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meir cohen's avatar

The scales that drop are not scales..

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Crafty Yid's avatar

I have eaten swordfish myself. Delicious! But I accidentally poked myself with the sword part. That wasn't fun.

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Uriah’s Wife's avatar

@Crafty Yid,

There’s a contention in Joel Teitelbaum’s famous Satmar treatise, Vayoel Moshe, based on a Sevara in an enigmatic Mesechta Chulin Braysa that one should eat fish with a fork and not a sword. It never dawned on me to believe anything that a Satmar Rebbe said, but there it is and you should listen to him too. It might save you a trip to the ER.

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LES AYM's avatar

Not only doing tshuva, but becoming a satmar chosid too! Awesome!

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David Ilan's avatar

Excited to come. Can you hint what wines are best to complement the meal? Reds or Whites?

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Nachum's avatar

Fish is whites, of course.

Herman Mankiewicz once became violently ill at a dinner party hosted by cultured producer Arthur Hornblow and excused himself from the table. “Don’t worry, Arthur,” he airily told his host when he returned. “The white wine came up with the fish.”

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Solomon J. Behala's avatar

Swordfish just automatically makes one think of the Marx Brothers, no?

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David Ilan's avatar

Whatsamatter? You donna remember the password..???

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