Yesterday I had a terrific sudden urge for 'boil-in-the-bag' Kippers.
When back in the UK, I used to buy these from Waitrose. Two or three Kipper fillets came in a vacuum pack, complete with a small pat of butter, and required immersing in boiling water for about 20 mins. God they were delicious, and I imagine still are!
I'm not sure why I thought about them yesterday. I have seen proper Kippers on sale here, but I've never bought them. Maybe it's about time I did.
They are delicious. I have them.
ReplyDeleteMy desire for them is still there today. I shall look for some substitute this morning at the fishmonger's.
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Yes. I shall give instructions this morning!
DeleteMy favourite breakfast, normally a "proper" kipper, but the boil-in-the bag ones are very good as well, and even quicker in the microwave.
ReplyDeletei was denied kippers for many years as my first wife of 35 years couldn't stand the smell; but fortunately my current wife shares my liking for them, I have to remove the heads for her, she says she doesn't like the idea of hr breakfast looking at her!
I may buy a pukka Kipper today. The ones I've seen here look 'authentic', and should be good. However, the convenience of a boil-in-the-bag is very tempting.
DeleteAnd no smells. The joy of the boil in the bag ones.
DeleteThat's the only problem with fish!
DeleteI haven't had smoked kippers for years. I'm going to have to add them to my shopping list now.
ReplyDeleteWhen you get the urge for Kippers, nothing else will do.
DeleteThey are good....
ReplyDeleteso, also, are the Bouffis.... which can be reheated if you want or eaten cold with honey-mustard.
The Bouffi is known as a Butley in Norfolk and Suffolk... or as a "Whole-smoked Herring" elsewhere.... you get the roe as well in these!
Now...
Fresh and fried soft herring roes on toast... that is something I miss... roes always come frozen nowadays... and they don't cook right!!
I like Bouffis. I suppose they would be the equivalent to UK Bloaters. I must see if they have some next week. I'm just back from shopping and saw no preserved fish at all.
DeleteI used to enjoy kippers and then I suddenly didnt. I don't know why but after a while they made me feel queasy. I couldn't go back to them.
ReplyDeleteI have had that experience with other things; luckily not with Kippers.
DeleteI used to love the boil in the bag ones, but when I had a craving for some a few years ago I didn't enjoy them at all.......much too salty for one thing!
ReplyDeleteTaste changes. I like to think I'd still enjoy them.
DeleteAs a child we ate home cooked kippers on a Saturday, watching the wrestling on TV, which we loved. It was the only meal we were allowed to eat away from the table. Just a kipper and a thick slice of bread.
ReplyDeleteI do remember eating Kippers as a child. I think they were gently boiled. Lovely.
DeleteNo kippers for me - too many little bones but the soft roes on toast that Le Pre de la Forge mentioned would be great.
ReplyDeleteThose little bones can be a nuisance, perhaps that's why I enjoy the bagged ones; no bones.
DeleteKippers are to Australians as Vegemite is to the English.
ReplyDeleteSurely, they can't be that bad!!!
DeleteI can't stand Kippers, I cook them for my husband, but can't bear the flavour myself. However, I will go to a great deal of time and trouble to get myself some Arbroath Smokies, they're nectar of the Gods! Sitting on the edge of the dock in Arbroath, eating Smokies from a paper parcel, absolute bliss!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever eaten an Arbroath Smokie, but if they're that much better than a Kipper, I suppose I should.
DeleteIf you want them, you should definitely get them. We are getting too old to deny ourselves something. I hope they are all you remember them to be.
ReplyDeleteMy attitude exactly, in fact I've just this minute ordered some to be brought over in August.
DeleteI love them too Cro and they are always available on our Friday market from the excellent fish trailer selling fish from Whitby.
ReplyDeleteTrouble is that as they are not boil in the bag the smell hangs about for weeks.
That's really why I used to buy the bagged ones; no lingering smell, and delicious.
DeleteI've never seen much less eaten a kipper! I hope you get to have some soon, and enjoy them!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'd like them. Smoked Herring with a buttery sauce, lovely.
DeleteGiven that I live on an island which smoke kippers I'm astonished at how infrequently I eat them. I must pop into the smokehouse tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds a bit like me saying 'I must visit my local vineyard tomorrow'. Lucky you!
DeleteOur island local kipper smokers send them mail order by post in vacuum packs.
ReplyDeleteWe pop ours into the microwave for a minute or so which contains the aroma a little.
Which Island do you live on?
DeleteI haven't lived in the UK for decades, and we never had a microwave. I do now, so that sounds like a very good idea. If only I could buy the Kippers!
We live on the Isle of Man. There are two kipper smokers here and both do mail order although, on checking their websites this morning I have discovered that they only deliver to UK addresses - sorry!
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