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Not in the grad school context per se, but this pretty much illustrates how I feel today…
I blame the Census County Business Patterns data.
Not in the grad school context per se, but this pretty much illustrates how I feel today…
I blame the Census County Business Patterns data.
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I swear I know how to use the Internet in general, but I somehow managed to type my name in the wrong place when trying to access my Facebook page, which mysteriously lead to Googling myself. (I don't care how completely that verb enters the popular lexicon, it will always sound dirty.) Anyway, those of you who have ever, well, Googled anything know that a few image search results show up near the top of the first page- I noticed one of the photos and was like "heh, I don't remember taking that photo…" Luckily, that is because the photo was originally part of a video and not because I am ridiculously unaware of stalkers, given that I was looking at the camera in said photo:
Anyway, the video…I did a few videos a while back for a production company that was looking to put together subscription-based materials for introductory econ classes, and the company made the video on natural monopoly one of their free preview videos, which you can see here. (Hopefully, watching this video will help you understand why I am posing with a Verizon truck, if it wasn't already obvious.)
Or, tl;dw (didn't watch, get it?): Regular monopolies get to be monopolies because of some usually artificial barrier to entry such as intellectual property protection. Natural monopolies get to be the only game in town because their fixed costs have already been paid (and are therefore sunk) and their marginal costs are low, so they can lower price in order to make it unprofitable for others to enter. In related news, the cost structure of natural monopolies means that it makes economic sense for only one to exist in an industry at a time, but regulation is often a good idea, since natural monopolies left to themselves result in the same inflated prices and reduced supply that regular monopolies do.
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Okay, so my last post mentioned my desire for an Economist political party, but I don't think that this is what I had in mind:
(See here if you are feeling procrastinatory and want to watch the second part of the segment.)
First off, I can't help but focus on the fact that Rate My Professors is apparently fair game for information sleuthing, so, in all probability, the student review that said I would make a good wife if only I learned how to cook will come to light if I ever become famous and/or infamous. (And yes, I'm still pissed that the little sh*t incorrectly assumed that I can't cook.) More generally, this story is making the ambivalence center in my brain hurt. Let's take a quick inventory:
Overall, I don't think I agree with Brat's ideology (though I will admit that he does have his moments), but I do think that he's better than the Tea Party label suggests. That said, I am frustrated that one side effect of this development is that everyone watching cable news is getting the phrases "Tea Party," "economics professor," and "Ayn Rand" in close proximity over and over, so I do understand and feel the desire to point out that this guy's views don't represent those of the typical economist. Especially as far as immigration is concerned.
The more I read about this, the more interested I become in how UNH's Dan Innis will fare in his Congressional bid.
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This is from a book on climate change, but the principle definitely holds more widely…(click for larger)
(thanks to EconLog for the images!)
This concept- that researchers don't have the luxury of always running randomized controlled experiments (i.e. randomized controlled trials, or RCTs) to determine what affects what- is what leads a growing number of microeconomic researchers to search for good instrumental variables in order to, to a degree, simulate some form of randomization. In addition, researchers in microeconomics have been increasingly able to go out and perform field experiments in order to have a good deal of control over the data that they create and collect- just ask John List or Esther Duflo, for example.
In macroeconomics, however, it's hard to even conceive of how experiments to answer most questions would be carried out. Say you want to analyze tax policy- do we tell people that if their social security number ends in an even number then they get a tax break (and that if it ends in an odd number they don't) and then see what happens? In an immediate sense, I don't need to do the experiment to tell you what's going to happen- some combination of rioting and a deluge of of those petitions that the White House has to respond to if they get enough signatures, depending on how much initiative the nation is feeling at the time. Even in an economic sense, though, this experiment wouldn't be very useful- after all, in order to get a clean result, we'd basically have to have the tax break consumers only interact with one another and the non-tax-break consumers to only interact with one another. (Just imagine the strife this would cause in households where one spouse has an even social security number and the other has an odd one.)
The experimental logistics problem only gets worse when we look to answer questions regarding economic growth- can we form an econ army and take over a country, divide it randomly in two, subject the two parts to different institutions or capital investment and observe what happens over time? Probably not, though the idea does dovetail nicely with my suggestion of an Economist political party. Luckily, we don't have to, since countries like Korea have pretty much done this for us, in a way, and they provide interesting natural experiments to study.
If you don't think that being limited to observational data is bad enough, just consider the fact that government economic policy is usually endogenous to the economic situation at hand- people think I'm crazy when I advocate for a government that conducts monetary and fiscal policy in an unpredictable manner, but that would actually be a big win, for research purposes at least. (Insert lame joke about the government seeming to want to help out researchers here.)
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It's no secret that many economists believe in the efficiency of markets- in fact, there's a fairly well-known joke that goes something like the following:
Normal person: Hey look, somebody dropped $20 on the sidewalk.
Economist: Nonsense- that can't be a real $20 bill, since, if it was, somebody would have picked it up already.
More generally, one feature of efficient markets is that all transactions that are profitable for all parties involved actually happen. This, however, doesn't mean that no one can profit in an efficient market (which is why the economist in the joke's logic is absurd), it just means that profit opportunities aren't left on the table indefinitely in an efficient market.
The efficient-markets hypothesis puts a bit more structure on this concept, especially as it relates to financial markets (i.e. markets for stocks, bonds, etc.). The efficient-markets hypothesis, at its core, suggests that asset prices are "correct" in that they properly and rationally reflect all available information. This feature of efficient markets, according to economists, occurs precisely because market participants quickly take advantage of all of the ways to profit from asset mispricings, and these actions bring prices to their proper levels.
In another context, then, the efficient-markets hypothesis taken to the absurd extreme gets us this:
Full disclosure: I helped with this one, so you should probably blame me if you don't like it. Also, my economist friends and I found a $10 bill on the ground at the zoo last week, and we actually picked it up- good thing I'm a behavioral economist, otherwise I might worry that my economist membership card would get taken away. (Then again, we did have a longer than reasonable conversation about how we should split the $10, so perhaps not.)
In related zoo news, economists understand the value of scarcity as it pertains to animals:
Also, I need this sign for my office…
…mainly because it would mean I get to research the economics of pandas.
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First off, I will be the proud owner of this in 4-5 business days:
In related news, Stephen Colbert offers up an explanation for the above item as it relates to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century:
In case you haven't been following along, allow me to get you up to speed: French economist Thomas Piketty wrote a book that is essentially 600 and some odd pages on wealth inequality in French, it got translated into English and became the number one seller on Amazon. (Not number one in economics, number one overall, as Colbert notes. Colbert made a Harry Potter joke, but you can basically think of of the book as 50 Shades of Economics, though better written than the original- not that I would know. This is actually a big deal if for no other reason than it follows a lot of discussion on how nobody pays attention to economic scholarship.) Various scholars and media outlets, most notably the Financial Times, have accused Piketty of errors reminiscent of the Reinhart-Rogoff austerity paper debacle, but Piketty responded with what basically amounts to an intellectual smackdown. (You can read a far more elegant summary here.)
The r and g, as Piketty uses them, refer to the return on property and investments and the rate of economic growth, respectively, and he argues that r being larger than g leads to increasing concentration of wealth. This is mostly reasonable but initially seemed a little odd to me from a notation perspective, since, if I remember my macro correctly, r generally represents the real interest rate and g generally represents the growth rate of technological progress. BUT…I suppose that the real interest rate if capital markets are competitive is equal to the return on capital (i.e. the marginal product of capital minus depreciation) and, along a steady state balanced growth path, the growth rate of the economy is in fact equal to the growth rate of technological progress. (Now who's deathly boring, Colbert?)
Let's go to Piketty directly, since he can obviously explain himself better than I can do so on his behalf:
Actually, the book is more interesting and nuanced than that interview suggests (at least the beginning of it), since Piketty certainly does a lot more than rehash the minimum-wage debate.
While watching the Colbert segments, I couldn't help but giggle at Colbert's choice to commiserate with Tony Stark, since Stark and the actor that plays him show up in a related work on the subject of income inequality:
Yes, the Wealthy Can Be Deserving
by N. Gregory Mankiw
In 2012, the actor Robert Downey Jr., played the role of Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man, in "The Avengers." For his work in that single film, Mr. Downey was paid an astounding $50 million.
Does that fact make you mad? Does his compensation strike you as a great injustice? Does it make you want to take to the streets in protest? These questions go to the heart of the debate over economic inequality, to which President Obama has recently been drawing attention.
I'm not sure whether I would rather think that the significance of the bit was a conscious choice or that the world just happens to come full circle when appropriate. (Who am I kidding- I absolutely want the Colbert writers to read as much of the econ interwebs as I do.)


