I don't know whether to be sorry I started this or delighted. You have reminded me about the Norman kipper I have in the freezer. And that I have now found stockist of Craster kippers. And that Waitrose sells Manx kippers "caught in the Irish Sea" ??? The Norman kipper came from our annual French market, which usually has bi-libual notices. This one just said "Kippers". So I asked what the French was - now you have to say this with an exaggerated French accent - "Kipperes". I raised my eyebrows. "They used to be called Aroung fumee (spelling wrong), but now, in Normandy at least, we call them kippers." But it is a properly smoked, no colouring kipper, and I'm going home for it now.

Penny