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A board of smoked fish disappears faster than any cheese plate we have ever put out. Here is how much to buy and what to put on it
The honest answer is more than you think. Dried and smoked fish gets eaten steadily across an evening rather than in one rush, so a board that looks generous at eight o'clock is usually bare by ten.
Our rule: about a quarter pound per person if there is other food, half a pound if this is the food.
Ten people or more
Four pounds of it. This is the set for a birthday, a housewarming or any evening where you stop counting guests after the first dozen
It is also the least stressful way to host — one order, no assembling, nothing to forget
$359
Six to eight people
The middle size, and the one we bring most often. Enough range that nobody is stuck with the one thing they do not like
$299
The one that vanishes first
Every board needs something people can keep picking at without thinking about it. This is that thing — long chew, steady salt, no plate required
Buy two. We are serious
$27
For the heat seekers
There is always someone who goes straight for the spiciest thing on the table. Give them somewhere to go, and it keeps the milder pieces for everyone else
$27
Sealed and refrigerated, everything keeps well past a week — so ordering three or four days ahead is comfortable. We ship early in the week so nothing sits in a depot over the weekend
Reseal it, press the air out, and refrigerate. Opened smoked fish keeps three to five days; the dried items last much longer. Most things also freeze for up to two months
Start them on the jerky rather than the sliced fish. The texture is closer to what they expect from a snack, and the smoke reads more like barbecue than like the sea
