SC - pickled fish with sour cream

[Stefan li Rous]

Bear answered my question with:
> That depends on what you mean by "cooked."  Cerviche is only marinated
> overnight while pickled fish is preserved in the pickling solution.  IIRC,
> long term immersion in vinegar coagulates the protein in the fish
> essentially "cooking" it.

Well, I meant cooked using heat. I'm not really sure I would consider
pickling to be cooking, even if chemically it does something similar.

In part, I was making sure there wasn't something assumed, as there is 
in some period recipes,  that I was missing. (such as cooking the fish 
first)
 
> > Bear answered my question about pickled fish in sour cream with:
> > > The fish is pickled in a diluted vinegar that has been boiled with
> > spices.
> 	<clipped>
> 
> > Thanks. Then this fish is never actually cooked and is like ceveiche
> > (sp?)?

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