On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:00:26 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> connected the dots and wrote:

~In article >,
~ maxine in ri > wrote:
~
~> On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 07:54:27 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
~> > connected the dots and wrote:
~(snippage)
~
~> eggy custardy look. ~ ~Question re the kugel above: I don't have a
~> box grater like my mom had. ~When I make potato pancakes I shred
~> them finely in the fp then chop the ~shreds with the steel blade,
~> creating the kind of potato mush that ~you're describing -- any
clue
~> if what I'm doing results in a substantial ~difference from grating
~> the whole potatoes?
~
~>
~> I've always used a wire grater (looks sort of like a rectangular
~> badminton racket). Folks on the jewish-food list suggest grating
them
~> in the FP, then running about half of the gratings through the
~> processor for a similar effect.
~
~I think Mom used a wire grater -- and I have a memory here of Kay
~Hartman reporting on her Aunt Irene's use of such a grater. I'm glad
~that my food processor plan is shared by others.
~>
~> They both sound like kugels, which are basically a pudding type of
~> food, sometimes with noodles (lukshun kugels), sometimes with
chunks
~> of main ingredient. For approximately a gazillion varieties, check
~> out <www.jewishfood-list.com> archive. I don't think there's one
for
~> beets....
~>
~> maxine in ri
~
~So, would the one with the pineapple have been a kugel, too? "Chunks
of
~main ingredient" fits with both these. Beet Kugel. Now, THERE's
an
~abomination in Alex's sight! :-)

When Bubba Vic comes to visit, you can make him one all for
himself<G>. And yeah, fruit kugels are pretty common.

maxine in ri, hoping that I can get these posts out timely