269434 Wed Nov 07 10:27:35 -0800 2001 3 17 What's My Craving? 0 1419783 My elderly mother-in-law confessed to me recently that she has a hankering for schmaltz herring like she used to eat as a kid. I'd like to surprise her next time we visit. Are there still places on the Lower East Side or elsewhere in the City that I can get good old-fashioned herring? (And maybe some half-sour pickles for myself.) Wed Nov 07 10:27:35 -0800 2001 0 SL 1 1419785 Russ & Daughters. East Houston, between Allen and Orchard. Wed Nov 07 11:49:57 -0800 2001 1419783 0 Ping 2 1419813 Thanks for the suggestions. I'm sure my mother-in-law will be pleased. Fri Nov 09 08:28:05 -0800 2001 1419785 0 SL 1 1419807 Re Schmaltz herring, probably a good place to look would be Flaum's in Williamsburg. It is off Lee Ave. The place is not what it used to be. They no longer smoke their own fish, for example. I remember my eyes watering from the smoke when my wife used to pick up goodies for pesach. For sour pickles and other pickled things, I have yet to find a place that will beat Gus' Picklers on Essex St. on the lower east side. Thu Nov 08 15:52:34 -0800 2001 1419783 0 Thomas Byro