rollmop means A fillet of herring, rolled and flavoured with sliced onion and spices then pickled in brine. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Etymology
Back-formation from the plural rollmops, from the German singular Rollmops.
noun
- A fillet of herring, rolled and flavoured with sliced onion and spices then pickled in brine.“At lunch the excellent cold borscht could lead up to the herring sampler featuring rollmops, Swedish matjes and pickled herring, which has immediately joined the small list of dishes whose flavor helps define New York.”