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The DUP leader was supposed to be travelling to Brazil in July on a business mission alongside Sinn Féin deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, however the visit now appears to be off.
Mr Robinson said the recent decision by the Parades Commission not to allow an Orange Order march to pass the Ardoyne shops interface in north Belfast has "sent out a bad message".
While the parade passed off peacefully on 7 June, the First Minister told UTV he is "very concerned" that tensions could spill over into trouble next month.
He said: "I'm getting reports back that, as a result of the Parades Commission's ludicrous decision to cave in to the threat of violence, they have sent out a very bad message to the community.
"What they are effectively saying is whoever has the biggest stick to wield is the one we'll give in to and that indicates there will be a lot of anger and the tension is such that it can spill over.
"For that reason I have put off two trips I was supposed to do during the course of July because of my concern of where the situation might be on the ground."
Mr Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness had been expected to go to Brazil to develop trade links, after being invited by business leaders in the South American country.
Following the comments, Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly has urged the DUP to engage "immediately" in talks to deal with flags, parades and the past.
Mr Kelly said: "The talks involving the party leaders need to proceed immediately and urgently.
"It is essential that we put our own house in order so that we become a more attractive option for foreign investors.
"If Peter Robinson is serious he should now seriously engage in dealing with these toxic issues."
Brazil trip - my family more than happy.Better to talk - better still to agree a way forward on the past, parades & identity.#Peace— Martin McGuinness (@M_McGuinness_SF) June 18, 2014
Brazil trip - my family more than happy.Better to talk - better still to agree a way forward on the past, parades & identity.#Peace
— Martin McGuinness (@M_McGuinness_SF) June 18, 2014
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Several Canucks players joined him, making their point very clear. Although Neilson was fined $1,000 by the NHL, the towels were a hit back in Vancouver. A local businessman printed up and sold several thousand towels — with the proceeds going to a charity — and fans snapped them up for the next home game. And the next, and the next.
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A thief who raided a west Cumbrian building society office was caught by two have-a-go heroes who hauled him back over the counter he had climbed onto.
Gareth Richard Flemming, 29, is today starting a two-and-a-half year prison sentence for his raid atthe Cleator Moor branch of the Cumberland Building Society.
The two men who made a citizens' arrest on him and held him until the police arrived have each been given a £150 reward for their bravery.
CCTV footage showed Flemming, of Duke Street, Whitehaven, wearing a hooded camouflage jacket and socks over his shoes when he went into the building society on July 13.
In full view of staff and a customer he mounted the counter and then tried to empty the till of the £1,200 in the drawer on the other side. But two men – John Flynn and Ian Cattanach – who were outside in the street heard what was going on, went into the branch and dragged him back over the counter and held him until help arrived.
Flemming pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary, and to carrying a lock-knife on the streets of Cleator Moor in an unrelated matter three weeks earlier.
The court heard that Flemming – described as having "an unfortunate mental history" – had previously been given a conditional discharge for carrying a knife on another occasion. Judge Peter Hughes QC said his "bold as brass" raid on the building society was "just one step away from robbery" – an offence that is only committed when actual physical violence is used.
"Any member of staff could quite easily have confronted you and tried to take you on," he told him. "If that had happened this could then quite easily have been converted into an actual robbery."
Passing sentence, the judge said that although there was no suggestion that Flemming was suffering from any treatable psychiatric illness, there was no doubt he had mental problems.
"I urge the medical staff in the prison to which you are to be allocated to pay due regard to your mental illness history and to carry out an assessment and treat you as may be appropriate," he told him.
Judge Hughes awarded Mr Flynn and Mr Cattanach £150 each for what he described as their "public-spirited actions".
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Why is Safeway financing a Gun Buy back program?Submitted by lastchanceforliberty on Thu, 01/03/2013 - 13:23
I asked them (3) simple questions and got a reply that included no answers.
1)What data has been utilized in Safeway's decision to support gun buy back programs?
2) Does the board back this proposal unanimously?
3) Will Safeway rescind it's offer to provide material support for gun buy back programs?
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To whom it may concern.
I am a Marine and currently serve as the 3rd Vice chair for the Legislative District 26 Republican Party. It has come to my attention that Safeway is materially supporting Councilman Steven Kozachik's plan to buyback firearms.
It is my opinion that this is a very near sighted and unpatriotic effort.
It is understandable that Safeway would participate given the incredible media hype around the recent Sandy Hook shooting and the rabid like notion that firearms are illegal. I would like to offer some statistical evidence that would show the contrary however. Please do review this data. In my business I always use data to support operational enhancements as well as investments. Data is the only objective tool we ultimately have to work with.
Chicago recently surpassed its 500th homicide for 2012.
Chicago has very tough gun control laws yet somehow the criminals still have them.
Many of these victims are children, yet the Media does not seem to notice this carnage.
Washington D.C.
Washington D.C. has 542 crimes per square mile the national median is 39.6 crimes per square mile. This include NYC, LA and other large metropolitan areas.
Washington DC has very tough gun laws and a very heavy law enforcement presence.
Violent crime so far this year in the District has spiked sharply — a 40 percent increase that includes twice as many robberies at gunpoint than at this time last year.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/19/violent-crim...
Mexico does not have a Second Amendment in fact it is illegal to own a firearm of more than .22 caliber there.
There is now only one legal gun store in Mexico -- in Mexico City -- and buyers must wait months for approval of purchase from the Ministry of Defense. Purchases are limited to small caliber, non-military weapons that must be kept at home; semi-automatic weapons are only sold to military and police. After the 1960s, Mexican law was changed to prohibit private citizens from openly carrying a firearm or carrying a concealed weapon.
Yet Mexico has been wracked by violence for years as its citizens are slaughtered.
Let's look at Australia where they instituted a mandatory gun buy back program in 1997.
There is data that suggests crime has risen in Austrailia since the Gun ban. However the crime had been rising at close to the the same rate for the previous decade so it is unfair to state that the gun ban directly created a rise in crime. What is fair to state is the Gun ban did not reduce crime.
But these changes have done nothing to reduce gun-related deaths, according to Samara McPhedran, a University of Sydney academic and coauthor of a soon-to-be-published paper that reviews a selection of previous studies on the effects of the 1996 legislation. The conclusions of these studies were "all over the place," says McPhedran. But by pulling back and looking purely at the statistics, the answer "is there in black and white," she says. "The hypothesis that the removal of a large number of firearms owned by civilians [would lead to fewer gun-related deaths] is not borne out by the evidence.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736501,00.html
It is a fair notion to consider that if guns are banned there will be less violence or even less gun violence. However there is no statistical data to show this; it is simply a convenient argument. I am certain that Safeway has the correct intentions in helping to purge our society of violence. However the action Safeway is embarking upon, as I am able to see, is not supported by any data. History shows us that when the people are disarmed they are abused. Please rescind your material support for this program. If Councilman Kozachick wishes to buy guns back he can do so with his own money.
I do have a few direct questions I would appreciate responses to so that I may share them with my constituents.
What data has been utilized in Safeway's decision to support gun buy back programs?
Does the board back this proposal unanimously?
Will Safeway rescind it's offer to provide material support for gun buy back programs?
Personally, I have an email distribution list of roughly 6,000 Arizonans. I will be sure to pass on your comments to them and keep them in the loop as to what Safeway's plans are regarding Councilman Kozachick's gun buy back initiative.
I look forward to your reply and hope to assure my constituents of the care and concern Safeway has for its customers safety.
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Unload 2 unserviceable weapons and use that money to buy ammo?
There are still Safeways?
Thought they went the way of the dodo years ago. Hmmmm.
To Safe to fail....
Because: Some animals are more equal than other animals. -Animal Farm-
What the? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MTIwY3_-ks
Their Board of Directors is Loaded with Banksters
question answered?
my take:
they've had meetings with politicians and an agreement was made in which they finance the program and they get something back. obviously something more profitable than anything lost in the buyback program.
bingobangobongo, govt has less guns to worry about and doesn't have to deal with political pressures surrounding financing a program itself. safeway has found a safe way securing legislation, tax breaks, etc..
the govt has no interest in your safety.
they have their own, separate interests antithetical to yours.
& you don't want a "gun-ban" if you want the govt armed..
that's just called disarming the citizens.
Safeway also Backed Monsanto
in California and helped vote down legislation calling for all foods that contain GMO be labelled.
Safeway, Kroger, et al are Federal Reserve members.
The are guaranteed 6% Profit on paid in reserves after expenses by Congress.
The buyback program is a deductible expense. Anything over 6% profit is paid to the Treasury as a franchise tax. It's all in the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. Hidden in plain sight in a trash heap of legal jargon.
