Ha ha. A Methodist friend of mine made some and brought it to a Seder. The secret’s been out for a long time.
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Run a sheet of plain matzoh under running water 'til it starts to soften, crunch it up, mix it with a beaten egg and a little salt, and fry it in butter. This might be a little less egg-y than your version - I prefer a more latke-like prep. Comes out like this:
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Your matzoh brei looks delicious. 
Thanks for the info.
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Please post the results! I’m always interested in how other people make it.
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Perhaps it was some good karma coming back to me or maybe just dumb luck, but I scored a whole chicken for $3.00 and a bone-in ham (11 lbs.) for $6.00 (on clearance).
I had gone to the grocery store (early) to get potatoes that were on sale, yet again. I’ve been feeding Sunshine so many different potato dishes and I know she is getting tired of them, but doesn’t complain.
But tonight we’re going to have chicken. I should be able to get two meals (for her & I) out of that bird and maybe 5-6 out of the ham.
YEAH!!
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Holiday Crack, anytime of year without the chocolate, too.
Ain’t karma great? 7 or 8 meals for $9 (not counting sides, of course). And the great thing about potatoes is there’s literally a hundred different things you can do with them to stave off tastebud fatigue.
Have a great (and filling) holiday weekend!
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I saw that. Big Discounts? Nah.
I got up early to take advantage of a sale on Boneless Pork ($1.49/pound). When I got to the store the butcher was unaware which cut was on sale, so he made me up a huge pack of boneless pork loin “chunks”. Ten very nice pieces for just over $4.00, so we’ll get 5 meals out of that “special”.
YEAH!!
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Nothing tastes better than an unexpected bargain!
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I’m with you. If it’s on sale and/or in season, I’ll make due. If it’s a new ingredient, but cheap, I’ll learn how to use it.
I’ve noticed people crying hard over the inflation, but so much of what has really jumped up is pre-made pre-packaged crap. If you NEED Pepsi, pay for it. Use the stove, oven, grill, whatever to MAKE food. I guarantee the loaf of bread you can make at home for $.50 will beat whatever they have at a grocery store. Though, I have heard the HEB has good bread.
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I buy the Purdue bags of chicken leg/thigh quarters for $8.80. Only meat I ever buy at Walmart.
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While it’s still true that making your own bread saves money , you might be surprised when you calculate, Inflation has hit ingredient costs, too. I calculated the cost of my homemade whole wheat hamburger buns as $2.30 for 8 buns. The flour alone (3 cups) is 90 cents now ($5.39 for a 5 pound bag unless it’s on sale, about 18 cups per 5 pounds).
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Also energy cost / efficiency / economies of scale.
Still drives my mom nuts if we put up the pressure cooker for a single item, because she was trained to plan ahead to maximize any energy usage — if a PC was being put up, it was completely filled so that the energy used to run it wasn’t “wasted” on a single item. One reason was cost of fuel — gas, electricity, whatever, but the other was energy conservation / environmental.
I still think of baking something at home myself as a luxury, not an economy.
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I just finished making another loaf of bread. I’m just not going to pay that much for bread.
Yes, potatoes were on sale last week so I made a potato, onion and carrot casserole. Potatoes were the main ingredient with the other vegetables just to add a little variety.
I adjust our menu based on what items are on sale. Tomorrow I’m going to use another serving of that boneless pork (I picked up) and throw together a pasta, cream of mushroom soup and pork dish. I’ll open a can of peas for our vegetable.
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When the pork roasts were on sale for $.99, I made Chi-style hot Italian pork. Dang that turned out good and saved some green.
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That sound real good!!
So far, I’ve made “Shake and Bake” pork, with pork and pasta to follow on Sunday.
When chicken was on sale, I worried Sunshine would sprout feathers, now I’m worried she’ll grow a curly tail.
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I found some brats in the bottom of the freezer. I need to make some type of roll to hold them. I’m going to try to make smaller versions of this ciabatta bread as rolls. We’ll see how it turns out.
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