CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 27Visible text2 paragraphs
WHAT DID poor Ashkenazim eat in Jerusalem in the 1940s? We ate black bread with slices of onion and olives cut in half, and sometimes also with anchovy paste; we ate smoked fish and salt fish that came from the depths of the fragrant barrels in the corner of Mr. Auster's grocery; on special occasions we ate sardines, which were considered a delicacy.
We ate squash and eggplant, boiled or fried or made into an oily salad with slivers of garlic and chopped onion.