Pickled Northern ( Imitation Herring) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup water
2 cups white vinegar
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon pickling spices
muscatel (see below)

Preparation

Use Northern filets and cut up into bit size pieces.
Soak in salt water, add enough salt to float an egg, soak 24 hours.
Wash with cold water, cover with white vinegar and soak 24 hours, drain put up in alternate layers of fish and sliced onions, in quart jars.
Make a syrup as above.
Boil the syrup 5 minutes.
Cool syrup and add 1 cup Muscatel Wine.
Pour over fish and let sit in refrigerator for 3-4 days.