kippers

     

A kipper is a whole herring that has been split from tail to hea, gutted, salted, and cold smoked.

Trivia about kippers

  • Term for herrings that were split & cured by salting, drying & smoking
  • This word for herring & other fish that have been cold-smoked is from the same root as "copper"
  • Jack the Ripper is Cockney rhyming slang for this breakfast favorite