I grew up eating bananas and sour cream (sprinkled with a little sugar) for dessert. That, latkes and fried matzoh were the only three things my dad made. My Mom liked peaches and sour cream, or berries. We had it all. My dad was Jewish and my Mom was Episcopalian. When they got engaged, their parents didn’t come to their wedding because…
I grew up eating bananas and sour cream (sprinkled with a little sugar) for dessert. That, latkes and fried matzoh were the only three things my dad made. My Mom liked peaches and sour cream, or berries. We had it all.
My dad was Jewish and my Mom was Episcopalian. When they got engaged, their parents didn’t come to their wedding because they were both the “wrong” religion for the other’s parents. So my parents raised us without any religion at all because they said it only divided people. Cool. I agree.
Eventually, when they started having their four kids, our grandparents came around.
So even though we never ever had any religion in our house. we still celebrated all the holidays, Jewish holidays like Passover and Rosh Hashanah, and Christmas, Easter - but just the food part of the holidays. My mom learned to make matzoh balls and blintzes and Hamantaschen, chopped liver, all things she didn’t grow up eating that my dad loved. And my dad made a few of the Jewish foods he could do well.
We always had bananas sprinkled with sugar over sour cream as a snack. Nobody we knew growing up ate that, so I just assumed it was “Jewish food” that my dad invented. 😂 I still eat it, and so do my adult kids. I wonder if it is a Jewish thing? We also had Graham cracker mush - Graham crackers mushed up in a bowl of milk. I think my dad invented that. So maybe that’s a Jewish food too?
Thanks for reminding me how much I love the fruit and sour cream combos!! I’m gonna get a fresh container of sour cream today.
I can’t wait to get your book. I have the others and they’re great!
I grew up eating bananas and sour cream (sprinkled with a little sugar) for dessert. That, latkes and fried matzoh were the only three things my dad made. My Mom liked peaches and sour cream, or berries. We had it all.
My dad was Jewish and my Mom was Episcopalian. When they got engaged, their parents didn’t come to their wedding because they were both the “wrong” religion for the other’s parents. So my parents raised us without any religion at all because they said it only divided people. Cool. I agree.
Eventually, when they started having their four kids, our grandparents came around.
So even though we never ever had any religion in our house. we still celebrated all the holidays, Jewish holidays like Passover and Rosh Hashanah, and Christmas, Easter - but just the food part of the holidays. My mom learned to make matzoh balls and blintzes and Hamantaschen, chopped liver, all things she didn’t grow up eating that my dad loved. And my dad made a few of the Jewish foods he could do well.
We always had bananas sprinkled with sugar over sour cream as a snack. Nobody we knew growing up ate that, so I just assumed it was “Jewish food” that my dad invented. 😂 I still eat it, and so do my adult kids. I wonder if it is a Jewish thing? We also had Graham cracker mush - Graham crackers mushed up in a bowl of milk. I think my dad invented that. So maybe that’s a Jewish food too?
Thanks for reminding me how much I love the fruit and sour cream combos!! I’m gonna get a fresh container of sour cream today.
I can’t wait to get your book. I have the others and they’re great!