herring
Often pickled fish
A herring is a small, silvery fish that swims in large schools in northern Atlantic and Pacific waters.
Herrings have been a staple food fish for centuries, eaten fresh, smoked, pickled, or salted: kippered herring, pickled herring.
A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from the real issue—from the practice of using smoked herring to train hunting dogs or throw them off a scent.
Cured smoked herring
- bloaterWhole cured herring
- bucklingBending from compression
- smokehouseStructure for preserving with fumes
- oak-smokedFlavored by hardwood fire
golden · breakfast · British · Scottish · filleted · split · brined · cured
Small herring-family fish
- anchovySmall, salty forage fish
- mackerelSwift, oily ocean fish
- spratSmall herring-family fish
- shadCoastal herring variety
pilchard · alewife · menhaden · whitebait · oily · pelagic · silver · Atlantic
Oily Atlantic baitfish
- sardineSmall herring-family fish
- anchovySmall, salty forage fish
- spratSmall herring-family fish
- alewifeSmall herringlike fish
shad · pilchard · bunker · grunion · whitebait · chum · trolling · jigging
Shallow water hazard
- swarmMass of moving insects
- aggregationCombined collection of items
- massQuantity of matter
- silveryPale metallic sheen
churning · predators · diving birds · whales · dolphins · seals · tuna · feeding frenzy
Poultry fat or sentimentality
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- vinegarAcidic cooking liquid
- dillFeathery culinary herb
- jarredShaken or disturbed
Scandinavian · Dutch · Jewish · appetizer · delicacy · preserved · salted · marinated
kipper
Cured smoked herring
- bloaterWhole cured herring
- bucklingBending from compression
- smokehouseStructure for preserving with fumes
oak-smoked · golden · breakfast · British · Scottish · filleted · split · brined · cured · lox
sardine
Small herring-family fish
shad · pilchard · alewife · menhaden · whitebait · oily · pelagic · silver · Atlantic · Pacific
menhaden
Oily Atlantic baitfish
alewife · shad · pilchard · bunker · grunion · whitebait · chum · trolling · jigging · groundbait
shoal
Shallow water hazard
- swarmMass of moving insects
- aggregationCombined collection of items
- massQuantity of matter
silvery · churning · predators · diving birds · whales · dolphins · seals · tuna · feeding frenzy · boiling
schmaltz
Poultry fat or sentimentality
jarred · Scandinavian · Dutch · Jewish · appetizer · delicacy · preserved · salted · marinated · onions
fried
Cooked in hot fat
raw · canned · fillets · roe · milt · Nordic · Dutch · German · Polish · Russian
spawning
Releasing eggs to reproduce
North Sea · seasonal · coastal · offshore · run · return · tracking · commercial fishing · stocks · fishery
herringsmoking gun
Irrefutable proof of wrongdoing
- red herringIntentional misleading distraction
- pickled herringCured small ocean fish
- herringbone patternV-shaped interlocking design
- smoked herringFish preserved by curing
- herring gullLarge gray-and-white coastal gull
- salted herringBrine-cured ocean fish
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