Finnish Salad

Ingredients for 4:

2 salt herring fillets
½ lb cold boiled beef
4 cold boiled potatoes
½ lb pickled beets
2 medium pickled cucumbers
1 large shallot onion
1 hard-boiled egg
½ cup whipped cream
Apple puree on taste
Fresh-ground black pepper on taste

Method:

Soak fillets in water, tea, or milk for 12 hours, then dry and cut into small cubes.
Cut beets, peeled potatoes, onions, cucumber, beef, and peeled egg into small cubes.
Mix all this, add apple puree and black pepper, and mix very well.
Whip whipped cream, and mix with all other ingredients right before serving in a large salad bowl.