kippering
Preserving fish smokily
Kippering is the process of preserving fish—traditionally herring—by splitting, salting, and cold-smoking them.
The result is a kipper, a breakfast staple in Britain.
The term extends figuratively to any prolonged smoking or curing process: Years of chain-smoking had left him thoroughly kippered.
Restoring health or preserving
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
- saltingApplying sodium chloride
- briningSaltwater soaking for meat
- splittingDividing into parts
gutting · deboning · filleting · drying · hanging · oak · alder · beechwood
Whole cured herring
- bucklingBending from compression
- filletBoneless meat portion
- breakfastDay's first eating
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
Scottish · Manx · smoked fish · salmon · mackerel · trout · sardines · anchovies
Period before spoilage
- saltingApplying sodium chloride
- dehydrationExcessive fluid loss
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- picklingAcid preservation process
jerky · stockfish · gravlax · pantry · larder · winter stores · provisions · keeping
Inherited cultural legacy
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- time-honoredRespected due to age
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
- ScottishOf that northern kingdom
Victorian · breakfast · fishmonger · coastal · fishing villages · craft · handcrafted · authentic
curing
Restoring health or preserving
splitting · gutting · deboning · filleting · drying · hanging · oak · alder · beechwood · peat
bloater
Whole cured herring
British · Scottish · Manx · smoked fish · salmon · mackerel · trout · sardines · anchovies · seafood
shelf-life
Period before spoilage
- saltingApplying sodium chloride
- dehydrationExcessive fluid loss
- curingRestoring health or preserving
pickling · jerky · stockfish · gravlax · pantry · larder · winter stores · provisions · keeping · traditional methods
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- time-honoredRespected due to age
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
Scottish · Victorian · breakfast · fishmonger · coastal · fishing villages · craft · handcrafted · authentic · historic
smoky
Filled with combustion haze
oily · rich · pungent · briny · woodsy · earthy · aromatic · dill · peppercorn · bayleaf
- dried fishstockfish, salted fish, smoked fish, dried shrimp, dried anchovies
- fish saltingbrining, curing, salt fish, salted cod, salt cure