r/AskEurope • u/hearmyboredthoughts • 4d ago

Food Raw fish, glass jar, sea water.

Hello,

I saw a reportage on tv 20 years about a country. I saw a fishermen prepare some fish filet raw in a jar of sea water. It was to eat later.

Do you know how this preparation is called and in which country?

Thanks. PS: I know fafaru but I want to know the european version.

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u/dunzdeck 3d ago

Reminds me of "brining" (soaking in brine, aka salt water) which is used for herring in the Netherlands and a small part of Germany.

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u/hearmyboredthoughts 3d ago

Do they let the fish "rot" before eating? Sweden's surströmming is different preparation but similar result, yet even further in the "hard" taste. The video i saw didn't show how long the fishermen brine their fish. Just want to know if at two very different location in the world the will to eat raw decomposed fish lead to the same method of preparation. Or may have been imported from one to another.

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u/Particular_Run_8930 Denmark 3d ago

No rotting occurs. The salt is used to prevent rot. But obviously changes in taste and texture.

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u/hearmyboredthoughts 3d ago

Ok. What i thought was the same is different then. Thus i couldn't find the "preparation" name.