Buckling (fish)

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Buckling

A buckling is a form of hot-smoked herring similar to the kipper and the bloater. The head and guts are removed[1] but the roe or milt remain.[2] They may be eaten hot or cold.

Origin

The word may come from the German Bückling or the Swedish böckling both words denoting a hot smoked variety of the kipper.

Bucklings, bloaters and kippers

Buckling is hot-smoked whole, bloaters are cold-smoked whole; kippers, are split and gutted, and then cold smoked.

References

  1. Food Chemistry, Springer, 27 February 2009, retrieved 30 March 2011 
  2. "Buckling". Retrieved 30 March 2011. 

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