I'm grasping at straws here, folks. I'm tired and busy and stressed and the last thing I want to blog about again is Passover, but it's really all I can think of in the midst of my tired, busy, stressedness.
Besides, I'm sure that both grandmothers (and perhaps the aunt) (and maybe K) will truly appreciate the news that not only did E try matzoh brei, but SHE LIKED IT. (Of course, as we explained it to her, and as she now points out each time she asks for it, it's just matzoh, which she also tried and liked, combined with scrambled eggs, which she already likes, plus she can eat it with maple syrup.) (No, mom, I do not eat it with maple syrup, for that is a desecration, but alas, they have a father, not just a mother, and, as we all know, he can be a bad influence.)
Maybe the rest of you will appreciate my grandmother's recipe for matzoh brei, modified, like every recipe in the Becca-S-M-E household, to include lots of BUTTER:
For every person eating, you need one sheet of matzoh and one egg (so in our house, that means 4 matzohs and 4 eggs).
Run each piece of matzoh quickly under hot running water on both sides.
Shake off the water.
Break the matzoh in half, and then in half again, and then again, so basically you have jagged matzoh pieces about 2" square.
Put in a bowl and cover with milk to soak for a few minutes.
Meanwhile beat your eggs and add salt. More salt than you think you should add.
Melt a big chunk of butter in a big frying pan over a medium flame.
Drain the milk from the matzoh (we pour it into a jar to use again the next day), pour the eggs over the matzoh, and mix quickly so that there is egg everywhere.
Pour egg/matzoh mixture into the frying pan filled with sizzling butter, spread out matzoh pieces amongst egg, and let sit like a giant pancake.
When egg mixture is set and starting to brown on the bottom, break into big pieces and flip over.
When it is starting to brown on the other side, break up into smaller pieces and toss around in the frying pan till it is dry and cooked.
Serve.
If you are a philistine, pour maple syrup on it.
If you are a civilized person forced to live with philistines, berate philistines for pouring maple syrup on it.
Enjoy.
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See, I make it differently - so it's more like french toast than matzoh omlette.
Re the pork sausage, I remember going to eat at a french cafe in philadelphia with a friend who, in keeping with passover, ordered his sandwich on matzoh. His sandwich filling? Ham and cheese!
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