Kuppa Kippah
06-05-2007, 05:48 AM
Sick? Depressed? Dying? You need chicken soup. Take a chicken and kill it. Feather it and take out its inners. Toss it in a pot. Add two carrots, maybe three. A big onion.Garlic. Leeks. Got leeks?What else you want in there? Finely chopped hot hungarian pepper? Oregano? Pepper? A Bay leaf?G'wan.And three or four chicken stock cubes. Don't argue. Just do it.Fill the pot half way or 3/4 up with water. Let that dead chicken simmer for half the day. When it's done, take out the chicken and remove the good bits and put them in bowl and put that in the fridge. Take the bad bits, the bones and crud and toss it. Take the pot of soup and make room for it in the fridge. Let it sit there overnight.There's a reason for this.In the morning, you'll have a layer of fat rise to the surface of the soup. That's called SCHMALTZ. Scrape it off but don't toss it away.You'll need it to make the matzoh balls. . .what real Jews call KNADLACH.Take fine matzoh meal, about 4 ounces worth. . and an egg and some salt and pepper. Add two tablespoons of the SCHMALTZ and stir. STIR. Mix it. Do it. Don't argue. When satisfied, make into little balls. Add the chicken to the soup. . add a teaspoon of salt. . .reheat. Add the matzoh balls. Wait twenty minutes until they float and expand. And eat. If you want to go treyf. . .add a dab of sour cream. Just don't tell anyone.