SMOKEHOUSE TALES: GERRY SKEWS
A new Lowestoft smoker, an old smokehouse and red herrings among the kippers, bloaters and many other hot and cold smoked products
Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring
aka The Herripedia
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MUIR, JIM (HERRING INTERVIEW, ACHILTIBUIE)
An interview from 2005 with Jim Muir, who lived on the Coigach Penisula, near Achilitbuie and had been a herring fisherman
SARDINES
The sardine in cans, on the slab and in popular culture; the limits of self-identification for herrings and non-European pilchards
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IDDIKETTS OR IDDIS
An historical journey through the extraordinary world of Norwegian sardine can labels, known and collected in Norway as iddiketts or iddis
JANSSON’S TEMPTATION
A description of this Swedish dish; consideration of when he was actually tempted and how this might impact on the authenticity of some recipes
JEWISH RECIPES
A selection of fine recipes reflecting the love of herring in the Jewish diaspora (not including ones treated individually in this encyclopaedia)
KIPPER
Oh! The kipper! One of the greatest inventions of the Railway Age! Its Northumbrian origins, preparation, variety and history explored
KLONDYKING
On the development of klondyking, its changed meaning over time and thoughts on associations between herring fisheries and gold
Lenten Stuffe (4 of 6)
Fasting, fish, Lent - all you need to know! Duhig's Paschal Anthem, Dumas' lost prequel, Constantine, St Augustine, von Daniken & Falstaff.
LIFE CYCLE
An account of the herring's life cycle, its eight identified stages and a brief history of the development of that classification
LOCKMAN, JOHN
He had his flaws, he may not have been the poet herrings so richly deserve, but he was The Herring Poet - let's celebrate him anyway!
LOCKMAN’S VAST IMPORTANCE
John Lockman's 1750 pamphlet: the herring's importance to the National Wealth, our Naval Strength and, of course, dealing with the Highlanders
LUGGER
A description of the boat which replaced the herring buss and increased the alternative income opportunities for fishermen
MARTYRED SAINT
The irreverently wonderful C15th northern French poem, The Life of Saint Herring, glorious martyr, introduced and translated into English
MIGRATION & MOVEMENT
An account of the herring's long misunderstood migratory travels, the pursuit of abundance and factors that enable or would inhibit this