The Amazing Fish Migration

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It was two hours before the Seder dinner and Sir David Attenborough was standing on the shoulder of an extremely busy highway. Astonished, he turned to the BBC camera and said, “I’ve been in this business for over sixty years now - I have seen birds allergic to feathers and a rooster who thinks he's a man - but this is really spectacle.”

There is an actual migration of fish on the land.

This migration is a unique phenomenon to Israel and it occurs once a year during an event called The Seder. Over the next few hours, tens of thousands of fish will travel across the country. Some will go to an aunt in Tel-Aviv, others will find themselves on their way to Haifa and will wave hello to the fish that are going in the opposite direction. Those fish, which for some obscure reason are mashed together with sugar and flour, are known among the natives as Gefilte Fish – the only gray cuisine in the world.

They move throughout the country arranged in Pyrex pans with a makeshift foil lids. The Pyrex will be placed on the lap of one of the family members sitting in the back seat. Throughout the entire journey, that poor family member will be even more nervous than the rest of the passengers in the vehicle.

This magnificent journey starts with a phone call. The organizer of the Seder asks the member of the family found at the bottom of the food chain to assist with the preparation and to make the traditional fish. Like everything else having to do with this tradition - the call is done in a passive aggressive approach, with a side of guilt and a sprinkle of bitter pettiness.

The next stop is for the poor cook to go and make her famous Gefilte Fish with the secret recipe - AKA going to buy it at the cheap deli and arranging it in the Pyrex so no one will know.

In order to bring the fish in an optimal state, it's important for the family to complain all the way to the dinnerand to vow, like every year that this is the last time, and next time they’ll spend the Seder at a hotel or even abroad. It is a little known fact that this part of the ritual is imperative as it’s what keeps the fish fresh.

“Cut!” the cameraman shouted at Sir Attenborough,” We got it. You better go and get some rest now, David. After all, in a few hours we start filming the sequel about the migration of the leftovers that the aunt made us take home.”

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