Kosher (Feb. 1847); Armenian menu (1922)

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KOSHER

   I went back to THE OCCIDENT AND AMERICAN JEWISH ADVOCATE.  It has "kasher"
in 1843.  The November 1846 "kosher" is really "kasher."
   However, from February 1847, pg. 553:

   On the subject of Shochetim, and the sale of Kosher meats, a committeeof
competent men has benn selected by the united boards.

(MISC.:  Thanks to Allen Mayberry for that cookbook list, but I still want
the Yiddish Book Center to e-mail me back about Jewish food.  Maybe there is
a food passage in a book that's not a cookbook?  A return e-mail from a
business about its business is surely not too much to expect, even in August?
...The NYPL has e-mailed me that they've located the JERUSALEM NEWS
(1919-1920), an English language newspaper that's a generation before the
JERUSALEM POST.  I'll look at it on Saturday--ed.)

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SERBIAN CEVAPCICI; TAKE ME SOMEPLACE I'VE NEVER BEEN

THE GREAT CHICAGO BAR & SALOON GUIDE:
CHICAGO'S 200 BEST BARS
by Dennis B. McCarthy
Chicago Review Press
First Printing 1978
Second Printing 1979

Pg. 90 (Miomir's Serbian Club, 2255 W. Lawrence):  There's kajmak, a
fermented milk bread-spread, moussaka, goulash, schnitzel, cevapcici and
muckalica.

Pg. 92 (Mister Joe's, 741 N. Rush St.):  Talk to Mr. Joe.  He sits, slugging
away cognac, occasionally dozing in his chair, ready for discourse wiht
lively witted people.  He'll tell you about God, "The man who turns the other
cheek is a fool"; his wife, "She said 'take me someplace I've never been,' so
I said, 'How about the kitchen?'"...

(Is this a Henny Youngman line?  It's an old joke.  OXFORD should include
this if it's also including Harry Truman's "kitchen" line--ed.)

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ARMENIAN MENU

   The NEW YORK HOTEL RECORD had a section called "The Restaurant World" from
1922-1924.  There are a number of interesting items.  This is from 11 January
1922, pg. 13, col. 3:

_A Levantine Dinner_
   The Armenian Garden Restaurant, at 14 West 45th Street, New York CIty,
gave the American Chamber of Commerce for the Levant the following menu:
   Hors d'Oeuvre Oriental
   Tchiflick Tchorba
   Chease (sic) Boereck
   Tavook Pilaf
   Taza Bamya
   Nouhoud
   Salade Sheherazad
   Madzoon
   Paklava
   Cafe Turque
   Tchiflick Tchorba is an Oriental soup; Tavook Pilaf is chicken with rice;
Taza Bamya is Okra; Nouhoud is white peas, and Paklava is a nutty pastry.

(See prior ADS-L posts on Madzoon, Baklava, Boerek, and Armenian
cuisine--ed.)