Swedish Style Herring?

[Finnegan]

I have some friends that visit Toronto several times a year from Sweden , but complain they can never find good herring here - they purchased some herring from the St. Lawernce Market which they labelled as "just Okay".

Any idea where I can get some really good herring (not stuff in jars) to satisfy these finicky Swedes. Herring in mustard sauce and other sauces seem to be their preference.

[belardij]

Try going to Starsky in Mississauga, they have all kinds of herring thats been pickled for different amounts of times. I think it would probably be similar to Yummy market but it depends where you live!

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Starsky's
2040 Dundas St E, Mississauga, ON L4X, CA

[Kagemusha]

Starsky has lots of herring but not that much variety--and nothing I've seen that comes close to the cures used in Swedish or Danish herring.

[Vinnie Vidimangi]

I got some loose herring fillets at Yummy Market from plastic buckets marked Swedish Herring. That they were, very sweet, $24 a kg.

[Kagemusha]

Have seen those, too. Nothing like the ones Charles and I are talking about.

[Nyleve]

Try Yummy Market on Dufferin, near Finch. It has a zillion types of herring - in jars, in buckets, you name it. It's a herring wonderland.

[Charles Yu]

Surprisingly, I find the ones at IKEA ( 3-4 different marinade ) pretty appealing. Nice texture and not too tangy! Personally, I prefer the 'Dill marinade' one
I've eaten a lot of herrings whilst working in Norway. However, none beats the ones I had at 'Aquavit' in NYC!! Samuelsson really knows his stuff!! Lucky New Yorkers!

[Kagemusha]

Good luck. Abba brand herring, jarred alas, is the only example of this type I've seen around and it's not totally awful.The last I saw of large fillets in sauce was at the long-dead Danish Food Centre on Bloor 20+ years ago. Why not try them on some of the Ontario artisanal smoked trout available around the GTA? Doubt that's available in Sweden.