The Best Jar Gefilte Fish

[molho]

Need to get really good gefilta fish in jars

[rozz01]

Someone just gave me a jar of the Manischewitz. Is there a proper way of preparing this? I've never tasted gefilte fish before...

[weinstein5]

Not really - the typical condiment that accompanies gefilte fish is horseradish - either white or my preference with red made with beet juice -

[rozz01]

It's not something I grew up with ( I'm barely Lutheran )... What should I expect?

[weinstein5]

Since it is made of ground fish the consistency it will be like a fish burger - depnding on the style of Manischewitz Gefilte fish - http://manischewitz.com/fishproducts.... - you will get subtle changes in the fish flavor -the major difference will be whether you have the sweet variety or the regular will be the biggest difference in flavor at least IMHO -

[byrd]

erica marcus from newsday ranks the gefilte fish:

http://www.newsday.com/features/food/...

[weinstein5]

There is a new brand out there - Yehudah Gefilte Fish imported from Israel is my favorite now - I think better than all the others particulaly their sweet variety - I like tastes contrast to the horseradish - Mrs Adler's is my second choice -

Also you might try posting this to the Kosher board of CH - you might get some other options -

[jfood]

Understand that I ate jarred filtees growing up and when i was a young jfood the only choice was jelly or broth. now we have a vritual buffet of choices. As the filtee maven in the family, i do the buying. The linear program over the years has been as follows:

1 - No MSG. Believe it or not this knocks out a tremendous number of competitors. I was amazed how many brands and types within brands have this ingredient. Won;t do it.
2 - I like sweet. So the next is to look for that 5-letter word on the jar.
3 - Bite sized - No way. What is this a Bar Mitzvah. I want a big piece, at least one or two, on my plate.

So in the end I wind up with Mrs Adlers sweet recipe.

Good luck and Happy Passover.

[Nicole]

Mrs. Adler's sweet recipe was my favorite for the many years I lived on the East Coast, but alas, it does not seem to be available in Los Angeles, where I currently live. I have not found a suitable replacement, and eventually stopped buying gefilte fish altogether. I'll have to check if the sweet variety of Yehudah is available in L.A.

[niki rothman]

1) Rokeach - tasted it for the first time last year. It came in a big can. Really delicious. I loved it.
2) Manishewitz - just plain "gefilte fish" tastes better than the more expensive varieties that specify the fish.
Note: avoid those jarred horse radishes and make your own - super simple with a food processor - just add vinegar, salt, and canned pickled beets. SO much better than what you'd buy in a jar.