Hey... So, What's A Matso Ball?

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

We had this soup last night that had a giant tumor-looking thing floating in the middle. It tasted OK but no one was sure what it was. What's a Matso Ball?

 

[FreeOnes_Adam]

Its crackers and butter, rolled into a round shape, I believe.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Its crackers and butter, rolled into a round shape, I believe.

Then why not leave some saltines and a few pads of butter around to avoid something floating in your supper that looks like it was amputated?

 

[FreeOnes_Adam]

They are better in the soup, let me tell you.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

They are better in the soup, let me tell you.

If I take a can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup then wad up a buncha crackers into a ball and dropped it in have I made Matso Ball Soup?

 

[FreeOnes_Adam]

If I take a can of Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup then wad up a buncha crackers into a ball and dropped it in have I made Matso Ball Soup?

Pretty much. Provided its kosher. Cracker soup, man.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

Matzah or matzo (Hebrew: מַצָּה, romanized: maṣṣā, pl. matzot or Ashk. matzos) is an unleavened flatbread that is part of Jewish cuisine and forms an integral element of the Passover festival, during which chametz (leaven and five grains that, per Jewish Law, are self-leavening) is forbidden.

As the Torah recounts, God commanded the Israelites[1] (modernly, Jews and Samaritans) to eat only unleavened bread during the seven day Passover festival. Matzah can be either soft like a pita loaf[2] or crispy. Only the crispy variety is produced commercially because soft matzah has a very short shelf life. Matzah meal is crispy matzah that has been ground to a flour-like consistency. Matzah meal is used to make matzah balls, the principal ingredient of matzah ball soup. Sephardic Jews typically cook with matzah itself rather than matzah meal.

Matzah that is kosher for Passover is limited in Ashkenazi tradition to plain matzah made from flour and water. The flour may be whole grain or refined grain, but must be made from one of five grains: wheat, spelt, barley, rye, or oat. Some Sephardic communities allow matzah to be made with eggs and/or fruit juice to be used throughout the holiday.[3]

It doesn't quite work like that, and I'm sure the chicken has to be killed in the kosher way. I copy and pasted what's above, from Wikipedia, and someone I worked with years ago was Orthodox Jew, and he told me that all meats considered kosher, have to be slaughtered by a Rabbi, and blessed, and the blood drained before it's butchered, which is why it cost a lot more to by kosher foods, as opposed to what you get in a supermarket.

 

[BCT]

Italian Wedding Soup is better. It’s chicken noodle soup with meatballs.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Pretty much. Provided its kosher. Cracker soup, man.

Those people shoulda just called it Cracker Soup then to avoid confusion and possibly expand their customer base as some White folks will think that soup is intended for them and place it on the table right next to the Hillbilly Chow.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

Italian Wedding Soup is better. It’s chicken noodle soup with meatballs.

My Aunt Mary used to make it from scratch once and a while. It's just a pain to make all of the little meat balls.

 

[tvstrip]

It doesn't quite work like that, and I'm sure the chicken has to be killed in the kosher way. I copy and pasted what's above, from Wikipedia, and someone I worked with years ago was Orthodox Jew, and he told me that all meats considered kosher, have to be slaughtered by a Rabbi, and blessed, and the blood drained before it's butchered, which is why it cost a lot more to by kosher foods, as opposed to what you get in a supermarket.

Fun fact: Kosher is basically identical to Halal. Many of the procedures are similar or even identical (like the blood and how you kill it). You also have things like which way the head needs to be facing when you kill it, the prayer you say with the death blow, etc.
I think it's ironic that for 2 religions that consider each other mortal enemies, they seem to be in agreeance in food prep.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Italian Wedding Soup is better. It’s chicken noodle soup with meatballs.

I get that stuff at the market. It's good.