Pe'tcha

[jaybee]

Can someone tell me where the name petcha comes from ?

Petcha can't eat just one.

[Jinmyo]

Can someone tell me where the name petcha comes from ?

Petcha can't eat just one.

Oh, fis! Petcha I can.

[jaybee]

(jaybee @ Dec 22 2002, 09:32 PM)

Petcha can't eat just one.

Oh, fis! Petcha I can.

Oh, p'shaw, petcha can't.

[La Niña]

Jin, my maternal grandmother had a separate set of dishes for the cow's udder, since it was both meat and milk.

What was the word they used for cow's udder??????

In the middle east it's called "beez" - it's a delicacy. I'd give my right arm to find it in this cockamamie country. No such luck.

[Jmahl]

P'tcha - the horror of it - hot or cold. I last experienced in in 1950 or so and it still haunts me. It was Clay Avenue in the Bronx. The smell - Hot Glue - next day - cold gelatinous semi clear on top - cloudy and black speckled at the bottom. "Eat, Eat, its good for you." I couldn't force it down.

Don't tell Carl Rove - its an instriment of torment. It haunts my dreams. Its a wonder I still eat at all.

Jmahl

[savethedeli]

First tried it in le Marais in Paris last year. Fantastic kosher butcher/delicatessen man named Michel Kalifa gifted me a bit. I took it back home and served it for Rosh Hashanah to my family with mixed reactions from all...disgust from most.

But it's a truly magical dish. Initially it appears and tastes horrid...a cold, latex block of gelatin. But sliced super thin, and with a touch of horseradish, it dissolves on the hot tongue and the rich marrow flavor of the veal comes out. Not a crowd pleaser in this day and age, but def something for the yiddish gourmands out there. If they exist.

[Pam R]

My baba made it. Now my sister makes it about once a year. In our family it's served hot, and she's not shy with the garlic. Not for me, but the father (and uncles) likes it. Lots of marrow bones swimming in the gelatinous garlic sauce. Apparently it's best served with lots of fresh challah for dipping.

[savethedeli]

I've yet to see a deli with the naches to serve it to customers on this continent. Maybe Zingerman's will introduce it shortly.

[Jmahl]

I've yet to see a deli with the naches to serve it to customers on this continent.  Maybe Zingerman's will introduce it shortly.

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The other night I saw a T.V. show that spotlighted "Sammy's Romanian." They showed Pe'tcha. The owner said he never eats the stuff.

Jmahl

[jpr54_]

I am making some as I type-

It is delicious when prepared properly-

Jmahl- I lived on Grant avenue not far from Clay-and went to PS 88, 90, Jr.22 and Taft-

I also graduated from Hunter College in the Bronx and graduate school of Health scirnces in Manhattan-

It is a Polish jJewish delicacy.

UR invited to have some in my home-I live in Hallandale Beach Florida

[Jmahl]

I am making some as I type-

It is delicious when prepared properly-

Jmahl- I lived on Grant avenue not far from Clay-and went to PS 88, 90, Jr.22 and Taft-

I also graduated from Hunter College in the Bronx and graduate school of Health scirnces in Manhattan-

It is a Polish jJewish delicacy.

UR invited to have some in my home-I live in Hallandale Beach Florida

For me it is still a horror that haunts my dreams. It is said that odors are the strongest memories. I can't forget. I want to forget, but it won't let me. It made me question the whole belief that my family was made up of rational people.