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New Source for Gluten-Free Oat Matzo
I couldn't have been more thrilled when I got an e-mail from a gentleman from Lakewood Shmura Matzo Bakery in Lakewood, NJ, telling me his bakery was now producing certified gluten-free oat matzos right here in the United States. He graciously sent me two boxes of matzos to try out.
The only source of gluten-free oat matzo I knew about before this was a company in the UK which makes a good product (and gluten-free matzo meal, too!) but is costly due to being imported. The Lakewood product is half the price of the British matzo ($20 for three matzot, as opposed to as much as $40 for three matzot). So this year I'll get to save my money for other Passover treats.
The matzo from Lakewood Shmura Matzo Bakery has a hechsher from Rabbis Katz and Klein, both of Lakewood. It is made of certified gluten-free oat flour. The final product was tested by the Food Allergy Research & Resource Program (FARRP) in Nebraska, and the bakery sent me a copy of the report from FARRP, which indicated that there is no detectable gluten in the product (the product was rated "BLD" or "below limit of detection") which means this product is reliably safe for celiacs. Please note, however, that there are some people with celiac disease who find they cannot digest oats at all.
If you're wondering why gluten-free matzo is so expensive, let me explain. First, the oats have to be grown segregated from wheat and other gluten-containing grains. They have to be harvested and milled with separate equipment. Shmura matzo is handmade rather than made with machines. This is especially remarkable given the fact that matzo must be made within 18 minutes to be considered unleavened. In addition, a dough made of only oat flour is difficult to work with as it contains no gluten nor gluten substitutes. Of course, the entire process must be supervised to ensure the product is kosher... and not only kosher, but kosher for Passover - A much higher standard of kashrut. This is why shmura matzo is always expensive, and gluten-free shmura matzo even more so.
The Lakewood matzo is good. The bakery suggests reheating the matzoh "in a very low oven for a few minutes before eating, it takes a lot of the moisture out." I second this recommendation, as the matzo can be a little stale coming right out of the box. It is definitely "the bread of oppression" - Probably not a cracker I'd nosh on just for the fun of it. However it is perfect for fulfilling the mitzvah of eating matzo on Passover and would taste fine heaped with charoset and maror (and you can grind up leftovers in a food processor to make matzo meal!) The matzos are thicker than a normal wheat matzo, which the bakery says is to make them less likely to break during shipping, so they're not as crisp as thinner matzos. There is something about the taste that definitely says "matzo" to me, which made me happy since it reminds me of when I could eat regular matzo. All in all, I can recommend these without reservation. I think they are certainly equal with the matzo from the UK.
The Lakewood Shmura Matzo Bakery doesn't have a website, but you can order by faxing (732) 364-4250 with shipping and billing information. The product is $20.00 per box of 3 matzos, plus a flat $10.00 for shipping (I believe this cost covers as many boxes as you order). If you have questions call (732) 364-8757.
The matzo is also available in many kosher grocery stores.
Lakewood Shmura Matzo Bakery
Lakewood, NJ
Phone: (732) 364-8757
Fax: (732) 364-4250
Certified gluten-free oat shmura matzo. Available by mail order or in stores.
Gluten-Free Oat Matzos (U.K., distributed worldwide)
Made in the United Kingdon but available at local distributors or from Kosher.com. Certified gluten-free oat shmura matzo, machine matzo and matzo meal available. No direct mail order on their website.
Gluten-Free Mock "Matzo"
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The mock matzo recipe above does not fulfill the mitzvah of eating matzo, as it is not made from one of the five grains specified by Jewish law. But it's still tasty!
Remember, the widely available spelt matzo is NOT gluten-free. Spelt is a form of wheat and contains gluten, thus is not safe for people who are gluten-intolerant or have celiac disease.
16 comments:
- Cindy said...
Wow, great news! Thanks for the info. Last year @ Passover the family tried hemp wraps, but many people (except me, of course) hated them :) I'll keep these in mind.
- Shannon B. said...
Wow, that's some great information there on Matzo. I'm not jewish, but it was very interesting to read for sure :D I love finding out what goes into the process of making foods.
Thank you so much for the review of these more-affordable matzot! I have been considering trying to make oat matzot, but it seems so iffy...
