surströmming

[Scottishwanderer]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surströmming

Has anyone tried it?

Have to say when you get past the smell it's quite nice.

 

[udamiano]

I'll pass thank you especially when something is described as being the 'most putrid smell of food in the world'

Thanks for the invite however

 

[tobes01]

Vile, foul, evil, disgusting stuff. Doubtless a trick played on tourists by those wily Swedes "go on, have a nice big mouthful of half-rotted fish, we eat it all the time, honest we do."

Someone made the mistake of buying a big tin of it on my last Sweden trip. We did the only thing it was fit for - put it on the fire without opening the tin first (YES I KNOW THAT'S A BAD THING TO DO!), and had to tolerate exploded stinky fish evilness for the rest of the night...

 

[Teepee]

Mmmmnnn, tasty.

Would be good served with a platter of Pork brains in milk, Belachan, Kiviak and Durian fruit. All topped off with Sloe juice

 

[Dangerous Dan]

Tradition has it that when presented a tin of this stuff as a gift, one should smile, thank the giver for the generous gift and then discreetly bury it in a block of concrete no less that 60 cubic centimetres. The alternative is to pierce the tin and place it in the engine bay of the givers vehicle

 

[John Fenna]

Mmmmnnn, tasty.

Would be good served with a platter of Pork brains in milk, Belachan, Kiviak and Durian fruit. All topped off with Sloe juice

Mmmmmm - sounds...vile!

 

[Scottishwanderer]

It honestly doesn't taste bad but the smell is rather bad.

 

[forestwalker]

Fairly strong smell, taste is ok but a bit strong. For your own sake do not dispose of the leftovers indoors. Perhaps even eat it outdoors. My personal opinion is that it is ok, others love it, some hate it. Traditionally eaten with boiled potatoes, sour cream, chives and/or chopped onions on flatbread.

I can pick up cans in any grocery store here and mail to anyone interested, unless there is a postal regulation banning it (for price+postage, naturally).

 

[Scottishwanderer]

Fairly strong smell, taste is ok but a bit strong. For your own sake do not dispose of the leftovers indoors. Perhaps even eat it outdoors. My personal opinion is that it is ok, others love it, some hate it. Traditionally eaten with boiled potatoes, sour cream, chives and/or chopped onions on flatbread.

I can pick up cans in any grocery store here and mail to anyone interested, unless there is a postal regulation banning it (for price+postage, naturally).

Swap you for a deep fried haggis and aa deep fried marsbar? lol

 

[forestwalker]

Swap you for a deep fried haggis and aa deep fried marsbar? lol

Nope. One is food (evwn if pungent and not to everyones taste), one is an abomination. When I want haggis the next time I'll cook my own. Acutally, I would be more likely to make the Swedish equivalent -- pölsa -- which is made with various "meat bits" and *barley*.

 

[Barn Owl]

Deep fried Double Decker is actually better than a mars bar.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

We made deep fired marsbar in the kitchens one night during a quiet service...

It really does taste as bad as it sounds.