Why do so many people hate anything in aspic? What exactly do they hate… the gelée? I don’t mind it at all. It’s normal where I am, mostly sliced and to eat on bread. In the photos I notice there’s a lot of aspic surrounding the vegs or meat. That’s not the case here.
I find the photos accompanying the recipes more “strange” than the actually food. Rather off-putting. This one looks like something in sci-fi movies, doesn’t it?
But the herring in cream is actually quite common in many parts of Europe. You’ll find it in eastern Europe, the Baltic countries and all the way to Russia. Across the Nordic countries, Germany and even Austria. And I eat it every weekend. The recipe uses sour cream but, in Germany specifically, they use something similar to sour cream called Schmand.. We also use other types of dairy products such as quark, yogurt, cream etc.
What to eat this with?
