It is a mechaya and an absolute pleasure to cook and bake from scratch. First of all, you know what you put into the ingredients and the final product. Who needs all the ready made stuff from the shops, with all the chemicals and additives that can only hurt you, and are not good for your brain power.
Deiyezooger is correct. Better to cook the fish rolls or patties from frozen. TheGoj, thank you for the compliment!
oomis1105, I sometimes do what you do with the cucumber, especially for special occasions. By the way oomis1105, I saw on another thread that a hearty Mazal Tov is due to you and the family on the birth of a grandson, bli ayin harah, kein yirbu! May you be zocher legadel ohto le Torah, Mitzvot, and Maasim Tovim, bar mitzvah, and le chupato to a bat Torah I’YH! Much yiddishe nachus from all of them! May we all have many simachot with simcha be karov in good health! Amen!