I loved the meatballs; I think they were made with pork and veal. Grandma always made herring salad and one of her friends would beg her to make her some, too. I didn't like the herring salad.

pickled herring and herring salad. Gutsch describes pickled herring as “Swedish sushi” — raw fish that has been pickled and comes in a red wine sauce. For herring salad, the herring is added ...

Place salad on a lettuce leaf or plate ... 2 whole salted herrings or 4 salted herring fillets 2 1/2 tablespoons sharp white vinegar, like Swedish Attikstrit 1/2 cup water 2 tablespoons sugar ...

If you like pickled herring, then you will surely like pickled mackerel too, and food writer John Duxbury knows exactly how to make it. There are so many wonderful Swedish flavours packed into this ...

It's also perfectly understandable to be reminded of the beloved shrimp salad toast ... steeped in Swedish cultural history is in the relatively humble and simplistic pickled herring.