Jew's ear with pickled vegetable

I've been eyeing up the weird foods in the refrigerator of the supermarket, and the pickled vegetables are one of the lesser oddities to me as a westerner. Even the processed cheeses are not like the ones at home! :-)

Packet front:

Packet back:

Contents on plate:

These must be something which people come to like out through childhood exposure, because to my western taste buds they often taste much like a combination of weeds, cigarette ash and that flavour you get at the back of your throat when you throw up. This one however is.. erm.. tolerable :-) (and unlike some of the others, it doesn't have MSG as an ingredient).

I should definitely consider buying this one again.