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Skriven 2014-09-24 07:29:00 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: Ethnic foods
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-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Are you kidding? Salmon is native almost all over the northern
 DD> hemisphere. Der Bingle tells us "The term "salmon" comes from the

 RH> OK, I knew there was Atlantic salmon but didn't know how widespread.
 RH> Knew a bit more about the Pacific variety as we started eating more
 RH> salmon when we lived out west. I tended to think of Ireland as more of
 RH> a dairy industry country, with (unspecified) fishing along the coast.
 RH> Just one of those "nebulous, since I've not had any sort of association
 RH> with the country" thoughts.

 DD> Salmon (and fishing in general) is big all over the UK and Ireland

 RH> OK, I was thinking of other types of fish than salmon.

The Isles are big on fish as a part of their diet. Fish & Chips, etc. Herring,
sardines, lampreys, eel, rays & skates, sturgeon, carp, tarpon, catfish, all
the salmon and cousins (such as trout), etc. Even bloaters (which don't *sound*
especially appetising). Bloaters are distinct from kippers in that bloaters are
cured whole herring, while kippers are split smoked herring. Additionally,
while the bloater is associated with England, kippers are associated with
Scotland and the Isle of Man (the Manx kipper).
 
 DD> given that nowhere in any of the British Isles is very far from a
 DD> coast. Heck, the guy who was leading the charge to secede Scotland
 DD> from the UK is named "Salmond"

 RH> He was swimming upstream with that. I read about the vote; it ended up
 RH> being a much closer result than I expected. It was interesting that
 RH> they allowed teens as young as 16 to vote but, either way, they will be
 RH> affected by the results much longer than a lot of the older people.

I rather expected it to go the other way - once they let 16 year olds vote.
Apparently Scottish teens are not so easily stampeded as American teens. There
will be a *lot* of acrimony over it in years to come. I hope it doesn't devolve
into what we had here a couple centuries ago. Whilst that was settled pretty
definitively (Grant v Lee; Appomattox Court House) people are still quibbling
over the outcome.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Bloater Savoury (English)
 Categories: Seafood, Condiments, Chilies, Citrus
      Yield: 2 Servings
 
      2    Bloaters
      2 oz Butter; softened
      2 ts Worcestershire sauce
           Cayenne pepper
      2 lg Egg yolks
           Squeeze of lemon juice
 
  Grill the bloaters on both sides, then remove the skin and
  bones and flake the flesh. Add the butter to the fish and
  blend well. Stir in the Worcestershire sauce and cayenne
  pepper. Bind with the egg yolks and lemon juice. Sieve to
  produce a smooth paste and turn into a dish.
  
  Serve with fingers of hot toast or Suffolk Rusks.
  
  This hot spicy paste was very popular in Edwardian times,
  when it was served with toast or Suffolk Rusks as an
  appetizer or a savoury.
  
  If bloaters are not available, it can be made with smoked
  mackerel.
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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