# Gibbing

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{{Short description|Process of preparing salt herring}}
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thumb|A herring
[[File:Loggerfischerei-Schlachtwerkzeug 1.jpg|thumb|Utensils used in 1966 in the process of gibbing on a [lugger](/source/lugger)]]

'''Gibbing''' is the process of preparing salt [herring](/source/herring) (or [soused herring](/source/soused_herring)), in which the gills and part of the gullet are removed from the fish, eliminating any bitter taste. The liver and pancreas are left in the fish during the salt-curing process because they release enzymes essential for flavor. The fish is then cured in a barrel with one part salt to 20 herring. Today many variations and local preferences exist in this process.

== History ==
According to a popular story, the process of gibbing was invented by [Willem Beukelszoon](/source/William_Buckels) ({{aka}} Willem Beuckelsz, William Buckels or William Buckelsson), a 14th-century fisherman from [Biervliet](/source/Biervliet), [Zealand](/source/Zeeland)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Fishy Tale of Willem Beukelszoon |url=https://www.republicofamsterdamradio.com/episodes/historyofthenetherlands/episode-16-the-fishy-tale-of-willem-beukelszoon |work=History of the Netherlands}}</ref><sup>,</sup>.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jr |first=Theodore James |date=1987-04-12 |title=FARE OF THE COUNTRY; CURED NEW HERRING OF THE NETHERLANDS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/12/travel/fare-of-the-country-cured-new-herring-of-the-netherlands.html |access-date=2023-01-19 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The invention of this fish preservation technique led to the Dutch becoming a seafaring power.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://us.holland.com/e/7775/Herring.php |title=Dutch Food & Eating Out - Holland.com |work=holland.com |access-date=2007-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712213543/http://us.holland.com/e/7775/Herring.php |archive-date=2011-07-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Sometime between 1380 and 1386, Beuckelsz discovered that "salt fish will keep, and that fish that can be kept can be packed and can be exported".<ref>{{cite news |title=The Inventor of Salt Herring |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9907E4DB1E30E533A25755C2A96F9C94679FD7CF |website=query.nytimes.com}}</ref>

Beuckelsz' invention of gibbing created an export industry for salt herring that was monopolized by the Dutch. They began to build ships and eventually moved from trading in herring to colonizing and the Dutch Empire.

The Emperor [Charles V](/source/Charles_V%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor) erected a statue to Beuckelsz honouring him as the benefactor of his country, and [Queen Mary of Hungary](/source/Mary_of_Hungary) after finding his tomb sat upon it and ate a herring.

Herring is still very important to the Dutch who celebrate ''{{Interlanguage link |Vlaggetjesdag |nl}}'' (Flag Day) each spring, as a tradition that dates back to the 14th century when fishermen went out to sea in their small boats to capture the annual catch, and to preserve and export their catch abroad.

==See also==
* [Herring buss](/source/Herring_buss)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9907E4DB1E30E533A25755C2A96F9C94679FD7CF The Inventor Of Salt Herring (NY Times.com PAYWALL)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110712213543/http://us.holland.com/e/7775/Herring.php Herring]
* [https://www.republicofamsterdamradio.com/episodes/historyofthenetherlands/episode-16-the-fishy-tale-of-willem-beukelszoon History of the Netherlands Podcast: The Fishy Tale of Willem Beukelszoon]
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Category:Food preservation
Category:Salted foods
Category:Fish processing
Category:Dutch inventions

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