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Subject: Shavuot blintz recipe
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 08:59:10 EDT

The Jewish Biblical Festival of Shavuot (shuh-VOO-oht) commemorates the day
when G-d gave the Jewish people the Torah (the Five Books of Moses) following
Moses' descent from Mount Sinai. This year, Shavuot will occur from sunset,
Thursday, June 1 through sundown, Saturday, June 3 on the civil calendar.

The custom is to eat dairy foods on Shavuot such as blintzes (fried,
sweetened cheese or blueberry stuffed and folded crepes) or noodle kugels (egg noodle
puddings) because once the Torah was given at Sinai, all methods of killing
the animal, other than by "shechitah" (ritually-approved slaughter) were
prohibited. Since animals could not be ritually slaughtered on Shabbat (Sabbath),
and the Torah was given on Shabbat, on that day the Jews at Sinai had to eat
dairy.

Here is a blintz recipe (a noodle kugel recipe will follow in a second eMail):

Crepe:
1 cup milk; 4 large eggs; lightly beaten; 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour;
butter or vegetable oil for frying

Filling:
1 lb. cottage cheese; 1/4 lb. farmers cheese (dry cottage cheese); 1/2 lb.
cream cheese; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 egg

You will also need:
bowl; whisk or fork; large utility spoon; crepe, or small frying, pan; large
plate; wax paper; 2nd bowl (or, a cleaned first bowl); plate; tablespoon;
frying pan; spatula; sour cream; applesauce; fruit toppings


1. Beat eggs. Add milk. Beat in flour until smooth.
2. Pour in a utility spoon of mixture into a greased crepe or small round pan.
3. Cook on one side until lightly browned.
4. Flip onto a plate lined with wax paper. Stack crepes with wax paper in
between.
5. Mix filling ingredients together.
6. TO SHAPE BLINTZES: Place about 1 heaping tablespoons filling on the cooked
side of the crepe. Fold in sides and roll up like an egg roll or burrito.
7. TO COOK BLINTZES: Lightly brown (on both sides) using butter in a large
frying pan.
8. Serve with sour cream, applesauce or fruit topping.


Happy Shavuot,

Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY

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