well we of course know and love the man
behind the counter at Kenny and Ziggy
Ziggy Gruber is just one reason why
Houstonians love a good deli that is so
true the love affair started nearly 20
years ago for Houston but Ziggy comes
from a long line of deli men he followed
in the footsteps of his father and
grandfather and Ziggy is joining us now
in studio to chat Eastern European
Jewish cooking hi how're you guys doing
today
better now that you're here I always
love a visit with you I'll tell you
looking at some of those photos I got
after the New Year's resolution I gotta
lose some weight you know I always say
you know it's personal growth it is
today I want to eat pretty much
everything that you have brought with
you today and if you guys haven't been
to Kenny in Ziggy's really it is worth
stopping you guys are just right there
off what post ok yes Westheimer ish yes
where we have two locations there and we
all saw a Buffalo Speedway and West Park
over there on this Kroger shopping
center all right well let's get to it
because you are gonna show us a demo
here Hungarian Apple which is called yes
but we're doing a Hungarian ok we're
doing is because it's Hanukkah and it's
the as well before you know what this is
Eastern Europe we don't do this you
don't zip the flower
no no you're not afraid of a few long
you know absolutely now what you're
gonna do is slowly add the milk slowly
again again well that you can do we're
not gonna it's not gonna look like meh
Dean over here yes
nice and keep going we're gonna pour the
whole thing in that good how you doing
ok see now it's nice and smooth ok if
someone's gonna make this at home where
would they get the caramelized apples
well you can make that yourself you cut
it up and what you do is you let it sit
like I like to do in a pan for a very
low flame and then with the extra juice
I just add a little touch of cornstarch
just to thicken 9-inch
tin like so we're gonna put it you don't
it's not rocket science it's nothing
fancy very simple so you're gonna have
plenty of time with all of your family
okay like so and then what I've done in
here is I've made some brown sugar some
melted butter and what do you call some
cinnamon and flour and we made basically
a streusel okay so we're gonna go like
this just sprinkle it on top I would eat
that topping just but believe me you
should taste the topping it's fantastic
you can't put enough topping on it and
then what we're gonna do is we're gonna
bake it 375 degree oven okay okay and
we're gonna do that and for about 45
minutes or so
golden-brown and we have one Wow like
the magic of television yes and then how
do you serve it do you serve it with ice
cream or which green oh no no no you can
you know it's it's you can serve it by
itself you can serve it with savory
stuff to complement it or you could have
it as a dessert it's up to you okay
alright so let's try it's amazing how
just cutting into it released that smell
wonderful fragrance yeah okay so let's
do this okay Oh can I just eat it with
my hands there's no rules
dude that is really good it's not as
sweet as I thought it would be no no no
it's not it's not overly powered so we
brought some other stuff because it is
Hanukkah and we do you know the the
whole thing is this it's about oil and
naturally we have the potato pancakes
bring them over here and those are what
we sell tons we go through 5000 pounds
of potatoes in the whole week yes we
have knishes we have soft downy oat
which is a Israeli style doughnut which
is filled with raspberry jelly and we
have all the different types of holiday
cookies and we also have what do you
call our blintzes which are legendary
they are you've never had ah blintzes
you are missing out you must adjust well
it is you got to remember you know the
largest Jewish population at one time
yes in Poland I know unfortunately
before World War two but look it's it's
it's a joyous holiday season and it's
great and the best thing is we get to
eat everything that we like
we do and then like I said I saw those
photos and then we can work it off in
the gym after we just worry about that
in January siggy always great to see
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alright that was absolutely delicious