'A special treat:' The story of marinated herring and the Midwest NYE tradition that follows

You can smell it before you taste it. Chunks of gray, pickled herring, floating in a vinegary, sweet and spiced clear liquid.
And in the Midwest, it's a delicacy. www.cbs58.com/news/a-special-...

[@justincheng8495]

I just ate some for the first time. This stuff is tasty. It was not overly strong. And the ingredients are all natural, no chemicals. It’s the kiss of health.

[@pinkchaos.]

Idk about the “dating back to 1932”
But if you’re of Scandinavian or Jewish origin, this is a delicious treat all year around ✋🏻
I’m a 2nd generation Swede living in MA, I’ve been eating pickled herring all my life. Then I worked in a deli in a majority Jewish town (Easton/Sharon MA) who also ate the same thing. I loved being able to relate to a community of jews I previously had no comnection to, solely through our love of raw fish

[@noway57]

Wow really like chews

[@deannekliene2673]

Scan and jew here ....we always had it each holiday...

[@deannekliene2673]

My grandparents had us take a pinch at midnight...for good luck, we lived in Missouri.....I wondered where this came from but in Norway they bute the head off! I knew it was from ancestry somehow ...it dates back farther though like in our ancestry....

[@kalicat9492]

Eating that fish in a jar does not bring you luck. 😖

[@deannekliene2673]

But it's fun tradition ...dates way back ...farther than 1930s. Overseas...

[@zurich7633]

I’m not a big fan of the taste . You might like it if you eat cat food…😻

[@Robert-zr3xw]

overweight reporters are - interesting.

[@ThomYorke1488]

the new "woke" normal - skinny is bad now

[@mmoxiee]

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