What's up with Gefilte Fish? - Vera's Rumination Station

“It’s an old person food.

“It’s an old person food. I see it and I run.” On a normal day in March I locked eyes with beige jar labeled as Manischewitz brand gefilte fish. Immediately, I messaged a friend: “What’s up with this jelly fish at the Passover supermarket stand?” After amply asking around, the only defining feature of gefilte fish seems to be that it is so. vehemently. disliked. by Jews of the generation Z variety. The lone defender of gefilte fish described it as “somewhat similar to the experience of eating [canned] tuna and it has something briny about it.” Gefilte fish as it is seen today, in the USA,…

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