へしこ

noun, noun, used as a suffix

fish pickled in rice-bran paste (esp. mackerel)

A traditional preserved food from the Hokuriku region, especially Fukui Prefecture. Often used as a suffix in names of specific fish pickled this way, e.g. さばのへしこ.

• 福ふく井いの名めい物ぶつ、へしこを初はじめて食たべた。

  I tried heshiko, a Fukui specialty, for the first time.

• さばのへしこはご飯はんによく合あう。

  Mackerel heshiko goes well with rice.