Aug 31, 2021
the rise of the ptcha black market
Datilicious, a religious food media publication, is reporting that the Ministry of Health is trying to put an end to gala, aka ptcha.
Gala, also known as ptcha, and some other names I think, is made from the feet of cows/oxen, and in a pinch can also be made from the feet of chickens. it is a gelatinous food item made after cooking the feet for a very long time. It is popular among some Jews of Polish and of Hungarian ancestry.
According to Datilicious, the Ministry of Health is fighting with the slaughterhouses to put an end to the sale and distribution of the feet of these animals. The article does not say why, but I guess it is a health concern of some sort. Maybe they consider the feet not fit for human consumption.
While the restaurant and delicatessen owners are worried of a coming shortage due to the Ministry of Health issue, they say they have enough supply now for the upcoming holiday.
Honestly it seems that this isn't that popular of a food item as it is, with dwindling interest around the world for a long time already, from what I've heard.
maybe this will spur some sort of ptcha/gala black market.
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Maybe some enterprising Israeli scientist will invent artificially grown P'tcha. You know, like the artificial meat.
ReplyDeleteCome to think of it, if you take beef or chicken broth and put some kosher gelatin in it, you will get the same thing.
Maybe some people will smuggle in p'tchah in their suitcases. I sure hope not..
ReplyDeleteThere's a man in our shul who was raised in Poland. He calls p'tcha "galareta" and eats it at kiddush. We once asked him if he liked it. Turns out he doesn't; it's just a part of his childhood.
ReplyDeleteWhen we got married, a secular friend gave us a bottle of wine- "The real kiddush stuff!" he said proudly. "You have to go to Meah Shearim to get this!" It was horribly sweet. "Jerry, you'd never drink this yourself, would you?" "Well, no, but it's how I remember kiddush from when I was a kid in the US."
ReplyDeleteIt's also an Italian delicacy called "calves feet".
2 My mother (Hungarian) makes it, but in past few years, cheats and makes it from fish bones.