What is Bismarck herring?
[[File:Aringa-marinato.jpg|thumb|Bismarck herring]] The '''Bismarck herring''' is pickled fresh, filleted [[Baltic Sea]] [[herring]], traditionally packed in small wooden [[barrel]]s. 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 Bismarck a second barrel but this time asked to name the herrings after him. Bismarck agreed, and the original recipe of Bismarck herring was sold until the end of [[World War II]]. It was revived in 1997 in Stralsund.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bismarckhering.com/index-eng.php3 |title=Fischhandel und Räucherei Henry Rasmus |access-date=2011-03-04 |archive-date=2011-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203012318/http://www.bismarckhering.com/index-eng.php3 |url-status=deviated |archivedate=2011-12-03 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203012318/http://www.bismarckhering.com/index-eng.php3 }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Edible fish]] [[Category:Dishes named after people]] [[Category:German food]]