My grandmother used to add a sliced apple to the shmatlz herring she made. She said that was what made it taste so good.
I don’t know how she went about making the shmaltz herring, but with the apple it was better than any other.
It may not have been the apple. Her chicken soup etc was also better than anything else …
I miss her , for a lot more than for her food . The Taam of a lost generation was one that enhanced every part of Yiddishkeit and life. Even the food…