Grandmama's Marinated Herring - dairy

Serves: 6 servings as a fish course; 12 as an hors d'oeuvre

6 filets of salt herring

1 pint light cream

1/2 tsp sugar

1/4 tsp pepper

3 Bermuda onions, sliced

Black and green olives for garnish (optional)

Soak herring in cold water for 8 hours, changing water twice.

Then soak in light cream, sugar and pepper for 4 hours.

Drain, arrange on a platter on a bed of crisp lettuce garnished with olives. Top with thinly sliced Bermuda onions and chill.

From "Memoirs and Menus -- The Confessions Of A Culinary Snob," by Georges Spunt