The History of Potato Kugel

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3. Fascinating

My family wasn't big on potato kugle and didn't serve it, at least by the time I came around. My older cousins remember not liking it, so it was served at some point. I remember we served roasted potatoes often.

We all enjoyed lukshen kugle, made from noodles, with cheese, raisins, egg to bind it. A sweet side dish, not always so sweet, I remember looking forward to holidays when someone or several would make a kugle, because I liked dairy meals better.

We kept kosher, and having dairy or non-meat meals meant butter on bread and corn instead of margarine, drinking milk, and a better dessert, baked goods, ice cream, cheesecake, pudding.
We often had fruit, fresh or canned, for dessert when we had meat.

Thanks for sharing this article. Things you post often spur happy memories, especially the food ones. I will have more appreciation for potato kugle the next time I'm offered some at a pot luck synagogue event.