Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring

aka The Herripedia

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BEUCKEL, Willem

On the semi-mythical C14th Dutch fisherman who may have come up with an improved method of gutting and salting herring

BLACK HERRING

On the ultra smoked and salted herring, a version of red herring, produced more for its preservation qualities than for taste or nutrition

SALT

An 8,000 year history of salt and salt pickling, paying particular attention to the preservation of herrings by the German Hanse, the Dutch and the British.

WHITE HERRING

On the nature of white herring, its international markets and its historical underachievement with the Great British public

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