Happy Smelting

Smelter: John Finkle
Photographer: Chelsea Froemke

Smelting posts from years past:
Where is the best place to eat smelt? (2012)
Duluth Smelting (2011)
Remember the glory days of smelting? (2010)

5 Comments

  1. emmadogs emmadogs on May 9, 2013 at 6:04 pm

    I would like to see this gentleman cross his arms with smelt, Upset Duluth wise.

  2. Fitz Fitz on May 10, 2013 at 2:53 pm

    I’ve never understood the appeal of smelting. He’s out before dawn, holding a two-inch fish. That’s the definition of Upset to me.

  3. emmadogs emmadogs on May 11, 2013 at 6:33 am

    I have never eaten smelt, but am willing to give it a try. Does anyone have a recipe? Curiously, epicurious.com does not. Also, is it worth it to cook smelt at home?

  4. Paul Lundgren Paul Lundgren on May 11, 2013 at 9:22 pm

    They don’t look upset to me.

    If you’ve never had smelt, go to a place like the Tappa Keg before spending any time in the kitchen cooking. If you like it, you can try improving on it at home. If you don’t like it, then you might as well keep it from ever entering your home.

  5. DECk37 DECk37 on May 13, 2013 at 12:19 am

    Whomever smelt it, dealt it? *crickets chirping*

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