I wish they had a website, but I guess I can just call them.
Thanks again!
Thank you for the information. Ironically, I was born and raised in Lakewood. I left after college to go to graduate school in Maryland. I've lived in So. Florida for almost 30 years! The growth of the Orthodox/Chasidic community came after I left in 1979. I'd love to try the matzo but whoa, the cost is almost prohibitive. I did copy your matzo ball recipe and will make them this week so I can perfect them by Pesach. I enjoy your blog. Thanks.
Thanks for this information; I will be ordering these for my son's school seder --there are a bunch of GF children in his class. I am so glad not to be ordering from the UK, you have saved me a bundle!
I'm quite slow in posting this but I found these at my local shoprite in brooklyn (ave I) for $5. they're not the hand-baked round sh'murah matzot but ~$5 for 15 machine baked (info here) seem much more sane to me, especially given all the *normal* expenses this time of year. i do miss the fun of handbaked matzoh (my favourite parts are the burnt ones) but this was easier on the wallet.
I should disclaim that I've not yet opened the boxes (i bought two) so I can't yet comment on their contents. No matzoh for me until seder.
- ByTheBay said...
Penny - $5?!! That is an amazing steal! and at shoprite, too? i will have to see if i can find a shoprite that has them or if it's only in brooklyn that shoprite carries these. thanks for sharing your find!
Elana - I am so glad to be of service.
Cindy - Hemp wraps... hmmm.... Somehow that just doesn't say "Passover" to me - Hehe.
Faye - Let me know how the matzo ball recipe turns out.
Shannon - I, too, am fascinated with food production.
Anonymous - making matzo is indeed an iffy process. you have to use flour that's been watched from the time it was milled (?) and your house has to be kosher for passover first, and from the time the water hits the flour to the time it's pulled from the oven can't be more than 18 minutes... whew! i don't know if it's worth the effort but i might have to try sometime just because i like a challenge!
- the chocolate lady מרת שאקאלאד said...
This is wonderful news! thanks!
- ~M said...
I found the same matzot as Penny, but for 6x as much...still, I bought them, as the kosher vendor told me that these Lakewood ones didn't exist. Hmm. The above brand also makes a gf kosher for Passover matzo meal, which is somewhat easier on the wallet, and made of ground oat matzot; generally, however, I substitute almond meal (and maybe a bit of Gefen's baking powder for Passover). I don't want to overdo the whole oats thing :)
I also bought a box of Knaidel (gf matzo balls). Since I know that most families doctor the recipe on the side of the [gluten-containing] matzo balls, I would appreciate tips on how to improve/doctor the recipe for knaidel.
Todah Rabbah (Thank you)!
We tried a box of the gluten free oat matzo from the Lakewood, NJ bakery and it was beyond terrible - completely burned on one side and a total ripoff. Does anyone have a recipe for oat matzo?
Pam in Michigan
- ~M said...
Did anyone else get glutenated by the English oat matzot? I probably had 1.5 sheets over 2 days. The weird thing is, I have eaten Bob's Red Mill certified gf rolled and steel-cut oats, and they don't bother me (although I made sure that they are mixed in with something else like meatloaf or that I only have a bit every so often if I am eating them as oatmeal). Has anyone else felt sick after eating these? Oy, do I dislike the Glutenator!
Thanks and chag sameach!
- c said...
this is good news, specially for the oat but also for the organic spelt, and amazing that the shipping is included. This matzah business always ends up costing lots of $$$ so any savings are always welcome.
I wonder what you mean by "a little stale"? If the matzah is fresh from the same year it shouldn't taste stale. Eating stale grains is very toxic. If the matzah tastes stale return it and exchange it for fresh matzah.
- ByTheBay said...
No, all gluten-free matzo has a texture that isn't as crisp as other matzos and therefore is stale-feeling, it has nothing to do with the age of the matzo.
Also, spelt matzo is NOT gluten-free.
This is a halachic fraud. If it has no gluten, it cannot become hametz, and it therefor cannot be matzoh. There is a principle, oness, rahamana patrei, iow, the torah does not demand the impossible. If you cannot digest gluten, you are absolved of the mitzvahm, and this is as real as the mitzvah itself.
