But their frenzy wasn't over gefilte fish and matzoh balls.

The matzoh balls were too light and had separated.

Ladle the soup into bowls and place 1 or 2 matzoh balls in each.

"He said it was something called matzoh balls," she recalled.

Since I was sampling chicken soup, it seemed a good idea to throw in the matzoh balls.

"I am convinced the secret to light matzoh balls is poaching them for about an hour in a rich stock," she says.

She reports the result to be "so fluffy, maybe the best matzoh balls I ever made."

"I can tell you now, it won't be matzoh balls for a while."

I never knew what a matzoh ball was until I moved here.

You'd better be sure about the symmetry of the matzoh balls themselves, while you're at it.