kippers

Brined, smoked fish

Kippers are herring that have been split, salted, and cold-smoked.

They're a traditional British breakfast food, typically served whole and eaten with the bones: We had kippers and eggs.

The strong, oily fish has declined in popularity but remains a nostalgic staple.

To kipper is to cure fish this way.

breakfast

full English

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  • fry-upBritish cooked breakfast
  • toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
  • eggsReproductive cells in shells

tea · morning · meal · kedgeree · deviled · grilled · butter · bones · filleted · traditional

smoked

herring

Small silvery Atlantic fish

curing · preservation · aroma · flavoring · bloater · buckling · smokery · infusion · golden · pungent

brined

salted

Treated with sodium chloride

sodium · savory · seasoning · salty · tangy · piquant · flavorful · umami · pickled · oily

fish

herring

Small silvery Atlantic fish

silver · scales · bones · oily fish · seafood · marine · pelagic · shoaling · catch · fishmonger

British

Manx

Tailless domestic cat breed

Isle of Man · Scottish · coastal · seaside · fishing village · Victorian · Edwardian · nostalgia · heritage · time-honored

Categories
Opposites
preservation method

kippersfresh fish

Recently caught seafood

fresh catch · raw fish · sashimi

breakfast food character

kipperscornflakes

Toasted grain breakfast food

toast · cereal · pancakes · yogurt · granola

culinary preparation

kipperssashimi

Thinly sliced raw fish

ceviche · raw oysters · steamed fish

Phrases
Family

kipper, kippered, kippering

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G