s a dip or a spread like you said. It’s just the name. It was tasty though! it’d be very good with a veggie platter. Someone had mentioned it was too lemony for her and I thought so at first but once it sat for awhile it was perfect. So if you make it just play around with it to your liking.
And don’t worry about posting cooked food recipes and/or pics. I love food of all kinds so it’s still enjoyable to me even if I don’t partake. ๐
Totally wonderful. Combining KCC and Shiloh….
lovely job! yum ๐
nice job! great links. i will get around to posting in the next one, for sure:-) for now, i’m content to read…
Thanks for the link
unrelated to the specifics of the post, but i was cooking peas and just let all the water boil out. i did this with gefilte fish recently. the pots have a layer of blacks something that i can only get off by scraping (which probably ruins the no-stick surface anyway). is there anyway to salvage the pots?