- Mazel Tov!
- Mazel Tov.
- [Interviewer] Do you know what "mazel tov" means?
- Yeah, like congratulations.
Mazel tov.
(interviewer chuckles)
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- [Interviewer] Hi, Ethan!
- Hello.
- [Interviewer] Do you know what Bubbe means?
- Some kind of dance.
(interviewer chuckles)
- I do not know.
- [Interviewer] A Bubbe is the Jewish word for grandma.
- Wow.
I feel like a bad Jew.
- [Interviewer] No such thing.
What do you call your grandma?
- Lola.
- [Interviewer] Is that her name?
- No, it means grandmother in Filipino.
- Well, my mom's mom,
I call her Grandsy.
- Grandma. (interviewer chuckles)
Yeah, that's it.
- [Interviewer] So, I am going to share some
of my Bubbe's family recipes with you
and I'll teach you a few Yiddish words.
With that, we will bring out the first of our recipes.
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- Ooh.
(chuckles)
- Is this raw fish?
(claps)
- [Pink Dress Girl] This is bagels and lox or gravlax.
One of the best foods ever.
- [Interviewer] This is a classic Saturday morning
Bubbe's house kind of meal.
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(giggles)
- [Interviewer] I remember the first time she gave me lox.
I saw it and I smelled it
and I was like, "Absolutely not."
- But...
- [Interviewer] But?
- You have to try it.
- [Interviewer] You have to try it.
And now as an adult,
I love it.
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- Pretty good.
- I personally like it a bit more fluffy
with a like harder crust on the outside
but the flavor is really good.
- [Interviewer] Mmkay, so I'm gonna tech you
a few Yiddish words through this.
So maybe you already know this one.
It is the most classic: Oy Vey.
Oh yeah (chuckles).
- What is Oy Vey?
- [Interviewer] Doing something
that you don't really wanna do
but you're gonna do it anyways.
- One time when I went to Idaho,
holy smokes!
It was a long drive.
In this case,
I wouldn't be saying Oy Vey.
I thought it was going to be good.
Not really.
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- This is like the comfort food
of all comfort foods.
- (shocks) I know this.
I definitely know this.
Matzo ball soup.
- [Interviewer] Have you had it before?
- Yeah.
I'm actually Jewish.
- Here are my qualifications
for a good matzo ball soup.
Very salty.
It has to have onions,
carrots and celery.
You should see a little fat floating on the top
and the matzo ball should be dense and fluffy.
And when you squeeze it,
you should see the broth coming out there.
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- [Interviewer] Why do you think grandmas are so comforting?
- A grandma is a person
that your mom is it's mom.
So it has lots of experience
of taking care of 'em.
Okay.
- [Interviewer] So you think your grandma
takes really good care of you?
- Uh-mm.
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- Lasagna?
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(chuckles)
- No (chuckles).
- [Interviewer] Not for you?
- No (chuckles).
- [Interviewer] It is baked egg noodles
with some cinnamon sugar.
- Ooh.
I like my cinnamon.
- [Interviewer] This is something that we eat
at like holidays.
It could be Shabbat
or Yom Kippur or Rosh Hashana.
As you may or may not know,
there is a long standing debate about whether
or not you are a sweet kugel person
or a savory kugel person. - Sweet.
Awesome, sweet matzo bread.
My dad's a savory matzo bread.
I still love him (chuckles).
(interviewer laughs)
- I'm not gonna miss you.
(interviewer laughs)
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- [Pink Dress Girl] It maybe a brisket.
- [interviewer] Go ahead and open.
- Oh, yes!
- [interviewer] You have a keen nose, my friend.
- Thank you.
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- Tastes like steak.
Just colder and a little thinner.
- Tasted really familiar
and just can't put my tongue on it.
- [interviewer] Brisket is a classic main dish
at any Bobbe family gathering.
What's the main entree
that your grandma usually makes for you?
- It depends which one.
My dad's mom showed me make Sinigang
but if-- well, she's my grandma,
she'll make like chicken wings.
- Every time I come over for dinner, pancakes.
Every time I've had a sleep over,
breakfast, pancakes.
It's always pancakes (laughs).
- [interviewer] It's a tradition.
- Yeah.
- [interviewer] So when you're like with your grandma,
what kind of stuff do you guys talk bout?
- She's trying to get her (mumbles) citizenship,
so I've been trying
to teach her her English.
- [interviewer] How are the lessons going?
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- Good.
Yesterday, I read her a book.
It was about D-day.
- [interviewer] D-day? Wow.
Some kind of dense material.
- Yeah.
(interviewer laughs)
- [interviewer] Okay, let's see
if we know another Yiddish word.
Have you ever heard the word "chutzpah"?
- I don't think so.
- Chutzpah?
- [interviewer] Very good.
Chutzpah is like you've got guts.
Anybody in your life who'd say has chutzpah?
- My mom.
- Bye, brisket.
You are tasty.
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- Cake and dipping sauce for it.
- [interviewer] Great guess.
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- It tastes like a brownie.
- [interviewer] This is chocolate Babka and tea.
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- It's so good.
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(lightly chuckles)
- [interviewer] Mazel Tov!
You made it to the end
of Bobbe's family recipes.
- Mazel Tov!
(interviewer laughs)
- [interviewer] Do you know what "mazel tov" means?
"Mazel Tov" is congratulations.
Last of our Yiddish words I'm gonna use
in a sentence for you and it is:
Be a mensch, call your grandma.
- Oh, yeah.
- [interviewer] Do you know what it means?
- Yeah, it's like a good person.
- [interviewer] Who better to teach us
about being a good person than our grandmothers?
So, be a mensch call your grandma.
- I could FaceTime her right now.
(phone rings)
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Grandma!
Okay, so I'm doing a shoot
for HiHo Kids.
It was kids tried Jewish food.
I had bagels and lox.
- [Grandma] That sounds delicious.
All these things when I eat them remind me
of my grandparents.
- Hi!
- [Interviewer] Hello!
Is there a piece of advice
that you would give us today?
- [Lola] I would say,
whatever your mom says,
you have to follow her,
and you have to respect your mom.
- Yes.
- So my advice is to stay close to your family
and you really guard closely your siblings.
- Bye! Thanks for watching.
- Is your boogie a mesh?
(interviewer laughs)