Calling Jerusalem Kugel: Did we dial the wrong area code?
The New York Times recently featured a series of articles on kugel, kugel recipes, and proustian kugel experiences. This week, we tried to make Jerusalem Kugel. It seemed hard to believe that the key ingredients could be caramelized sugar, oil, noodles, and eggs but there they were on the page and signed off on by the New York Times.
I'm sure that most of us wimmen-folk can recall an experience or two in which we felt compelled to give a fake phone number (when persistent guy would not relent) or a fake name (in case of potential and fruitful googlestalking). I've learned that the best fake name is the simplest and easiest to forget. Pick something monosyllabic, anglo-saxon, and unfeminine. Examples: Ann, Kate, Jane, Beth.
Oil, noodle, sugar, egg. Yeah, right.