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I've always wondered the same thing about whether, in principle, if gluten-free bread were made in a chametz-free environment, it could be eaten on Pesach, as there's no chametz in it?
And by the way, I'm from England, and have only ever had Rabbi Kestenbaum's gluten-free oat matzah. It's really like eating cardboard (if you can imagine that)! It's just about bearable, to fulfil the mitzvah, but last year, for the first time, I couldn't even bring myself to have it as I had one taste of it on the 1st Seder night, and it tasted beyond stale. What a pity - I was beside myself that I couldn't have it, not even for the 1st Seder. I had bought a box in England and had taken it all the way to Israel specially as we were to be there for Pesach. I took it all the way back home with me and demanded a refund (£25-30 sterling for 1 box)! I hope I don't have the same problem this year. I'll keep you posted.


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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Help improve Rockbox - call for translators
Help improve Rockbox - call for translators
From: Jonas Häggqvist <rasher_at_rasher.dk>
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:31:34 +0100
With a Rockbox release around the corner, now is the time to jump in and
One of the ways in which you can help out Rockbox without having to know
Also check out errors in languages by clicking on the small
Currently, a good number of languages are quite good, but a lot are also
You are required to be a native speaker of the language (esperanto
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With half of the 2013 NFL season in the books, 15 of the NFL's 32 teams are .500 or better, meaning that plenty of teams are still in the hunt, led by the 8-0 Chiefs and 7-1 Broncos, . While the Jets and Cowboys seem focused on breaking their fans' hearts at inconsistent 4-4 records, the Bengals and Lions looked primed for playoff contention through gutsy and dramatic performances.
Here's What We Learned:
Jets Consistently Inconsistent: For the tenth consecutive week, the Jets have failed to win two games in a row. After their victory last week over the New England Patriots, many thought Gang Green had finally begun to head in the right direction with rookie QB Geno Smith. But after a 49-9 drubbing at the hands of the AFC North-leading Bengals this week - thanks mainly to a four-TD game from Bengals WR Marvin Jones - the questions surrounding the Jets aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
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Broncos Ride Over Skins: Washington had a 21-14 lead going into the fourth quarter, but Peyton Manning, his receiving core and Knowshon Moreno had other plans. Connecting with eight different receivers and throwing four TDs, it's crazy to think this wasn't even close to being Manning's best performance of the season. In spite of only 44 yards on the ground, Moreno continues to prove himself as a versatile threat, with six catches for 89 yards and a TD.
Dallas Falters, Lions Leap into Contention: It's been a long season already if you're a Dallas Cowboys fan. After a 51-48 loss to the Broncos in week five, the heartbreak continued after a one-yard TD run from Matt Stafford with just 12 seconds remaining that led to a 31-30 Detroit win. And just like that game against the Broncos, the Dallas defense was at fault. 329 yards receiving from Calvin Johnson and 92 yards rushing and eight catches from Reggie Bush led Detroit to victory. Now 5-3, Detroit is right in the thick of things in the NFC North.
Giants D Continues to Save Season: After they played some of the worst defense in NFL history through six games, Big Blue has been gold the last two weeks, giving up just 14 combined points against the Vikings and the Eagles. Although the Viking and Eagles' consistency on offense has been questioned throughout the season, the Giants go into the bye week winners of their last two and look ahead to a week 10 encounter with the inconsistent Raiders.
49ers Offense Finding Gold: After week three, the 49ers, then 1-2, looked like a much different team than the one that was in the Super Bowl last season. Six weeks later, San Francisco has scored at least 30 points in five consecutive wins. Much of that success has to do with the combination of Frank Gore and Colin Kaepernick, who have scored 19 of the team's total 35 TDs this season. This week against the winless-Jaguars, Kaepernick had three TDs, while Gore added two of his own, en-route to a 42-10 win.
Chiefs Started From the Bottom Now They're Here: Ending last season with a 2-14 record, no one thought the Andy Reid-coached Chiefs would have eight wins this season, nevermind a perfect record through half the season. But between a scrappy defense and the solid Alex Smith at QB, the Chiefs are the only team left in the NFL with a perfect record. Against the Browns this week, the Chiefs got a two-TD performance from Smith and 120 total yards from Jamaal Charles in a 23-17 win.


