TO My Mom TILLIE ELOVITZ, ...

2006-08-25T00:00:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
90 YEARS OLD
AUGUST 25, 1916

[ some editing 2010 ]

To My Family,

Today, August 25, 2006 is my Mother's 90th Birthday,
even though she passed a few weeks ago, this day is a
celebration of life, for my Mother gave life, lived life to
the fullest and spread her goodness to everyone that
was ever around her.
My memories are like all my family that have had their
lives enriched by Tillie (Tybee) Elovitz Portman.
From Chicago to Los Angeles her touchings to us
live on forever in our hearts. I remember being told
about stopping at the drug store on the way home from
High School, she and friends would get a sandwich
that consisted of a roll that would have a device that
pushed into the roll and dispensed hot creamy cheese.
The simple things in life were the best.
I want to thank everyone in our family for the wonderful
remembrances we have all had with my Mom. As was
said to me, it will take awhile to settle down for myself,
and I'm finding this true and realize this, for I have been
taking care of her for probably 7 years, 3 years moving back into
the home I grew up in, and the last 3 months intense care.
She wanted to be in her home. She was not suffering,
just kept going as long as she could, for me, us, herself.
I made a little web page with my rememberances, pictures
and also am including what is sent to me from all of you.
Cousin Marshall sent a 1935 photo and story. Years ago
he also sent a video from old movies which I will find
and put up portions soon. I will be moving out of the
home I thrived and learned in, in North Hollywood. We
will be selling it, but I have all the memories in my heart,
in photos and videos forever. Those memories are 100%
of my Mother giving and giving, helping and helping,
loving and loving.

Sincerely

Louis Elovitz

818 749 1583
louiselovitz@gmail.com
louis.elovitz@lausd.net
http://www.nohomom.blogspot.com
http://www.st-noho.blogspot.com
new photo from cousin Marshall
>>>below
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I AM SORRY TO ANNOUNCE
MY MOM HAS PASSED AWAY july 28 2006

TILLIE ELOVITZ
1916 - 2006

Published in the
Los Angeles Daily News on 8/1/2006.
TILLIE ELOVITZ Age 89, resident
of North Hollywood. Born 08/25/1916
in Chicago, Illinois, passed away
07/29/2006 at her home.
Tillie worked several years as
a Special Education Aide for LAUSD.
She was active in HADASSAH, The
Women's Zionist Organization of America,
as well as her meditation group; Rada Soami.
She is survived by her sons, Louis and Leo;
as well as four grandchildren,
Jamie, Jessica, Austin and Rose.
Graveside services will be held
August 2nd, 2006 at
at Hillside Memorial Park
Los Angeles, California.

ANGELENO VALLEY MORTUARY

My Mother, Tillie Elovitz
has lived in NORTH HOLLYWOOD
for over 60 years.
She was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1916
from immigrant parents of Ukraine Russia.

She attended L.A. Valley College in the
1950's and was a Special Education Aide
for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Her broad interests included knitting and
meditation with the Rada Soami Society.

Of course my Mother introduced me
to North Hollywood. We would spend a lot
of time at Valley Plaza or RATHBUN'S on
Lankershim and Chandler, a small department
store. Rathbun's was on the property between
the North Hollywood Post Office and the Bank
Building at Weddington.

In my early days we would go to MAY CO
at Fairfax and Wilshire. After the soon to be
destroyed "Laurel Plaza" MAY CO was built
in the 1950's, which has 5 stories underground,
she would always take my brother Leo and
myself and she would shop as we went crazy
playing all over the departments...

When my Mom went to Valley College we
would tag along, the oiled dirt parking lots.
My Mom loved and studied the Theater Arts.
I went there too probably because she had.
As far as my k-12 schooling my Mom always
helped out with the PTA, Cub Scouts when
we were at Victory Blvd. Elementary.

All these places in North Hollywood that
I have been writing about, and will continue
to write about, were introduced to
me through her flights through the Valley
with my Mom in my early years.

AND Sunland Tujunga is in this mix also.
My Dad and Uncle had some small women's
wear stores in L.A. and the last one was in
the Sunland Shopping Center, where Rick's
Hallmark Store is now. Where, next store,
there was a Newberry's 5 (five)& Dime,
like a 99cent store then, which also had a
fountain restaurant.

My Mom would come and help do sales
at this store, it was the Sixties and the
PIG FARM brought HIPPIES to ST way
way before Haight Ashbury!

When my Mom worked as a Special
Education Aide that took her to different
parts of the East Valley working at
different schools.

Belonging to different
groups always kept her around town with
her meetings being TOPS, OA
or Rada Soami Meditation group.

I remember going to Dr. Singer, her
Chiropractor's houses right next
to CAMBRIDGE MARKET on Burbank.
He was a Chiropractor, we would play with his
toy poodles and intercoms that were fashioned
into old crank phones. He also owned the
apartments next store, still there, the front
used in many TV SHOWS - " CLOUD 9 "...

LOUIS ELOVITZ

new photo from cousin Marshall>>>

Dear Louis,

I am so sorry to hear about mom,
please accept my most sincere condolences.

