Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Making of Machine Matzos

Streit's matzo bakery on the Lower East Side , which opened its doors on Rivington Street in 1925, may be the oldest factory of its kind in the country. Nestled among the trendy bars and restaurants that now populate the neighborhood, the family-owned factory pumps out 8 million boxes of the unleavened bread most notably consumed by Jews during the eight days of Pesach.

5 comments:

toby said...

How do they clean these machines after 18 min

Anonymous said...

Every 15 minutes the machines are sprayed and scraped

Anonymous said...

thats why all gedolim hold its chumetz!

Anonymous said...

I don't approve.

FUA said...

ha ! that's why most of us don't eat it but chas veshulem to say its not kosher for pashach !