We don't have a drop of German in us, but of course my grandfather may have learned it from Germans who settled in PA. My dad, with ancestry in MA, VA, and Nova Scotia, would not eat it. In fact, I don't remember him ever eating any fish. Since we were always in the Rocky Mtns, landlocked, we always had it made with canned oysters. I don't think I could eat it made with fresh. (That's a landlubber for ya!:-)