I bet it looked a lot better before you started poking at it. I've never had the Ukrainian version (I think), but I made some ptcha a couple of months ago by boiling some cow feet and aromatics for 9 hours or so and it was actually really good! A bit too spicy, but the two habaneros I added weren't in the recipe so I can't blame the dish.
I'm not sure why Americans are obsessed with hating on gelatin dishes. This stuff's great.
Are you also in the US? Where did you get the cow feet? And since you used the term ptcha I will ask was the meat kosher? I cannot find them anywhere, I have been wanting to try to make this for ages.
I got the meat from Weee; I'm pretty sure it's not kosher but I can't say I looked for a hechsher. I've seen cow feet at many different stores locally, though, just not ones that would typically carry kosher products. Apparently the dish is supposed to be made with veal feet, but that I think is actually illegal to get in the US or something? I remember looking a few years ago and calling around for it. If you're specifically looking for kosher cow's feet, I have absolutely no idea how you might find that unless you know a kosher butcher shop. Here in the Boston area I'm not sure there are any, and I've never checked the one actual kosher market for cow feet.
Looks like you can buy it online: https://www.aviglatt.com/cow-feet-1-5lb-pack That's expensive, but I don't imagine this is an everyday dish so it might be worth it?
If you can find kosher chicken feet, which might be easier, I dunno, I hear you can also make a good chicken ptcha, but I haven't tried it. And cow's feet are great because of all the collagen, but you may be able to do something similar with something like a rack of ribs if you simmer them long enough. Good luck!
For the record, my mom's Ashkenazic, with family from mostly Ukraine, I think, and she grew up with traditional Ashkenazic food. She'd never heard of the dish when I sent her a picture of what I made. My dad's Sephardic so he definitely wouldn't know, but I kinda expected my mom to have come across it at some point. Maybe it was always a very local dish?
Thank you! Yeah if I can't find kosher I'm not super strict, but it's a strong preference especially when making cultural dishes. I also have no idea if my dad's side has any connection to this dish, he talks about eating stuffed derma and all the traditional stuff but not this one. I'm curious because I did get to try the pork version before I was avoiding pork and I liked it.
xiipaoc@reddit
I bet it looked a lot better before you started poking at it. I've never had the Ukrainian version (I think), but I made some ptcha a couple of months ago by boiling some cow feet and aromatics for 9 hours or so and it was actually really good! A bit too spicy, but the two habaneros I added weren't in the recipe so I can't blame the dish.
I'm not sure why Americans are obsessed with hating on gelatin dishes. This stuff's great.
currymuttonpizza@reddit
Are you also in the US? Where did you get the cow feet? And since you used the term ptcha I will ask was the meat kosher? I cannot find them anywhere, I have been wanting to try to make this for ages.
xiipaoc@reddit
I got the meat from Weee; I'm pretty sure it's not kosher but I can't say I looked for a hechsher. I've seen cow feet at many different stores locally, though, just not ones that would typically carry kosher products. Apparently the dish is supposed to be made with veal feet, but that I think is actually illegal to get in the US or something? I remember looking a few years ago and calling around for it. If you're specifically looking for kosher cow's feet, I have absolutely no idea how you might find that unless you know a kosher butcher shop. Here in the Boston area I'm not sure there are any, and I've never checked the one actual kosher market for cow feet.
Looks like you can buy it online: https://www.aviglatt.com/cow-feet-1-5lb-pack That's expensive, but I don't imagine this is an everyday dish so it might be worth it?
If you can find kosher chicken feet, which might be easier, I dunno, I hear you can also make a good chicken ptcha, but I haven't tried it. And cow's feet are great because of all the collagen, but you may be able to do something similar with something like a rack of ribs if you simmer them long enough. Good luck!
For the record, my mom's Ashkenazic, with family from mostly Ukraine, I think, and she grew up with traditional Ashkenazic food. She'd never heard of the dish when I sent her a picture of what I made. My dad's Sephardic so he definitely wouldn't know, but I kinda expected my mom to have come across it at some point. Maybe it was always a very local dish?
currymuttonpizza@reddit
Thank you! Yeah if I can't find kosher I'm not super strict, but it's a strong preference especially when making cultural dishes. I also have no idea if my dad's side has any connection to this dish, he talks about eating stuffed derma and all the traditional stuff but not this one. I'm curious because I did get to try the pork version before I was avoiding pork and I liked it.
chi-bacon-bits@reddit (OP)
Ukrainian Easter staple mmm especially with the horseradish
Sempophai@reddit
Yup, my mother and grandmother would boil a pig's head to make it.
indieplants@reddit
ah, aspic, a staple of the 1960s middle class American home.
Quiet-Wing5230@reddit
All Jello is meat Jello if you think about it lol
AverageInfamous7050@reddit
That's what she said.