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Editor's note: Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter," published by Times Books, and editor of a book assessing former President George W. Bush's administration, published by Princeton University Press.
Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- President Barack Obama has always been a lot more like President Bill Clinton than many of his supporters like to think.
Even though some Republicans have attempted to paint the president as a left-wing radical who is intent on bringing socialism to American shores, the reality is that Obama is very much a product of the 1980s and '90s era of liberalism, when numerous Democrats shifted to the center in an effort to stay relevant.
On economic policies, Obama has continually surrounded himself with moderate, market-oriented liberals such as Larry Summers and Timothy Geithner. The president has continued President George W. Bush's policies that shored up Wall Street following the financial meltdown of 2008.
Notwithstanding Republican rhetoric, his health care plan, which resembled then-Gov. Mitt Romney's program in Massachusetts, was far less government-centered than what previous Democrats had proposed. Indeed, in almost every area of domestic policy, Obama has stuck close to the center of the Democratic Party.
The problem for Democrats is that Republicans have been far more successful at playing the message wars. They have successfully depicted Obama, regardless of what he does or says, as far left.
Even as liberals in his party constantly complain that he has abandoned many of his 2008 campaign promises, the Republicans have moved forward with their attacks. Democrats have been unable to respond effectively.
But the debt reduction battle could be a political turning point that has major implications for the 2012 election. It might resemble the moment when Clinton focused on deficit reduction and welfare reform in 1995 and 1996, soon after Republicans took control of Congress, and took those issues off the table, thereby diminishing the distance between him and the GOP in the minds of voters.
During this year's debate over deficit reduction and the debt ceiling, Obama came out with a "Grand Bargain," a debt-cutting package that was far more dramatic than what was being discussed.
The move put him in an excellent position politically. He staked out a position as a deficit hawk, yet he did so through a deal he knew that Republicans were unlikely to accept. By calling for grander debt reduction, but with a plan that included revenue increases, he squeezed House Speaker John Boehner, who has been under intense pressure from the right.
Indeed, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and the Tea Party Republicans said no, insisting they would not accept any deal that included any type of tax increase whatsoever. Then, last week, the "Gang of Six" in the Senate came forward with another compromise.
As House Republicans hemmed and hawed, Obama immediately took the opportunity to enthusiastically embrace the plan as the basis for a resolution to this crisis. And on Friday, Boehner walked out of the debt talks.
If a deal comes together, Obama will be able to claim that he was an enthusiastic partner, one who helped shape the parameters of the debate. If a deal does not come through, he can blame the Republicans for refusing to compromise.
Republican presidential candidates should be nervous about the polls. Public opinion shows that the public doesn't trust either side to resolve the deficit, but they trust the Republicans far less than they do the Democrats.
According to a Wall Street Journal poll, the public supports Obama's grand bargain by a 22% margin. ABC News and The Washington Post reported that 77% believed that the GOP has not done enough to compromise on the deficit, compared with 58% saying the same about Obama. According to CBS News, 71% of those surveyed were unhappy with how the Republicans were handling the negotiations, compared with a 48% disapproval rate for Obama.
Many Senate Republicans, particularly those who were around in the Clinton years, sense the political danger.
Sen. John McCain told Politico, referring to the House Republicans, "I believe that they're convinced that they're carrying out the mandate (of the 2010 election). The polling data indicates Americans don't want the government shut down. ... I hope (House Republicans) would be instructed by what happened in 1995."
Obama's strategy in this struggle is not without potential costs of its own, both political and economic. Just as Clinton angered many liberals with welfare reform in 1996, there are many Democrats who believe it is a mistake for Obama to embrace deficit reduction when the economy is in such poor shape. They feel that taking money out of the economy will only make conditions worse and leave unemployment rates at their current levels.
In fact, this is one of the biggest risks for the president. Something that seems like a politically smart move now could come back to haunt him if the spending cuts make it through Congress. If liberal economists such as Paul Krugman are correct and the debt reduction package stifles economic recovery, Obama will continue to give Republicans the most potent issue of 2012: economic malaise.
