What Connects Us to the Living and the Dead Other than DNA?

by Leah Hadad on September 7, 2010

A friend messaged me on Facebook an, arguably, SOS request for the recipe for the brisket about which I wrote in a previous post.  Other then DNA, food is a connection to the living and the dead.  I like the idea that she and I will serve the same dish at our homes this Rosh Hashana.  A comforting thought.

The original recipe was published in a Family Cookbook that was published by my children’s preschool as a fundraiser.  My notes on the page with the brisket recipe (yes, I desecrate cookbooks) describe the variation to the recipe I made in 1997 for Rosh Hashana.  I also wrote that my only child at the time, then 9 y.o., loved it, which does not explain why he has shunned red meat for years.

Nancy, this is for you:

Brisket in White Sauce

4 to 6 lb. first cut brisket

2 onions, sliced

1 1/2 c. dry white wine

Seasoned salt (unnecessary for Kosher meat) and pepper

Garlic powder

1/2 c. brown sugar or honey

See directions in my previous post

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