Looking for canned herring roe (non-Japanese)
Just took a great trip to the Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina areas (including the Outer Banks) and had some great stuff with river herring (and its larger relative, shad - both alosa spp). The fried whole river herring for breakfast were great - similar to the fried iwashi i had at Izayoi downtown, and the breakfast combo of herring roe and scrambled eggs were as close to some shandong dishes as i've had anywhere. Really great.
So - i know that the fish is back, they are catching it again - doesanyone know anywhere in teh southern california that carries the herring roe (fish, alosa aestivalis, aka blueback herring, blueback shad) ?
Just FYI here's a richmond times-dispatch piece on the herring run up the james river with video
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/spo...
and for the curious, I did have shad roe in richmand and Mamma zu's.
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Izayoi
132 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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http://saltherring.home.mchsi.com/roe...
Ships it from Virginia, although I believe the actual roe is from Canada.
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thanks for the effort. Those are Clupea genus, the european herrings - likethe ones you'll find from holland.
these are american shad - herring - Alosa spp. The eggs are a light yellow. texture is different. the fish is known as river herring, blueback herring, and blueback shad.
It's canned in the n. carolina area, in the chesapeake, and i believe in the quebec estuaries as well. -
Servorg
Jun 29, 2010 03:58 PM
Just in case you strike out finding it locally: http://www.1-800-caviar.com/herring-c...
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