Main Street is toast. Members only!
Free includes debt-free!
All in bed. Ever notice how they (i.e. big corps) all stick together.
They're all buying from "within the circle".
Go in and notice. The same brands are at the other big stores, just sometimes they change the lable....
Good hearin from ya Paul....
Because: Some animals are more equal than other animals. -Animal Farm-
What the? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MTIwY3_-ks
"within the circle"
The Controller of the Currency at the US Treasury tracks the paid in reserves and issues the stocks. It's in the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.
That "circle" is the adversary of the free market.
Hi there dailypauler!
Did you recover your data? A farm friend asked me about digesters?
Free includes debt-free!
No hate to admit it, but I tried to "do it myself" and.....
My friend's still gonna look at it, but gettin the timming right for the both of us has been hard to schedual....
And the biodigester.....
Didn't produce a dang thang. BUT, I was trying to make some salt-fermented foods recently and used a head of cabbage in the "salad" AND that thing gassed like crazy.....
Just haven't had time to do any more biodigesting. BUT I know it works, just gettin it down....
Until next time,
No. Scratch that. That's made by Bayer......
And that circle's got legs. 8 of em to be exact.
Because: Some animals are more equal than other animals. -Animal Farm-
What the? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MTIwY3_-ks
SpinRite (http[://www.grc.com
SpinRite ( http://www.grc.com $80, money back guarantee) Stabilize the drive before you do anything else.
Once the drive is stabilized you may be able to read the files.
If not there is a program that can read the raw files data. http://www.krollontrack.com/data-recovery.
I have the software.
The critters in the digester are your livestock. They need proper nutrition to maximize conversion of waste into methane. As your anecdote of the cabbage seems to indicate. Cabbage is rich in sulfur. Was it deficient in your digester?
Too bad that MSM's commentary is just hot air and unfit for the digester.
Free includes debt-free!
Thanks again.....
Thanks for the spinRite reference. Don't know when I can get around to that one yet (juggeling tooo many balls these days), but some day....
Anywayz, I dunno if I had cabbage in the last batch or not. But it was all fruit and veg matter. The one mistake I think I made tho was I put vinagar in it, thinking that would help break it down. I heard later that it impeeds? I dunno, logically sounds good, but didn't appear to?
Got to get to playing around with it summore.
Because: Some animals are more equal than other animals. -Animal Farm-
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In CA Ralph's is known for sponsoring gun buy backs. This is a concise letter, hope you get a response. For now as the poster below stated I would avoid giving Safeway your money, and as I stated earlier for those of you in the CA area, Ralphs had a hand in some of the recent gun buy back programs there.
Dont ......
Don't play cards (i.e. gamble) to eat.
Anyone buying products at the big corporate Safeway is taking support away from the good guys.
There "discount cards" are data-mining you. Not to mention that the costs of their card program, which is spreading, is jacking up prices "Big Time" with any other stores that buy into that system.
Don't play cards to eat. Starve the beast, NOT the people!
Because: Some animals are more equal than other animals. -Animal Farm-
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Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening around the world. Here are five important stories you need to know this morning. Heavy rains are causing major damage to the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii. The Telegraph reports an 11-foot section of wall has crumbled and stones have fallen from an arch at the Temple of Venus.
One of the most difficult decisions in talking about the history of any aspect of computing, or even of technology as a whole, is to decide when it started. When, for instance, did social networking begin? With Facebook in 2004? MySpace in 2003? With CompuServe in 1969? How about Pompeii, 79? (No, not 1979 — just 79.) I know. Hacky.
Carmichael Lynch launched a remarkable social media campaign and app for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science's A Day In Pompeii. The upcoming museum exhibition commemorates the unfortunate volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 that buried the city of Pompeii under rock, ash and sulphur for almost 2,000 years. The accompanying interactive social media campaign and websites, takes visitors on a tour of the last 24 hours in Pompeii before the eruption.
Google's Street View service, which lets you zoom into Google Maps and stroll through the city streets in a 3D environment, is amazing in its own right, but it just got twice as amazing with the addition of the ancient ruins of Pompeii. Pompeii -- the ruined and partially buried Roman city near Naples, Italy -- is one of the most amazing sights one can see in one's lifetime.


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Archive for the 'Theology' Category
Of deacons
In the course of a certain recent train of thought set off by a certain portion of preparation, I struggled to identify a particular set of resources.
Specifically, I was thinking of the power of example, and applying it especially to church officers. As I considered the available resources, I found myself reasonably well-stocked with pastoral theologies, and with plenty of historical studies and (auto)biographies to adorn those pages. What I do not have, in anything like the same measure, is a treasury of diaconal theology, adorned with the same wealth of biographies and other studies to show as well as to tell.
Knowing that both of my readers are well-stocked with this kind of knowledge, I am writing to ask if either of you have any suggestions for anything that falls into this category (either direct treatments of the office and/or descriptions of it, biographical or otherwise), whether more ancient or more modern, and (ideally) robustly orthodox. Authors and titles would be appreciated; links to online documents would be a special blessing! Even if you think something is obvious, please let me know – if a suggestion duplicates something I already have or know, I shall simply take it as a helpful endorsement. Thanks in advance for any help rendered, and I look forward to reading your comments and suggestions.
Church planting and the London Baptist Confessions of Faith
Almost as soon as Calvinistic Baptists appeared on the scene in 1640s England, they demonstrated a whole-hearted commitment to evangelism and church planting. They were not alone, for many of the Puritans expressed concern for the regions of their country not yet blossoming with Gospel assemblies.[2] None of these men could be content enjoying their own privileges, but actively engaged in seeking to bring the message of Christ to others.
Good stuff from Jim Renihan in full here. It sets a standard for us today that we need more readily to embrace. In particular, we need to see our ecclesiology and our missiology more closely intertwined.
A Confessional question
Chapter 20 of the 1689 Confession of Faith ("Of the Gospel, and of the Extent of the Grace Thereof") opens with the following statement:
1. The covenant of works being broken by sin, and made unprofitable unto life, God was pleased to give forth the promise of Christ, the seed of the woman, as the means of calling the elect, and begetting in them faith and repentance; in this promise, the gospel, as to the substance of it, was revealed, and [is] therein effectual, for the conversion and salvation of sinners.
To all you 1689rs (and others) out there, a question about the opening words: "The covenant of works being broken by sin, and made unprofitable unto life . . ."
Do you read that as a statement of consequence? Would an acceptable paraphrase be something like, "Because the covenant of works was broken by sin, and so made unprofitable to [not able to grant] life . . ." as if the covenant of works could and would have been profitable to life had it not been broken?
Or, if our confessing forefathers had wanted to say that, would they have said, "The covenant of works being broken by sin, it became unprofitable unto life, so God . . ."? In which case, what is the sense of the phrase as it stands?
A minor point, but interesting. Grateful for any thoughts in the comments. Thanks in advance.
Ministering to the middle classes
I am writing not from the soft streets of Niddrie but from the rocky spiritual wastelands of middle England, from the London commuter belt, from . . . Sussex! Admittedly, I live in a \'new town\' called Crawley, which has a reputation – perhaps unfairly – for being the local sinkhole (the descendants of London\'s dregs rehoused after the Second World War), so perhaps I get a little more credibility from those who count filth and crime as badges of honour. Indeed, Crawley is so little esteemed that one of the neighbourhoods to the east of the town, a richer part of this area, has removed the name from its signs so that it does not get dragged down to our level. That said, even though it is notoriously difficult to classify the middle classes (even the BBC says so), I don\'t think that there is much doubt that I try to reach many middle class people with the gospel. Many of my labours outside the church building are either in the town square, or door to door in a neighbourhood which calls itself – perhaps inappropriately – a village. Our church planting endeavours are currently centred on an undeniable village outside of Crawley that is the very picture of middle England. All this to demonstrate that I am, largely, in the environment that Mez describes as so unpromising a field for gospel labour.
And it is.
Read the rest of my friendly rejoinder to Mez McConnell at Reformation21.
Spurgeon's standards for conversion and membership
Perhaps, in our day, we are not always sure what we should be looking for in the heart and life of men and women who profess faith in the Lord Jesus. Far too many churches, perhaps feeling the pressure of numbers or some other force, are inclined to drop their standards or blur their distinctions, if they have them in the first place. In the face of that, these standards seem to me to be thoroughly biblical, genuinely gracious, and appropriately robust. They combine doctrinal understanding, experimental religion, and principled obedience – a religion of head, heart and hand, if you will. If more congregations embraced a righteous assessment of this sort with regard to professing converts and applicants for membership, I am persuaded that they would be spiritually healthier places than they too often are.
