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Correct me if I’m wrong here.  I’m basing this on what I’ve heard and read in the past.    Since laundry soap is inedible, it shouldn’t be a problem for kashrut, even if it includes treif ingredients. However, for things like tablecloths and cloth napkins and dishtowels, the residual presence...

I would guess that the coated version of the chemical is where the problem lies.  The word ‘coating’ covers a lot of ground, and organic sources of any type would naturally raise a lot of questions regarding kashrut.  From a quick glance at available brands, it looks like the uncoated varieties...

Were they made with matzo or flour?  With onions?  It sounds really good.    Spanish and Mexican cooks make something similar (maybe the same), called tortitas, with any kind of chopped vegetable.  They’re delicious.  For tortitas de coliflor, cook the cauliflower florets till tender, mash...

I never thought maggots could possibly come near a cured ham.  The salt is far too heavy.  But I looked this one up, and sure enough, there is a fly called the ‘ham skipper’ or ‘cheese skipper’, Piophila casei, that will attack cured meat.  Apparently, it actually likes the salt.    I recall...

If Southerners buried ham, it was probably during the Civil War!!  I’ve never heard of that one.   Speaking of burying kimchi pots, there was an episode of M*A*S*H where Frank was convinced the local Koreans were burying bombs near the camp.  He went on his usual rampage and ordered everything...

Smell is a tricky business, which is a significant component of taste.  Everyone is anosmic to something, but about 1% of the population is seriously anosmic to almost everything.  My own sense of smell is very strong, probably stronger than most, but I don’t know of any way to measure that sort...

I like to chew on sugar cane, but I can tell you right now, the kids in that commercial had no idea what they were doing.  Chewing on a stick of cane like that would break every tooth out of their head without making a dent in the cane.   To chew it, you have to strip off that outer skin...

Is this a model B?  The handle for the griddle is on the front, the griddle itself looks to be cast iron rather than stainless steel, and the surface is ridged and not smooth.  The back-splash design, though, is not familiar to me; I wonder if this is an uncommon model.   As I recall, these...

They are definitely commercial level.  Don’t they also need special installation in a residential building? 

Oh my.  I love it.  And that price!!  They’re giving it away.

Some of the those Hall-of-Shame sausages used to be good.  That was a long time ago.   I make my own, probably never the same twice.  I’m always ready to try a new recipe, and I’ve picked up a couple here.   Some of my fondest childhood memories are of breakfast, especially when extended...

I once tried to use my credit card at a store, but the reader wouldn’t work.  I said, “You’re card reader is broken.”  She said, “It isn’t broken, it just doesn’t work.”  I’ve been pondering that for years.  It’s my own personal Zen kōan.

Maybe I’m wrong, but I’m guessing the wallpaper is not the same vintage as the house.  Regardless of when it was put up, it’s a disaster!  Fussiness and flash are the opposite of good modern design, and that paper fights and fights with what ought to be the clean lines of the underlying design...

I agree that kimchi is easy to make at home.  There are lots of recipes online for Westerners who don’t routinely cook Asian food, and they have just Nappa cabbage, salt, and chiles, with a few extra flavorings.  Kosher fish sauce is also available, but I have no idea about the different...

It’s very tedious to make sure that leafy vegetables are kosher.  I can’t remember the details, but you have to submerge them in water for a certain amount of time, look for bugs, repeat if necessary.  I can’t quite imagine how it’s done on a large scale.<!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>...

I was very covetous of that ’63 fridge myself, but there was no way we could make the trip last week or this.  Too bad.

I would think the problem with kosher kimchi is the production line and storage vessels, which of course have to be up to kosher standards.  Really, all sorts of Asian recipes are kosher, but because pork and shellfish are so common in Asian food, they render all the cooking vessels and...

Another thing I’ve often wondered, is whether small units with a good fan, by the nature of their design, are essentially funneling the heat into such a compact space that it blows much hotter on the skin than the broadly dissipated air from a larger unit.  I can’t remember enough of my physics...

Regarding those 1500 W ...   While I realize that some people are simply incapable of rational thought, I can attest that all heaters do not work the same, no matter what level of power is listed on the box.  My guess is that some models are not actually putting out what they say. That would...

One of my strong culinary memories from childhood was watching the PBS series, The Romagnoli’s Table.  I loved that show.  It was the first time I had ever heard of basil or pesto.  We had Greek and Syrian friends and neighbors up in those mountains, but not Italian.   Cracklin bread and fried...