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Smelt_the fish with a cucumber smell
DIR By: nataliestpete
Date: May 6, 2018, 2:44 am
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Hello,
St Petersburg is well-known all over the world by it’s beautiful
architecture, embarkments and bridges. So, it might sound a bit
strange that a small fish can be a real feature of this elegant
city. There is even a Korusha/Smelt day in May near the
Peter-Paul Fortress.
HTML http://spb2018.com/en/pages/vkus-peterburga/
Smelt (korushka in Russian) is rather specific fish cause its
inhabitants just in few places in the world as well as an unsual
taste and a fresh cucumber smell.
Interestingly, a smal smelt is a predator.
Here is a pic of the fishmen in the St Pete’s embarkment.
Please share any interesting facts about your places.
Thanks
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Re: Smelt_the fish with a cucumber smell
DIR By: Dan Smith
Date: May 6, 2018, 5:40 pm
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There is a small fish known as a "smelt" in the United States. I
haven't eaten any in a while. I don't remember any "cucumber
smell" but it might be a different species. Every once in a
while my mom served them when I was kid, and I remember ordering
them at a restaurant in Door County, Wisconsin... and not
remembering them was being good or bad. I think they were small
enough that bones were always a problem.
"Smelt" is also, of course, the past tense of "to smell,"
leading to bad puns and much giggling among children.
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Re: Smelt_the fish with a cucumber smell
DIR By: Truman Overby
Date: May 7, 2018, 9:58 am
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Natasha, I wonder if the European smelt smell different than the
north american smelt. My wife is a smelt fan and she says they
definitely have a unique aroma. But she doesn't think that it's
cucumber.
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Re: Smelt_the fish with a cucumber smell
DIR By: nataliestpete
Date: May 7, 2018, 10:26 am
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--- Quote from: Truman Overby link ---
>
> Natasha, I wonder if the European smelt smell different than
the north american smelt. My wife is a smelt fan and she says
they definitely have a unique aroma. But she doesn't think that
it's cucumber.
>
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Privet Jerry:)
I’ve never tried other kinds of smelt but perhaps our is similar
with the European one. People here ( I mean I heard it many
times but it wasn’t a sociological survey :) ) that it smells
like a cucumber. It would be interesting to know the truth and I
do hope you and your wife come to St Petersburg one
day🙏😊.
HTML https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_smelt
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Re: Smelt_the fish with a cucumber smell
DIR By: nataliestpete
Date: May 7, 2018, 10:31 am
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--- Quote from: Dan Smith link ---
>
> "Smelt" is also, of course, the past tense of "to smell,"
leading to bad puns and much giggling among children.
>
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Thank you, Dan:) Oh those children:)) On the other hand, why
this fish had been named like a past form of a verb?
Interestingly you unlikely can order smelt in St Petersburg’s
restaurants though I know that some of my friends complain about
it.
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