The 10 WEIRDEST Hasidic Foods

Top Ten Weird Hasidic Foods:
1) 1:10 - Kuchinya [Hungarian] / Fargliverte Fish Zaft [Yiddish] / Fish Jelly
2) 1:50 - Grieven / Chicken Scraps
3) 2:38 - Yapchik / Overnight Potato Kugel with Meat
4) 3:05 Galareta or P’tcha / Calves Foot Jelly
5) 4:10 Shmaltz Herring with Kichel
6 & 7) 6:23 Chollent and Kishka / Everything Bean Stew and Stuffed Intestines
8) 7:31 Browne Eyer / Overnight Hardboiled Chollent Eggs
9) 8:10 Falche Fish / Fake Fish, Imitation Fish made of Chicken
10) 9:00 Shmata Cake / Rag Cake

Join me for a little adventure through Hasidic Williamsburg as I go looking for the most exotic foods available in this Jewish neighborhood. I try fargliverta fish zaft, yapchik, galareta, kishka, herring and even a cake that in English translates to: "rag cake". It’s an unusual food tour on the hunt for the food that will most challenge the faint of heart!

Please leave comments with your thoughts, your suggestions for foods to try and insights into any of the foods I tried.

Thanks for watching!

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[janehall]

I was a chef in a Philadelphia restaurant in the 80s. It was a chain restaurant with all fresh food. I made matzo ball soup. A waitress came back and told me that it was better than her grandmother's! A great compliment!

[MaryWegrzynowicz]

I’m Polish and so many of the Jewish foods, my mom made for my dad. I grew up loving Kiska, but never knew what it was made from. I remember the taste, it was so good. My husband, also Polish, loved heiring on small crackers or pieces of bread. Amazing how were all so connected by food. Loved your video.

[blumberg]

I also love that the guy who sold you the shmaltz looked you in the eyes and was so nice.

[MissHoneyKitchen]

Every time you post I’m SO HAPPY! Can’t click soon enough!❤

[guycalabrese]

"Matjas herring" actually originated in the Netherlands, "Maatjesherring" and it's been around all of northern Europe since medieval times. In Sweden it's eaten for the mid summer festivities around 23 june together with cooked newly picked potatoes, gräddfil (like sour cream), chives and fresh dill. Washed down with beer and schnaps.Really, really good combo!

[susancanavespe]

Most of these foods sound like how poor people make something out of nothing. And in my opinion, there are similarities across cultures. I see some Scandinavian tradition in the herring, and of course rural South in the schmaltz (rendering lard instead of chicken fat). Love your work, thanks, Frieda. It’s all the same, only different.

[kkendell]

I am a foodie and this food really intimidates me…..I’ve lived all over the world, Europe Ireland England Denmark, Malaysia Hong Kong and the US and I’ve tried a lot of cuisines …you are brave.
Most of it is “peasant” food people used to survive many years ago …….extending the life of the food.
Thanks for showing us the foods

[BeeSmith]

Your description of cholent has inspired me to do my own home slow cooker version of barley, organic beef mince and borlotti or cannellini beans. My Irish husband approved. I really want some schmata cake!

[Crossword]

I loved this. Thank you for a tour of things I'd never otherwise see. You're an ambassador. And a good one.

[londazh]

I currently live in Warsaw and I can definitely recognize the eastern European influence Frieda mentioned with the food! p.s. I just had that same herring with onions a few hours ago, what a coincidence :)

[yvonnetitus]

I find myself in a continual smile as I watch each of your videos. 😊

[lruss]

The cake at the end looked the best to me! Thanks for sharing!❤

[brianlawson]

Thank you SO MUCH for this post. I have actually eaten Cholent that a friend's mom had made. I would just say that unless someone wants to lose a finger, don't get near my dish. Peace and blessings as always.😊

[PrairieStreetCo]

Such an interesting concept for a video! Thanks for sharing 🤗

[annehersey]

Frieda, I haven't seen a video of yours in weeks-medical issues on my part. OMG! Your hair is absolutely gorgeous! I love that cut~ It hits you perfectly for your face shape and the color is just popping!

[cathykrus]

My Papa and Bubbie were Orthodox from Poland and a Shtetl in Russia. They escaped before the occupation. I’ve eaten everything you highlighted from Eastern Europe. Everything was homemade by my Bubbie. Her chicken soup included large slices of potato, carrots and onions. The soup included matzah balls. Everything I’ve eaten routinely. There were only a few things I didn’t like. I have a couple of cookbooks that have recipes for many of these dishes. Essen y’all. 🍷

[andreaf]

Great fun watching you ordering different dishes and hearing you trying to "tempt" your cameraman! It made me nostalgic for the foods of my childhood. Even the ones I didn't like. My family always bought pickled herring from a Norwegian seafood store in Ballard (a neighborhood in Seattle that was very Scandinavian years ago). Grandma and I would buy it for the holidays and everyone, except for the two of us, loved it. Great memories of baking Scandinavian cookies. Thanks for sharing this video. I continue to be impressed with how labor-intensive the food prep is for the delicatessens, restaurants, and home cooks.

[funnyunkle]

Thanks so much I enjoyed hearing about some of the foods you used to eat and loved having the voice off camera “Keith”. So fun.

[ing-mariekoppel]

That schmaltz herring is precisely the pickled herring we eat in Sweden for Christmas, Easter and Midsummer.

[dianegee]

I thought I knew a lot about Jewish foods but I've been humbled. Thank you! Informative and entertaining. And yummy looking :)