Connecticut is known as the âconstitution state.â While the origin on this title is uncertain, the nickname is assumed to reference the Fundamental Orders of 1638-39. These Fundamental Orders represent the framework for the first formal government written by a representative body in Connecticut.
A kipper is a smoked herring. After they have been caught, the herrings are gutted, split and lightly soaked in brine. Then they are smoked over hardwood chips in a kiln. The best ones come from the Isle of Man, Loch Fyne and Northumberland and are sold complete with head, tail and backbone.
The most recent arrival is called Skagit Indian smoked salmon. It is prepared in a centuries-old tradition-adapted to modern tastes-by members of the Upper Skagit tribe in the northern Cascade region of Washington State. The Indians of the Pacific Northwest used to cur e salmon in alderwood smo ke to preserve it.