So, it’s the 7th night of Hanukkah, and I’m finally putting a Hanukkah post up. Why so late? (as if ‘late’ isn’t the norm for me). I’m late because Thursday night was the first Hanukkah dinner we had at home, and I didn’t cook or bake anything prior to that. But Thursday night I made kugel. and not just any kugel; a caramel apple upside-down kugel!
Hanukkah is usually associated with foods fried in oil, such as latkes and sfganiyot (jelly or whatever filling suits your fancy filled doughnuts) to commemorate the miracle of a one-day supply of oil miraculously burning and giving light for eight days. Obviously we don’t just eat fried foods to celebrate Hanukkah, a misconception a former coworker of mine had for years, culminating in her scolding me for ordering a tuna salad sandwich for lunch several years ago.
“Lisa, give me that sandwich..you’re only supposed to eat fried foods during Hanukkah! Get some fries!”
I’m dead serious.
