HUNGRY GERALD

What is the best thing to eat with a glass of icy vodka? The answer is “gribenes” (grieven). This is Yiddish for the crunchy bits of chicken skin left over as a by-product of rendering chicken fat aka schmaltz . The salty, crisp tidbit is incomparable. (HG’s beloved late Mom made the ultimate “gribenes”). They used to be for sale in New York Jewish delicatessens, They are now very hard to find. (New York old time Jewish treats are disappearing from NYC as the city becomes more cosmopolitan).