Pickled Herring

Ingredients:

3 mild herrings 1 large spanish onion sliced 1 tsp. mixed pickling spices 1 lemon sliced or 2 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice 2 bay leaves 10 peppercorns or scant 1 tsp. cracked pepper 1 cup water 1/4 cup vinegar and 1 tablespoon brown sugar

Directions:
-Wash herrings, removing head, tail and fins.
-Soak in cold water to cover for several hours.
-Combine spices, lemon, bay leaves, peppercorns with water, vinegar and brown sugar.
-Bring to boil, set aside to cool. Slice fish into 1 inch slices. Place in sterilized pickling jar.
-Add sliced onions and cooled liquid to jar and cover. Shake to mix contents.
-Set in refrigerator for 2-3 days.
-Check occasionally and shake and push down onions. Bring up bottom pieces of fish to get top pieces down into liquid.