In article >, Arri London >
wrote:

> 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?

> 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.

My mother, who was born and raised in Germany, and who spoke no English
until she came to the US when she was 25, right after WWII, had a
favorite evening snack, which she had a couple of times a month. It was
a big plate of boiled potatoes, with jarred pickled herring on the side.
There was a dressing for the potatoes made of mayonnaise, yellow
mustard, and diced onions and dill pickles.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA