schmaltz 6057I was making the statement based on memory and kappores' phonetic similarity to kippur and kippurim. In Hebrew the custom is called kapporot. (Kapporos would be the ashkenazi pronunciation...
I have had 2 aprons which I've wore off & on for many years. One is an apron I bought at Uwajimaya (sp?) in Seattle. I've tried to find another like it over the years and even found one on the internet for sale, but it was the child's version of it when I got it. The company is now out of business. It is a style that I love. I suppose I could get someone to mock the style and make me one, but haven't. It covers the arms to the elbows, has pockets in the front and ties in the back -- and comfortable.
schmaltz 6059If you do this again, don't boil it. You take the lumps of chicken fat...and some small pieces of skin (optional) and some chopped onion and put it all in a frying...
I bought a KitchenAid-Breast Cancer apron online, where they advertise that so much of the purchase goes to breast cancer. I'm too fat I guess because it is so small I can't get it around me and it doesn't cover up much.
So I went searching for another apron -- found a nice large one at Williams-Sonoma on sale (pink); and a nice large one (brown-striped) at Ikea (NO POCKETS!!) at Ikea. Then I picked up a chef's coat at a kitchen place. It is so ill-fitting - big shoulders and too tight thru the chest (made for men, I guess) that I probably won't wear it. In between the time I found the two aprons, I wore the doctors-nurses coats. I had two sizes; one to wear over bulky clothes in the winter and one smaller for less clothes underneath.
Mostly for short-term in the kitchen, it's T-shirts. I buy white cotton ones at a cheap store 3x for $2. If they are too stained, in the rag bag they go.
Bonkers over aprons, Dee Dee
