Friday, 1/28 -- English Food experiment.

Today's experiment in eating: Kippered Snacks.

I bought them on recommendation of the many books I read on the subject of anti-cancer fighting foods. Oily fish have, as we've all heard, omega 3 oils that are really, really, really good for us.

Salmon, tuna, herring and others. Kippered snacks are smoked herring. Said so on the wrapper.

They come in a long, flat can. The kind with a paper wrapper and a metal key to peel open the lid of the tin. I was a little intimidated. What kind of disgusting surprise was waiting for me under that lid?

Is this one of those left-over foods from the English in WWII where they kept a stiff upper lip and forced themselves to eat the most vile and disgusting things to spite the Germans? They happily ate Spam, remember. "Look you Kraut, I'm eating highly processed pig parts out of a can. You can't sink my spirit!"

Is "kippered" an English term for fermented fish guts?
Should this be an Iron Chef ingredient?
Is this a can of whole fish with their little eyes looking at me? Accusingly...
What kind of smell were they going to have? Possibly fishy?
Is this going to be one step away from cat food? If so, are the cats going to be fighting me for it?

I had a bagel, cream cheese and some crackers on hand to lessen the blow.

Opening the can. Paper wrapper gone.
The metal key broke off, of course, leaving me with a small puddle of oil on the lid.
No turning back.
Using the butter knife I was able to carefully open the lid.
Inside, tightly packed fish. No surprises. Nothing disgusting. It smelled like tuna.

Long story short, I ate the entire can along with my bagel and cream cheese. The kippers were good. I'd eat them again. I'd try them again with some onion and a tomato. I'd also just assume to eat a tuna sammie.

Final judgement: Kippered Snacks – Recommended for additional experiments. 7/10

There's a can of sardines in the cabinet that have been mocking me for a while.
Maybe next week.