Rabbis from around the world are descending on the remote Scottish Island of Orkney — to make sure its fish are kosher. Despite being checked once a year by a local rabbi to ensure its rollmop meets guidelines, the Orkney Herring Company will be visited by ministers from the United States after scoring a lucrative new contract in the US which will see 54,000 jars of the fish sent there every month. And other countries are set to follow.
The weather is never that great, but there will at least be plenty of rollmops to keep them going.