Serving Smoked Fish

At the Old Compton Wine Bar, a shopping expedition to Hamburger Products would yield five or six different types of fish. These were served in small quantities as a selection with brown buttered bread, lemon and horseradish cream. If you can find a good supplier or have a smoke-house nearby, then an attractively arranged platter is a spectacular and patriotic starter for a dinner party or an excellent lunch in its own right. I say patriotic, because smoking fish is one of the few things in the world of food that we are pre-eminent at.