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Zalmen Rosen holds a live carp at the New Square Fish Market.

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Zalmen Rosen holds a live carp at the New Square Fish Market.
Photo: Zalmen Rosen holds a live carp at the New Square Fish Market. The fish are popular at the market, especially at Passover, when they are used for gefilte fish. New Square Fish Market delivers fish all over Rockland. (Peter Carr/The Journal News)
“In the old days, Rosen affirms, things happened. Tricks were used. “They used to put alcohol and bread in the mouth of the fish to make it look alive,” he says. Grain alcohol cannot be consumed during Passover. Bread, says Rosen, is also chametz - the Hebrew term for products that contain leavening agents - and forbidden during Passover. At the New Square Fish Market, everything is done according to kosher practice. When live carp are turned into Passover gefilte fish, they are quickly filleted, deboned, skinned and put into a grinding machine with onions. Every step of the process is monitored carefully, including inspection of the onions. “We look them over for bugs,” says Rosen, his blue gloves dripping fish juice. “You know onions can have bugs?” more@LoHud.com

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