Feseekh
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Fesikh is a traditional Egyptian fish dish consisting of fermented
salted and dried gray mullet
, of the mugil
family, a saltwater fish that lives in both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea
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The traditional process of preparing it is to dry the fish in the sun before preserving it in salt.
The process of preparing fesikh is quite elaborate, passing from father to son in certain families. The occupation has a special name in Egypt
, fasakhani.
Fesikh is eaten during the Sham el-Nessim festival, which is a spring celebration from ancient times in Egypt.
Egyptians in the West have used whitefish
as an alternative. Each year food poisoning tales involving incorrectly prepared fesikh appear in Egyptian periodicals.
Fermented fish
Fermented fish is an Eskimo food that is eaten raw and frozen. It is a staple part of the diet in many Yup'ik communities of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.- Preparation :Fermented fish is prepared by first digging a hole about two feet in the ground...
salted and dried gray mullet
Mullet (fish)
The mullets or grey mullets are a family and order of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and in some species in fresh water. Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times...
, of the mugil
Mugil
Mugil is one genus among 17 genera containing all together about 80 species of ray-finned fish of the family Mugilidae commonly known as mullet...
family, a saltwater fish that lives in both the Mediterranean and the Red Sea
Red Sea
The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez...
s.
The traditional process of preparing it is to dry the fish in the sun before preserving it in salt.
The process of preparing fesikh is quite elaborate, passing from father to son in certain families. The occupation has a special name in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, fasakhani.
Fesikh is eaten during the Sham el-Nessim festival, which is a spring celebration from ancient times in Egypt.
Egyptians in the West have used whitefish
Freshwater whitefish
The freshwater whitefish are fish of the subfamily Coregoninae in the salmon family Salmonidae. Along with the freshwater whitefish, the Salmonidae includes the freshwater and anadromous trout and salmon species as well as graylings...
as an alternative. Each year food poisoning tales involving incorrectly prepared fesikh appear in Egyptian periodicals.