A kipper is a whole herring that has been split in a butterfly fashion from tail to head along the dorsal ridge, gutted, salted or pickled, and cold-smoked over smouldering wood chips.
Kippered "split" herring
The fish processing factory in the village of Seahouses, Northumberland, is one of the places where the practice of kippering herrings is said to have originated.
"Red herring": Cold-smoked herring (Scottish kippers), brined and dyed so that their flesh achieves a reddish colour
Kippers for breakfast in England, served with a fried egg and bread
A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from an important question, a relevant argument, or the solving of a mystery or crime. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device tha
Kipper
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In the mystery novel A Study in Scarlet, the detective Sherlock Holmes examines a clue which is later revealed to be intentionally misleading.