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On Chanukah this year we will make a blessing on wine and then having latkas, etc.. I am looking for something mazonot to serve after the wine bracha which is not sweet. We are not making Hamotzi. Are corn chips mazonot? What other non sweet simple food would be mazonot?

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  • juliet, welcome to Mi Yodeya, and thanks very much for bringing your question here! I hope you get a good answer to your question. I also hope you'll look around and find other information here that's to your taste, perhaps including our 412 other [tag:blessing] questions. Also, please consider registering your account, which will give you access to more of the site's features. – Isaac Moses Nov 12 '13 at 20:02
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    Corn is never mezonot. – yitznewton Nov 12 '13 at 20:39
  • I'd go with pretzels or crackers. – Seth J Nov 12 '13 at 21:15
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    Also note that the Mezonoth should be recited before the wine Berachah. – Seth J Nov 12 '13 at 22:03
  • Discussion is ongoing in [chat]. – Double AA Nov 12 '13 at 22:46
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    Hi Juliet and welcome to Mi Yodeya. There is some discussion about whether your question is more about the br'acha on corn chips or more about recommendations, and if the latter, how best to cast it. I'm going to put this on hold (to prevent more answers) while that gets sorted out. This is one proposal for an edit. Could we have your input on all this, in a comment or an [edit]? Thanks! – Monica Cellio Nov 12 '13 at 23:00
  • Is this question about what to eat following kiddush on Shabbat (that happens to fall on Chanukah)? That's my impression from your stated desire to serve m'zonot after wine. If so, disregard @SethJ 's comment about the order of blessings. – Fred Nov 13 '13 at 00:25
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    @yitznewton http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/12144740#12144740 – Double AA Nov 13 '13 at 04:10

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The Berachot Site (whose sources are explained here), lists corn chips as requiring a "Shehakol," presumably because they don't contain flour made of one of the primary grains.

(However, note that in a case where flour from one of the five m'zonos grains is even a minority ingredient in the chips, the chips would still require a blessing of m'zonos unless the flour is only in the food as a binding agent or for the consistency of the food or some such (Shulchan Aruch OC 208:2). Thanks to Fred for pointing this out in a comment.)

You can look through the listings at that site for ideas for foods that require a "Mezonot." The first savory snack foods that come to mind are pretzels and crackers.

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Try Bissli from Osem or Super Snacks from Ki Tov. You could also use Chow Mein Noodles or Croutons (soup Mandle).

These are all Mezonos and not sweet.

There are some onion rings that are Mezonos.

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Shibolim crackers are delicious, healthy, not sweet, and Mezonos.

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