Food Heroes.

[ExpatCanadian]

And you can't go wrong with good kipper.  :P ;)

I'll second the kipper comment....  glad to say the first one one I ever experienced was a genuine home smoked Manx Kipper....

As for my own heroes, there are far too many to mention, some of whom are already in the posts above.  But, in the spirit of things...  without my Mom encouraging me as a young lad to experiment in the kitchen, I wouldn't be 1/2 the cook I am today (no mean feat for the only son of a Saskatchewan farmer!)....

[3rensho]

When I was young Julia Child just started her series on WGBH.  Never missed an episode.  As for kippers I still order them from a source Manxman posted some time back.  Delicious.

[Caneyscud]

A source of kippers from Manxman.  Now those have to be good kippers!  I'm interested Manx.  I can't always get "good" kippers here, so I sometimes substitute Smoked Sprats I get from a Russian food store down the street from me.  (man that sounds strange a Russian Food store in Nashville).  Alton, had a show on recently where he talked about having to lose weight and he had an avocado/sardine sandwich.  Now, never in my wildest dreams would I pair avocados and sardines in anything.  But true to my inquiring nature, I tried it and I must say it is good.  Been wanting to try it with the smoked sprats and/or kippers, but have not been able to get any good avocados in the last 2-3 weeks for some reason.  Trader Joe's had some that weren't rock hard but they were also too mushy.  


Being reminded of WGNH during that time reminded me of PBS/NPT of the time was good on Saturdays with -   Julia, Pepin' Kerr, Justin, Jeff Smith, The original "This Old House", Jim Crockett and the original "Victory Garden", The Woodwright's Shop, Wild America, Joy of Painting, and others I can't remember.

[manxman]

A source of kippers from Manxman.  Now those have to be good kippers!  I'm interested Manx.

When I can get good quality herring I make my own kippers, however it is difficult to get hold of the correct size / quality locally whether it is catching then ourselves or getting them off the trawlers.

When I can't make my own I tend to buy kippers off the local processors who use a traditional method of smoking that is over 100 years old with no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives and the end product is similar to those made in the BS. They buy the herring in bulk from Norway or Iceland.

The producers will ship to Mainland Europe but not across the pond any more as a high proportion of the packages failed to get through US Customs and they were losing money when they disappeared!  >:(   

I have sent kippers direct to Pat (Iceman) and on that occasion they did get past US Customs!  ;) :D

http://www.isleofmankippers.com/