Gefilte Fishing In Sherman Oaks

Gefilte Fisherman at work

Back by popular demand, or laziness on my part, here it is again, "How To Catch A Gefilte Fish," by Lawrence Sherry:  "Many people think that gefilte fish is some kind of mixture you make in the kitchen rather than one of God’s creatures. Are they wrong!  Each year as soon as the frost on the great Gefilte lakes is thin enough to break the surface, observant fisherman set out to catch gefilte fish. Now unlike your normal fish, gefilte fish cannot be caught with a rod and a reel or your standard bait. The art of catching gefilte fish was handed down for hundreds, maybe thousands of years. For all I know Moses used to go gefilte fish catching. Enough already, you say, so how is it done? Well, you go up to the edge of the lake with some matzo.  You stand at the edge of the lake and whistle and say, 'here, boy! here boy!' The fish (who are very smart and understand English) can’t resist the smell of matzo! They come together to the edge of the lake where they jump into the jars and are bottled on the spot. When you figure out which end of the fish is the head and which is the tail, not to mention where the eyes are, let me know!"  Happy Passover!