Comments on: Matzah Tasting (2007) http://jcarrot.org/327 Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 21 May 2012 04:07:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Toby Reiter http://jcarrot.org/327/comment-page-1#comment-5625 Toby Reiter Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:38:22 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/327/#comment-5625 I think the real needed test is head-to-head taste testing of regular non-thin, non-egg, non-whole wheat varieties. Which is crispier: Yehuda or Osem? Which has better overall flavor: Aviv or Manischewitz, etc. This is kind of like having a wine tasting where you compare a Syrah against a Chardonnay -- how can you say one of those is better than the other. By the way (for those too lazy to follow the link), grape matzah is simply egg matzah using grape juice instead of apple juice. As it's presumably using white grape juice, the impact on flavor is probably almost nil. Poppy seed matzah isn't kosher for Passover, so you could taste test it, but only after the chag! I think the real needed test is head-to-head taste testing of regular non-thin, non-egg, non-whole wheat varieties. Which is crispier: Yehuda or Osem? Which has better overall flavor: Aviv or Manischewitz, etc.

This is kind of like having a wine tasting where you compare a Syrah against a Chardonnay — how can you say one of those is better than the other.

By the way (for those too lazy to follow the link), grape matzah is simply egg matzah using grape juice instead of apple juice. As it’s presumably using white grape juice, the impact on flavor is probably almost nil.

Poppy seed matzah isn’t kosher for Passover, so you could taste test it, but only after the chag!

]]> By: Sarah Rose http://jcarrot.org/327/comment-page-1#comment-879 Sarah Rose Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:48:34 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/327/#comment-879 The Boston Globe is on Adin's tail with their results: http://www.boston.com/ae/food/gallery/taste_kitchen_matzo/ The Boston Globe is on Adin’s tail with their results:
http://www.boston.com/ae/food/.....hen_matzo/

]]> By: zed http://jcarrot.org/327/comment-page-1#comment-717 zed Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:29:01 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/327/#comment-717 What, no poppy seed in your tasting? I'll have to try the spelt (thanks, Jason). What, no poppy seed in your tasting?

I’ll have to try the spelt (thanks, Jason).

]]> By: Sarah Rose http://jcarrot.org/327/comment-page-1#comment-711 Sarah Rose Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:22:03 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/327/#comment-711 You are a brave man, Adin. Well done. You are a brave man, Adin. Well done.

]]> By: Leah Koenig http://jcarrot.org/327/comment-page-1#comment-710 Leah Koenig Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:01:51 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/327/#comment-710 Curious about what Thin Tea or Grape Matzah is? Find out more (and order!) here: http://www.manischewitz.com/products/matzo/matzo.php Curious about what Thin Tea or Grape Matzah is? Find out more (and order!) here:

http://www.manischewitz.com/pr...../matzo.php

]]> By: Jason Dolinsky http://jcarrot.org/327/comment-page-1#comment-709 Jason Dolinsky Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:25:16 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/327/#comment-709 You forgot to test Spelt Matzah. My daughter is allergic to wheat and can only eat spelt. Great scientific survey, though ! You forgot to test Spelt Matzah. My daughter is allergic to wheat and can only eat spelt. Great scientific survey, though !

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