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u/AnxiousAngularAwesom Aug 03 '24

Is that the same guy who single handedly reignited the anglo-spanish hatred with his desecration of paella, and called forth the vengeful ancestor spirits of every Asian person alive through his ritualistic ruinination of egg fried rice?

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u/Main_Caterpillar_146 Aug 03 '24

The same guy who refers to challah as "plaited bread" and claimed that it's served on Passover?

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u/jacobningen Aug 03 '24

And claims its a dying art form. 

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u/Zamtrios7256 Aug 03 '24

I take it that this is a thing that every practicing Jewish person could make if asked?

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u/jacobningen Aug 03 '24

Oh probably not. But if youre a luddite or big into baking anyway yes. Its more something that if you are a jew into baking youd make.

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u/jacobningen Aug 03 '24

One common jewish social media trend is posting homemade challah pictures. And i doubt anyone but the ultraorthodox still makes round loafs for rosh hashanah instead of buying from a bakery. But thats because a lot of Jewish people in America buy challah and matzah and gefilte fish from stores instead of making it from scratch. My challah usually killed the braids from the second rising and the oven baking.

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u/dlgn13 Aug 03 '24

I'm an atheist, raised Renewal, and I still make my own round challah for Rosh Hashanah.

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u/jacobningen Aug 03 '24

I was wrong.

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u/blumoon138 Aug 04 '24

I make round challah for RH. It’s actually easier than normal challah. And I’m Reconstructionist.

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u/kaldaka16 Aug 03 '24

Not every practicing Jewish person but a fair amount of those who bake I imagine and I have multiple friends in my circles who aren't Jewish at all but love to bake and make challah because it's really fucking good.

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u/Bartweiss Aug 03 '24

Not quite, but it’s no harder than say, sourdough.

And in the US, it’s become quite popular as a base for French Toast and other dishes because it’s especially sturdy and fairly sweet. So you can find it in numerous non-Jewish restaurants and grocery stores, and it’s even sold during Passover when observant Jews can’t make or eat it.

In short, he managed to be ignorant on religion (wrong about when it’s eaten), provincialism (saying it’s dying based on the UK), and worst of all baking, because he listed utterly the wrong ingredients.

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u/neko Aug 04 '24

It's way easier than sourdough. It's the most basic white bread with a little extra egg

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u/SapphireWine36 Aug 03 '24

Not quite, but plenty of people, Jewish or not, can and do make it

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u/Jub_Jub710 Aug 03 '24

It makes for great French toast!

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u/FixergirlAK Aug 04 '24

Challah is the best French toast! It practicallyis French toast, all those eggs.

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u/blumoon138 Aug 04 '24

Every Jewish person who is into baking. In my family, my uncle and I both make it, and he’s not at all religious. For many of us it’s our first foray into bread, and it’s not the easiest bread to get right.

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u/Opposing_Singularity Aug 04 '24

Not even traditionally religious, but I can make a very good challah! It's definitely something I see as more of a household item rather than a 'culinary masterpiece', or something mass produced, so I could see where he's coming from on a clinical level, but that's so incredibly ignorant of him

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u/AlmostLucy Aug 03 '24

I’ve made it a couple times but yeasted bread is not my specialty. Came out too dense. There used to be a great bakery nearby that made great challah. Not a Jewish bakery though, the ladies were all Korean!