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Our Rabbis teach that true freedom 9030 Macleod Trail S, Calgary Tel: (403) 253-1101 Gefilte Fish: a Holiday Staple for Jewish Holidays such as Passover efilte fish is traditionally served in also reported to contain the highest levels of New recipes on gefilte fish now incorporate GAshkenazi households as an appe‐ the fatty acids, oleic acid and palmitic acid. salmon, avocado, and mango which not only tizer on Jewish Holidays such as the In addition, all fish products, including the enhances the taste but also the nutritional gefilte fish, were rich in the polyunsaturated quality of the appetizer. Since fish is pareve, Passover. While the name itself is Yid‐ fatty acids EPA and DHA. The latter, together it is generally served as an appetizer prior to dish, it is originally derived from the with oleic acid, are recognized for their im‐ a meat meal, as they are prohibited from Dutch “gevulte vis” meaning “stuffed portance to human health which includes being eaten together. fish.” Carp, pike, mullet, or whitefish their ability to lower cholesterol. Recent were typically used to make gefilte studies showed many benefits can be de‐ This Passover may you continue the wonder‐ rived from white fish because, in addition to ful East European tradition of eating gefilte fish, although another white fish, fish either as homemade or from commer‐ perch, has also been used. Essentially being excellent sources of protein and fat, they are rich in B vitamins, selenium and io‐ cially available jars or frozen blocks. the fish is first skinned and deboned, dine. These can be good for your skin, im‐ ground with eggs, onions, matzo mune system, and thyroid gland. crumbs and spices, and then cooked into large blocks and served as slices VARIATIONS IN ARTICLE BY PROFESSOR MICHAEL ESKIN or as long pieces. PREPARATION Professor Michael Eskin, an internationally recognized Food Biochemist, is the author GEFILTE FISH IS INTRODUCED In Eastern Europe how the gefilte fish was and co‐author of 15 books, 60 chapters and prepared identified which Jewish commu‐ TO NORTH AMERICA over 130 publications. He is the recipient of nity you were from. If you were a Galitzianer numerous awards including the prestigious it would be made with sugar and slightly The influx of Eastern European Jews at the 2018 Stephen S. Chang Award by the Ameri‐ sweet but if you were a Litvak it would be end of the nineteenth century introduced can Oil Chemists` Society in recognition of savoury and made with pepper. gefilte fish into the culinary landscape of his decisive accomplishments in research North America. In the 1940’s two large food that resulted in the improvement or devel‐ companies, Mother’s Fish Products and opment of products related to lipids. In Manischewitz, both introduced commercial 2016, Dr. Eskin was inducted into the Order gefilte fish in large jars. Today, if you go into of Canada for his pioneering research that one of the large supermarkets in North led to the successful development of the America prior to the Passover you will in‐ Canadian canola oil industry. Professor Eskin evitably find large jars of Manischewitz is celebrating his 50th year at the University gefilte fish next to boxes of matzo. of Manitoba where he was voted an Out‐ standing Professor in 2017 by the students NUTRIENT CONTENT in his faculty. His latest book ``New Develop‐ ments and Research of Water‐Soluble Vita‐ A study published almost 30 years ago by mins`` was recently published by Elsevier scientists at the University of Rhode Island Press. examined the nutrient content of processed fish products common to the Jewish diet. Compared to smoked salmon and pickled herring, gelfilte fish made with carp, white‐ fish, pike and mullet, had the lowest protein content of 9.1% but the highest iron and A cookbook titled The Gefilte Fish Manifesto SEE RECIPE zinc contents. This was not unexpected as includes many traditional recipes as well as Fresh Salmon Gefilte Fish Loaf with unlike smoke salmon or pickled herring, modern variations using two kinds of horse‐ Arugula, Avocado & Mango Slaw gefilte fish also contained matzo meal, sugar radish, either from beet or carrot‐citrus. This see PASSOVER RECIPES page and gum. Nevertheless it was still a good way you could decide whether your gefilte source of protein as well as some important fish would be sweet or peppery. B vitamins and minerals. Gefilte fish was Questions for the Rabbi Is Icing Sugar acceptable to Can I use Frozen Fruit use for Passover? during Pesach? Icing Sugar, also known as Confectioners Frozen Fruit can be used without certifica‐ Sugar, is made up of regular granulated tion, as long as it is not sweetened or sugar that is then further ground up into a cooked.