Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:11:20 -0700, Arri London wrote:
>
> > Have always liked pickled beets. Particularly in the
> > beet/herring/pickle/egg salad we make every year for Christmas.
>
> The WHAT!?!?!?!
>
> > And yes, that is the recipe. Mix, add a bit of mayonnaise and refrigerate.
>
> That sounds gross. I have to try it. What kind of pickle, just
> regular 'ol kosher/dill cucumber? Pickled herring?
>
> -sw

Pickled herring chunks, pickled beets, sour pickles of a preference,
boiled potato chunks or dice (which I neglected to mention), hardcooked
eggs.

Very Germanic. Maybe occurs in other colder climates; had something
similar in Iceland.