Why is that fish raw😶
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Its pickled, not raw. Scandinavians have been pickling fish for a very long time and it's worked out OK so far.
But no baking, frying, or cooking of any kind?
No of course not, you have to pick just one of the options for your people's cusine
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Well, there goes my appetite, this Dutch guy hates herring. Can't stand the smell, taste or texture. 🤢
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You'd only get second-hand smoking if you spent every day in your life in the tourist hellhole of central Amsterdam. Try going to Germany instead, everything and everyone reeks of cigarettes and they even have vending machines for them in plain sight in amusement parks.
While I am regularly annoyed at smokers in restaurants, at bus stops/train stations and in pedestrian zones, you haven't felt "everything" until you go to e.g. Turkey (as much as I love the country)
can confirm (germany), it's gotten better but in my childhood there was literally just a cig vending machine outside my block, like 30-40m away from a playground
The US used to have those vending machines in bars and some restaurants too, up until the 90s. The smoking section of restaurants was mostly an invisible line that cut the room in half, so you could have a smoking table literally right next to a non-smoking one.
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And it's damn tasty. herring and raw onions are amazing. That sad pickle slice can screw off though.
Yeah, I don't understand why there is a freaking slide of pickle.
I take it this is not available in a tin and must be purchased at some street cart vendor?
It would have to be cooked to be in a tin. You can get jarred pickled herring but it's nowhere near as good as a fresh salted herring.
I tried the tinned stuff once and it was gaggingly bad. Not the nordic kind that will literally cause you and everyone in the room to vomit - but it really.... was not good. And I'm adventurous when it comes to food. Plus the fish was cut across, not in fillets, so it had the spinal bones which were difficult to eat around.
Obviously that tin sucked. I'm just wondering if there is another kind I should look for specifically. That is until I get to visit Denmark.
How adventurous? Have you tried balut? Only food i can't handle personally.
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Yeah. I've had a wide variation of them, some are awful like the ones you had, some are just okay. If they are shelf stable they're usually never good, but you can get vinegar pickled ones in refrigerated jars or pouches which can sometimes be a bit nice if you're into that. I would definitely recommend them over tinned ones. But none of them come anywhere close to the real delicacy that's in that photo.
Even though they're "pickled" these don't really keep so you don't really see them overseas much.
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You usually get it at a fish cart or at a supermarket.
I’d try it. Is the skin meant to be eaten after pickling, or does it remove easily?
No need to remove the skin. It’ll just melt in your mouth.
It's very soft, you eat it with the skin. The Dutch version of salted herring is the nicest one (compared to Nordic and Baltic versions), it's quite mild flavoured and has a great raw-fish kind of texture. Ones which are pickled longer are still nice but can get a bit floury sometimes.
Danish pickled herring is amazing though... You really think Dutch salted herring beats it?
In my opinion yeah, the texture is better, smoother, when they're freshly brined as opposed to the more crumbly/flaky texture when they're marinaded in vinegar. But Danish picked herring is also delicious.
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Put 200 on Herring, this matchup isn't even close.