Comments on: You’re the Jew in my Coffee… http://jcarrot.org/youre-the-jew-in-my-coffee%e2%80%a6 Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 21 May 2012 04:07:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Avigail http://jcarrot.org/youre-the-jew-in-my-coffee%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1#comment-17175 Avigail Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:56:07 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=8175#comment-17175 Abba, This is a hilarious story - thanks for sharing! love, Av Abba,
This is a hilarious story – thanks for sharing!
love,
Av

]]> By: Liz W http://jcarrot.org/youre-the-jew-in-my-coffee%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1#comment-17174 Liz W Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:25:12 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=8175#comment-17174 I grew up in Germany, and many of the cafes there had Pharisaer on the menu (excuse the lack of umlaut). It was usually made fresh by combining rum, black coffee and cream, much like Irish coffee, rather than coming out of a bottle - if you can't get the Heimbs, I'd suggest buying a bottle of decent rum and trying that solution. One of our regular haunts included on its menu the same explanation you found on Christina Geyer's blog. It wasn't till much later, when I studied theology at College, that I realised the historical connection between modern Judaism and Pharisaism. (Most of the cafes also sold Irish coffee - which would typically appear in English on the menu - along with other variants using Scotch, amaretto etc. Some also sold a combination of hot chocolate and creme de menthe, which I remember liking quite a lot, though in retrospect it sounds disgusting - how tastes change! I don't remember what that was called, though.) I grew up in Germany, and many of the cafes there had Pharisaer on the menu (excuse the lack of umlaut). It was usually made fresh by combining rum, black coffee and cream, much like Irish coffee, rather than coming out of a bottle – if you can’t get the Heimbs, I’d suggest buying a bottle of decent rum and trying that solution. One of our regular haunts included on its menu the same explanation you found on Christina Geyer’s blog. It wasn’t till much later, when I studied theology at College, that I realised the historical connection between modern Judaism and Pharisaism.

(Most of the cafes also sold Irish coffee – which would typically appear in English on the menu – along with other variants using Scotch, amaretto etc. Some also sold a combination of hot chocolate and creme de menthe, which I remember liking quite a lot, though in retrospect it sounds disgusting – how tastes change! I don’t remember what that was called, though.)

]]> By: daniel sieradski http://jcarrot.org/youre-the-jew-in-my-coffee%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1#comment-17172 daniel sieradski Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:16:39 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=8175#comment-17172 "a hypocritical and arrogant person who places the letter of the law above its spirit" i'm sorry, but does that not describe almost the entire orthodox community? oh snap. “a hypocritical and arrogant person who places the letter of the law above its spirit”

i’m sorry, but does that not describe almost the entire orthodox community? oh snap.

]]> By: rachel harkham markowitz http://jcarrot.org/youre-the-jew-in-my-coffee%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1#comment-17171 rachel harkham markowitz Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:21:31 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=8175#comment-17171 Enjoyed reading your post, it was so edifying. I now know the true definition of Pharisees, can look forward to a pick-me-up in my morning coffee if I ever go to Germany, and have another reason to be annoyed by Maureen Dowd. Enjoyed reading your post, it was so edifying. I now know the true definition of Pharisees, can look forward to a pick-me-up in my morning coffee if I ever go to Germany, and have another reason to be annoyed by Maureen Dowd.

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