“At my husband’s funeral, the casserole dishes sat full while folks scraped the last bits of Bubbe’s pan from the platter. The rabbi said, ‘Some souls speak through Torah. This one speaks through kugel.’”
Ingredients Deep Dive
What to grab (and what to leave on the shelf)
🥔 The Potato Secret
Russet potatoes (2½ lbs): Snow Crown only (not “new”). Must be hand-grated coarse (not food processor—mushy disaster).
Critical prep: Soak in cold salted water 10 mins → pat bone-dry with linen towel. Wet potatoes = steamed, not fried.
Why Russets? Bubbe’s rule: “Waxy potatoes = surrender. Russets = hope.”
🧅 The Onion Trinity
Onion (1 yellow): Vidalia only (not white). Must be hand-grated fine (not chopped—cooks unevenly).
Eggs (2): Farm-fresh only (not grocery store). Must be room temp (cold = dense texture).
Flour (¼ cup): Unbleached only (not self-rising). Must be sifted twice (lumps = tunneling disaster).
🌿 The Seasoning Wisdom
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