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Yes, Sam, pickled herring is a mouth watering subject. We get roll mops here too but the jar I bought yesterday is by far the best I have tried yet. Kosher. (geez....I must renew my geneology search...) Anyways, I didn't finish the jar even though I wanted to - what I like about this brand is that all the stuff I don't like is removed - things like the skin, bones, guts and fins are all gone. I don't much like picking fins from my teeth. And yep, these had the onions added, too.

I was raised with a Norwegian cultural influence but my father (Cossack) loves pickled fish too (and salted and smoked). He makes his own pickled fish from Northern Pike that he catches. It is pretty good - at least it has passed my grandaughter's taste test. She, along with my son, has inherited the taste for pickled fish. She started raiding Grandma's fridge for the jars as soon as she was able to walk. It is not surprising because her father (my son) and I, when he was only 4 or 5 years of age, would buy a jar of pickled herrings and share it in one sitting.

Speaking of smoked and salted fish - how do you feel about salted kippers? And have you ever tried the Chinese salted fish? Haha! Years ago, my Chinese mother-in-law had the whole town mad at her once. She dried and salted a large catch of Goldeye in her verandah one summer. Man, did that ever stink! You could smell it clear across town. (small town, mind you - but, how bad do you want it to get????)

Ronnie, you had to bring up ice cream, didn't you? We had a fairly long thread once on that subject. oh, oh......
Peanut butter? Yep. Definitely in the running. On fresh bread with fresh sliced strawberries. Or made into cookies. With lots of peanuts.

Dianne