Mrs. Plony, the problem is that gefilte fish in the gel is very expensive.
I’ve tried to make gefilte fish from scratch, but it doesn’t come out well.
The best, easiest and cheapest recipe is as follows:
Buy a loaf of cheapest gefilte fish, defrost for 20 min and unwrap
Take a 8 oz can of tomato sauce, pour 1/4 can into pan, cover bottom.
Put in unwrapped fish, cover with rest of tomato sauce, bake as instructions say to.
It is so delicious and so easy.