The Old Man Grows Philosophical About Bagel-Filling

Sunday breakfast is bagel breakfast.
As I do sit and hoh-hum a bit... The Old Man do ask what the problem is.
I do say that I never know what to put in my bagel.
"No... we do not have any Gestalt Fish," he do muse.
"Er... Gefilte Fish?" ask I.




Hmmmn... but what be "gefilte fish" if it be not "a whole greater than the sum of its parts"?