tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977529359956146477.post3213478435687971762..comments2024-03-24T17:24:36.669-07:00Comments on A Book Of Cookrye: Schmaltz: or, The chicken fat you never knew you (maybe) needed in lifeS. S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922340554746740866noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977529359956146477.post-8373254334205243482018-07-26T00:48:15.880-07:002018-07-26T00:48:15.880-07:00It does seem to be a very Eastern European/Jewish ...It does seem to be a very Eastern European/Jewish ingredient. No one outside of those cultures seems to use it. Which does kind of surprise me that schmaltz didn't at least spill over into other cultures in New York. Also, as it happens, I usually either have shmaltzy music or 1920s jazz playing when I'm cooking. We don't need to think about the culinary misfire that happened when I had weird obscure 1960s stuff playing...S. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17922340554746740866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977529359956146477.post-92151960915334240992018-07-23T21:58:09.169-07:002018-07-23T21:58:09.169-07:00I never learned of the true culinary meaning of &q...I never learned of the true culinary meaning of "schmaltz" until I started reading cooking blogs, and even the people I know who love to cook (like my in-laws) had never heard of it until I brought it up. However, I was very familiar with it in its colloquial meaning of "overly-emotional, ridiculous fiction" for a long time, so I can't help but picture it here. "Use old episodes of The Brady Bunch to make delicious garlic bread! A touch of fantasy romance novel makes your vegetables really rich! Use Rod Stewart's 'Forever Young' in your bread!"<br /><br />(And for the record, yes, I unironically love all three of those things.)<br /> Freezynoreply@blogger.com