See what those standards were at Reformation21.
Asking the right questions
At the risk of being trampled by the ireful in the latest slanging match over rap and hip-hop, I wonder if I might interject? It seems to me, watching from a distance and not trying to read every contribution, that the debate quickly escalates into absolute and swingeing declarations that fail to take account of the various issues that ought to come into play. I may be wrong, but I hope I can lob a few thoughts into the debate.
I suggest that there are at least three questions that ought to be asked in assessing not just rap and hip-hop but other musical genres and forms.
First, and most generically, in what ways can a Christian appreciate, enjoy and embrace either a form or genre of music in and of itself, or a particular instance of that form?
Second, and a little more narrowly, to what extent is a certain form or genre an appropriate vehicle for the communication of distinctively Christian truth?
Third, and most specifically, is this question: is a certain form or genre a legitimate and appropriate means for the corporate worship of the gathered church?
Read the explanations at Reformation21.
Your spiritual appetite
This day was the best that I have seen since I came to England. . . . After Dr. Twisse had begun with a brief prayer, Mr. Marshall prayed largely two hours, most divinely, confessing the sins of the members of the Assembly, in a wonderful, passionate, and prudent way. Afterwards, Mr. Arrowsmith preached an hour, then a psalm; thereafter, Mr. Vines prayed near two hours, and Mr. Palmer preached an hour, and Mr. Seaman prayed nearly two hours, then a psalm. After this, Mr. Henderson brought about a sweet discussion of the heated disputes confessed in the assembly, and other seen faults to be remedied. . . . Dr. Twisse closed with a short prayer and blessing.
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Yonah Schimmel is a disgrace
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- Fred Jul 18, 2005 02:44 PM
Okay, okay -- there are enough knish postings, especially on tired old Yonah Schimmel. There's no need for another.
But I need to vent.
I knew this place was mediocre, but I was in the neighborhood and it was lunchtime. It had been years since I was there, so I foolishly decided to give it another try. What a joke. Soggy potato balls with, in my case, canned friggin mushrooms. No flavor, no crispness whatsoever, just bland mush. Dousing it with salt and/or mustard would've helped, but not much.
If you defend this place, you must not know knishes. It could only mean you think canned mushrooms are okay, soggy outsides are okay, "spinach" knishes with something like 3% or less spinach are okay, etc. Go ahead, make the case for Schimmel.
How does this place survive? It's not like it's in the middle of a tourist area. Are there really enough nostalgic people to support this pathetic effort?
Let the nostalgia die. If you're new to town or otherwise find yourself on 2nd Ave and Houston, wondering if you should have a knish, don't.
I gather from the message boards there are a couple places left that do passable-to-very-good knishes, deep in the heart of Queens. Hmmm. I'm not sure if I'm up for the pilgrimage. Anyone out there with information to prove that Manhattan and northern Brooklyn (where I live) are not a totally lost cause?
Yonah Schimmel's Knishes
137 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002
re: Nor'easter
Yes, especially fresh portobellas. I once had the most delicious mushroom (main ingredient) + potato knish at a restaurant in Calgary. Went well with the venison steak.
re: Nor'easter
>>>do mushrooms even belong on a knish?
-I don't know if they belong on a knish. I leave that to the food historians. I'm no purist, and I don't mind classics sitting side-by-side with updated, revisionist versions (up to a point -- no foie gras-and-fresh-thyme knishes, and no cherry jubilee bagels, please).
So put mushrooms, spinach, broccoli, kasha or cheese in your knishes. Just do it right!
re: Fred
well as far as mushrooms in poland or russia if they made meat kinishes which means liver they might of added dried wild mushrooms if they haed it..a kinish is peasent food and a reginal food item, so it would depend whos making them and were..but since potatoes were so cheap they were the most often used filling and kasha is a grain popular in russia and poland but it is usually mixed with potatoe to hold the filling together...prorably used if there was leftover cook kasha and boiled potatoes...,what to do with leftover bits best to wrap them in a flour casing a dumpling or boil fry bake it..every ethnic style of food has a version of the same things and there always 99 percent of the time peasent food..where food was presious and to waste was a sin and unthinkable...some of the best dishes in all cusines came along for this very reason, utilize reginal and not to waste food
re: Nor'easter
ive never heard of it before. if anything it has to add water to the mix. YUK
re: beermug
the best knishes i ever ate where they were really perfect and made from scratch. they peeled the potatoes and they chopped them by hand after cooking etc. came from Gallishoffs on riving ton just east of allen street. It was the finest dairy restaurant on the lower east side. Yonah
schimmels is not good at all.
re: goosey1
well, i am bias, i will say the best knishes i ever ate were the ones that my family made down on the boardwalk in Rockaway back in the 1960's . at 35th street. In fact there were two places that had knishes, Sams Bar & Grill [which sold Hebrew National hotdogs, and handmade knishes, Potato and Kasha and cherry and blueberry cheese. And the knishes were nice size, baked [not deep fried in grease], for only 25 cents!!! Was great to go to the beach have a hotdog, knish and a beer whatelse do you need? :)
The other place was Jerrys Knishes which was just down a ways on the boardwalk too!! also good quality.
I long to taste those again but sadly thats just a memory now, like those places that existed on the boardwalk long ago.
re: beermug
Absolutely right. I spend my entire childhood in Rockaway for the summers and the best food, including Jerry's knishes, was on the Boardwalk between 30th and 35th Street. Their cherry cheeses knishes were to die for. Not to get away from the topic of knishes, but how about the Tuckee Cups? Wish I could go back to those wonderful days. That was when food was pure and so were we!!!
re: RosanneEG
Wow, Jerry's knishes. I used to eat them too. Wasn't fascination , Jerry's also?
I know this is manhattan board. But i haven't had any good knishes in Manhattan. Knish Nosh in queens is very good.
re: xavier
not to be banished to the outer boroughs board, but for what a knish should be, head to Knish Nosh on Queens Blvd - you won't be disappointed.
re: xavier
I went to Yonah Schimmels in the late Sixties to mid-Seventies, and even THEN it wasn't very good (but it was a place to sit with something warm on a cold day). Anything from a food cart was better. Now that they microwave, it's even worse. Head to Queens and stock up. Trust me- I live for knishes.
re: addictedtolunch
This is good advice -- look in the outer boroughs. I was pretty disappointed with the knishes I tried in Manhattan -- at Yonah Schimmels and elsewhere.
Maybe the problem is with knishes. I understand these remarks, but the Yonah Schimmel knishes are the only ones I have ever tried which were any good at all. I didn't get to Mrs Stahl's until it turned into a pizza joint.
Can anyone name a knish in Manhattan which is better than these?
re: Wilfrid
The knish they serve at Katz's is better than Yonah's.
re: Nina W.
Now you tell me.
re: Nina W.
I don't either is as good as the one at 2nd Ave Deli.
re: Wilfrid
Try Carnegie deli. Katz is good for meat sandwiches, but i dont buy anything else there.
Carnegie Deli
854 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019
re: beermug
Katz's is also good for a hotdog and matzah ball soup. (You have to like the hocking big matzah balls. If you are a small matzah ball fan, skip it.)
re: howboy
I agree, is he cooking for a nursing home or what?????????
re: ronasanchez
Oh, good. I was going to say that I loved the knishes from Zabar's, but I don't know from good knishes and totally didn't want to out myself as a novice knish-eater. Yay Zabar's!
In the old Whole Foods on Prince st. in Soho 10 years ago they sold Love Knishes. At least thats what I think they were called. I can't find them anywhere. I especially liked the Kasha ones. Has anyone seen them anywhere?
If you want a great knish, head to Murray's Sturgeon Shop, 90th and Broadway (or is it 88th?). They're really delicious--Zabar's knishes are good, but these take the cake in Manhattan, as far as I can tell. The skin is sufficiently distinguished from the contents by crispiness, and the filling is richly done. They'll heat one up for you if you want one there.
Yonah Schimmel's are disgusting. They taste like they were sitting around in a pile of wet paper towels before being warmed up in a microwave. Katz's does a good, if somewhat unorthdox (compared with what I'm used to), take on the knish.
The only good meat knish I ever had was at a friend's house in Boston on Erev Rosh Hashanah a few years back; his grandmother picked it up somewhere in the outskirts of Boston. But that's a post for another board.
The best knishes are to be had at Knish Nosh in Rego Park. One knish can feed a battalion.
I'm also partial to the fried Gabillah knishes you can find in any supermarket.
re: David Feldman
Back in my younger days (in my early 20s), I once ate a dozen in one sitting. Now, 20 years later, I can't do that any more...
