This article talks about how a staple of Jewish holidays - gefilte
fish - as well as other Eastern European Jewish dishes changed with
the use of sugar beets in the early 19th century.
It also indicates how the same ethnic foods cam be made in very
different ways depending on local custom.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/201...ewish-identity
L'Shana tova.
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