{"id":20033,"date":"2024-04-29T07:52:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T11:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=20033"},"modified":"2024-04-29T08:16:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T12:16:43","slug":"the-fifth-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=20033","title":{"rendered":"The Fifth Question"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On a very recent visit to Brooklyn\u2019s Brighton Beach, I stopped by a modest bakery and was surprised to see that they were displaying their own rendition of what appeared to be chocolate coated matzos. I knew chocolate coated matzos to be a Passover specialty that always came in a box branded Streit\u2019s or Manischewitz \u2013 which prompted me to wonder, \u201cWhy is this chocolate coated matzo different from all other chocolate coated matzos?\u201d<\/p>\n

So I bought one to take home.<\/p>\n

In deference to the holiday season, I will avoid the word \u201cmiraculous\u201d but it was unexpectedly delicious. So much so, in fact, that I returned the next day to purchase another four \u2013 in case of breakage in transit, I told myself, but I wasn\u2019t fooling anybody.<\/p>\n

And the answer to the fifth question? <\/p>\n

The first bite communicates rich, milk chocolate with a little matzo as a counterpoint. By comparison, Manischewitz (on the right) tastes like matzo with a de minimis layer of chocolatey glaze; it\u2019s okay if it\u2019s all you\u2019ve ever sampled, but the blob of chocolate on the left plate is a clue to its nature. Of course, that unpredictable dollop comes with a price: with that much chocolate, matzo is bound to sacrifice its crispness as compared with the matzo-ex-machina perfection of the packaged version, but it\u2019s one well worth making IMHO.<\/p>\n

And yes, of course I will reveal the provenance of this unusual delicacy. Just sign up for my Exploring Eastern European Food in Little Odessa ethnojunket<\/a> and you\u2019ll enjoy this treat along with lots of others! (But holiday supplies are limited, so act fast! \ud83d\ude0f)
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