SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR THOSE LIVING AWAY FROM THE METROPOLITAN NEW YORK AREA YOU C-A-N HAVE YOSHON BAKERIES EVEN OUT OF TOWN-HERE IS HOW
With the help of H-shem the Metropolitan New York area now has a very large number of Yoshon bakeries, pizza shops, etc. This is to a large extent made possible by the availability of Yoshon bakery flour, under the hashgocho of the O-U. However, in out-of-town locations, away from New York, this flour has not always been available. Therefore, the Yoshon consumers there have had difficulty obtaining freshly baked Yoshon products. Now a new method had been discovered by Rabbi Manish Spitz of Miami Beach. This method may allow Yoshon flour to be delivered to bakeries and other establishments in many cities throughout the USA. It certainly allowed Yoshon baking in Miami Beach this past season. Many out-of-town kosher groceries receive shipments of kosher grocery products from the New York area on a regular basis. This often includes fresh dairy products, and packaged goods. Rabbi Spitz's idea was to include the Yoshon bakery flour with the shipments that are being sent from New York anyhow. The additional shipping costs should be very small and the flour can be delivered at the same frequency as the grocery products. I have spoken to the two major distributors of Yoshon flour, Dependable Foods and Duso. Dependable would help to arrange for such shipments to cities anywhere in the USA. In addition to Yoshon bakery bread flour in 100 pound bags, Dependable could send to your groceries, the same high-gluten flour in small brown bags of 5 and 6 pound size. This would help housewives to make very good challehs. Duso would deliver to any grocery shipping location that leaves from the New York area. I also spoke to Quality Foods that delivers groceries and would gladly include the Yoshon flour with each shipment. I am sure other grocery shippers would be equally cooperative. Now, before the Chodosh season begins, is the time for those of you who live out of town to act. Here is what you should do. Speak to your local kosher bakeries and pizza shops and try to convince them to make Yoshon next season. They would have to get together with the local groceries to arrange for their flour to be included in the grocery shipments. The bakeries should also contact one of the flour distributors to reserve the flour NOW and to get price information. The telephone number of Dependable is (toll free) 877-488-7055, ask for Sholom Blau at extension 105. For Duso, call 800-582-4770. There I spoke about this to Yaakov Leiser. If there is anything I can do to facilitate this process, please let me know by E mail or the Hot Line (845-356-5743). Do not delay. NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT. If you do succeed in making these arrangements, please forward to me the names of your local establishments that will be producing Yoshon so that I can include their names in the next Guide to Chodosh. Best wishes for a good summer. Yoseph Herman
