KEEP IT KOSHER

KEEPING IT KOSHER

Pretzel Hot Dog Skewers

Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 6 Preference: Meat Difficulty: Easy Category: Appetizers

Skewers Hot dogs, sliced into 1-inch pieces Facon (vegetarian bacon) Pretzel bites, halved

Barbecue rub 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons chili powder 1 tablespoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon smoked paprika 1 teaspoon salt

Thread the components onto a skewer, beginning with a pretzel bite half, then the very edge of the facon, then a hot dog slice. Weave the facon over the hot dog slice and add another pretzel bite half. Weave the facon over the pretzel bite and add another hot dog slice. Finally, weave the facon over the hot dog slice and secure with a third pretzel bite half.

Mix together the barbecue rub ingredients and sprinkle over the completed skewers, coating liberally.

Grill or broil until slightly charred and caramelized.

Recipe by: Esty Wolbe, creative and comical leader of the 27,000-member strong Facebook group “I Don’t Cook But I Give Out Recipes” and host of the Kosher.com show “Easy Does It.” Source: Kosher.com

JEWISH JOKE

The Hearing Test

Maurice and Sarah were getting old, and Maurice felt his wife was losing her hearing. He decided to stage a test. One day, as Sarah read the paper, he stood a distance behind her chair and said, in a conversational voice, “Can you hear me?” Silence. He moved towards her. He was now 6 feet away. “Can you hear me?” Still silence. Finally, he moved directly behind her chair and bent over, just inches from her ear. “Can you hear me?” Sarah replied, “For the third time, Maurice, yes I can!”

Source: Chabad Lubavitch, Rochester, N.Y.

YIDDISH WORD OF THE MONTH

Yiddishe Pooch

n. A dog who has learned and responds to commands in Yiddish. “Daisy is a Yiddishe pooch. Tell her to go kibbitz (make wisecracks and give advice) and she chews other dogs’ ears off. Not literally, of course.” Yiddishe pooches are for real; New Yorkers can even attend Yiddish dog training seminars in Central Park. Yiddishe means Jewish.

Source: “Schmegoogle: Yiddish Words for Modern Times” by Daniel Klein.