ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S FAVORITE HERRING SALAD

According to Historical Christmas Cookery, by Robert W. Peloton, this dish was a favorite of Eliza’s famous husband, Alexander Hamilton.

Herring Salad

4 lettuce leaves

2 large, raw salted herrings

8 potatoes boiled and diced

2 sour apples, diced

2 small beets, diced

6 eggs, hard boiled

6 small pickled onions

6 small gherkins

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 tablespoons cider vinegar

Lay lettuce leaves at the bottom of a bowl and skin and bone the herring.

Cut into small pieces and sprinkle evenly on the lettuce leaves.

Now place the sour apples, beets, and potatoes.

Garnish with slices of hard-boiled eggs, pickled onions, and gherkins.

Dress with a mixture of cider vinegar and olive oil.

What do you think? Does it sound good? I couldn’t get past the raw herring!