But for now, the politics of the debt reduction debate has turned on the Republicans -- and certainly on those thinking about running for the presidency in 2012.
Obama has aggressively moved forward on an issue that has caused concern for many moderate and independent voters. By allying with some Senate Republicans, he has made the House GOP look like extremists who are more interested in tying up Congress than in reducing the deficit.
It took some time for Republicans to recover from Clinton's move to the center in 1995 and 1996. The GOP might very well be replaying this scenario.
Certainly, one Republican presidential candidate who is aware of this risk is Newt Gingrich, who lived through those Clinton years and understands the high costs of allowing your opponent to receive credit for the issue that you once used against him.
In the end, politics is as important as principle when it comes to governance. It is not enough for a politician to stand on a soapbox and champion his ideals. Politicians need to be able to cut deals. This is not because politics is corrupt but because politics is about compromise.
If House Republicans are unable to come to the table and reach an agreement, even when they are being told yes, they might end up doing more than any Democrat has done to bolster Obama's standing as president.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Julian E. Zelizer.


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I have been taking 10mg of Nortriptyline per day for nerve pain in my feet and ankles for about 6 months. Besides helping me sleep and making me constipated I don't think it helps and I would like to stop taking it. (I tried switching to Effexor, but the side effects were horrible so I stopped within days.)
Anyway, has anyone experienced Nortriptyline withdrawal at this low dose?
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This past month has been the longest stretch in the four years since launching this blog in November 2006 that I have gone without a post! The reason is simple: I've spent all of my free time of late hammering away at my history of South Mountain.
In March, I signed a contract with the History Press to author a battle history of the September 14, 1862, fight at South Mountain as part of their Civil War Sesquicentennial Series. For a few months, all was on track, moving steadily along. Then life got in the way and things did not return to normal until late August. Since then, I have written three and a half chapters and am now pleased to say that the first-draft manuscript is complete! I was given 60,000 words; as of right now, I got 73,000. . .so I need to buckle down and cut the fat, so to speak.
The good news is I have until December 15 to submit the final manuscript, so there is time. If all goes well, then, look for South Mountain: September 14, 1862, sometime around June-July, 2011.


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Late last week Puerto Rico passed a law that would let its public corporations restructure their debts, the latest step by the commonwealth to try to patch up its ailing financial situation. Moody's Investors Service weighs in today, saying the new law increases corporation default risk, and offering an explanation of how the law might work. From Moody's:
Puerto Rico's new debt relief law provides a clear path to default for public corporations and signals the Commonwealth's diminished willingness to support public corporations that have historically relied on the commonwealth's general tax revenues to pay for operating deficits and borrowing needs. The law places ratepayers, pensioners, and public employees ahead of investors holding over $20 billion in public corporation debts. Under current law, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Ba2, negative) and its public agencies cannot file for bankruptcy. The new law invokes the commonwealth's police powers in an effort to protect public services and provides a formal process by which debts can be modified, amended or exchanged.
Following an eight year long recession and despite continued fiscal austerity, the commonwealth and its public corporations remain financially stressed, with high leverage and weak liquidity. In that context, the new law provides for the orderly enforcement of and restructuring of public corporation debts. The three largest public corporations -- Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority, Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority and Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority – have a combined $20 billion of bond and bank debt outstanding. All rated debt is Ba3, review for downgrade.
The law allows debt restructuring if a public corporation is facing financial distress and cannot satisfy operating expenses, debt service obligations and continuity of vital public services. It establishes two channels for restructuring and includes elements that are common in US municipal bankruptcy. Under chapter 2 of the law, debt relief can take the form of amendments, modifications, waivers or exchanges, and may include interest rate adjustments, maturity extensions, or revisions to affected debt instruments. Debt relief must be part of a recovery program that demonstrates the public corporations will become financially self sufficient and that allocates the burdens of consensual debt relief equitably among all stakeholders. A majority of debt holders must agree to the relief package in order for the new terms to be binding on all holders. Such a debt restructuring is subject to court approval.
Today's Wall Street Journal says Franklin Templeton and OppenheimerFunds, both big holders of Puerto Rico debt, have mounted a legal challenge to try to block the law.


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