Well-tried home remedy Matjes helps against the hangover

Not only popular for carnival
On the Carnival days is celebrated in many places wet happy. If you wake up after the party with a big head, you can save the day with plenty of fluids and a hangover breakfast. The Matjes is wonderful for that. It fills the stomach, supplies the body with valuable fatty acids and compensates for salt losses.

The Dutch prefer to eat the delicacy pure and from hand to mouth. Onions should always be served separately, otherwise the fine aroma is lost. In the warm kitchen, matjes is served as a side dish to the finished dish, as it should not be co-cooked. It tastes especially finely refined with smoke flavor or combined with beetroot, pear and ginger.

Matjesfilet helps with headaches and hangovers. Image: photocrew - fotolia

Each matjes is a herring, but not every herring is suitable for the matjes processing. He must be "virginal". Only if he has not yet formed any roe or milk in this season, he has a high fat content of 15 to 20 percent. The fish are mostly caught from May to July off the Norwegian and Danish coasts, but also in the southern and western North Sea, explains the Fish Information Center (FIZ).

Only the special maturation process makes the herring to Matjes. In so-called throats, it is usually excluded by hand, so that a part of the pancreas is preserved. The natural enzymes together with the salts ensure that a delicate and tasty delicacy is created. Before processing, the matjes are flash frozen to minus 45 degrees Celsius to kill any parasites that may be present. In this way it is available throughout the year in high quality - even for carnival.

High-quality goods can be recognized by the marzipan-bright color and a buttery scent of sea and algae. The filet bottom may be a little reddish. Since the fish is perishable, it should be stored in a cool place and, if possible, consumed on the day of purchase. Look for the Blue Seal of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) when shopping. The label in the form of a white fish on a blue oval stands for an environmentally friendly fishing, which aims to preserve the stocks. (Heike Kreutz, bzfe)