Editing Kipper (section)

==Preparation==
[[File:Kippers at Burton Bradstock.jpg|right|thumb|Kippers for breakfast in England]]

"Cold-smoked" fish that have not been salted for preservation must be cooked before being eaten safely (they can be boiled, fried, grilled, [[jugged]] or roasted, for instance). In general, oily fish are preferred for smoking as the heat is evenly dispersed by the oil, and the flesh resists flaking apart like drier species.{{Cn|date=December 2024}}

In the UK, kippers are usually served at breakfast, although their popularity has declined since the Victorian and Edwardian eras.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fearnley-Whittingstall |first1=Hugh |title=Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's herring recipes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/jan/23/herring-recipes-hugh-fearnley-whittingstall |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 January 2010 |access-date=6 June 2023 |quote=When cooking a special breakfast, we often have kippers}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Smithers |first1=Rebecca |title=Kippers, the breakfast dish that fell out of favour, are back on British menus |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/apr/07/food-kippers-smoked-fish-sales-revival |newspaper=The Guardian |date=6 April 2012 |access-date=6 June 2023 |quote=Kippers were the quintessential British breakfast food [...] of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=kippers |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/kippers |website=britannica.com |access-date=6 June 2023 |quote=an iconic British breakfast dish}}</ref>

In the United States, where kippers are much less commonly eaten than in the UK, they are almost always sold as either canned "kipper snacks" or in jars found in the refrigerated foods section. These are precooked and may be eaten without further preparation. <ref>{{cite web |title=Kipper Snacks |url=https://www.kingoscar.com/products/kipper-snacks/ |website=kingoscar.com |access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=December 2024}}