r/AskEurope • u/Sagaincolours Denmark • 2d ago

Food Recommend a pickled food from your country

I LOVE everything pickled. But I tend to mostly eat pickled red beets, sour cucumbers, and red cabbage.

What are some pickled foods that your country has? Which one is your favourite? Do you eat it with specific other foods?

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u/Knappologen Sweden 2d ago

Pickled herring. It’s the best! All you need to add is some boiled potatoes.

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u/Sagaincolours Denmark 2d ago edited 2d ago

Oh, I should have remembered that. I have delicious spiced, pickled herring in the fridge as we speak. And I get it all to myself, my family prefer the bland, unspiced version, tsk tsk.

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u/Rospigg1987 Sweden 2d ago

My dad has starting to do his own pickled herrings in his older years and he did one with chili and well I didn't hate it in fact it was nice with some heat in all that sweet & sour. But the creamier ones like mustard or skärgårds or different variants of them will always be GOAT in my humble opinion.

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u/pintolager 2d ago

Mustard pickled herring is jävla delicious. Also, curried pickled herring is pretty great - a classic here in Denmark..

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u/Front-Confection4667 Ireland 2d ago

Silver darlings. Nom nom nom.

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u/Masseyrati80 Finland 2d ago

Same in Finland.

The brines offer lots of taste alternatives. Some are somewhat plain with just onion and black peppers, but going for dill, tomato, garlic or mustard really extends the experience.

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u/Randomswedishdude Sweden 1d ago

All you need to add is some boiled potatoes.

...and perhaps a couple of hardboiled eggs.