Bubbe's Food Substitutions

My Bubbe always knows about substitutions. No, not in a baseball line up but when you are working with a recipe. Invariably there is always something in a new recipe that I do not have or just cannot use.

She knows everything about recipe substitutions

No Butter? Good. Better you should use Margarine.

No Flour? Use pancake mix. Sweeter is better.

No Milk? For 1 cup of Milk use 1 cup of water with 1.5 teaspoon of butter

No Baking Powder? For 1 teaspoon of baking powder, use .25 teaspoon of baking soda

No cardamom? Use cinnamon and nutmeg. All three are really the same spice.

No cornstarch? Use powdered mashed potatoes or matzo meal

No Mayo? Use yogurt or sour cream.

No tomato sauce? Make a nice lokshen kugel instead.

No wine? Get grape juice and mix in a little apple cider vinegar or lemon juice

No eggs? Go shopping.

No garlic? Come over and get some.

Shrimp? Your Uncle Mendel got appendicitis from eating it. He almost died. (Feh). Use haddock.

Bacon? (Feh). Use pastrami.

Tofu? (Vos is dos?). Use chicken.

Lobster? (Feh). Use chicken.

Pork? (Feh). Use chicken

Ham? You need a better recipe book. Come over.