"maxine in ri" > wrote in message
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> limey wrote:
> > "Graeme...in London" >
> >
> >>Maxine, and Dora, here is another alternative method that should be
tried,
> >>at least once. IMO, this is the best way to eat kippers, marinated.
> >
> >
> > <snipped>
> >
> >>Now I got me a cravin'
> >>
> >>Graeme
> >>
> >
> > You've set me off, too. Darn it. I haven't even seen kippers in this
> > neck of the woods. ;-(
> >
> > Dora
> >
> >
>
> Rats! I did the boiling water thing twice last night, then,
> since a taste seemed to indicate that the salinity was down to
> reasonable levels, I smashed it and added onion, celery,
> vinegar, and a few herbs, and served it over mashed potatoes.
> Baaaad move. My DH commented that it was a bit salty (he's the
> salt-a-holic with the low BP), and to me it tasted like I'd just
> eaten a spoonful of (very tasty) salt.
>
> There's none left to try marinating, or I would try that.
>
> Thanks again, all, for your advice and suggestions.
>
> maxine in ri

Well, Maxine, they are pretty strongly flavoured and salty. You might say
it takes a sturdy Brit to eat them for breakfast! Maybe you have to be
born to them - although I don't remember my mother spoon-feeding them to me
as an infant. It didn't take me long to get initiated, though. I miss
them, though, and would take them any day over grits. ;-(

Dora