[Leica] Vastly OT: Kippered Herring

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 9:37 PM +0000 10/11/06, Nick Roberts wrote:
>Yes, that's very nice too. I have to confess to a weakness for just 
>about all forms of pickled herring - in the UK, there are excellent 
>ones from Orkney, but I used to spend rather too much time tracking 
>down alternative forms, mostly from Scandinavia. My mother had a 
>similar addiction until hit with a sever allergy to them - I cut 
>back then to try to avoid a similar fate!
>
>Nick

I also like pickled herring. Pretty much all types except kippers. I 
typically go out an stock up my fridge with 6 or 8 liter jars of 
pickled herring, and go through them rapidly. All types of pickled 
herring are acceptable, but most of my favourites come from 
Scandinavia. Another favourite is Matjes, preferably the new ones in 
springtime, with a bit of cream sauce and new potatoes and a light 
beer.

Smoked fish is OK, but for the most part can't compare. Smoked eel is 
quite nice, and we get a lot of excellent wild Pacific salmon here 
(don't want the Atlantic kind) but they can't compare with pickled 
herring - but then, hardly any other type of food can. Sashimi comes 
closest, especially uni. My favourite forms of salmon are sashimi and 
gravlax. If I have meat, then if it can't be Steak Tartare, I prefer 
it lightly scorched, just not so that it actually gets warm.

I can probably do without a stove.

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