yes
No, but he uses it. When Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night has digestive problems, he says "A plague o' these pickled herring!" I don't think pickled herring was his problem.
An alec is an anchovy or herring, especially one which has been pickled or dried, or a sauce made from such fish.
Possibly but highly unlikely, as the pickling process usually kills them.
The word rollmops refers to a pickled herring fillet rolled (hence the name) into a cylindrical shape around a piece of pickled gherkin or an onion.
The recipe for Nathan's pickled herring may have changed. If the recipe has not changed it could just be that your taste is changing.
There are many types of herring flavors, if you can, ask a sweden person to tell you, put just in case, there are pickled, salted, if you want more, look on google and type in Herring flavors and press go glad to help! :)
Salted herring is known as maatjes in Dutch and matjes in German and Swedish. In addition to pickling vinegar, it's made with cider, wine, tea, sweeteners, and various herbs.
Belch is the name of a character in Twelfth Night, Sir Toby Belch. But belch meant then what it means now. The name was intended to suggest the kind of man who drinks to excess and burps. Sir Toby does this in fact in the play, covering it up with "A plague o' these pickled herring!" Nobody is fooled, however: they know that booze and not pickled herring is at fault.
Foods are pickled for a variety of reasons. Some are pickled for taste reasons, while some are pickled as a means of preserving them
Pickled herring is popular. They also have a cake with a coin baked inside. Lentils and black eyed peas are another popular dish.
Simply recipes (http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/pickled_eggs) has some great recipes for Pickled Eggs for beginners to the novice cook. You will find some unique recipes for Pickled eggs ranging from Beet pickled eggs with cardamom and anise to Curried pickled eggs.