Re: Songs about food in Jiddisch

[Sylvia Schildt <creativa...>]

on 9/11/02 5:01 PM, Allen Davis at adavis (at) softwarejobs(dot)com wrote:

Is it A Zemerl?

Allen

At 04:47 PM 9/11/02 -0400, you wrote:
Shana tova.

Three others come to mind .... the first I am sure some will recognize and
help me with - it's a comparison between rich and poor. when a rich man eats
meat, it's such and such, but when a poor man eats meat, it's just a
something or other. That's the pattern of the song - meat, fish, bread.
Help!

The second one is a folk favorite - Varnichkes.

The last one is a borscht belt classic aptly named Esn.  It can be found on
a recent CD of Yiddish humor and it enumerates the entire typical
Grossinger's type menu down to the alka-seltzer.


Sylvia Schildt
Chair
8th World Conference
International Association of Yiddish Clubs (IAYC)
Baltimore, MD September 4,5,6,7 2003



on 9/11/02 4:29 PM, Richard Kamins at r(dot)kamins (at) snet(dot)net wrote:
The Adrienne Cooper songs referred to are "Borsht" (which is more of a love
song than food song" and "Yontev Peysakh" - the latter song is best for food
references.  Shirim recorded "Bulbes" (potatoes) on their Newport Classics
Cd, "Oy, It's Good." Richard From: Alex Lubet To: World music from a Jewish
slant Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 4:15 PM Subject: RE: Songs about
food in Jiddisch

Adrienne Cooper has a lovely song about holiday foods on Dreaming in Yiddish
, can't recall the title.

I don't think any of these are zemerl.


Sylvia



At 03:53 PM 9/11/2002 -0400, you wrote: Off the top of my head I can think
of Yidishe Maykholim written by Shimshon Kemelmakher and sung by Wolf
Krakowski on his album Gilgul / Transmigrations. G'Mar Tov Mordi
-----Original Message----- From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
[mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Karin Sent: 
Wednesday,
September 11, 2002 14:04 To: World music from a Jewish slant Subject: Songs
about food in Jiddisch

Can anybody help me with titles, music, texts, backrgound information I'd
like to make a list with as many songs as I can find with as much info as
possible... Thanking all, Karin

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