Feeding Bachurim

Deli roll, schnitzel, sesame chicken

Pretzel chicken. I’ve heard it’s all the rage.

We leave the chicken soup on the blech overnight.

Sorry LB but I don’t find your last comment amusing. to even hint that yeshiva bachurim will steal food……

For anyone really spending Shabbos in a bear-populated forest, please note:

“Human-related food sources are higher in calories and easier to obtain than natural foods.

All bears, especially yearlings that are on their own for the first time, will take advantage of easy food sources. Bears will continue on their way if they do not find easy food sources.

Bears quickly become habituated to handouts in the form of trash, bird seed, pet food and feed placed out for other animals, and lose their fear of humans.

These bears resort to raiding garbage, outdoor freezers, storage sheds, vehicles and other structures associated with people.” (Shinnstonnews)

“fleischige luckshen kugel”

I have to try that. I am no longer a bochur, nor am I in Yeshiva, but that sounds amazing!

Meno…….

This is a family favorite

any kind of ground meat that has been sauteed first works. You can vary the spices, but the envelopes of onion soup mix are very easy to use.

iacisrmma: Shavua tov iacisrmma 🙂

I thought bachurim meant single men, and I imagined a bunch of younger unmarried adult men with good manners who happened to be hungry.

Clearly there was a miscommunication here. I’m ready to move on and get back to the point of what to feed these lads. Hoping you’ll join in here, if you have any good ideas or recipes. Thank you in advance for being so understanding.

CTLAWYER: That sounds delicious and easy!

Ironman: Hope your Shabbos meal went well 🙂

Maybe for another time, here is an idea (though CTLAWYER’s sounds like it might be a better low-stress, nutrient-dense, and more-than-enough-to-go-around option for this kind of occassion)…

What about wraps?

Or Make-Your-Own-Wraps (MYOW):

For example, on one side of the table, have a stack of tortillas or soft wheat wraps on a plate, then just have a bar of fillings where they can stuff whatever they want inside:

Fleishig:

-Chicken salad

-Mini hot dogs (or cut up hot dogs)

-Ground meat with tomato sauce

Milching:

-Mozeralla sticks

-Shredded cheese

-Leben

-Help me out here please, what else works?

For both:

-Grilled Eggplants

-Egg salad

-Hummus and Tahini

-Cole slaw

-Schoog (spicy pepper paste)

-Stir-fry veggies (either a frozen, or pre-mixed blend)

-Sweet potato (mashed or cubed)

Thank you LU. Yes it was a play on words that I figured people would know and find the light in the language.

I def don’t want to offend anyone. I can see how someone would read it at face value and not in context with this secular background.

Thanks iacisrmma for your voice and sharing your perspective and how others may have read my words.

Maybe next time I can put some warning. I saw another poster did something similar on another thread with, “<JOKE>”. Good idea to clarify intent.

Sorry but I was not being sarcastic. I took LB’s comment seriously. Having a number of sons who formed I had the zechus of hosting bachurim. I also have hakaros hotov to the families in EY who hosted my sons and daughters when they were in yeshiva / seminary.

ubiquitin: I had no clue that was actually a thing. Interesting. I know someone who lived in a fraternity house and the kitchen was open 24/7 because guys get hungry and the cooks always had extra stuff for them to nosh on after hours.

Are they at least allowed to keep some snacks in their rooms in a mini-fridge or something? I guess yeshivot differ in their policies. If guys are going to great lengths to eat, it sounds like they have a legitimate need for more food.

I cannot imagine them doing that if they weren’t genuinely hungry. If it was their own home then they would be able to open the fridge at night. I hope the policies change to allow more food access.

Growing people need to eat. Especially men. If they live there, then why not give them access to food? Is it a kosher issue?

There is a large space between not having access to the kitchen and not having food

I came back to apologize (How do people not do it?) Because I realize I wasn’t culturally sensitive. I was ignorant of the whole yeshiva locking up food. So thank you for shedding light on where you were coming from and hearing me out.

Mod: True. That was my question. Surely they eat dinner and have meals. I was wondering if they could get food off hours.

When I *dormed* (iacisrmma, omgosh my spellcheck kept changing it to *formed*) in college, the food hall was open three times a day. I kept food in my dorm. Had I had access to the food hall 24/7, I would have been making and eating Belgian waffles at all hours like there’s no tomorrow. Having discipline and a feeding schedule is important.

I was wondering what the bachurim do when they are hungry. Maybe they go to the pizza/sandwich place across the street (if there is one). I guess it depends on the rules of the yeshiva and what is around them.

Plus it could be a good thing too if the guys are hungry as one is expected to be before meal times, that keeps them coming back to eat on schedule. That also helps them go to classes, and daven, I assume as a group too. Oh and bentching.

In a frat, the guys all go their separate ways after meals. Different classes, sports, schedules. They may never see each other besides at the frat house.

At the yeshiva, the bachurim are roommates, classmates, study partners, and become family. I don’t know how it works exactly, but I presume that there is a togetherness beyond the “brothers” at a typical college.

Thanks 🙂

LB: technically I wasn’t expecting an apology but appeciate that you did and it is accepted. I understand that in your journey mistakes are sometimes made. My wife makes a large cholent as their are times my children will have friends come over on Friday afternoon / night and they will “raid” the pot.