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Passover is next week. Do you know where your matzo is coming from? If you live in the United States, it’ll probably be coming from the Manischewitz factory in New Jersey. It makes 75 million sheets of matzo each year for the Passover holiday. Most are eaten; some are turned into art. According to “Passover serious business for ‘matzoh maven,’” an AP article picked up by San Diego’s North County Times:
During the season for Passover products, between seven and 11 mashgiachim, or kosher supervisors, work for the rabbi to inspect the matzoh products.
One is stationed in Pennsylvania for six months to oversee the Passover production of the flour as it is grown, milled and trucked to New Jersey in 40,000-pound tankers. Between five and eight tankers will deliver the flour for 20 straight weeks. The company also manufactures matzoh under the Horowitz-Margareten … and Goodman’s labels.
Despite the ubiquity of the Manischewitz product, some prefer their matzo handmade. They like it for the taste, of course, but also because, for very observant Jews, machine-made matzo doesn’t make the grade for the Passover table. The big, round, rough-looking sheets of the handmade stuff definitely are more appealing than those uniform squares. Maybe this guy can be convinced to deliver (registration required).
For those who live reasonably near a Trader Joe's, their Matzoh's are kosher for Passover (some supermarkets, and indeed some Jews whose religious practice is limited to major holidays don't know we need to get the Matzohs that have been made especially for THIS Passover), they are also made in Israel, are a very good price, taste really good, and even feature a beautiful large, full color photo...+READ
For those who live reasonably near a Trader Joe's, their Matzoh's are kosher for Passover (some supermarkets, and indeed some Jews whose religious practice is limited to major holidays don't know we need to get the Matzohs that have been made especially for THIS Passover), they are also made in Israel, are a very good price, taste really good, and even feature a beautiful large, full color photo of Jerusalem on the box.-COLLAPSE
i remember as a very small boy - maybe i was 5 or 6 - going to the lower east side in manhattan with my great aunts to buy passover supplies. i have vague memories of a matzoh bakery - the sheets were indeed not the square ones manischewitz produces but were rough-hewn, irregular, and had at least some flavor - but i especially recall the places they visited to sample passover wines. i was not...+READ
i remember as a very small boy - maybe i was 5 or 6 - going to the lower east side in manhattan with my great aunts to buy passover supplies. i have vague memories of a matzoh bakery - the sheets were indeed not the square ones manischewitz produces but were rough-hewn, irregular, and had at least some flavor - but i especially recall the places they visited to sample passover wines. i was not allowed to try them - maybe that's why i have never liked sweet wines, passover or otherwise - but they took generous gulps at each shop. the samples came directly from huge barrels - their size fascinated me. anyway, my aunts were quite tipsy on the subway ride home, i didn't understand why they chattered constantly. now i do! richard-COLLAPSE