Tirshey Salad (Tunisian Pumpkin Salad)

Miriam , Can you write in Hebrew what is ground pumpernickel? I think you mean "kimel" but I am not sure. I remember the slight taste of kimel in the version I used to get at a local Coos Coos restaurant

i believe she (Miriam) means GROUND CARAWAY seeds, not pumpernickel. caraway is what is used in pumpernickel bread. it is also used in many middle eastern type salads/foods (north african - tunisian stuff, for example). it's NOT the same as cumin. in hebrew, caraway is called קימל

The Tirshey Salad sounds scrumptious, but I have to echo Sarah's question posted 5 Feb 2009--what is ground pumpernickel? I've researched this word and found it to refer only to pumpernickel bread, and the name has nothing to do with any of the bread ingredients. I assume that something was changed in translation here. Sounds like it's a spice, and probably something that gives the salad a unique flavor--could it be pumpkin spice?

Many thanks for help!

Thanks for sharing your family recipe! It seems wonderful indeed!

Dear Rosalie - This recipe is Exactly like the Potato Salad my Grandmother used to make - my Grandmother was from the Greek Islands near Turkey - these islands are famous for their 'Middle East' cuisine, so perhaps this is the origin of this recipe - there is a lot of overlapping betwen the Greek Island and Middle East/Israeli food as it is.

My aunt used to make the most wonderful and simple dish for Passover. I wanted to see where the dish originated, but could not find one posting for anything similar. This recipe has been in our family for 50 years and it wouldn't be Passover without it. Everyone looks forward to eating this dish at this time of the year:

Aunt Katie's Potato Dish
4 large potatoes
8 hard boiled eggs
3/4 cup finely chopped sweet onion
1/2 cup vegetable oil (crisco)
Salt to taste (about 2 tbls)
Boil and peel potatoes when cooled, begin chopping one potato at a time, with 2 eggs, some of the onion and oil to make it bind together. Continue chopping, by hand, until all ingredients are incorporated. It should be spreading consistency for matzo. Refrigerate overnight. Serves 8.

What is ground pumpernickel?

What artwork your salads are thanks for the recipes.

Miriam thank-you for the recipes !