RE: Cole Slaw (previously gilded inlay)

[Aura Levin Lipski <aura...>]

I've seen some chat lists but this is the chopped liver of them all.....

You guys are hilarious!

Just remember when you're thinking of Jews and food, think of Australia:
after all, we're the ones who make the Tim Tams which are the huge rage
in Israel at the moment!

(If you don't know what a Tim Tam is, there's an article on the Front
Page
of Jewish Australia dot com which tells you all about it......)

Now to music:

We have had incredible response to our site Hebrew Songs dot com,
and I ask all on the list if you have any words to songs that are not
either
on our site or on the zemerl site PLEASE we would love to have them.

Our songs are transliterated and translated into English.

A full list of songs can be found linked from our A-Z page - we link to
every
Hebrew song on Zemerl so you can see the Hebrew songs which are on both
sites.

Your name will be acknowledged on each song page that you submit.

There is a facility to "add your song" from the site.

Of course I am also happy to acknowledge this list and any music
websites
that any of you represent.

I just received an email the other day from a former youth movement
leader.
He said he wished he had had Hebrew Songs dot com to consult for his
chanichim.
That's the point of our site:  Find your favourite song and print it up
to sing and enjoy.

Warm wishes to all,

Aura Levin Lipski
 
Jewish Australia dot com
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Hebrew Songs dot com
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Israeli Dance Australia dot com
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
[mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org] On Behalf Of Seth Austen
Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2002 4:04 AM
To: World music from a Jewish slant
Subject: Re: Cole Slaw (previously gilded inlay)


on 1/18/02 10:57 PM, Joshua Horowitz at horowitz (at) budowitz(dot)com wrote:

> "What about just a plain old side of cole slaw? You know, the 
> traditional kind."
> 
> "You mean, like, with sweet watery mayonnaise dripping off of wilted 
> shredded white cabbage?"

Josh,

Great posting. I'm so glad you brought this subject up. In my travels to
the backwoods of Appalachia, hot on the trail of the missing Child
ballads from the repertoire of legendary blues man Robert Johnson, I had
the good fortune to meet an octogenarian Jewish gentleman at the
crossroads who had been an old-time fiddler, talmudic scholar and cook!
When he mentioned cole slaw, out came my trusty minidisc recorder. I
crammed the mic right under his nose, and got the following recipe:

You must use white cabbage, this signifies a purity of spirit. No other
color of cabbage is acceptable. And of course the Ashkenazi connection
to white cabbage cannot be denied. A primal food staple of our
eastern-European forefathers. So, you cut finely the whole cabbage, 613
slices to be exact, paper thin. The significance of this number, I don't
have to tell you. Then you add the caraway seeds. Caraway seeds are the
connection to the Levites, as in the bakers of rye bread, this signifies
multiplying the seed of Israel. Now the truly important part, mix
together the mayonnaise and vinegar, when you arrive at a consistency of
22% wateriness (for the 22 letters of the aleph bet), you have achieved
perfection in cole slaw. This you should serve along with a nice glass
of ice tea!

This last part brings up the fascinating Jewish connection to the
southern practice of drinking iced tea in a glass, but that's a story
for another time and place.

your friend in further ethnomusicological adventures,

Seth

-- 
Seth Austen

http://www.sethausten.com
emails: seth (at) sethausten(dot)com
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