Victor Sack wrote:

> > Phred > wrote:
> >
> > >>When you say "right out of the barrel", are you referring to
salted fish/fillets?
>
>
> Yes. It is a young virginal Dutch herring which is lightly salted
> and stored in barrels for a few days only,


Victor, What happens if the "virginal" herring had a little G'spusi
when she found out she is about to be killed and eaten? Is she no
longer worthy of being a Matjes herring or herringette? Are only the
Dutch that strict or is that universal? Who acts as Sittenpolizei,
other herrings or trouts or carps? No wonder that Matjes herrings are
no longer on many menus.