WHOOPS HIT THE SEND KEY TOO SOON> > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jerry Goldsmith > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 12:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [VFB] Carp Again > > > Listers, > > All this talk about carp and I was off list for the day. Jimi's > description > of > Kosher is correct and KR's recipe is pretty close to my Grandmother's. > > She would always make her own Gefilte fish and her combo of Pike, Carp, > and whitefish was from heaven. Unfortunately it went to the grave > with her. > Have never had gefilte fish that comes to close hers in flavor. > > My father-in-law not only made his own gefilte but his own horseradish as > well. > He always made one very fresh, especially strong batch for the > newcomer. It > was > sort of the family initiation to watch the latest arrival to the > family melt in > front of everyone. > > Diane is an incredible cook and does make many of the traditional Jewish > (eastern European) dishes Tzimmis (beef and potatoes stew or beef > and carrots stew) kasha and varniskeh's (groats onions and mushrooms > with bow ties ), praches (guttural ch) (stuffed cabbage) and many, many > more, > but we buy our gefilte fish. > > It is very traditional to serve at the Passover Seder and as such is a key > component in CRITICAL MATZOH MASS !!! (LOL) Coming very soon. Passover that is > There are a couple on the market that are very good. My favorite is by > a company called ROKEACH and is a pike and whitefish combo. > > In high school I worked in a Deli and we had whole carp, herring, chubs, > whitefish, etc either in the deli case or in the barrels in the back. The > real killers > were "SCHMALTZ " herring. These fish had an order that was not describable and yet people ate them. We actually drew straws to see who had to fish them out of the barrel when one of the old women wanted one.
Great memories. Best thing about the job was they had a new 57 Chevy as the delivery vehicle and my grandmother's house was on the route. I would always stop, get a big old corned beef or brisket sandwich, watch a little Saturday afternoon football and then continue on with the deliveries. JG Jerry Goldsmith Altamonte Springs, Fl [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Desert Eagle > > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 8:21 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Carp Again > > > > > > Enjoyed it Tony, nice thoughts. > > Jimi > > > > > > > > We got our first spinning rods and we used to go the the > > upper Passaic River on our bicycles and catch Carp. Yes, we > > road bicycles when I was in High School .............. > > handle bars and head for the Jewish chicken markets. We had > > no problem selling the carp. The carp would be put in large > > holding tanks and we had to wait for our money till the carp > > showed no signs of dying. We did this a couple of times a > > week. > > Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > >
