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Preserved Fish, Boss of New York City

34 points by surprisetalk 10mo ago

Proofread0592 10mo ago
Glad to see my sense of humor lines up directly with 18th century dock workers
woodruffw 10mo ago
> My favorite preserved fish in New York City comes from Russ & Daughters, an icon of New York cuisine that’s been around since 1914. Russ & Daughters gets their smoked fish from Acme[1], which is a huge purveyor of smoked fish. So the curious from this blog don't necessarily need to schlep to Russ & Daughters to get it. (Caveat being that it's very hard to slice lox correctly; you should be able to read the newspaper through it[2]. Preserved Fish the human presumably never had to deal with such problems.) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Smoked_Fish_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Smoked_Fish_Corp. [2]: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/nyregion/the-lox-sherpa-of-russ-daughters.html https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/nyregion/the-lox-sherpa-o...
- alwa 10mo ago
  If one happens to be in New York City on a Friday morning, one might even purchase the fish in question straight from the source, as fresh as it gets: https://acmesmokedfish.com/pages/what-is-fish-friday#:~:text=What%20is%20Fish%20Friday? https://acmesmokedfish.com/pages/what-is-fish-friday#:~:text...
- masfuerte 10mo ago
  HN broke link [1]. This works: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Smoked_Fish_Corp%2E https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Smoked_Fish_Corp%2E I love smoked salmon but in the UK it's mostly farmed trash so I don't buy it any more. If you look hard enough, smoked wild salmon is available, but at ~£1/g it's well out of my price range.
- Signore_Galilei 10mo ago
  OP here - thanks for sharing, didn't know that! I found a source (below) that confirms that Acme is the source of the smoked fish, and claims that Acme works with specific delis to make custom lox for each. So the Russ & Daughters version may still be specific to that shop, even though it's all made at Acme originally (and they do ship nationwide: https://russanddaughters.goldbelly.com/ https://russanddaughters.goldbelly.com/). https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/the-secret-behind-new-york-citys-best-smoked-fish/ https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/the-secret-behin...
Animats 10mo ago
Tammany Hall, the building, still stands. Sort of.[1] It hasn't been used for political purposes since the 1970s. It's been through several owners. The entire interior out to the walls was demolished a few years ago, and rebuilt as office space. Slack was supposed to lease the space, but that fell through. There's now a Petco store on the ground floor. There was a liquor store for a while. Big comedown. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44_Union_Square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44_Union_Square
theLegionWithin 10mo ago
that's quite an interesting name!

34 points by surprisetalk 10mo ago

Glad to see my sense of humor lines up directly with 18th century dock workers

> My favorite preserved fish in New York City comes from Russ & Daughters, an icon of New York cuisine that’s been around since 1914. Russ & Daughters gets their smoked fish from Acme[1], which is a huge purveyor of smoked fish. So the curious from this blog don't necessarily need to schlep to Russ & Daughters to get it. (Caveat being that it's very hard to slice lox correctly; you should be able to read the newspaper through it[2]. Preserved Fish the human presumably never had to deal with such problems.) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Smoked_Fish_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Smoked_Fish_Corp. [2]: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/nyregion/the-lox-sherpa-of-russ-daughters.html https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/nyregion/the-lox-sherpa-o...

alwa 10mo ago
If one happens to be in New York City on a Friday morning, one might even purchase the fish in question straight from the source, as fresh as it gets: https://acmesmokedfish.com/pages/what-is-fish-friday#:~:text=What%20is%20Fish%20Friday? https://acmesmokedfish.com/pages/what-is-fish-friday#:~:text...
masfuerte 10mo ago
HN broke link [1]. This works: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Smoked_Fish_Corp%2E https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Smoked_Fish_Corp%2E I love smoked salmon but in the UK it's mostly farmed trash so I don't buy it any more. If you look hard enough, smoked wild salmon is available, but at ~£1/g it's well out of my price range.
Signore_Galilei 10mo ago
OP here - thanks for sharing, didn't know that! I found a source (below) that confirms that Acme is the source of the smoked fish, and claims that Acme works with specific delis to make custom lox for each. So the Russ & Daughters version may still be specific to that shop, even though it's all made at Acme originally (and they do ship nationwide: https://russanddaughters.goldbelly.com/ https://russanddaughters.goldbelly.com/). https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/the-secret-behind-new-york-citys-best-smoked-fish/ https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/the-secret-behin...

Animats 10mo ago

Tammany Hall, the building, still stands. Sort of.[1] It hasn't been used for political purposes since the 1970s. It's been through several owners. The entire interior out to the walls was demolished a few years ago, and rebuilt as office space. Slack was supposed to lease the space, but that fell through. There's now a Petco store on the ground floor. There was a liquor store for a while. Big comedown. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44_Union_Square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44_Union_Square

theLegionWithin 10mo ago

that's quite an interesting name!