Text 32105, 68 rader
Skriven 2013-01-01 01:46:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
Ärende: logical 005
===================
 -=> Dave Drum said to Ruth Hanschka <=-

 -> That's a provincial thing. "Forgive him, Caesar - he is a barbarian and
 -> considers that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature." G. B.
 -> Shaw, Caesar and Cleopatra.
 RH> On the other hand, I get asked if I'm Jewish because "you don't look
 RH> Jewish", sometimes.  If the local Jewish population recognizes it as a
 RH> "look" and can generally tell each other on sight, as Gentile I figure
 RH> there's something to it.
 DD> The local (to you) congregation's provinciality is showing - big time.
 DD> It's the old "you're not form around here, are you?" syndrome - writ
 DD> large. I wonder what they would have made of Sammy Davis, Jr.

I won't go into the propriety of assessing worth,
ancestry, or desirable or undesirable characteristics
using appearance as evidence. But depending on the
situation, one can take a running guess, and it is
said that stereotyping is a thinking shortcut that
at one time not too distant had distinct survival
value. "Friend or foe" used to be an important daily
question, and those who guessed well and quickly
got to pass more of their genes along. And given
the relative lack of variation in localities,
sometimes prejudgments can work out well.

Which leads me to the joke that Asimov used to tell.
Goes something like

So there's this guy on the subway, and this little
old lady keeps looking at him, and when he notices,
she looks away, and this keeps happening for some
time, and finally he asks, "May I help you?" and
the old lady says, "Are you Jewish?" The guy says
no and goes on minding his own business, and the
old lady pipes up again, "Are you sure you're not
Jewish," and he says no again, and after a short
silence, she asks, "Are you really sure you're not
Jewish?" at which the guy loses patience and says,
sure, lady, anything you want, if you think I'm
Jewish, I'm Jewish. "Funny, you don't look Jewish."

Goose fricassee
cat: Jewish, poultry, main, Catskills
Serves: 8 to 10

10 lb young goose
1/2 c flour
2 ts salt
1/2 ts pepper
1 ts paprika
1/2 ts garlic powder
3 Tb rendered goose fat
1 c diced onion
2 c boiling water
1 sm bay leaf

Disjoint goose. Remove all skin and adhering fat (use it, don't
toss it).

Mix flour and seasonings; roll goose pieces in it and then brown
them with the onions in fat in a large heavy casserole. Add water
and bay leaf. Cover and let simmer 2 1/2 hr or until meat is
tender. Remove bay leaf before serving.

Jennie Grossinger, Art of Jewish Cooking, adapted

--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
 * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 Join Us: www.DocsPlace.org (1:123/140)