Finnish Beet Salad

== Description ==
Traditionally (and this is how you would want to make it for a dinner party), just before serving you would carefully add the beets- because if the beets are added too long before serving, the salad will turn a deep pink, whereas some people prefer it tinted only mildly pink; then you would turn into a salad bowl lined with crisp lettuce and serve chilled with the sour cream dressing mixture on the side.
However, I make the salad for picnics and potlucks and so I mix it all together - not worrying about any steps in preparation - just stir it all together at once, put it in the serving container, put crumbled bacon over the top, and let it chill for at least an hour before I let anybody at it; it comes out nicely bright pink, which I find attractive and kids like.
== Ingredients ==
* 2 medium potatoes, cooked, peeled, and diced
* 2 tart apples, peeled and diced, green only
* 2 carrots, peeled, cooked, and diced
* 2 tablespoons dried onion flakes
* 2 medium dill pickles, diced or grated
* ¾ cup diced pickled or salted herring, minced sardines, or anchovies
* ⅛ teaspoon white pepper
* 2 cups cooked beets, peeled and diced
* 1 cup sour cream
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 2 teaspoons beet juice
* ¼ teaspoon salt, iodized only
* 1 dash sugar, white only
* crumbled bacon, optional
== Directions ==
# Combine the potatoes, apples, carrots, dried onion flakes, dill pickles, white pepper, and herring, sardines, or anchovies.
# Mix together the sour cream with the lemon juice, beet juice, salt, and sugar until well blended to make the sour cream dressing.
# Pour on the vegetable-based salad with the sour cream dressing before tossing. Serve plain over any seafood or vegetable, or with other side dishes but garnish with the crumbled bacon, if desired.
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