I haven't met you, my name is Marshall Miles, your mother was
my first cousin and I have many many fond memories. She treated me
like a kid brother (I'm eight years younger) and I worshipped her.

On June 16, 1935 Sarah and Abe Needelman celebrated their
25th wedding anniversary in Chicago. (I presume you remember them,
they lived in Boyle Heights and they were your mom's aunt and uncle).
Anyhow, I have a photo taken at that affair and have attached
a copy of a small part to this e-mail. Top row, left to right...me, aunt Florence, your mother.
At the bottom center...your grandmother Rose and grandfather Sam Portman.

I hope your'e getting along OK, accept my kindest regards,

Marshall

Marshall put a VIDEO from old films many years ago
I will find it and put some of it up here asap -louis

My Mother's Goodness
is in her Recipes click here
to get traditional and healthful
lovings foods to grace any table
MOM's RECIPE's BELOW...

click to see
Mom's Recipe
for Spinach Borscht
Video Production

Here are some pics of My Mom...
RECIPES TO FOLLOW...







MY MOM
LET US DO
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and Coca Cola (click to read story)

Family Recipes

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Tillie's Matzoh Brie

Tillie's Vegetable Soup

Tillie's Chicken Soup

Tillie's 'SHMALTZ' chicken fat

Louis' Marinated Mushrooms

Tillie's Roasted Chicken

Tillie's Pot Roast Beef

Tillie's KASHA

Tillie's Potato Latkas

Tillie's Roasted Egglant Salad

Tillie's Spinach Borscht

Spinach Borscht Recipe

from Tillie

Click on Tillie ToSee VideoStream

food VIDEOSTREAMS by Louis Elovitz

RECIPE VIDEOSTREAM

click above !!

Matzoh Brie

An EGG / MATZOH entre dish

[see below]

DZ PICKLE COMMERCIAL

as seen on the

TV FOOD NETWORK

Robin Leach Show 1995

CLICK ON DZ PICKLE JAR TO SEE

VIDEOSTREAM of

The Commercial

Produced and Directed,

Written and Storyboard,

Narrated and Edited by

LOUIS ELOVITZ

Elovitz Family Recipes

Tillie's Matzoh Brie

Tillie's Vegetable Soup

Tillie's Chicken Soup

Tillie's 'SHMALTZ' chicken fat

Louis' Marinated Mushrooms

Tillie's Roasted Chicken

Tillie's Pot Roast Beef

Tillie's KASHA

Tillie's Potato Latkas

Tillie's Roasted Egglant Salad

Tillie's Spinach Borscht

Matzoh Brie

An EGG / MATZOH entre dish

4 sheets matzoh

4eggs

butter

Scamble the eggs in a bowl,

put water in another bowl [luke warm]

Break up the matzoh into 2'' pieces

let soak in bowl of water for a minute

Squeeze out excess water and

place matzoh pieces into egg batter

Heat up pan and put in Butter

add the matzoh/egg mixture

lower heat and continually blend mixture

cooking slowly to a nice crispness

of course, do not burn.

WALLA! Delicious Matzoh Brie.

TILLIE'S VEGETABLE SOUP

2 HOUR COOK TIME

Ingredients

......4 cloves GARLIC

......1 piece 3" of GINGER

......1 large yellow ONION

......6 CARROTS

......3 PARSNIPS

.....1 RUTABEGA

.....1 TURNIP

.....4 medium POTATOES

.....5 CELERY inc/ leaves

.....6 pats BUTTER

.....2 tbls. OLIVE OIL

....1 can 28 oz. TOMATOES

......1 gal WATER

8 qt. SOUP POT

recipe:

CUT UP VEGETABLES bite size pieces

DICE ONIONS

PUT BUTTER & OIL IN POT / ADD ONIONS

Stir in ONIONS to SIMMER until TRANSLUCENT

MINCE GINGER & GARLIC / add to GOLDEN ONIONS

SIMMER 5 minutes [DO not BURN]

ADD VEGETABLES MIX with OIL MIXTURE

ADD 1 gal. WATER - cover VEGETABLES 3 " water

@HOUR # 1 >

HEAT / SIMMER / COOK 1 HOUR / partially covered

@HOUR # 2 >

ADD canned TOMATOES / SIMMER 2nd hour / partially covered

TOTAL COOKING TIME 2 HOURS.

enjoy.

©1916 Tillie Elovitz

TILLIE'S CHICKEN SOUP

about 2 hour cook time

TILLIE'S 'SHMALTZ' chicken fat

ingredients

3-4 lb. chicken

1 onion

2 carrots

2 stalks celery

1 parsley bunch

recipe:

clean in and out

whole or cut-up chicken

1 onion cut in quarters

celery stalks and carrots

cut in pieces

cover with water in pot

heat to boil

keep simmering

with small rolling boil

add parsley bunch

@ 1 & 1/2 hours...

leave parsley bunch 1/2 hour

as long as parsley is bright green

cook total 2hrs.

UNTIL MEAT IS FORK TENDER

You can remove chicken and roast it!

or DEBONE and leave IN SOUP!!

EAT, enjoy

adding rice or pasta of choice.

