Smote With A Whitefish: The Oedipal Undertones of Smoked Fish Supremacy
On Christmas Eve, my family’s tradition has been to feast on Jewish appetizing. Belly lox, wild caught Western Nova, oily sable, smoked sturgeon, whole, bronzed chubs and whitefish; blini piled high with salmon roe, sour cream and raw onions; potato latke drizzled with creme fraiche and wasabi infused flying fish roe. Dutch herring, schmaltz herring, …