No Red Herring

This is “Queen Beatrix of Holland.”:http://www.digital-dreams.nl/realdutch/queen.htm As Dutch tradition has it, she’s the first to sample the Northern European nation’s herring catch.

This year, the catch began on June 6, but yesterday, I managed to sample four or five pieces at “Russ & Daughters”:http://www.russanddaughters.com/pr_herring.html in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. This fish is miles away from the pickled, rubbery chunks smothered in cream sauce and onions I’ve long associated with men’s club luncheons at the JCC. Perched ontop ontop of a thinly sliced potato, the silvery fish was as good as any piece of yellowtail sashimi outside of “Tokyo’s Tsukiji Fish Market.”:http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3021.html

According to Russ & Daughters, Holland herring is an aphrodisiac. I’m not sure the few pieces I consumed make me want to dim the lights, place “_Hear, My Dear_”:http://www.amazon.com/Here-My-Dear-Marvin-Gaye/dp/B000001AKC onto the turntable and dial a late night call to Queen Beatrix, as much as they make me want to hoover a box of “Altoids”:http://www.altoids.com/index.do, but I do recommend that you stop by Russ & Daughters to sample this sumptuous sea-creature.

What do you think?

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The Grand Conspirator

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2 Responses

  1. iconic

    If you really want sumptuous, stop by Russ & Daughters and get yourself a Heeb sandwich.

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  2. Sakin_Is_a_Liar

    Salkin is a liar, never knew Rosenkrantz, made this all up for a quick buck. The entire store is, at various points, fabricated, told third-person, or just simply hogwash. Pretty pathetic.

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  3. didaskalos

    Back in the 80’s, I had rather a crush on RR. (I had a thing for hot Jewish guys, a thing for anger. Still do.) Went and visited him in prison. Came home and sobbed. It’s all about the anger: If RR can control it, he’ll be a great man. if not, he’ll

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  4. Puck

    I fear the ‘great man’ ship has already sailed, great men don’t mow down schoolkids with an Uzi.
    He’s a killer, pure and simple…worthy of pity and a sympathetic contempt perhaps for his obvious mental health issues, but hardly worthy of adulation.

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  5. iconic

    I’m not hearing ” adulation ” from didaskalos.
    I think its more like faith and hope…

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