AHH herring... I have a great story... food.. farming ..sailors.. recipes..cookbooks... I always wondered why salted fish and pickled fish was always a part of our holiday menus. We often had fish for breakfast... Telling of the tales .. sharing meals, having communion a shared meal at the table... My paternal grandmother was born in Trinidad. Salted and pickled herring and salted dried cod was a staple food. we also ate a pickled fermented fish It wasn't until I watched New Scandinavian cooking and studied the trade between the the Nordic countries, Scottish and seafaring folks that I knew these were familiar foods... Moving a fish from cold arctic waters across the ocean to a tropical island.. I also recognized certain breads, oatcakes coco bread were also similar and related to foods from Scotland and Ireland and Norway... It would be Christmas or any holiday without these appetizers and foods we had traditionally that I thought everyone ate. The salted herring, mixed with olive i, hot peppers, onions for some is an acquired taste. What did Vikings, and and sailors, and slaves eat and why and and who gathered and who cooked and how were foods preserved without freezers, cool temperatures, and what was a food and a taste from "home". When I visited Mount Vernon and saw the fish house and ice ice and the heard about the "run" of shad.... all made sense... History of people and food and who joined you at the table and who cooked for you... Playing dress up is fun and sharing food and wondering who was not at the table and where and what they were eating... Thanks Andrew from all of our ancestors..... We are all connected... https://youtu.be/eVgOck_fqhM?si=1FfV1w6QPlaID_j6

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