'SHMALTZ'

chicken fat

While one might think

'shmaltz'

means to be flashy,

it is really just chicken fat

rendered down, usually after the cooling

process of our chicken soup [above].

After cool down our SOUP should have

a beautiful yellow layer of chicken fat

rendered down from our cooking .

SKIM OFF this yellow layer

this is the 'SHMALTZ'.

but wait...

we are not finished!!!

Now, dice up some onions very thin,

and put them in a sauce pan adding

a little 'shmaltz'

and cook the onions down slowly

caramelizing

then add all the rest of the 'shmaltz'

and cook slowly for a while.

cook down put in bowl and in fridge.

Like butter or margarine,

SPREAD on MATZOH or cracker,

add a little salt.

UUUMMMMMMMMMMMM!

©1916 Tillie Elovitz

Louis' Marinated Mushrooms

No 'cook' time !

INGREDIENTS

1 lb. fresh mushrooms

2 sm. white onions

1/2 cup oil

3/4 cup garlic wine vinegar

2 cloves garlic

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup dehydrated parsley

recipe:

Slice Mushrooms

dice onions

crush garlic

MIX MARINADE of

Oil, Vinegar, Garlic, Onions,

sugar, salt & parsley

MIX with MUSHROOMS

Put in fridge for 2 hours

or overnight, covered.

then eat !

TILLIE'S ROASTED CHICKEN

about 2 hour cook time

INGREDIENTS

3-4 lb. chicken

1 onion

2 carrots

2 stalks celery

oil

garlic powder [optional]

recipe:

clean chicken

in and out with cold water

1 onion cut in quarters

2 celery stalks and 2 carrots

cut in pieces

put inside chicken

oil chicken

sprinkle with garlic [optional]

put in 375 degree oven

on roasting rack

covered loosly with piece of foil on top

cook until tender when

you can easily pull off a leg...

until tender.

FOSTER FARMS COOKING TIMES

3-5 # chicken

1 1/4 hr to 1 1/2 hr

6-8 # broiler

1 1/2 hr to 2 1/4 hr

Tillie's Pot Roast Beef

INGREDIENTS

Chuck Roast

2 onions

6 carrots

6 med potatoes

cracked pepper

recipe:

Brown meat all sides - sear it

Put diced Onions on bottom of roasting pot

ADD seared Beef Roast on top of Onions

in roasting pot

ADD cracked Pepper to Beef Roast & Potatoes

PUT cut-up Veggies around Beef Roast

add a liittle water

PRE-HEAT OVEN

450 degrees to start

lower to med heat

Cook Covered

check to see when meat is tender.

enjoy.

Tillie's KASHA

INGREDIENTS

Buckwheat Groats

Water

Butter

Recipe:

ROAST dry Groats in the pan first ,

then

ADD water according to box instructions

per Groats and water,

COOK according to time on instructions

SERVE as a side dish

with Butter

RECOMMENDED with BowTie pasta.

enjoy.

Tillie's POTATO LATKAS

INGREDIENTS

3 lg Idaho potatoes

2 eggs

oil

salt

pepper

flour

bowl of water

fry pan

Clean peel Potatoes

Put in Water [to deter discoloring]

grate all Potatoes

mix in

2 Eggs

in bowl

sift Flour on top of mixture

[to deter discoloring]

and will give time before frying

then add Salt and Pepper

and blend together

PUT tablespoon amount of mix into hot oil

start oil on hot heat , lowering temperature

Fry 'pancakes' in hot oil

turning over when edges

are white and center is brown

Cook same second side

remove and drain each

RECOMMENDED

serve immediately with apple sauce

and maybe some sour cream.

...a holiday favorite !

enjoy.

Tillie's Roasted Eggplant Salad

INGREDIENTS

1 large eggplant

oil

salt

pepper

fresh tomatoes

white onion

Bake eggplant in oven...

RECOMMENDED-

Roast Eggplant on top of gas stove

Turn and roast all sides

Cool, remove skin

Mash insides of Eggplant

Mix in Oil, Salt and Pepper

SERVE WITH

Diced fresh Tomatoes

Diced white Onion.

ENJOY

this Mediterranean dish !

enjoy.

Tillie's Spinach Borscht

Click on Tillie ToSee VideoStream

RECIPE VIDEOSTREAM

click above !!

INGREDIENTS

SPINACH

ONIONS

cucumbers

sour cream

recipe:

2 BUNCHES SPINACH washed throughly

or

2 10 oz. BAGGED SPINACH

1 ONION

WATER

cucumbers sliced as garnish

with SOUR CREAM

m m m mmmmmmm

Boil pot of Water, CUT ONION in crisscross

open flower fashion,

ADD TO boiling water then ADD SPINACH

cooking 3-5 minutes,

until soft, REMOVE from HEAT

leaving LID AJAR to cool.

THEN put in FRIDGE and CHILL SPINACH BORSCHT.

SERVE with FRESH sliced cucumbers

and LOTS OF [KNUDSEN] SOUR CREAM

enjoy.

North Hollywood Mom

TO My Mom TILLIE ELOVITZ, ...