Just think, if they paid "competitive eaters" back then the way they get paid now...
re: newsjoke
I got to know a few of the top American competitive eaters a couple of years ago and I'll put it this way: If you are interested in $$$, don't quit your day job!
re: newsjoke
I could've been a contender. Guess I was just ahead of my time.
Last knishes at Katz were pretty poor. Had some really good potato and kasha (not in the same knish) at Carnegie. Kasha is huge and cost $5.
re: phantomdoc
Carnegie is a good place but pricey. Im not a fan of their meat knish though.
re: David Feldman
bigger doesnt necessarily mean better. Bens deli does that , big but tasteless.
the days of the knish are numbered as far as quality. All there is now is schimmel, gabila's, and Joshua pudding, sold to the mass market supermarket stuff {i.e dreck} but for people who never ate good knishes they wont know.
Unless it has a sign with some other makers on it, its a 50-50 gamble. My relative had a place in Rockaway on the boardwalk and they hand made the knishes there, and he had a competitor named Jerrys Knishes, which was about the same in quality, Made from fresh potatoes and onions,not instant junk.I know cause i saw that loud noisy drum that peeled the potatoes. Those days are long gone , as is the 2nd Ave Deli in NewYork as well. I miss their "Chulent"!!!
Oy all the relatives in my family that made these tasty stick to your ribs ethnic foods are in the next world , and took their recipes with them.
Ben's Kosher Delicatessen
209 W 38th St, New York, NY 10018
re: beermug
Reading your post, I was going to encourage you to dig out the recipes and getting a booth at Smorgasburg or something, but then I got to the last paragraph.
If ever there was a more obvious item to see a revival through food carts, or trucks, it's the knish.
re: beermug
2nd Av. Deli isn't dead, though.
Second Avenue Deli
162 E 33rd St, New York, NY 10016
re: Pan
Yes, not only is 2nd Ave. Deli alive and well, but there are now two locations.
Imo, their round potato knish is excellent.
2nd Ave. Deli photos (including the knish): http://www.flickr.com/photos/11863391...
Second Avenue Deli
1442 1st Ave, New York, NY 10021
re: beermug
The 2nd Avenue Deli is not gone.
re: gutsofsteel
The current second ave deli is not anywhere near the quality it once was, Abe took it with him to heaven.
Second Avenue Deli
162 E 33rd St, New York, NY 10016
re: phantomdoc
And the deli went to hell.
re: beermug
I used to go to Jerry's in Rockaway. There was Mom's knishes in Brooklyn also. Yonah Schimmel always was bad to me. Mrs Stahls for different style like cherry cheese knishes was good in Brighton. Gabilla's is what most deli buy,( the square knishes) If fresh they are good, but most of these sit on the grill for days sometimes and are horrible. Katz's uses Gabilla's for the square ones. Katz's round potato knishes are very good ( not sure who makes them), but you would never know they even have them, the counter guys hate to heat them up.
re: foodwhisperer
Gabilla's? You're being charitable in calling them good.
re: sugartoof
i agree, but some people love those deep fried things, especially the cardiologists!
re: foodwhisperer
im not sure as i havent been to Katz's in quite a while. It sure isnt like it used to be in the days when Ratners had their restaurant !!
re: David Feldman
I buy knishes at Steinbergs Kosher Bakery in Oceanside ,NY
re: beermug
Are they the real thing?
re: sugartoof
Yes, they are made by the Oceanside Knish Factory, whch has since moved to Inwood, long island and does not have their own retail store anymore. Steinbergs is their retail distributor.
re: beermug
Those knishes look beautiful. Sounds like a really good tip.
I lost my appetite when the waitress at YS put my knish in the microwave. Never put a knish in a microwave unless you want a soggy mess.
I also object to food that has been standing out that long. It is unhealthy.
I like Knish Knosh, but they aren't quite as good as they used to be I've lived in that neighborhood for a long time and remember them being more flavorful.
Years ago Yonah's was great. Personally, I always like going there for a blintz and a cup of coffee.
I grew up on Stahl's. My dad would leave me in the car under the el when he ran in for a box.
It's a shame that there are no good knishes around.
I get kasha knishes from Mendy's in Grand Central that are not bad.
And I too love Gabilla's with a ton of mustard.
re: Eric K.
I'd second Mendy's being tolerable--there is a branch right by my office for that occasional knish craving.
Once in a while I find a plain potato or kasha knish from YS satisfying. But they're not good enough to muster a defense for.
They're hammentashen, however, are excellent.
the owners have run this place to the ground. its a shame- my grandfather patroned the place in the thirties. def a nyc landmarc.
YS has sucked for at least 20 years. Every now + then I'd stop by to try one, but they always sucked. This has been since at least 1982. Now, Mrs Stahls was a great knish. When they had an outpost on 72 St in the early 90's I was a happy boy. Zabar's knishs are ok by default. Their Kasha knish uses the fine grain Kasha which looses 1/2 the value of the kasha. As a Boro-Boy who still works in in the ancient homeland (Queens)I wouldn't go out of my way for Knish Nosh. As Spock once said "oh the horror of it all", please apply this to the state of the Knish world wide.
YS is still ok when they're fresh and hot. Knish knosh is good too. As far as the square hard crusted knishes (Gabila's?) there used to be a deli around the corner from my high school on 1st avenue and 15-16th street, alas neither the deli nor the high school are still there, which would split 'em in half, stuff it with pastrami or corned beef and about a gallon of mustard and make a sandwich with them. MMMMMMMMMM!
re: guttergourmet
You can get that type of sandwich at Press 195 in Bayside or Park Slope. They offer one with pastrami though it's been modernized with a roasted pepper dressing.
I think YS has gone way downhill from what it once was. My dad grew up on the LES and won't even set foot in there now. KK is still good (haven't tried any of their food items since they expanded.) And I've always been a fan of their pigs in blankets that come on that little foil tray.
re: CornflakeGirl
That sandwich sounds amazing, and I can't wait to try it - thanks for the tip.
re: guttergourmet
Also around the old Stuyvesant HS, in the late 70s, was a knish cart that sold piping hot fresh knishes. The vendor was always in motion, wheeling around the 'hood, rather than staying in one place, so it was unpredictable where / when you'd find him on school lunch break. On a crisp Fall / Winter day they really hit the spot.
I recently bought a box of Gabila brand knishes at the Costco in Asbury Park. When fried to a crunch, they are a pretty good vehicle for mustard or salt. Let's face it, knishes' appeal are 50% comfort food nostalgia and 50% crunch, grease & salt.
I'm old enough to remember Yonah Schimmel before the advent of the microwave and the potato bagels were never much to write home about. It still gets 5 stars for decor / atmosphere (obviously nothing's changed). But for non-purists the kasha and cabbage knishes are toothsome, and the cherry cheese (blueberry etc) knishes (which are more like a strudel) are pretty delish. Unfortunately they're also dangerously hot / unevenly cooked in the microwave... I have a fantasy to buy a $5 yard sale toaster oven and leave it on their doorstep overnight... Even with the microwave and lame management, I'll be happy if Yonah Schimmel makes it to 100 years (2010) and if I visit in 10 years and it's still around, I'll be thrilled.
re: David Newgarden
i'd have to say that kasha knishes are also for purists, as they have always been around.
(i went to school across the park from you in the mid to late 70's, at friends, and had many friends @ stuy)
re: David Newgarden
like that photo..that woman is a witch with a B........I WENT BACK AFTER EONS and complained this is not the same and she got on my case I asked did they sell the bussiness she yelled at me...I told her she wasnt around when I always came living near by on first street, the only thing the same is the decor thats it.....too bad they once were great AND CHEAP! you could by a bag of em.....the dough is totally different it was anodd yellow when they used to be golden beige brown
re: David Newgarden
the guy with the cart near your school was either the famous RUBY or his father no doubt about it goole ruby the kinish man...they named the company or his kids did MOMS kinishes..there available and factory made and miles lower than when Ruby was around , there a take on russian fried periogies sold in the street in russia ans in Brighton beach which is a very russian comunity..though they have more dough than filling as Ruby's did..
Wow! I can't believe how many Chow hounds are dissing on Yonah! Maybe I really DON'T know knishes but I thought they were pretty good. I mean I get the issue about the microwave being lame - which it undoubtedly is - but as far as flavor, the red cabbage knish I thought was delish - definitely the best of the bunch. Well, maybe they were better back in the day, but when I go to the Sunshine Theater I'll always stop in for a red cabbage knish . . . better, healthier and cheaper than popcorn!
re: agalligani
I'm with agalligani on this one -- and I do know from knishes, as they were one of the major food groups of my childhood. The red cabbage is great, as is the kasha (my favorite.) But you'll do well to get whatever has recently emerged from the oven.
