Showing posts with label herring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label herring. Show all posts

Monday, January 9, 2012

Clupea Harengus means Herring. OH JOY!

Creamed Herring sounds like a GOOD TIME to you? That is super!

Otters  enjoy creamed herring on special occasions.
For relaxation purposes, I enjoy smoking a nice big herring. I pretend that I am in Norway and I dive into a pile of kippered herring which gets my blood flowing straight towards magnetic North. In the Philippines they eat it their clupe harengus dried whole with eggs and garlic, extra-extra garlic. Sometimes herrings come in a jug floating around in juices of red wine. Whatever! Herring is high as a kite in Omega-3's, which is good for your noggin. Eat sh*t-loads of it and use you newly formed braincells to stop copying recipes and think up your own 2012 herring-vention!


Now you got a brane so use it.

Herring is a anadromous, mid-water species which is caught around the world but also in the North Atlantic by trawlers. Some small scale fishermen continue to harvest the tricky way using a purse seine. They have to do it at night when the fish use their highly evolved eyeballs to stalk drifting zooplanktons. THAT SOUNDS OLD SCHOOL, DOESN'T IT? BALLER.

then...
...now

Guess what else is baller: Herring is a wicked well-managed fishery that is not overfished and overfishing is not occurring. Ever heard of whitebait? Those are baby herrings. Fry them and skewer them, you might make some new friends.

Look at these guys, they would eat herring.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Her-ring in the spring.

Despite the disgraceful weather we are experiencing today in New York, spring is technically upon us! What better way to celebrate (and what kind of curmudgeon doesn't enjoy a celebration?) than with a big box of shiny Maine herring. These babies are sleeker and chic-er than a silver Lamborgini Countage shrunken to Lilliputian-esque dimensions. Herring vary slightly in size, however there are usually about 3 fish per #. Feel free to pickle them, cream them, fry them, smoke them, wine them and dine them. No matter what you do to them, they will make you and your menu appear more provocative, interesting and mysterious.

Three words for those of you who are still haters: Priced To Sell.

Herring Babes

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