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Paper Magazine Rips Up a Herring at Russ & Daughters

August 28th, 2009 · 12:19 pm

Paper Magazine’s Carol Lee stopped by to “rip up a herring,” or a few herring, actually, with us.
Some of our older customers had taught me that when they were young, it was quite common to ask someone out to “rip up a herring.” The phrase indicated a  sort of joyous sharing, like “breaking bread.” I [...]

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Category: Friends & Neighbors · Herring · In the Store · What I Ate Today
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