A Fyne Tradition - The Old Smokehouse in Campbeltown

[Kintyre Forum News]

Interesting feature found at on The List at http://www.list.co.uk/article/17296-a-fyne-tradition/ Another product Campbeltown should market!

Loch Fyne was once synonymous with herring and kippers. However, the herring have all but disappeared and so have the kipper houses. Nicki Holmyard finds out about the last of a famous line.

In the Old Smokehouse in Campbeltown, one of the very last of Scotland’s traditional kipper houses, Archie MacMillan keeps the Celtic traditions, skills and local knowledge alive with his Original Kintyre Kippers.

The kilns may be new and fully compliant with EU regulations, but the age old methods remain the same, according to MacMillan. ‘We only source the very finest Scottish herring, bought at their best during the season when the fat content is just right, and we use no dyes or additives,’ he says.

The fish are hand-split, cured using an age-old recipe, then hung on kipper hooks prior to smoking over oak chippings made from local whisky barrels. The gentle smoking process takes around seven hours, before the kippers are ready for dispatch to customers including Loch Fyne Oysters, local hotels, restaurants and wholesalers. MacMillan also sells them at the twice-monthly farmers’ market in the West End of Glasgow.

● MacMillan Foods are at the Old Smokehouse, Campbeltown, 01586 553580

[EMDEE]

Local products like this deserve success. Good quality kippers are one of the finest delicacies to be had.

[tootsy]

Can you buy them directly from the smokehouse

[jdcarra]

Can you buy them directly from the smokehouse

They are available from McMillans fish shop in Longrow.

[linda_j]

Where about is the smokehouse in Campbeltown?

[mrn]

Where about is the smokehouse in Campbeltown?

Hi Linda

The Smokehouse is on the Roading behind the Argyll Bowling Club. Take the road opposite the County Garage and your next right and it is on your left two or three hundred yards up. You can buy the kippers in the fish shop on Longrow South.

[linda_j]

Hi Linda

The Smokehouse is on the Roading behind the Argyll Bowling Club. Take the road opposite the County Garage and your next right and it is on your left two or three hundred yards up. You can buy the kippers in the fish shop on Longrow South.

Hi mrn thanks for letting me know. I will go along tomorrow to get some photo's...