ISO: ISO Elaineta, I'm simmering Simcha Haviv's Sofrito right now,

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One of the nicest things was the aroma that spread through the house... hope it lives up to ....

expectations. It has become a favorite here.

 
Wow, what a delicious dish!

The meatballs were tender and I loved the cumin with the touch of mint. The potatoes I used were mini yukons halved and their flavor really melded well with the sunchokes. They were tender yet kept a firm almost nutty texture. But the broth..... Mmmm! I did add a half pound of quartered brown mushrooms because it just seemed right. I must say I am not good at browning meatballs. They were all oddly shaped!

I'm really looking forward to dinner tonight, bet this is even better the second day.

Thanks again for posting this treasure, wish there were more of Simcha's recipes too.

 
I made this yesterday for dinner- very tasty. I used wine instead of water for extra flavor

but other than that, I kept to the original. Love old-fashioned recipes without perfect measurements. Lets us all have our own interpretation.

 
I will have to try it with wine once. My favorite directions from an old recipe is from a ...

cookbook which was passed down to me from my grandmother Florence Greenberg 1936 - the directions are like - put in enough salt to float an egg.....

Love it!

 
My mom found my great grandmother's ledger book with her recipes, she's trying to copy it for us,

it has directions like "in a hot oven" or an "egg sized piece of butter". Some family treasures come from there, I can't wait to have my own copy. there's even a page where my granny drew a little picture in pencil when she was a little girl. awwww!

 
My grandmother's is the same. Butter the size of an egg, handful of something.

And she has a recipe for Emergency Raisin Pudding. She was a farm wife then. I can just imagine a whack of people showing up suddenly, that she had to make dinner for. (and she was a good cook)

 
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