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Gefilte Fish

Stews, Braises and Sauced Dishes

Gefilte fish is a dish of poached, ground, deboned fish such as carp, whitefish or pike, traditionally served as an appetizer in Ashkenazi Jewish households. It is especially popular for Shabbat and holidays including Passover, and is typically garnished with cooked carrot slices. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Course
Appetizer 1
Dietary Suitability
Contains Fish or Shellfish 1
Origin Region
Central Europe 2
Connections

Expresses Tradition

Christmas Feast Traditions, Food Traditions
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Lenten Fasting Foods, Food Traditions
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Passover and Jewish Holiday Foods, Food Traditions
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In Cuisine

German Cuisine, Cuisines
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Polish Cuisine, Cuisines
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Uses Ingredient

Carp, Ingredients
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Pike, Ingredients
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Whitefish, Ingredients
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In the Other Atlases

Originated In

Central Europe

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Europe

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Sources
1. Gefilte fish (Wikipedia)
  • Article text
    The earliest historical reference to gefuelten hechden (stuffed pikes) comes from Daz Buoch von Guoter Spise (The Book of Good Food), a Middle High German cookbook dating to circa 1350 CE.
  • Introduction
    Gefilte fish (; from Yiddish: געפֿילטע פֿיש, German: Gefüllter Fisch / Gefüllte Fische, lit. "stuffed fish") is a dish made from a poached mixture of ground deboned fish, such as carp, whitefish, or pike. It is traditionally served as an appetizer by Ashkenazi Jewish households.
  • Introduction
    Gefilte fish (; from Yiddish: געפֿילטע פֿיש, German: Gefüllter Fisch / Gefüllte Fische, lit.
  • In Cuisine: German Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
  • In Cuisine: Polish Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
  • Expresses Tradition: Christmas Feast Traditions, Article body
    In some Polish Catholic homes (more commonly in the northern regions near the Baltic Sea), gefilte fish (Polish: karp po żydowsku, lit. 'Jewish-style carp') is eaten on Christmas Eve (for twelve-dish supper) and Holy Saturday, as these are traditionally meatless feasts.
  • Expresses Tradition: Lenten Fasting Foods, Article body
    This dish was popular with German Catholics during Lent, when it is forbidden to eat meat.
  • Expresses Tradition: Passover and Jewish Holiday Foods, Lead section
    Popular on Shabbat and Jewish holidays such as Passover, it may be consumed throughout the year.
  • Expresses Tradition: Passover and Jewish Holiday Foods, Lead
    Popular on Shabbat and Jewish holidays such as Passover, it may be consumed throughout the year.
  • In Group: European Stews, Braises and Sauced Dishes, lead paragraph
  • Uses Ingredient: Carp, Lead section
    made from a poached mixture of ground deboned fish, such as carp, whitefish, or pike
  • Uses Ingredient: Whitefish, Lead section
    made from a poached mixture of ground deboned fish, such as carp, whitefish, or pike
  • Uses Ingredient: Pike, Lead section
    made from a poached mixture of ground deboned fish, such as carp, whitefish, or pike
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2. Gefilte Fish (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): Central Europe
Quote, P495 (country of origin): Central Europe
Central Europe
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