(Thanks to Jewlicious and  for the hat tip)

Last November, The Jew & The Carrot blogger Jeff reported on the newest treif sensation: Ham-flavored soda from the Jones Soda Co.  (It was part of the company’s Christmas soda line.)

Well, it seems the pork-infused drink thing is catching on.  Several different food bloggers out there have started making their own bacon vodkas - the most beautiful of which is featured at the Brownie Points blog .  For the record, the scariest looking bacon vodka I found is over at Si Blog.  Eegaads!  It looks like a science project gone terribly awry.

For those of you who dabble in things pork-related, I’d be curious to hear how this stuff tastes (though I don’t think it’s available on the market, so you’ll have to make it yourself).  Personally, I’m happy to stick with the homemade etrog vodka I recently tried at a Shabbat lunch.   

I’d love to hear other ideas about “Jewish foods” that could (or perhaps SHOULD) be infused into vodka.  Kosher dill vodka?  Hamentashen vodka?  The opportunities are endless…

I’d like to put in a good word for the DIY folks. DIY (do-it-yourself) might simply conjure images of people who turn sweaters into skirts, make t-shirts, pave their patio with mosaics from old china, or make their own candy bars. But in fact, these people approach the world with the attitude that if the thing in question can be cooked, grown, built, or otherwise pulled off by themselves or a few of their friends, then it’s something they out to be involved in. I’m not sure whether Judaism is inherently DIY—but I do think there’s room for it.

The prevailing philosophy seems to be one of narrowing. Specialize in your field. Corner the market. Find the best possible place to grow blueberries then plant eight thousand acres of them. But actually that attitude is disempowering, because it implies there are so many thing that others can do better than me, I shouldn’t even bother (and, by extension, if there isn’t something I can do better than anyone else, what am I?)

So instead I’d like to suggest a philosophy of dabbling. Read more »

Idea and image courtesy of flickr user Rodrigo Piwonka.

Jews have always been good at “repurposing” - pagan agricultural festivals, indigenous artforms, or the latest technology are all fodder for making our Jewish lives richer, more varied, or, well, simply more portable.

(Note: Even “Food-safe” plastics raise multiple health issues. You probably wouldn’t want to make a habit out of carting your lunch around in a container that you got of the shelf at Staples. Still, an entertaining idea nonetheless).

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(We also recommend adding a little more wine to this recipe, for optimal construction qualities).

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If you’re looking for some post-seder ways to relive the holiday, a few suggestions:

Ok, so you can’t eat them. But you sure can enjoy them!

And there’s more: click here to drool over more omni-seasonal knitted food. Thanks to Dory Kornfeld for the link.