bloaters

Whole cured fish

Bloaters are whole herring that have been lightly salted and cold-smoked, left ungutted to give them a distinctive gamey flavor.

The name comes from the slight swelling that occurs during curing.

Once a British breakfast staple, bloaters are now uncommon outside East Anglia, where Great Yarmouth remains famous for them.

He had bloaters and toast for breakfast.

preservation

salt

Sodium chloride compound

  • brineWater saturated with sodium
  • curingRestoring health or preserving
  • smokingInhaling burning tobacco

smokehouse · shelf-life · fermentation · antimicrobial · drying · traditional · artisanal · hanging · aging · storage

smoked-herring

kipper

Cured smoked herring

traditional · breakfast · Victorian · split · salted · oak-smoked · plump · swollen · fishmonger · delicacy

herring-family

herring

Small silvery Atlantic fish

migratory · buckling · rollmop · kipper · soused · pickled · sardine · sprat · pilchard · anchovy

culinary

appetizer

Light dish preceding main

  • savoryAppetizing, not sweet
  • umamiFifth taste sensation
  • flavorCharacteristic taste quality

gourmet · cuisine · recipe · pâté · paste · spread · accompaniment · crackers · bread · butter

Categories
Opposites
fish processing method

bloaterskippers

Cold-smoked split herring

red herrings · buckling · smoked salmon

physical state/condition

bloatersshrinkers

Agents that decrease size

shrivelers · compactors · reducers

processing method

bloatersfillets

Boneless meat portions

Phrases
Family

bloated, bloatedness, bloater

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