Why does Sweden keep doing this to them? Awful.
First I thought it’s just a cliche thing with that rotten fish again, then it turned out kind of funny I admit. Then it turned to wonder, since, man, there is a lot of weird fish down there, and if they find it disgusting, it is the first time I actually believe I might not like it. And then, all this turned to sadness as I realized I am just trying to get a good glimpse of the guys to figure out if my spouse’s cousins are among them because we hear shit from them.
It’s a long video with a lot of time to go through a lot of emotions.
Here you go. Basically fermented herring. Like lutefisk, it’s an acquired taste lol. I can tell you personally that surströmming smells like rotting fish and tastes like say blue cheese with a fishy flavor. Not bad on a cracker with cheese, but that’s about the only way my family eats it.
https://www.ateriet.com/what-is-surstromming-and-how-to-eat-this-smelly-fish/
But that’s the point - you make it sound really good actually. Fermented fish, fishy blue cheese? So whenever I hear people say it is awful it’s hard to believe. I’ve been wanting to try it for years. But Ukrainian army dudes spitting it out is the first time I take “it’s disgusting” seriously.
It’s supposed to be opened under water to reduce the smell. Then eaten on flatbresd with raw onions and sour cream.
I’m Swedish and have never had it. It’s not exactly popular even here.
The description(s) here put it solidly in the same camp as (Asian) fish sauce. The smell will make your eyes water, but it add umami flavor to a dish and gives is a fuller flavor profile (without actually tasting like it smells).
If you can enjoy sardines out of a tin, you can probably enjoy surströmming. Just eat it outside as the smell lingers for a long time. It sincerely doesn’t taste bad, just smells bad. You should be able to get it off Amazon.
Isn’t surströmming against the Geneva Convention?
Swede here … I was just like “What Russian troll made propaganda shit is this? We don’t have no chemical weapons”… Went into the comments and just “ahaaaaaa”
Edit: surströmming is not a favorite of mine but you’re not supposed to eat it like that. You take a tiny tiny piece and mix it with mashed potatoes, onion and sour cream on thinbread.
Oh, so it’s like how everyone outside Australia eats vegemite wrong?
This is so funny and even though I can’t understand, it’s so easy to relate.
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Stay safe soldier Slava Ukraini!
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