Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-21
UNLEAvENED BREAD.
Cincinnati Bakers Are Three Months Pre-
pairing for the Passover.

Cincinnati Bakers Are Three Months Pre-
pairing for the Passover.
From the Cincinnati Tmes-star.
Over 8, 900 years ago the Israelites made their
exodns from bondage under Egyptian rulers,
and eyer since that time the week following the
'fiftsehth day of the first Hebrew month, the
month of Nissan. has been set aside for COM
memoration of their departure. 1t was on the
night OF the 14th of Nissan that the Hebrews.
now numbering 5000, 900, were led to freedom
by Moses. In chapters twelve and thirteen of
Genesis the manner of celebration on the first
night Of the feast Is partly told, and there it is
commanded that unleayened bread be eaten on
the first night and no leayen be kept in the
hOnse at any time during the week. This is in
remembrance Of the fact that the Jews, in their
take along unIeavened bread, which they
had to bake in the sun. This OBJ
seryance has been kept up by the Jews
stances. great many Israelites have sepa-
rate set OF dishes 10 he nsed once a year during
this week only. and those who have not an
extra set Of dishes scour out their dishes thor
oushiy. In Europe when they happen to have
any bread or other sort Of 1eaven in the house
the housewife locks the pantry and hands over
the key to some old Christian friend Of hers to
keep till the feast is over.
The making OF these unleavened cakes. called
matzos, has come to be quite an industry in this
country. For three months before the feast of
s, 900 900 matzOs are baked in this city from the
middle of January to the middle of April.
This represents about s4i5,000.
Said the head baker ut Moses Bing. jr.s,
bakery: "We make about 5000 matzos i day,
foriNhich We use four barrels Of -four
1Do you use the ordinary hour?"
"Yes, but is the finest quality and has to be
examined By q Hebrew. who judges whether
it is satisfactory. We buy ours In this city.
Then the water used must be put into !, yes-
sci before shutdown and remain to settle for the
whole night This bakery is for baking I'M
leayened bread only, and everything is espe-
cially gotten for this bakery, even to the rags
we use."
.How do you prepare the four2''
"We take say fiftsen pounds Of -four, aud
mixing it with water, we put i. into copper
kettle, where it is thoroughly mixed. Then
this man, the kneader, takes it, and on this
block, by means Of pressing on this heavy
beam, he knsads the dough to the proper cohe-
siveness." The reporter saw a block on top of
which was beam four feet long fastened BY a
spring at the back Of the block, and there was
| a'man jumping on and off the beam. SO as to
make . sort Of artificial kneader, the beam
rising when the man jumped off.
sit IL then taken to the next ROOM" said the
baker, land about a third of it at q time is
passed seven times through the rollers, which,
| you see are arranged like clothes wringer's
rollers. only thcse are iron. Having been 80
pressed, it Is Of the proper thickness. Care
has to DO taken here That while one piece Of
dough is being pressed the other pieces should
| not become too hard; therefore a man is con-
tinually beating them, The piece of dough,
now strip ten inches wide by ten feet long, il
put under the hands Of q man who uses roller
much like the ordinary dough roller. except
that there are sharp projections sticking out
all around to make the little holes in the cakes.
Next to him is a man with . sharpened wheel,
| which he uses to cut the strip into pieces, each
| the length of cake. These pieces are pu,
into an oven and in two minutes they are
DONE"
And the gentleman handed the reporter Z
matte, which was alpost tasteless except for
the slight browning it had received.
Are these cakes made the same way in
Europe?"
mo; abroad there 10 more hard work
Women knesd the dough by baud and the
cakes are thicker than we make them here"
| "Aatzos cost about 10 cents q pound and thu
meal which We make by grinding broken
matzos costs II cents pound. We make lO(
pounds OF meal q day"