Thread: Tea anyone ??!!

Originally Posted by Mcduck

OK explanation for the Aussie that doesn't know what they are please?

McDuck... Please excuse Steph... He gets excited over... Ummm simple things...


Kipper:

A kipper is a whole herring, a small, oily fish,[1] that has been split from tail to head, gutted, salted or pickled, and cold smoked.

In the United Kingdom, in Japan, and in some North American regions they are often eaten for breakfast. In the UK, kippers, along with other preserved fish such as the bloater and buckling, were also once commonly enjoyed as a high tea or supper treat; most popularly with inland and urban working-class populations before World War II.

Origin:

The exact origin of kippers is unknown, though fish have been slit, gutted and smoked since time immemorial.[2] According to Mark Kurlansky, "Smoked foods almost always carry with them legends about their having been created by accident—usually the peasant hung the food too close to the fire, and then, imagine his surprise the next morning when …".[3] For instance Thomas Nashe wrote in 1599 about a fisherman from Lothingland in the Great Yarmouth area who discovered smoking herring by accident.[4] Another story of the accidental invention of kipper is set in 1843, with John Woodger of Seahouses in Northumberland, when fish for processing was left overnight in a room with a smoking stove. These stories and others are known to be apocryphal because the word "kipper" long predates this. Smoking and salting of fish—in particular of spawning salmon and herring which are caught in large numbers in a short time and can be made suitable for edible storage by this practice predates 19th century Britain and indeed written history, probably going back as long as humans have been using salt to preserve food.

Preperation:

"Cold smoked" fish, that have not been salted for preservation, need to be cooked before being eaten safely (they can be boiled, fried, grilled, jugged or roasted, for instance). "Kipper snacks," (see below) are precooked and may be eaten without further preparation.

In the United Kingdom, kippers are often served for breakfast,[5] tea or dinner. In the United States, where kippers are less commonly eaten than in the UK, they are almost always sold as either canned "kipper snacks" or in jars found in the refrigerated foods section.

In Haiti, kippers are eaten with scrambled eggs for breakfast or mixed with pasta or rice.

So... Basically a small smoked fish... And tasty GOOD!

Hey !!.........share !!!

Thanks guys

Thought it was just a Yank thing but obviously not :-)

I have never tried Herring but you sure make it look delicious!

Thanks for the explanation guys!

Luke

Guess there's more of a difference between Britain and Australia than I thought. I didn't know alot about Kippers till meeting my Stepdad who was from Glasgow. Kippers /Herring are big in Scotland..specially fer breakfast. Right then....time for Kipper,eggs and tea fer me! I'll take a pic heh heh !

Oh we are world's apart from the ol Pommys,

We were their worst criminals remember?!

As if we would play by their rules when we get moved to a whole country of our own!

Actually my wife loves researching family history stuff and she found out that her bloodline is actual convict blood! Somewhere along the lines an ancestor was sent here for stealing a bag of flour!

Me, I ain't a convict, I am 3rd Gen Aussie migrated from Japan... (well from my Dad's side anyway )

Look forward to the photo NB - make sure you have a tea with it though so you don't get sent to the thread's naughty corner!

I'm gonna have to keep an eye out for some Herring to try now...

Originally Posted by Mcduck

OK explanation for the Aussie that doesn't know what they are please?

Originally Posted by Nightblade

What ?! You fer real ?!.......Hmmm...well okay.Kippers,herring etc. same,same. Kippers usually smoked. Herring prepared all other ways. Kippers good with eggs,cheese and crackers or a version of Scots toast ..on top of buttered marmite toast and topped with scrambled eggs . And a nice hot cuppa black tea with milk n sugar. Deeelish !!

Just stick to the sardines Luke. Sardines and vegemite on toast and a billy of black unsweetened tea with a gumleaf or two.


Mick


P.S I've just got back from the regular 'away on the farm' time (except for Sunday. Sunday I was out inventing new ways to bend or break arrows. Quite the feat I have to say ) and so I'm playing a lot of catch up here. I would like to say a very big but belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my friend Phil (NoseWarmer), I hope it was a good one mate, and that you got everything you wanted.

Sardines.. now we are talkin'!

How was the farm Mick?

Welcome back Mick....Okay y'all......I am officially stuffed .A fine meal of smoked kippers,scrambled eggs,stovies(potatoes n onions) and tea was had . Finishing up with tea,a pipe and the first episode of Green Acres on the tube.......good times.

Originally Posted by Mcduck

Sardines.. now we are talkin'!

How was the farm Mick?

Thanks for the welcome back Steph. And as to the farm Luke, it was just hot, hard slog. Spent my time chipping out about five acres of weeds. Went through a few waterbags full of good old bore water for drinking...Water might be good to get into ya guts on a hot day, but bore water just makes the throat dryer I reckon. Also tried to dig a short ditch between a couple of of paddocks seperated for machinery access, so that we could put in an underground wire for the electrics on the fences. Wouldn't you know it but the ground was too damn hard for the bob-cat, so I had to do it all with a mattock and shovel.
That was two days worth of work and on the third I had a relaxing day destroying all my arrows or just plain throwing them a long way away, lost for all eternity, or at least until someone with better eyes finds them, while out doing a bit of field archery with a few mates. That accounted for six hours of the day before deciding to make the return trip home. Totally and utterly knackered.

The only tea to be had in that whole time was 'Nerada' tea bags (wheres the little smiley vomiting into a toilet when you need one?!), but I was lucky enough to have a cup or three of some nicer 'Twinings English Breakfast' at my mates place when I went round there. I still can't grip my cups properly though. Hands are swollen from work. I'm getting too old or too soft I reckon .


Mick

Originally Posted by Mcduck

Sardines.. now we are talkin'!

How was the farm Mick?

Herring is a little milder in flavor... And a bigger fish