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L'Chaim! Happy Hanukkah, 2008

post #1 of 17
12/21/08 at 2:07pm
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As a comedian once said, Happy Chaka Khan!

I'm not Jewish myself, but I have many friends of that faith who are celebrating in different ways. Indeed, one of them is throwing a rager of a holiday/Hanukkah party tonight that should be fun.

Anyways, with Christmas stealing all of the limelight at this time of year, Hanukkah seems to get lost in the shuffle. If this is your bag, have fun!
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post #2 of 17
12/21/08 at 2:29pm
My uncle makes the best brisket for Chanukah dinner. Makes up for the cafelta fish and latkas.
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post #3 of 17
12/21/08 at 2:33pm
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The party that I'm going to tonight is a barbeque, so I'll be enjoying some beef brisket as well. I doubt that there will be any pork ribs, but I'll make do.
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post #4 of 17
12/21/08 at 4:36pm
Happy Hanukkah motherfuckers!



Eight days of presents, shit.
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post #5 of 17
12/21/08 at 5:05pm
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Originally Posted by Diva View Post
Makes up for the cafelta fish
Gefilte!
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post #6 of 17
12/21/08 at 5:15pm
Ha! I knew I was spelling it wrong, but I couldn't for the life of me figure it out.
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post #7 of 17
12/21/08 at 5:53pm
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OK, I had to look up/google gefilte fish...

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Gefilte fish (Yiddish: געפֿילטע פֿיש, German: Gefüllter Fisch, English: filled fish) are poached fish patties or balls made from a mixture of ground deboned fish, mostly carp (common carp). They are popular in the Ashkenazi Jewish community.
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In traditional recipes for gefilte fish, the fish is first deboned, often while still at the market. Next, the fish is ground together with eggs, onions and flour, matzoh meal or challah, and then stuffed into the skin of the deboned fish, giving it the name gefilte (filled or stuffed, compare the German gefüllte). The whole stuffed fish is then poached with carrots and onions. When prepared this way, it is usually served in slices. This form of preparation eliminated the need for picking fish bones at the table and stretched the fish further, so that even poor families could enjoy fish on the Sabbath.
Sometimes, gefilte fish are found in patty form. The ground fish mixture is shaped into balls or oval patties and poached in a fish stock made from the head and bones of the fish. The poached balls are usually chilled and served with or without the jelled broth, accompanied by a horseradish-vinegar sauce known as chrain (either the red variety, flavored with beets, or plain white chrain, which has a sharper taste).
If I've survived lutefisk, will I survive THIS?
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post #8 of 17
12/21/08 at 5:58pm
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Originally Posted by Wadeisdead View Post
Gefilte!
For some reason this reminded me of the outtake reel in Rush Hour 2 where Chris Tucker cannot pronounce 'gefilte' to save his life. He finally breaks out in "Can I get the guilty fish" and now I can't help but think of it as "guilty fish".

Feel free to throw me at a car, please.
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post #9 of 17
12/21/08 at 6:09pm
Gefilte Fish (GF for short) is an acquired taste, but I dig it once a year or so.
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post #10 of 17
12/21/08 at 9:06pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
OK, I had to look up/google gefilte fish...

If I've survived lutefisk, will I survive THIS?
It comes in a jar filled with alien placenta and looks like catfood mushed up into a ball. It is an acquired and I can now say I quite enjoy it (slathered with the hottest horseradish I can find, of course). But like losing your virginity, you'll never forget the first time.
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post #11 of 17
12/22/08 at 4:55pm
I've never had Gefilte fish but every time I see that jar. I want to dry heave.
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post #12 of 17
12/22/08 at 6:05pm
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Originally Posted by Jake View Post
For some reason this reminded me of the outtake reel in Rush Hour 2 where Chris Tucker cannot pronounce 'gefilte' to save his life. He finally breaks out in "Can I get the guilty fish" and now I can't help but think of it as "guilty fish".

Feel free to throw me at a car, please.
This was the exact same thing I thought of when I read gefilte fish.
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post #13 of 17
12/22/08 at 6:14pm
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Originally Posted by Diva View Post
It is an acquired and I can now say I quite enjoy it (slathered with the hottest horseradish I can find, of course).
Well, that pretty much renders whatever taste it might have moot!
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post #14 of 17
12/22/08 at 6:17pm
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That's probably the point, Richard. I know that the only way that I can eat lutefisk is to absolutely smother it in butter and cream sauce; even THAT won't fully mask the awful taste of it, though.
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post #15 of 17
12/22/08 at 6:55pm
At least gefilte isn't made with lye. Jesus, who thought that up?
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post #16 of 17
12/22/08 at 6:57pm
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At least gefilte isn't made with lye. Jesus, who thought that up?
Someone who was really, really hungry.
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post #17 of 17
12/22/08 at 8:07pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
Well, that pretty much renders whatever taste it might have moot!
I like it fine on its own. But the combination of horseradish smeared gefilte fish on matzah... pretty tasty combination.

Matzah ball soup is the bees knees. No acquired taste there.

Latkes are good, but not necessarily a fave. I'm not a fan of fried foods in general, but particularly not ones smothered in sour cream. Occasionally I'll eat some with applesauce (home made, of course).
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