Herring Tales: How the silver darlings shaped human taste and history
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.28 (870 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1472912160 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"In the meantime, Mr Murray is a gregarious and engaging raconteur as he flips between the diverse aspects of this versatile little creature.” The Economist
Germans and the English enjoy their taste best when accompanied by pickle's bite and brine.The herring has done much to shape both human taste and history. Women gutted and salted the catch during the annual harvest and knitted the garments fishermen wore to protect them from the ocean's chill.Following a journey from the western edge of Norway to the east of England, from Shetland and the Outer Hebrides to the fishing ports of the Baltic coast of Germany and the Netherlands, Donald S. Men cooperated and came into conflict over its shoals, setting out on boats to catch them and straying to bring full nets to shore. Jamaicans prefer them with a dash of chili pepper. The Dutch love them raw. Scots like to smoke or salt them. Swedes look on with relish as they open bulging, foul-smelling cans to find them curdling within. Murray has stitched together tales of the fish that was of central importance to the lives of many Europeans, noting how both it--and those involved in its capture--were celebrated in the art, literature, craft, music, and folklore of northern Europe.Blending together politics, science, history, relig
Murray comes from Ness at the northern tip of the Isle of Lewis and now lives in close proximity to "the Ness" at the southern end of Shetland. . His poetry and prose are often about islands and the wildlife on and around them. Donald S. The Gannet features strongly in his work, which includes The Guga Hunters, Praising the Guga, and The Guga Stone: Lies, Legends and Lunacies Of St Kinda, which was shortlisted a
"Three Stars" according to Shufer. Interesting book, but you really have to be a big fan of herring!. The Decline of a Truly Great Fishery A really interesting account of the cultural and economic significance of the great herring fishery. As someone who was involved in the British fishing industry in the sixties there was much that I recognized, and was grateful for the elucidation of many aspects. A good description of a once-great fishery that went into almost total decline - partly due to overfishing, but also to a changing market.