Has anyone ever tried Surströmming? What's it like?
By inkyuboz
@inkyuboz (1392)
Mandaluyong City, Philippines
August 27, 2019 1:52am CST
Basically, it's Swedish fermented herring and people have been setting it up as a challenge.
I've seen a few videos in Youtube and they're hilarious.
I don't think it's that bad if it's prepared well, right? Or is it really hard to like? Others would say it's an acquired taste.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
27 Aug 19
I have never tried it and after reading that a Japanese study declared a newly-opened can to be "one of the most putrid food smells in the world" and that a German food writer wrote that "the biggest challenge when eating surströmming is to vomit only after the first bite, as opposed to before". I can definitely say that it is NOT on my bucket list of things to try - though if I ever did, I had better bring a bucket!
