Buckling (fish)

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

External links

• Herring page

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