Cream cheese in a wooden box. Wow, I have never heard of that before. Then again, I grew up pretty far from NYC. That cream cheese must have been homemade. I do not even know how cream cheese is made and what it is made from, now that I give it thought!

And herring in sour cream. That was one of my weaknesses long ago. My mother-in-law used to make it with lots of onions. I had it for the first time from her. She was so pleased that I liked it. I was so surprised THAT I liked it!

Our Jewish deli always had a huge jar of dill pickles. So big that I could never eat an entire one when my mom was ordering deli meats, kaiser rolls, bagels, lox, cream cheese for Sunday.

What a wonderful memory you must have from those simple days of church and a Jewish lunch!