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But Mr. Marks would also argue that all Jewish foods, from adafina, a Sephardic Sabbath stew, to zwetschgenkuchen,
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_adafina_ on the Sabbath, an indigestible dish of hard-boiled eggs, meat, and potatoes prepared overnight and left on the fire till next morning.
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jodi commented on the word adafina
"Similar to cholent among Ashkenazi Jews, adafina was the hamin (savory stew) that Jews in Spain ate on the day of rest." per http://jewishstudies.washington.edu/converso-cookbook/adafina-sephardic-sabbath-stew/
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholent
February 7, 2016