tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post114477090744554944..comments2024-03-27T16:29:33.089+02:00Comments on A Jewish Grandmother : The Secret of Gefilte FishBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-1145476854690978532006-04-19T23:00:00.000+03:002006-04-19T23:00:00.000+03:00You are right, but nowadays, instead of going to a...You are right, but nowadays, instead of going to a good fish store, most of us end up buying frozen ground fish, which comes with neither head, nor the skin to stuff it back into. In days past, a good ballebuste, housewife, got to grind the fish herself. I tried it once. I don't mind getting it all ground.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-1145363976231054082006-04-18T15:39:00.000+03:002006-04-18T15:39:00.000+03:00Gefilte actually means "filled" or "stuffed". I ac...<I>Gefilte</I> actually means "filled" or "stuffed". I actually found one recipe, in a Hungarian cookbook, which called for stitching the stretched ground fish back into the fishskin before cooking.<BR/><BR/>Also note that gefilte fish is "soul food" - what we ate back in the bad times. Properly speaking, it should be boiled in a broth made with the fish head and bones; those nutrients were too valuable to waste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-1144813623729059382006-04-12T06:47:00.000+03:002006-04-12T06:47:00.000+03:00Try the "Italilan" version, and give it an Italian...Try the "Italilan" version, and give it an Italian-sounding name.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8476955.post-1144792626323588712006-04-12T00:57:00.000+03:002006-04-12T00:57:00.000+03:00I admit, I had gotten a hold of some premade stuff...I admit, I had gotten a hold of some premade stuff and I haven't been able to try any ever again;). Perhaps if I find some nice person who makes there own I will try some once again;). I would make it myself but I wouldn't be able to convince my husband to have any.NerdMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224456651971222203noreply@blogger.com