To kipper (verb) - to kipper means to cure herring, salmon or any other variety of fish by salting and smoking the fish

BBC1-The OneShow - 2 minutes and 20 secs in:


Food critic Jay Rayner visits kipper man Steve Richardsonand his Smokehouse in Orford, Suffolk and tries to persuade him to kipper sardines and mackerel instead of herring - the fish that only became synonymous with kippering in the mid 1800s.


The sardine proves to be too small and dries out,the mackerel hits the spot but for kipper man Steve, tradition gets the better of him!


Origin of the word from Middle English kypre, from Old English cypera; akin to Old English coper or copper.