Various types of herring make their way to the table. Sometimes they come in oil, other times in cream, but a completely different recipe captured my family's hearts.

They are hickory and American shad, alewife and blueback herring. When he worked in the Everglades, he was riding in an airboat when a heron got tossed from the water—onto a person in the back seat.

THERE IS SOME SMOKED OYSTERS. THERE IS LOVELY HERRING. WE HAVE TWO TYPES, ORIGINAL WITH ONIONS. THAT IS THIS ONE. IT HAS A MARINADE WITH SPAICES, SUGAR AND VINEGAR. THE SANDGREN HAS BUTTERMILK AND ...