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> 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 the

> 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 9mo 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 9mo 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 9mo 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...

alwa 9mo 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 9mo 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 9mo 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...