More than half of us don’t know what a kipper is

IT was once a British breakfast favourite. Now half of us do not know what a kipper is.

A survey discovered that 54 per cent were unaware it is a smoked herring. More than a quarter said it was smoked mackerel and one in ten believed it was its own species.

Other once-popular fish that caused confusion included rock salmon, the Marine Stewardship Council study found. Four in ten believed it was a species of salmon when it is from a small shark and is also known as huss or dogfish.