Yonah Schimmel's, like Katz's (sorry folks!) has not been good for a long time. At least since the early 90's. They're cool experiences, and a great bit of history I'm glad still exist, but if you want good food, that's not it. Yonah's are selling a mushed ball of instant potato and a bit of dough wrapped around it. Luckily you know that's not how amazing a knish is supposed to taste.
I count myself lucky enough to catch the last gasp of Stahl's... and now there's Zabar's left. Cintorella markets used to have pretty decent ones too. The best indication you're getting one that's at least partially edible is if they're fairly small, and the crust covers almost the entire filling. It's also a good sign if they make a knish with rice in them. Not sure how old world putting rice in a knish is, but who cares if they taste good.
Now hold on...there is one thing to go to Yonah's for. Struddle. The cherry cheese stands out for me. It's not as good as Andrea's Hungarian, or the Greek bakery on 44th and 9th's version (hope they're still there) or dozens of other places, but hey it's pretty good...and honestly, I think the people who buy from Yonah's really just want it to be good.
re: sugartoof
Okay, I completely understand your low opinion of Yonah Schimmels, that's fine. but........
You are incorrect about them using instant potatoes for their knishes. Recently, I had to wait for the store to open to make my purchase and there was a truck making a delivery of product and off-loading into the basement.......all fresh potatoes by the sack in 50 pound bags.
How would you explain the delivery?
re: fourunder
That they perhaps are cutting the ingredients in their product?
Either way, if you take a real potato, and turn it into a product which has the texture of a boxed mix product (which can fool people, btw.) then who cares that you saw a produce delivery? They used to put potato skin in their filling, so I don't doubt there's a real potato in that mix...just like Mcdonald's has some real beef somewhere in their burger.
re: sugartoof
My paternal grandmother made rice knishes!
if you're in that 'hood and want a knish walk a block further east and go to katz's. get some pastrami while you're there.
and as long as you're there stop in at russ and daughters... yummmmm
As to those who wished they had gone to shimmels years ago- they sucked then too.
Im nearly 5o yrs old.. lived in NYC my whole life... and shimmel's never had a good knish ever.
but for some people i guess that is what a knish is supposed to taste like
re: sugartoof
I've never had a knish at Katz's, but if theirs are, indeed, the kind that are square and have that hard crust -- Blech!
My experience with Yonah's potato knishes, at least in recent years, reminds me of the little girl with the curl -- when the knish is good, it's very, very good, but when it's bad, it's horrid!
To me Yonah Schimmel's is a part of the Lower East Side's vanishing Jewish history. It serves kosher knishes that are baked not fried. New York Landmarks should consider listing Yonah's as a NYC landmark. I do not want to see it vanish like Ratner's, Grand Street Dairy, and other relics of the real Lower East Side. There are enough mediocre pizza places and nail parlors in Manhattan already.
To go inside Yonah Schimmel's is to experience what it must have been like almost 100 years ago when poor immigrants needed a cheap nourishing snack and who wanted a kosher knish. No one else offers such a variety of flavors.
Yes they do lots of mail order now but one has the choice of heating the knishes in the oven. You don't have to microwave the flavor out of it. Stop dissing Yonah's - it seems the same people who carry on about the taste of pizza, knishes and hot dogs are the same ones who love greasy mass-produced food from pushcarts.
re: Beau711
no doubt yonah shimmel is historic. but, to my taste - with hopeful trying over the last 40 years, the knishes sucked then and they suck now
I agree whole-heartedly with Beau. Yonah is amongst the last of a vanishing breed. But I don't patronize them because they're an institution; I do so because their knishes taste exactly like they're suppposed to taste. I'm a native New Yorker, have been eating knishes for most of my 50 years, and have even spent quite a lot of time in the northern Slavic lands, where the knish traces its roots. I mourn the passing of Mrs Stahl's, but for me Yonah's is it.
re: sea97horse
Stahl's and Yonah's had entirely different tastes though. Different styles of Knish.
Didn't you think Mrs. Stahl's was superior, and wouldn't you prefer something closer to it, though?
re: sugartoof
True, yes, and yes. And Mrs. S's were much closer to Ur-knishes back in the old country. I can take a nice long walk or a very short subway ride to Yonah's, though, while Mrs. S's was a l-o-o-o-o-ng subway ride away. And now you all know how lazy I am!
re: marlie202
in Brooklyn on Flatbush Ave. an appetizing store used to sell a cherry cheese knish that was the best--gone are those days/store
re: marlie202
Cherry Cheese is the one thing Yonah Schimmel does that's passable. Sometimes it's even good. They usually sell it in long strips like a strudeel that they cut a chunk off of though. So you might not feel like you're getting a knish. For a while they were making the flavor knish style though.
I agree that Yonah Schimmel's knishes are too watery and was very disappointed in them. I won't go back. Too bad, I love knishes (and not the greasysquare fried ones - yuk).
It breaks my heart, but I agree. I remember having good knishes at YS, but that was ages and ages ago, and yes, only when they were fresh. Zabars is better, but it's scary that it's gotten so hard to find a good knish in New York, whether you agree with me about YS or not.
There is, however, one thing I'm really proud of. Look how many people care about it enough to post!
re: ManhattanX
you have to drain the water from the potatoes, if you leave them sit in water they get waterlogged. Im not trying to say its deliberate, like to add weight or stretch the mixture , but it is something they should look into, either that or maybe if they are still making friend onions, remember to drain the oil its fried in!
Liquid doesnt magically develop in knishes, if anything they absorb water, if they are handled properly during the manufacturing process.
> How does this place survive? It's not like it's in the middle of a tourist area. Are there really enough nostalgic people to support this pathetic effort?
I walked by Yonah Schimmel, not long after reading this post. It seemed pretty busy inside. My guess is that they either own the real estate or have a long time landlord who has failed to inflate the rents to market standards.
re: Minger
"How does this place survive? It's not like it's in the middle of a tourist area. Are there really enough nostalgic people to support this pathetic effort?"
Yonah's remains part of what I think of as the Houston St. "trinity" -- the others being Katz's and Russ & Daughters -- all patronized regularly by locals. And as you can tell by the posts here, there are many locals who feel it still puts out a decent knish. Also, the LES does draw tourists, and when discussing that neighborhood, Frommer's makes specific mention of Yonah's ( http://www.frommers.com/destinations/... ):
"The Lower East Side boasts the best of both old and new New York: Witness the stretch of Houston between Forsyth and Allen streets, where Yoneh Shimmel's [sic] Knish Shop sits shoulder-to-shoulder with the city's newest art-house cinema -- and both are thriving, thank you very much."
re: RGR
i am not a knish expert but i went to YS as a tourist and found that there sweet potato knish was very good. I had no idea that they microwaved anything? I can say that I took a dozen of them home to Florida on the plane and gained 5 pounds as a result :) The thing that I noticed about the plain type was that the onions were crunchy and uncooked which I thought texture-wise they were gross !!! And while submerged in spicy mustard bareable!!!! And here I am in Florida and missing crazy NY and now trying to perfect a sweet potato knish. I was happy to have a crappy YS experience because it still beats what us Floridians have to deal with :)
Carnegie Deli's knishes are round and pretty good. I remember when I was a kid, my mom used to sneak the vendor knish in the movies and it was good to me. Being out of NY for so long. I did go to YS twice and had to thow it out, burned and tasted terrible. I eat a knish now at Arties Deli and Carnegie when I am in town. My daughter was only 7 when we left, but her knish craving is huge. She can eat the street vendor one with the dirty water frank. I can't anymore. wow12 knishes. I bow to you news joke. I will try Zabars or Mendys' which I never heard of. what about Barney Greengrass do they sell knishes?
re: lisettte
Skip Mendy's. No better than YS. I feel sorry for children now, who apparently will never experience the taste of a real knish (absent an inconvenient trip to Queens) as street food.
My gosh, some of these comments are harsh! It's not like their prices are rip-off-high or the service abhorrent. I find the knishes tasty and I like the borscht, and I like the people who work there. Given the ongoing gentrification of the LES, I think YS is an important reminder of the area's roots. Just my opinion.
re: Major Major
I think most all of us would agree with the last sentiment, and want them to survive. If you've had a proper knish though, it's hard not to get passionate as to just how bad theirs really are.
