Chopped Herring
2 pickled herring filets
2 1/2 tbsp. white vinegar
1 large Granny Smith apple
2 slices white bread
2 hard boiled eggs
1 small onion
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp. sugar optional
Cut herring into small pieces (remove skin and bones).
Soak bread in vinegar and then cut into pieces.
Chop herring and bread finely in a wooden or metal
bowl.
Peel and core apple and cut into small pieces.
Dice onion finely and add to apples.
Chop eggs, salt and pepper and add to apple/onion
mixture.
Combine all ingredients and chop until smooth, but not
paste-like.
Add sugar slowly, to taste, if too tart.
Refrigerate.
(Grandma used to chop the mixture with a “hock messer” (chopping knife) in a shallow wooden bowl. A food processor can be used effectively but I have never been able to match the consistency she created. Not too smooth, not too chunky. Just perfectly schmereable!)
Jewish/Eastern European Recipes