Fish - smoked, cured & pickled
IKEA sells gravlax, dill mustard and pickled herring, and little toothpaste tubes of smoked salmon and cod's roe pastes great on crackers with cocktails.
For a good selection of gravlax, marinated matjes herring fillets, and other Scandinavian fish specialties go to Balducci's larger branches.
Prime Fish is a local Norwegian salmon wholesaler open to the public on Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. As well as classic gravlax, they also offer unusual cures, like pepper and vodka or tequila, cilantro and jalapeño. Unit 1, 7300 Lockport Pl, Lorton, 703 339 1835.
Durban's Tracklements of Amherst, Mass, 800 844 7853, will mail Santa Fe-style salmon, cured with cumin, clove, cinnamon and tequila, or Thai-flavored salmon, cured with lemongrass, ginger and coriander.
Tobermory smoked salmon and trout from the Isle of Mull in the Hebrides are both fine, lightly smoked fish, caught and smoked only to order that give any local supermarket supply a run for their money. Within two days of leaving Tobermory they arrive in Washington, for local delivery. Order through the Scottish Smoked Salmon Co, 301 924 0595.Related Ingredients...
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