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Rosh Hashanah videos: Weird As Shit.
Sep. 28th, 2011 02:22 am*I'm not religious, I just really like Holidays. And food. Fyi.*
Rosh Hashanah doesn't have your 'Christmas albums'--there's no coyly perky Mariah Carey cooing down at you, cosplaying a femme!santa, no Babs, which doesn't even make sense b/c why is Streisand doing a Christmas album, again?
There's just the Chosen To Be Socially Awkward People, and the shit they've uploaded to youtube. Shall we tour?
Few people know of the deep historical connection between Rosh Hashanah and parkour, and that's very sad. Also lets you play the 'where in Jerusalem are we?' game, which is like the tic tac toe of made-up games, because the Old City is *so frigging small* you wonder why they bothered with all the gates.
Twee but actually adorbs and quite funny at points. Well put together, the best of the lot. Can you resist visual puns about Apple computers? ...you can? Sod you, then.
A classic! For a really restricted definition of 'classic'. Enjoy its repetitiveness and its inexplicable use of 'crunk'. This misguided attempt to be down with the kids shows all the sensitivity and subtlety you've come to expect from Taglit Birthright, so pretty much none. This is like the Nyan cat song, but for Jewish new year. OR DID I JUST BLOW YOUR MIND?!
Why is it techno? What is this man doing to a chicken at 1:25? I have a lot of questions.
Sadly my challah (I made a regular braid and a RH circle braid) is a kinda marred by the yeast having been tepid. The bread's rather sad. I mean I let it rise AGES, and by the time I realized the yeast was too old there was nothing I could do but press on. It's not AWFUL, still sweet, but this already dense bread is now too fucking dense. We'll make french toast and breadcrumbs out of the frozen leftovers, it'll be fine. Still, I hadn't baked bread in a WHILE, only once since I was a child I think (and that was a weird bread anyway) and for a virgin outing I'm not that impressed with me. Fucking old yeast. Should have, idk, sensed it or something.
Anyway, menu for tomorrow (6 people, one veggie, milkhic!kosher):
Tzimmes
Stuffed fish from Leon OR baked halibut with horseradish cream (ASK KATY)
Challah (MADE, sad :( --I did eat some with set honey, that was fine)
Honey and Apple cake*
Butterscotch apples
Apple cider (PETER IS BRINGING)
Southern baked sweet potatoes
* My idea for this is to make a traditional honey cake, and an English apple crumble (http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/oct/14/how-to-make-perfect-crumble) on TOP of it. Genius or madness??! As I recall I didn't looove last year's recipe. Hrm. Maybe a different one. Or a honeyed crumble? Pie? Something.
Maybe this cake: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/apple-cake-v/detail.aspx or http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Jewish-Apple-Cake-I/Detail.aspx , or http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Apple-Honey-Bundt-Cake/Detail.aspx ? http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/spiced-apple-cake-recipe/index.html ? AUGH why doesn't my gran make an apple cake I can just steal? It's all brisket with her!
Or the easy home-made applesauce out of 'deserts that have killed better men than me'?
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Jewish-Apple-Cake-I/Detail.aspx
...halp?
Rosh Hashanah doesn't have your 'Christmas albums'--there's no coyly perky Mariah Carey cooing down at you, cosplaying a femme!santa, no Babs, which doesn't even make sense b/c why is Streisand doing a Christmas album, again?
There's just the Chosen To Be Socially Awkward People, and the shit they've uploaded to youtube. Shall we tour?
Few people know of the deep historical connection between Rosh Hashanah and parkour, and that's very sad. Also lets you play the 'where in Jerusalem are we?' game, which is like the tic tac toe of made-up games, because the Old City is *so frigging small* you wonder why they bothered with all the gates.
Twee but actually adorbs and quite funny at points. Well put together, the best of the lot. Can you resist visual puns about Apple computers? ...you can? Sod you, then.
A classic! For a really restricted definition of 'classic'. Enjoy its repetitiveness and its inexplicable use of 'crunk'. This misguided attempt to be down with the kids shows all the sensitivity and subtlety you've come to expect from Taglit Birthright, so pretty much none. This is like the Nyan cat song, but for Jewish new year. OR DID I JUST BLOW YOUR MIND?!
Why is it techno? What is this man doing to a chicken at 1:25? I have a lot of questions.
Sadly my challah (I made a regular braid and a RH circle braid) is a kinda marred by the yeast having been tepid. The bread's rather sad. I mean I let it rise AGES, and by the time I realized the yeast was too old there was nothing I could do but press on. It's not AWFUL, still sweet, but this already dense bread is now too fucking dense. We'll make french toast and breadcrumbs out of the frozen leftovers, it'll be fine. Still, I hadn't baked bread in a WHILE, only once since I was a child I think (and that was a weird bread anyway) and for a virgin outing I'm not that impressed with me. Fucking old yeast. Should have, idk, sensed it or something.
Anyway, menu for tomorrow (6 people, one veggie, milkhic!kosher):
Tzimmes
Stuffed fish from Leon OR baked halibut with horseradish cream (ASK KATY)
Challah (MADE, sad :( --I did eat some with set honey, that was fine)
Honey and Apple cake*
Butterscotch apples
Apple cider (PETER IS BRINGING)
Southern baked sweet potatoes
* My idea for this is to make a traditional honey cake, and an English apple crumble (http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/oct/14/how-to-make-perfect-crumble) on TOP of it. Genius or madness??! As I recall I didn't looove last year's recipe. Hrm. Maybe a different one. Or a honeyed crumble? Pie? Something.
Maybe this cake: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/apple-cake-v/detail.aspx or http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Jewish-Apple-Cake-I/Detail.aspx , or http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Apple-Honey-Bundt-Cake/Detail.aspx ? http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/spiced-apple-cake-recipe/index.html ? AUGH why doesn't my gran make an apple cake I can just steal? It's all brisket with her!
Or the easy home-made applesauce out of 'deserts that have killed better men than me'?
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Jewish-Apple-Cake-I/Detail.aspx
...halp?
