Creamed finnan haddie

[bobmac]

Anybody know where I can it in Greater Boston?

[elrap]

Anybody know where I can it in Greater Boston?

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Hi Bobmac,

Wasn't sure if you were just looking for a restaurant that served creamed finnan haddie (no clue there), but you can buy the finnan haddie itself at the Lobster Tail in Westford. I wouldn't be surprised if David's in Salisbury could order it; kind of a cold weather item (to me, anyway).

The stuff at the Lobster Tail looked OK - full sides maybe a pound and a half at $6.95/lb, frozen. I might try some next weekend, now that you have me thinking about it. I believe it's pretty easy to make up with a cream sauce.

--L. Rap

[bobmac]

Yeah, I've gotten it at Lobster Tail in North Andover. Problem is, you have to make so much and my wife doesn't like it.

[Ellie]

Here in Portland, ME you can get finnan haddie everywhere, cut/sliced to order.

I know that its smoke haddock (right?) but how do you use it? I just can't seem to picture what creamed finnan haddie would be like. Are there other ways to prepare it as well? How does it compare to other hot-smoked fish?

[bobmac]

Creamed finnan haddie is simply finnan haddie in a white sauce with potatoes. I have no trouble finding the finnan haddie itself, I'm just looking for a restaurant that serves the creamed version. I have made it at home, but my wife doesn't like it and it's hard to make a small amount once you have thawed the fish. I tried freezing leftovers, but it was unsatisfactory.

I'm on unsteady ground here, but I suspect it's more along the line of cold-smoked, since legend has it that the original smoking was accidental when the folks in Findan were drying fish.

Edited October 26, 2004 by bobmac (log)

[Ellie]

Just read that Pierrot Bistro on Cambridge St. serves finnan haddie (Sauce "review" Boston Globe). Don't know if it's creamed, though.

[slkinsey]

Isn't it a specialty of Locke Ober?