Matzoh Sammies
Passover has come and gone. Yet like every year, I have leftover matzoh in my house. I did not even buy a box of matzoh this year and now I have 2 boxes in my house. One box came from my friend, who offered it to me when my daughter came home from rehab. The other box came from my friend who had many leftover boxes from the holiday. I opened the first box of matzoh and I made matzoh brei a few times during the week for my daughter. Since I really don’t cook or eat matzoh myself, I still have almost 1-1/2 boxes of matzoh in my kitchen that I feel I must utilize. I must admit that lunch can be a sandwich and a piece of fruit. That can qualify for a meal. Yesterday for lunch I prepared for my daughter peanut butter and jelly on matzoh. You might say to yourself that she is joking, but let me tell you it takes practice and finesse to spread peanut butter and jelly on matzoh without breaking it. This comes with years of practice. Peanut butter is hard enough to spread on any bread, yet alone trying to spread it on matzoh. You must spread it very daintily. You must have patience or your matzoh will crumble into many small pieces. For a really fun time try spreading nutella on matzoh. I think spreading nutella is even harder to spread, than spreading peanut butter. It is much thicker in its consistency making it harder to do. By the way try topping these sandwiches with sliced bananas or other fruit slices, although it does make it almost easier to eat because it is more stable for some reason. I think the fruit slices balances the matzoh. For even more fun try spreading cream cheese on matzoh that is not whipped or at room temperature. You will need a matzoh first aid kit. I have made matzoh pizza, which by the way holds up better than peanut butter and jelly. I have eaten tuna on matzoh (my personal favorite matzoh sammie), eggsalad, and whitefish salad. It must be a very smooth salad at room temperature to coat the matzoh without breaking it. Other salads can become very clumsy to spread and eat. For example seafood or chicken salad. Eating cold cuts on matzoh, such as turkey or roastbeef can be excruciatingly painful because it will always break upon the first bite. Unlike bread in which you can almost repair upon ripping, you can never repair matzoh after it breaks. Matzoh shatters everywhere. It breaks into tiny pieces that not only shatter but fly away all over the place. Nothing is more fun than cleaning up broken matzoh. Now that I have blogged about matzoh, I am tempted to get some tuna salad and eat it with my leftover matzoh, but the thought of cleaning up broken matzoh is causing me to be a little bit hesitant. The day is still early, so I might just give in to my tuna on matzoh craving. Enjoy your matzoh! Stay safe my fans and Bon Appetit.