Recipe for "wigilia-4"

NAME

     WIGILIA-4 - Pickled Herring in Sour Cream
     This recipe could be used as part of a 12 course meal  known
     in Polish as Wigilia, or on its own.  Wigilia is eaten after
     sundown on Christmas Eve.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 4-6)

     6         pickled herring, drained
     1         large onion, peeled and chopped
     1         clove garlic, crushed
     6         hard-cooked eggs, peeled and chopped
     1         apple, cored and chopped
     5 ml      lemon juice
     250 ml    sour cream
     1 ml      salt
     1 ml      pepper
     30 ml     fresh dill or parsley, chopped

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Cut herring into small cubes.   Mix  herring  with
               onion, eggs, apple, and lemon juice.
          (2)  Combine sour cream, garlic, salt and pepper;   add
               to  herring  mixture  and mix well.  Sprinkle with
               dill or parsley.
          (3)  Serve with rye bread.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 30 minutes.  Precision: approximate
     measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Original recipe passed down through the generations and
     translated from Polish into English (with a few mods) by
     Edward Chrzanowski
     MFCF, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
     echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu  or {ihnp4,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!echrzanowski