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Jazzed-up Matzo Brei for Breakfast

Matzo brei with turkey ham and aged cheddar on a Tempco pinecone pattern plate with a slice whole-grain bread

Matzo brei with turkey ham and aged cheddar

At this point in time I’m starting to ponder the half-case of Passover matzos I’ll have hanging around after next week. We’ll have had a sea of smoked whitefish salad on them by then, and no one will want any.

If you’ve never heard of matzos, then you probably live in a place where there are no Jewish people. It’s cracker-like unleavened bread made of only flour and water–looks like a very large cracker, actually–that’s eaten during the Passover holiday instead of leavened bread, which is strictly forbidden.

Consider Deuteronomy 16:3: