Our culinary tastes do not seem to be in harmony ;-) If I had to choose between herring and anchovies it would take me quite a while.

>Another thing that I love is anchovies - especially on pizza. Unfortunately the kind of Sicilain pizza you could get in my neighborhood in the 50s isn't found in the junk the chains put out but anchovies were always something my father and I insisted on.
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>>>>>>>>I wouldn't stay fifteen minutes in a place if someone kept pushing grits at me (g,d & r)
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>>>>>>>Well, hey, you like pickled herring and I'd rather eat dirt ... <g>
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>>>>>>I agree, literally. I really would eat dirt first. Pickled herring is one of the very few foods that triggers my gagging reflex. It must be something about slimy foods, because cottage cheese is another one.
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>>>>>Slimy? Have you ever actually eaten it? Nothing slimy about it.
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>>When I was in Sweden I had some pickled herring (don't remember what they called it) - we had asked some locals what they usually eat (besides meatballs) and he bought a small plate of it for us to try. It was much better than I was expecting (although the burps from it later were horrendous). Honestly, I was expecting to hate it (and decided it was actually pretty good).