Take The Hints — Drop The Blintz
January 24, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Regular readers of Extreme Mortman know one sure thing about this blog: we do have a clear bias. We are steadfastly pro-Sephardic and anti-Ashkenazic.
So imagine our inner rage at reading this in the Washington Post’s Rudy Giuliani Florida story today:
At his campaign stops, the New York allegiance among the crowd is often vivid — and loud.
At the event at the New York-style deli here — blintzes, knishes and corned beef — many, probably most, in the crowd spoke in an accent that betrayed New York roots.
Yuck! Bland Eastern European junk food! Giuliani should embrace a big tent — Sephardic food. Fish with rhubarb sauce, lamb with green garlic, meat loaf with sweet and sour tomato sauce — now we’re talking! We’d even settle for cheese-stuffed peppers and pumpkin-filled filo roses. Sephardic soul food at its best.
It’s time to say to food like knishes: Knock it off! Knever Again!
richard said,
January 25, 2008 @ 3:00 pm
This seems a little too Inside the Shettle.
Julia said,
February 5, 2008 @ 3:31 pm
I think the Irish would be a little pissed off at you attributing corned beef solely to Eastern Europe. Just a warning.