Jaffa oranges
I have been getting pestered with emails from sundry outfits demanding a boycott of Israel. So it with pleasure that yesterday I got a crate (yes, a crate) of Jaffa oranges from Israel in yesterday’s post. They are very, very good, much better than I find in Irish stores, and I plan to hugely enjoy all the ones my wife does not eat. I also just got introduced to halva, which I gather is basically a mix of honey and ground sesame seeds.
UPDATE: Jon Ihle at Back Seat Drivers does not approve of halva. Oh, well. We will have to agree to disagree on it, because I like halva. It does not compare, however, to liver dumpling soup, which is food from the gods. I don’t know if it is Jewish, but I always get it in Jewish restaurants.