Meanings of fresh herring in English

When eating it you would take it for a fresh herring.

Here Hornblower charged the Squire with having a suspicious quantity of fresh herring in his own cellar.

Clean the required number of fresh herring, place them in a saucepan, and sprinkle them with salt and pepper.

This, I fancy, is where all the romance of the sea began-inthe story of a greedy man and a fresh herring.

Will young massa have a lily-white bit soft tommy, sar,-broilhim a sodger, sar-bumboatalongside, get a fresh herring for relish, sar.

In that month, when just taken, scotched (crimped), and broiled, they are said to be more palatable than a fresh herring.

Clean a dozen fresh herrings, removing the head and tail.

Before the Wars there was aye abundance there of hot cakes and fresh herrings and Auxerre wine by the tun.

"I could fancy a fresh herring for supper, dear," said Polly.

Fish for Boiling.-Cod ,freshherring, weakfish, tilefish, sea bass, pickerel, red snapper, salt and fresh mackerel, haddock, halibut, salmon, sheepshead.

"Ay, truly," quoth Robin, "they are as thick here as fresh herring in Cannock Chase."

Scale and clean fresh herrings, then taking the fish by the tail you can easily remove the backbone drawing it towards the head.

The argument finally crystallized down to lambs' tongues and beetroot, through herrings and tomato sauce, fresh herrings, kippered herrings, sardines and corn beef.

'Annie Laurie' and all Lady John Scott's ballads, besides 'Caller Herrin''-theScotch cry for fresh herring-wereher favourites and brought tears to one's eyes.

"I then washed my face in"-(Doctor )" acupof quinine," "cleaned my teeth with"-(Fishmonger )" afreshherring," and "combed my hair with"-(Pastrycook )" ajamtart."