Tonight’s dinner
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (48847)
Staten Island, New York
January 21, 2026 4:12pm CST
For tonight‘s dinner, I decided to make some mashed potatoes, open a jar of herring, and make a salad of cucumber, tomato, parsley, shallots, and watercress mixed with sour cream. It’s going to be a delicious dinner. Usually the Russian staple is to have herring with boiled potatoes, but I’m craving mashed potatoes tonight. It’s gonna be comfort food for me. I can’t wait.
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@RasmaSandra (93432)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Jan
I absolutely love herring will ahve to get it next time I get groceries. Herring was one of the staples in Latvia,
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@lovebuglena (48847)
• Staten Island, New York
21 Jan
I’m lucky. I have a Russian grocery store near me so I can get it whenever I want.
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@celticeagle (184836)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Jan
The salad and mashed potatoes sound good. I don't know if I have ever had herring.
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@lovebuglena (48847)
• Staten Island, New York
22 Jan
I like that the herring is lightly salted. When it’s very salty then you become thirsty and keep drinking and drinking water.
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@celticeagle (184836)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Jan
@lovebuglena .......I am very sensitive to salt. I blow up like a balloon. Lightly salted sounds like a nice aspect to it.
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@lovebuglena (48847)
• Staten Island, New York
24 Jan
@celticeagle I don’t like over salted fish.
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@AmbiePam (111279)
• United States
22 Jan
@lovebuglena It apparently makes easy to ship cat and dog treats without having to refrigerate.
@lovebuglena (48847)
• Staten Island, New York
22 Jan
@AmbiePam and they are easy to bite into and chew?
@lovebuglena (48847)
• Staten Island, New York
22 Jan
I’ve never even heard of freeze dried herring.
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@LindaOHio (212075)
• United States
22 Jan
I"m not a big fish fan. You can have my portion. :-)
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@lovebuglena (48847)
• Staten Island, New York
22 Jan
Fish is delicious if done right.
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@lovebuglena (48847)
• Staten Island, New York
22 Jan
I don’t eat it very often but I love it. Have you ever tried mackerel?
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@MarieCoyle (53937)
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24 Jan
@lovebuglena
Yes, I've had mackerel many times. When I was very young, we lived for a time in Galveston, Tx. Everyone living there at that time fished for mackerel and went crabbing. I think I started my big love of eating fish while I lived there.
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@lovebuglena (48847)
• Staten Island, New York
22 Jan
Thank you. It was really good.
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@Shivram59 (46974)
• India
22 Jan
I'm sure you and your family enjoyed the dinner. I'm a vegetarian. I love to taste fried potatoes. It's really tasty.
@lovebuglena (48847)
• Staten Island, New York
22 Jan
It’s just me now. Food was really good.
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@Shivram59 (46974)
• India
22 Jan
@lovebuglena Glad to know you enjoyed your dinner.
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@Ineeddentures (15306)
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21 Jan
I am not going to say it sounds good to me because I do not really like Herring .
But I like mashed potatoes.Do you mash the potatoes with butter, milk, salt, paper and some mustard?
@lovebuglena (48847)
• Staten Island, New York
21 Jan
I add salt to the water and add butter when I mash them. Sometimes I add half-n-half and sometimes I don’t.
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@lovebuglena (48847)
• Staten Island, New York
21 Jan
The herring that I’m gonna have is from Belarus and it’s lightly salted.
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