# 101 fun things to do with matzo
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 11, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498 "2012-04-11T21:09:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/1 "2012-04-11T21:09:00Z")
So we’ve passed the halfway point of Passover & most folks that observe may be getting a little tired of matzo by now? ( I love the stuff, but that’s just me)
I just made candied matzo. Spread with butter, brown sugar & cinnimon & bake in the oven at 350 for five minutes. Delicious!!
I also think matzo makes good pizza crust for mini pizzas.
So what do you do with it?
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### Author:  [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/2 "2012-04-11T21:31:42Z")
My wife makes amazing matzo toffee. [A recipe here.](http://www.sassyradish.com/2011/04/matzo-toffee-with-almonds-and-sea-salt/)
I like it best if you use the lightly-salted matzo… Gives you that perfect sweet/salty taste.
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### Author:  [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/3 "2012-04-11T21:44:34Z")
I haven’t tried it as such, but I imagine it’s a pretty good Nutella vehicle.
Then again, what isn’t?
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/4 "2012-04-11T22:01:33Z")
It’s really really good with peanut butter, and it would be awesome with Nutella.
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### Author:  [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/5 "2012-04-11T22:11:22Z")
I Just finished off my third batch. The first batch went to work as a ‘test’. The 2nd batch was for my 2 Seders, and my 3rd batch ended up being for Seder #2. (Guess what happened?🙂 The leftovers from batch #3 went back to work for those who missed out on batch #1. (and those who gave up sweets/chocolate/dessert for lent.)
Crack is an appropriate term!
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### Author:  [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/6 "2012-04-12T00:16:47Z")
A different company makes a white chocolate nutella =)
I like the absolute classic matzoh brei [grape jelly]
mix some zatar in olive oil, brush on, toast til crunchy - passover [fatoush](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fattoush)!
blenderize hummus and drained marinated artichoke hearts and spread on a matzoh.
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/7 "2012-04-12T01:41:50Z")
It can be crumbled up into as small pieces as possible, and put outside for the birds.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/8 "2012-04-12T02:23:19Z")
Ham sandwiches?
(d&r)
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### Author:  [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/9 "2012-04-12T02:38:09Z")
Of course everyone loves Matzo Brei, but I just invented Matzo Brie. Put a slice of brie on matzo and nuke for 10 seconds. yummy.
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### Author:  [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/10 "2012-04-12T05:13:36Z")
That reminds me..
> [@](#):
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> A Jewish man took his Passover lunch to eat outside in the park. He sat down on a bench and began eating. A little while later a blind man came by and sat down next to him. “What a mitzvah it would be to share my lunch with this poor blind soul,” he thought & passed a sheet of matzo to the blind man. The blind man handled the matzo for a few minutes, looked puzzled, and finally exclaimed, “Who wrote this crap?”
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/11 "2012-04-12T10:26:53Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#):
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> That reminds me..
😃
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### Author:  [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/12 "2012-04-12T11:33:11Z")
Much as I adore it in most of its iterations, it’s become nothing more than an ethnic laxative to me.
Pity, that. Pathmark Chunky Peanut Butter and home made spiced peach jamm is indeed the food of the gods.
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### Author:  [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/13 "2012-04-12T12:51:18Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#):
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> Much as I adore it in most of its iterations, it’s become nothing more than an ethnic laxative to me.
It’s a _laxative_ for you? It has the opposite effect on most of us.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/14 "2012-04-12T12:58:00Z")
“101 fun things to do with matzo”?
Okay, we’ve ruled out eating it…
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/15 "2012-04-12T13:03:06Z")
It’s a fine stand-in when going the chips-and-salsa route.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/16 "2012-04-12T13:08:15Z")
Charoset and horseradish. Feed the rest to the birds.
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### Author:  [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/17 "2012-04-12T13:23:37Z")
Some things I like to do with it:
Put some sliced cheese on it, then microwave for 20-30 seconds, until cheese is bubbling. I like pepper jack cheese on rye matzo.
Put baba ganoush on it.
I like peanut butter on matzo, too.
In previous years, I’d make a deli turkey sandwich on matzo. Can’t do that this year, though, because I’m pregnant and deli meats are on the no-no list.
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### Author:  [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/18 "2012-04-12T13:24:25Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#):
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> It’s a _laxative_ for you? It has the opposite effect on most of us.
I know. Weird, right?
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### Author:  [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/19 "2012-04-12T16:32:36Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#):
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> I just made candied matzo. Spread with butter, brown sugar & cinnimon & bake in the oven at 350 for five minutes. Delicious!!
Just tried it. Twas good. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-fun-things-to-do-with-matzo/618498/20 "2012-04-12T16:41:15Z")
Not Jewish so I don’t know what is kosher or not but I love Matzo and so does my mom. When I was little she’d cook some liver and onions and then make a paste out of it in the food processor and then spread it on Matzo. I always felt she was destroying the Matzo. I like it plain but it’s good for pretty much anything I’d use bread or crackers for.
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