a herring called Bismarck

Rumpelstil · Dec 29, 2022

Otto von Bismarck may have fallen from grace here and there, but the "Bismarckhering" is still popular in Germany.
Many Germany, who have little or no idea who or what Bismarck was, know this herring and enjoy it for lunch or supper or in between.

The Bismarck herring is pickled fresh, filleted Baltic Sea herring, traditionally packed in small wooden barrels.

Johann Wiechmann had a store in Stralsund, Germany, and his wife Karoline prepared the herring for sale. Wiechmann admired Otto von Bismarck and sent a barrel on Bismarck's birthday. When the German Empire was created Wiechmann sent a second barrel but this time asked to name the herrings after him. Bismarck agreed, and the original recipe Bismarck herring were sold up until the end of World War II, and revived in 1997 in Stralsund.

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Grandpappy · Dec 29, 2022

When I hear the name Bismarck, I think of the WWII German battleship.

Rumpelstil · Dec 29, 2022

Grandpappy said:
When I hear the name Bismarck, I think of the WWII German battleship.

And I think of the state capital of North Dakota.

Rumpelstil · Dec 29, 2022

Another thing that comes to mind when hearing "Bismarck":

Bismarck Archipelago

Rumpelstil · Dec 29, 2022

Maybe there are also some Bismarck herrings swimming in the Bismarck Archipelago?

Lord Tammerlain · Dec 29, 2022

Grandpappy said:
When I hear the name Bismarck, I think of the WWII German battleship.

Not Otto Avon Bismarck, the person who shaped Germany and the initial aspects of the modern welfare state

Rumpelstil · Dec 29, 2022

Lord Tammerlain said:
the initial aspects of the modern welfare state

Bismarck was a many-splendoured person.
He was a life-long learner and often good for a surprise.
Not many remember his merits concerning social security.

But we are in the food section here - so let's not forget the herrings!

Lord Tammerlain · Dec 29, 2022

This is the food item I think of when it comes to Bismarck

Rumpelstil · Dec 29, 2022

Interesting!
So a Bismark with a k instead of a ck is seomething to eat?

Rumpelstil · Dec 29, 2022

Here I found the Bismark doughnut:

The story of my freebasing pastry cream continues. The history that pastry cream and I share is long and torrid, if a 28 year old can have an emotional and borderline sinful imaginary relationship with cream, butter and egg yolks all mixed up with vanilla bean all devoured ravenously with a very large spoon… or piped into a perfectly blissful Bismark doughnut. Or, if you’re an East Coaster, a Boston Cream Pie doughnut.

Bismark Doughnuts

Classic Bismark Doughnuts are always a treat! Fill with homemade Pastry Cream and top with doughnut shop authentic chocolate glaze!

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Helix · Dec 29, 2022

My grandfather used to eat pickled herring for luck on New Year's Day.

Rumpelstil · Dec 29, 2022

It seems, what a Berliner is in Germany, is a Bismark in the USA?

A Berliner is a German doughnut with no central hole, made from sweet yeast dough fried in fat or oil, with a marmalade or jam filling like a jelly doughnut, and usually icing, powdered sugar or conventional sugar on top.

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