I'm with Major Major on this one. There are painfully few Yonah-like places left in the area, or in Manhattan for that matter. The people there are really nice, and I am quite partial to the kasha and red cabbage varieties. You don't go there for a mind-blowing dining experience, but there are lots of us who will miss Yonah's when it's gone.
re: sea97horse
i understand the sentiment. if i actually liked the knishes i might even share it
re: sea97horse
I would miss the establishment, but not their food. I will say, the last time I went in, they at least had fresh looking food on display for a change, and new items (some of which sound unfortunate, such as a jalapeno knish).
re: sea97horse
I guess the divide here (like my differences with those who mightily defend Katz's, notwithstanding its all-but-pastrami-mediocrity) is the feeling of many that nostalgia, by itself, doesn't cut it. Nobody argues that we don't "need" a place like YS to stay around, but they shouldn't trade on their history or on "nostalgia cachet" by pushing out a lousy product. It can't be THAT hard to make a decent knish. I have heard from too many people that they tried the knish there "once" and it was an interesting experience to buy it there and feel the vibe, but they don't think they need to go back. Hey, even tourists deserve a break now and then-they walk into YS expecting old New York-LES culinary authenticity, and they don't get it.
(Besides, I would like to taste another really good knish again before I die).
re: addictedtolunch
i think tourists are getting "old New York-LES culinary authenticity" @ YS, as as long as i can remember YS served a sub-par knish.
re: addictedtolunch
«(Besides, I would like to taste another really good knish again before I die).» If you think you can make it to Brooklyn before you die, ask on the Outer Borough board. There are still a few good Knishes around. There's even a place that claims to have Mrs. Stahl's recipe.
re: addictedtolunch
You're wrong about Katz's. The people who love it vehemently disagree with you that there's anything remotely mediocre about their pastrami. You can't eat nostalgia, and I don't defend Lombardi's, which has just as much memorabilia inside.
re: Pan
Interestingly enough, nobody gets that passionate enough to "vehemently disagree" with anyone talking trash about Lombardi's. The way people defend Katz's, it's obvious it's largely about the nostalgia, and criticism is treated as blasphemy. I think you can eat nostalgia, and that's not an insult....it's just that people are insulted to hear they're nostalgic for a taste that others regard as garbage. YS is serving a slightly improved product lately - the skin actually covers the filling now. I still say they their struedel is better than there knishes.
I'm excited to hear who is still making Mrs. Stahl's recipe.
re: sugartoof
The need to defend Katz's and YS seems more visceral. Nobody is afraid that Lombardi's isn't thriving, or that if it somehow went away, is irreplaceable. There are other, more iconic pizza places in New York. Whereas YS/Katz's are the last vestige of a part of New York's LES immigrant history (and our own). That being said, you can't "landmark" a restaurant to preserve it and keep it there. Like what happened to Gertel's- people feel if they don't "support" it, it may go away. That's why it's agonizing when an "iconic" place cuts corners (Katz's with their bread and everything BUT the pastrami, YS on not keeping things fresh).
re: sugartoof
i don;t think criticism of katz's is blasphemy. i just happen to not agree about it.
I am not nostalgic about katz's because it has not be relegated to my past, but is part of my present.
YS on the other hand, has to my mind, always put out an inferior knish
re: Wilfrid
oh i grew up on katz's. but the feeling i have for the place isn;t nostalgia. is love of good pastrami.
re: sugartoof
«I'm excited to hear who is still making Mrs. Stahl's recipe.»
Bagel Supreme (6220 Avenue U, between Mill and E 63rd Aves), Bkln, although, sadly a recent visit by a CHer found that they were no longer making them. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/247574
re: bobjbkln
Yeah, if I recall, Mrs. Stahl's was focusing mostly on wholesaling before they sold the business. There was a short period where they were still popping up places, and you would get a glimmer of hope but they never tasted right to me. I miss the rice and potato the most.
re: bobjbkln
the recipe going around for Mrs Stahls is so wrong..I knew the guy that made them..George....the kinishes had only all pourpose potatoes onion veg oil salt pepper water all purpose flour.................no eggs no baking powder no chiken fat its very simple...in the SETTELMAN cook book there dough recipe for kinishes is pretty close....
I am also a long time pro chef whos very good at replicating recipes by tasting and redoing them at home I used to go there often and the chef told me and I'd see the deliverys for supplies...george told me he got drunk once (HA!) and put in tooooo much pepper in the potato filling but it sold anyway and I got the recipe out of him not mesuments but whats in it and its not hard for me to figure that out so the so called secret recipe for Mrs Stahls is wrong..I think he got it out of the booklyn cook book by lynne um something
re: sugartoof
I'm not nostalgic about Katz's. I live in the East Village, and it's a damn good neighborhood establishment for me. Criticism of their pastrami isn't blasphemy to me, merely impossible for me to understand as a matter of taste. And addictedtolunch, where do you get the idea that Katz's isn't thriving?
re: Pan
It certainly is thriving when the tourists are around- and that might just be forever. Less so with "locals" to my eyes. But they have raised the price so much, and cut corners (in my view) in terms of quality (except for the signature pastrami), and I don't think that's a sustainable business model for a place like this in the long term.
re: addictedtolunch
Yeah, prices are up.
By the way, no-one notices me defending Yonah Schimmel's. I haven't gone there in quite a long time. I think nostalgia is fine, but only if the food is good.
re: Pan
That place is hardly serving the neighborhood, but I do envy your ability to spend that much on a sandwich and/or call their portions a meal. I am glad people support the place, so I can peak my head in every so often and roll my eyes. I wish Coney Island's Astroland was around too...but not so I can could argue that it was every bit as authentic as it's hey day. These places are shadows of their former selves....where as I'm not sure YS ever was the top dog in the knish world.
I'd love to see them improve, and if they did dig out an old recipe that produced an edible knish, I'd go out of my way to eat there weekly. I miss the days when knishes were a cheap meal. Zabars can't be the best NY has to offer!
re: sugartoof
I find Katz's sandwiches humongous, but I go there about 4-5 times a year, because that food is so rich.
I like Yonah Schimmel back in the early 70s, but who knows whether they were better then; I would have been about 7.
re: addictedtolunch
Me too. I remember this guy that worked for Jerrys Knishes in Rockaway many years ago.
He decided to open a place to make knishes with same recipe in Baldwin ,NY on long island, unfortunately it wasnt a place to sit down and eat, just a place to make them, you could buy them retail and he was quite ingenious in his making of various types of knishes.
The problem is, the generations of people who used to eat good knishes are either gone or in nursing homes at this point. Their children for the most part were taught that these type of foods added weight and increased your waistline. Combined with the mystique that being a sexy looking woman requires you to look like a concentration camp victim [as many fashion models look like walking sticks], woman hesitated to buy this kind of food. Also its a limited market, the number of kosher delis and restaurants have dwindled over the years too. So sadly after a very good effort, he was forced to close due to lack of enough business. Too bad those were freakin great knishes !!!
Knish....shmish. Give up on that. I'm sure you're all correct. BUT. It's the CHEESE BAGELS that they bake in those shimmel-dikeh (moldy...in Yiddish) ovens that I smuggle cross country given every opportunity. A thin bagel skin, with a pencil diameter core of blintz cheese twisted into a pretzel shape. They keep, they freeze, they thaw, they re-bake, they do everything. But I swear they only do it at Yonah Shimmels. I buy nothing else and I've been going there for 50 years. CHEESE BAGELS. There's one in my toaster oven right now. I'm sad for you.
re: Jetneo
I am thrilled to stumble upon this post, written by my high school sweetheart who for some reason lives on the other side of the continent.
I lived a block from Yonah Schimmel's in the early '70s. Had I known these cheese bagels existed, I'd have tried them. Now I know, and try them I will.
Thanks, sweetheart!
re: BrooksNYC
We have to stop meeting like this!
Here's my copy of the menu from the archive. We can eat like kings for 1980 pennies!
Gourmet on J in Brooklyn. Go get a Knish there as an appetizer while you wait for your DiFara's pizza.
The Meat Knish at Carnegie Deli is very good and a bargain at $4.95 plus tax. It weighs about 3/4 of a pound. The meat knish filling consists of corn beef and pastrami scraps from the slicer added into mashed potatoes. The wrapping is a rich pie crust.
The potato and kasha knishes at Carnegie aren't bad either.
re: BigGuy
Sarge's has something like that too, they call it a "deli wellington." It's good stuff.
re: ChiefHDB
is mrs. stahl's knishes still around? i liked those. i had a YS knish in 1997. thought it was good but not a knish connoisseur. i preferred stahl's. but YS's make hamentaschen? i may have to try it. i usually get it at moishe's on 2nd ave. but they haven't been very good in the past few years. i think a lot of the "old world"--for lack of a better word--baked goods just aren't done the right way anymore. lament.
re: lawyerlady
Mrs. Stahl's were the best in recent years, but they're gone now.
