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Ice.Maiden | 19:01 Tue 13th Oct 2009 | Food & Drink
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Is a sild (brisling) related to the sardine family, like pilchards, or are they all different species of fish?
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According to one of the definitions here,it is a sprat or small herring.
23:00 Tue 13th Oct 2009
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ooops,..this might help!!..dohhhhh

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/brisling
23:00 Tue 13th Oct 2009
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Oh blimey - thanks pasta. I understood silds to be called that if they come from the Norway region...but they're a type of herring? Wonder if you could smoke them and turn them into mini kippers!!! : )
23:02 Tue 13th Oct 2009
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Baby kippers!!...awwww.......yummmmy!
23:04 Tue 13th Oct 2009
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Yes but...can you GET those????
23:06 Tue 13th Oct 2009
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Sild and brisling are two different species. John West does smoked brisling, but they come in cans. For a good write-up on sild/brisling, see...

http://www.napoleon-co.com/pages/product_pages/sardines.html
18:02 Wed 14th Oct 2009

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