Shmaltz herring

Shmaltz herring is mature, fatty herring, filleted and preserved in brine and brown sugar, in vegetable oil, or in rendered chicken or goose fat (schmaltz in German and Yiddish), or as the German Schmalz, in pork fat. [1]

References

• "Schmaltz Herring and Matjes Herring". by Claudia Roden, JHOM. http://www.jhom.com/topics/salt/herring.htm. Retrieved March 30, 2005. 
• "Schmaltz and Milker Herring". Springfield Smoked Fish Company. http://www.springfieldsmokedfish.com/types.htm. Retrieved March 30, 2005. 
• "Herring". The Food Lovers' Companion. http://www.epicurious.com/cooking/how_to/food_dictionary/entry?id=2942. Retrieved March 30, 2005.