YS has decent hamantascen (i do prefer moishe's) and great streudel. their rugelach looked nice as well.
another good hamantaschen is 9th st bakery off 1st.
re: sugartoof
Just FYI, the singular of hamantashn (various transliterations exist) is hamantash. I just thought you'd like to know. :-)
re: BigGuy
YUK.........man thats like the poor mans version of their $15 corned beef sandwich, or maybe buying ground lox instead of the hand sliced fish. I tried it and sorry i disagree, i thought it was chalushes [which in Yiddish means putrid] , otherwise Carnegie gets an A rating from me.
Are you all nuts? Yonnah Shimmel is an icon to the neighbourhood. Always has been, and hopefully, it always will.
I cannot give you a negative, because I've only indulged in the blueberry-cheese knish since the late 60s. When recently purchased for the first time in years, so thoroughly delighted, I walked passed my destination while enjoying this delightful, delectable treat. A cold BLUEBERRY CHEESE KNISH is an outstanding breakfast !
re: sugartoof
The Blueberry-Cheese Knish is square and delicious, open on the sides--and please, not to be confused with streudel, which is more round & elongated. I used to live on lower Second Avenue and have tried a number of their knishes; but now, I only have eyes for the blueberry cheese.
If anything happens to Yonnah Shimmel, Russ & Daughters, and Katz's; it will be over for the Lower-East Side.
re: gutsofsteel
<Yonnah serves inedible crap.>
Torn between agreement and disagreement, as I've had a few good knishes there over the years.
<A blueberry-cheese knish is an abomination, in any case...>
Agree completely.
re: guttergourmet
So basically, they've all but given up on selling a quality knish, and they're experimenting with weird combinations. I hope it works out for them.
I usually got the cold borsht w/sour cream at YS. That was always good in the hot summer. As I recall the knishes were okay, at least in the early eighties, but I didn't go there often. Mrs. Stahl's was my favorite, especially the Spanish Rice version. If it weren't for greedy landlords they'd still be there. My subway stop when I come to town now is right by Knish Knosh and I like them fine and it's probably worth the trip. There's a nice triangular park across the blvd. where you can hang out.
re: JulianPantangeli
I recently bought what i think was a pretty good knish at the Union Square Farmers Market on a Friday from a stand I think was "Not Just Rugelach" or something like that on the Park Ave side. They had plain potato, broccoli and cheese, plus spinach and feta when I was there.
re: rolise
Does anyone know if Yonnah Schimmel still serves matzoh ball soup? Maybe in winter? If so, is it any good? Meant to try it last time they had it, but was in a hurry.
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Noah's Ark on Grand st. If you are in the area of YS, this is a much better option for a knish. Their knishes are actually crusty, they way a knish should be. And they will split the knish for you and fill it with pastrami or other deli - DELISH!!
Noah's Ark
399 Grand St, New York, NY 10002
re: addictedtolunch
They've had decades to try to get it right -- i don't think it's going to happen...in the meantime, many optimistic sentimental folks have been fleeced out of a few bucks buying food that tastes like sand...
re: monkfist
To be honest i remember working back in the 1970s in the summertime with my dad when he made kosher meat deliveries to stores and yonah schimmels was one of the stops. The place looked 100 years old and in need of a renovation. my dad bought a box of potato and kashe, we tried them at dinner time. The only word i have to describe it was "chalushes!!! Feh. Almost like gabilas oy.
I finally had a Yonah Schimmel Knish and I was very happy with my baseball sized mass of potatoes, onions, spinach and whatever else was in it. My only prior knish experience was the pre-made knishes from the pretzel carts. It was right after a visit to the Tenement Museum, so it was an appropriate finale to a historical outing. My expectations for dough covered potatoes were pretty low to begin with.
Yonah Schimmel's Knishes
137 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002
re: chervil9
If you are there and the sandwich line is crazy long, give it another try while you wait.
I've had several and have not been disappointed.
You need a sense of humor here just if you even go in. It's a tourist stop, for people who want to accept cold, refrigerated bland and soggy knishes "just two hours old" and don't know what they once missed. They will heat them in a microwave for you. Nice of them. You need to be able to laugh and realize this place is a put-on, and nothing more. If it's good knishes you want, you can get better ones at the supermarket and heat them in the oven. I'm still laughing. We were there yesterday.
re: boilerhousepete
I thought they closed? You were there yesterday. What's up with that. Did they close and reopen?
re: foodwhisperer
They were open when I walked by last week. Their website is updated. Why do you think they closed?
re: small h
Someone told me it was closed, but maybe they went last week, it was still a Jewish Holiday, so maybe that is why they were closed.
re: foodwhisperer
Oh, that makes sense. There are a lot of holidays packed into these few weeks.
re: boilerhousepete
Well its beyond me how this place has survived, just goes to prove that some people have taste like a cow! I went to Yonah Shimmels once to see what the big deal was and this was maybe in the 1970s. If people can eat gabilas deep fryed dreck then i guess they can eat this stuff. My dead grandmother [may she rest in peace] ,used to make baked potato and kasha knishes that was a recipe from my uncles place on the boardwalk in the Rockaways at Beach 35th street. They also made fruit filled cheese knishes. I remember this because as a little boy i used to watch the knishes being handmade there in the summertime. These were delicious! This was at Sams Boardwalk Grill. And also just a few doors down was competition!! Jerry's Knishes. His product was good too. Alas these places are gone and so is the geschmack flavor !!! [grandma also made some killer meat kreplach] , eh oh well look at it on the bright side ,less calories to consume. Here's a photo of my uncles place on the boardwalk. It was in operation from 1939-69 sorry i don't have a daytime pic.
re: beermug
Gabilla's is still in business somehow, and people mention them on CH (usually in relation to a Katz's visit). I can't wrap my head around it, but I also can't fathom how we lost the real knish entirely, and people moving to NY today will never truly know the difference. I'm thankful Mrs. Stahl's hung on as long as they did.
re: sugartoof
Well, out here in Oceanside ,New York there is a jewish bakery named Steinbergs. They sell baked knishes that are made by Oceanside Knish Factory. The bakery is in Lincoln Shopping Center phone 516-763-0063. They carry like 8 or 10 different kinds of baked knishes. They are closed early on Fridays and all day Saturday. Facebook page has a photo of the knishes. I would call first if you intend to go buy some.
i think the pic is of garlic knishes.
re: sugartoof
i liked Mrs Stahl's a lot. i give Gabillah's credit where credit is due. The guy has dominated the market and has been extremely successful. I have seen some of the "rotten" potatoes he has used to make knishes. Actually sickening. But I guess in the end he gets a knish that sells well. He moved his factory from Brooklyn to a new location. I'm assuming it is the same owner.
The round knishes at Katz's are very good, if you can somehow persuade the counterman to heat it up for you .They hate doing it.
re: foodwhisperer
Are you sure the round one at Katz's isn't coming from Yonah Schimmel? Sure look similar.
Zabar's is where I've had the most luck, but they don't have the flavor they once did/
re: sugartoof
Heh they probably are not using sauteed onions or maybe less salt or spices. Talking about these ethnic foods reminds me of when i was a kid in the old neighborhood [beach channel drive & 69th street in Rockaway]. Laskers meat market was a mom and pop store. And Mrs Lasker used to make meat kreplach, on Thursdays to sell for Friday mornings. Oh gosh they were large and filled with a cooked mixture of beef garlic and onions, and she used to coat the outer dough with fresh rendered chicken fat to keep them from getting air dryed. Wow i remember just eating them right out of the package, they never made it into my chicken soup bowl. Ah the recipes from the old country :-)
Sorry guys i know it has nothing to do with knishes just enjoying a gastronomic memory.
re: foodwhisperer
gabilas made it big by marketing his product at cheap prices to the mass distribution of supermarkets. If it can be frozen it can be shipped nationwide. Also those deep fryed squares is what the dirty water hotdog men sell on the corners in NY. They can hold up longer than the baked ones, so that is probably one reason but im betting that they offered big discounts to distributors. ive tried their round knishes which come packaged in some supermarkets, my analysis is one word "FEH!!"


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Guys, this may not be the place for this question.....(move me to the correct forum if so).
Soda, such as root beer, is easy to carbonate in a keg with CO2, easy to carbonate in a bottle with yeast....
If a brewer was going to produce rootbeer, and bottle it without using yeast as a carbonator, how ya gonna get the little bitty bubbles into it?
As for me and my household, we shall serve the Lord. Joshua
"God is great, beer is good, people are crazy." Some country artist
Keg it, force it and bottle very, very cold.
Remember one unassailable statistic, as explained by the late, great George Carlin: "Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!"
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