A Dreidel for My Segel

Happy Hanukkah, Men.

Hmm.  I thought I would take a break from my last "dinner date" planning mode with my last week's fantasy Thanksgiving dinner I would make for Jason Segel.  But as Mr Segel is Jewish, I guess it is only appropriate to give him dreidel and give it a spin!

I didn't really know much about Hanukkah, but --- again --- as I am writing Hanukkah-related food articles, I seem to be turning into some kind of an expert on the subject.  Actually, I wrote an article on Kosher yesterday, so with my knowledge that I only attained less than 24 hours ago, I think I can pretty much tell which is kosher or non-kosher.  I find this strict Jewish dietary laws quite interesting; some may find it mental, but hey, tradition is tradition, and we respect those who practice it (and as it does not include heinous killing and all that sort).  All I can say is I like my dairy with my meat, and I had porkchop for lunch, so I guess this makes me very non-kosher!


With Hanukkah, some people may go the kosher route even though they are not strictly kosher (hence, it is now a fallacy to say that all Jewish people only eat kosher).  But anyway, I find two very interesting Hanukkah tradition which I'll likely feast on should I get my hands on them: latkes and sufganiyot.

Aaahhh... don't they sound a tad exotic.  Latkes.  Sufganiyot.  What the heck are they?

For some reason I don't want to share what they are because I like to keep the mystery... but what they hey.  Latkes is just potato pancakes, alright?  With onions. You can top it with apple sauce.  Or maybe sour cream... which makes latkes, a parve, a dairy food in kosher context.  Aahahahaha.  I am such a geek.  And well, sufganiyot is just... jelly doughnut.  So yeah, doughnuts for everyone!

Don't you just love the simplicity of these Hanukkah food staples?  I can buy a jelly doughnut around the corner and I am celebrating Hanukkah already!

So Mr. Segel, if I would take you on a Hanukkah date, we'll head out to Krispey Kreme and I'll get you a lovely jelly doughnut.  We'll eat it in-front of a lighted menorah and snack on some potato pancakes.  And then we'll drive off to the sunset and sing"Oy Chanukkah" and "I Have A Little Dreidel".  Stick with me dear, it's going to be a lovely date!