Potato Salad with Herring

Ingredients

• 6 medium sized potatoes
• 3 hard boiled eggs
• 2 or 3 salt herrings
• 1/2 cup vinegar
• 1 tablespoonful of lard
• 1/2 cup water

Method

1. 1

   Slice potatoes, remove bones from herrings and cut into cubes; mix together.

2. 2

   Let come to a boil vinegar, lard, salt, pepper, chopped onion and water, pour over salad and serve cold.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book (1921), page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 cup vinegar; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 tablespoon butter; yolks of 2 eggs; y2 cup water. Cook vinegar and water, add butter, sugar, a pinch of salt, and pepper to taste. Beat eggs well and stir in quickly. Remove from fire and pour while hot over salad. Serve cold. MRS. HERMAN USENER. Nut Salad. 6 apples, cut in small slices ; 2 bunches of celery, cut fine; 1 cup nuts; 2 tablespoonfuls whipped cream; 2 tablespoonfuls salad dressing. MRS. LOUIS STIELER. Herring Salad. Soak 6 herring over night, remove skin and bones. 1 pound pork (may be omitted) cooked tender, 6 large irish potatoes boiled in jackets, 1 bunch celery, 5 large apples, 4 good sized sour pickles, 6 large canned or — 63 — fresh beets, 5 hard boiled eggs. Cut all ingredients in small dice. Mix potatoes and beets first then add other ingredients. Then mix with a good mayonnaise dressing. ELLA EVERS. Potato Salad with Herring. 6 medium sized potatoes, boiled in their jackets; 3 hard boiled eggs; salt and pepper and onion to taste; 2 or 3 salt herrings, soaked at least 12 hours. Slice potatoes, remove bones from herrings and cut into cubes; mix together. Let come to a boil y2 cup vinegar, a tablespoonful of lard

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