How to Use gefilte fish in a Sentence

gefilte fish

noun
  • And, yes, even the gefilte fish: a custom grind of rock cod and whitefish in a fennel-thyme fumet.
    Rachel Levin, SFChronicle.com, 2 Apr. 2020
  • That Hitler choked to death on a bone while ravenously eating gefilte fish.
    Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2018
  • There are also some things like our gefilte fish, which is homemade and not out of a jar.
    Max Abrams, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • And like meatloaf, gefilte fish picked up flavors and versions as Jews wandered the world.
    Kimberly Winston and Yonat Shimron, Houston Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2018
  • And Passover would not be the same without a tear-inducing heap of horseradish on your gefilte fish.
    Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The only way to eat gefilte fish is to clobber it with horseradish, like a lot of horseradish.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2021
  • The pair discussed modern art, Topo’s love for spaghetti and lasagna (as well as gefilte fish and chow mein), and the intricacies of show business.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Sandler said, noting items such as Russian dumplings (pelmeni) and gefilte fish.
    Sarah Meehan, baltimoresun.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • There was Purell at the sukkah’s entrance, and taco salad and gefilte fish in takeout containers; the attendees, who wore masks and sat far apart, drank rosé out of cans.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2020
  • And some grocery stores have not been able to fully restock staples — not to mention chicken, gefilte fish, liver, brisket and kugel.
    Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Items needed include: matzo, canned gefilte fish, chicken soup/matzo ball mix and grape juice.
    Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Think small-bite items like beef-tongue sliders, pastrami deviled eggs and gefilte croquettes—the latter a play on the Jewish staple of gefilte fish.
    Charles Passy, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2017
  • It's typically served with gefilte fish or beef brisket, or eaten on matzo.
    Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The products — uncooked produce and meats, sugar and flour, challahs and jars of gefilte fish — arrive at the group’s warehouse on New Utrecht Avenue on Wednesdays.
    Joseph Berger, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2017
  • The menu also features tempting ways to round out the dinner table with challah, chicken liver spread, gefilte fish, honey cake and more.
    Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 9 Sep. 2020
  • But Fallon’s experience with gefilte fish, sad to say, wasn’t quite that successful.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Recipients also got items for a meal, including a kosher chicken and gefilte fish.
    Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Teyf focused on traditional foods like challah rolls, gefilte fish and kugel but tried to make the foods a little healthier, using less salt on account of the survivors’ ages.
    Shira Hanau, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Apr. 2021
  • All dine-in entrées come with a glass of kosher wine, matzo ball soup, gefilte fish or chopped liver, mini potato pancakes, carrot tzimmes, dessert as well as coffee or tea.
    Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Leah ate Wednesday’s Passover dinner’s leftover matzo ball soup and gefilte fish for lunch on Easter Sunday, following their egg hunt and jelly bean snack.
    Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Assuming that all Jews love gefilte fish, play klezmer music, and suffer overbearing mothers?
    Abigail Shrier, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2019
  • The Seder meal that follows is culinarily a bit like Thanksgiving in that there are certain dishes, like matzo ball soup and gefilte fish, that are nonnegotiable.
    New York Times, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Feast on a Rosh Hashana dinner featuring apples and honey, gefilte fish, matzo ball soup, potato pancakes, brisket and apple crostata at the restaurant, or pick it up to go Sept. 25-26.
    Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Tapeworm infection is most likely to occur in the Jewish population during Passover when gefilte fish is much in demand (9).
    Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2011
  • The extensive menu can be found at goddessandgrocer.com and includes traditional foods like latkes, gefilte fish, chicken liver, beef brisket, sweet and sour meatballs, flourless chocolate cake, noodle kugel and much more.
    Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Floodwater, a hip bar in Marin County, is prepping a five-course meal ($70 per person) starring gefilte fish made with local rock cod, roasted brisket with potato kugel and fun sweets like white chocolate matcha macarons.
    Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2021
  • For instance, the meal offers an abundance of food, including matzo ball soup and gefilte fish, two staples of Eastern European Jewish cuisine.
    James Deutsch, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Dishes served include challah bread with apples and honey, homemade gefilte fish, chopped liver, matzo ball soup, beef brisket, apple tarte tatin and flourless chocolate cake.
    Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 18 Sep. 2017
  • An all-day restaurant, Boubalé, serves modern takes on Jewish favorites like gefilte fish, challah and kreplach, and there are two bars, one of them a speakeasy-style lounge with marbleized wallpaper and Murano glass ceiling lights.
    New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Traditional Passover dishes include beef brisket and gefilte fish, as well as matzah or matzo, an unleavened flatbread that's specially made for Passover.
    Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 5 Apr. 2023

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