Let’s talk matzoh balls… Some families sneak in cloves, others go with dill. Some grind special blends of pepper and I’ve even seen matzoh balls with “surprise!” fillings. But I think this is all disguising the real issue. There are only two kinds of matzoh balls out there. It all boils down (or up) to…
My Grandmother’s Matzoh Balls Part 1: Schmaltz!
Recently I came across my own handwritten recipe for Matzoh balls. I wrote this out sometime in the early 90s, one of the last times I was home and visiting with my grandmother. We were making matzoh balls as I wrote it and the page has a few grease marks and smudges. I doodled a…