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Fermenting herring prompted gas leak call
upi ^ | Sept. 9, 2012

Posted on 09/09/2012 11:32:29 AM PDT by JoeProBono

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, - A suspected gas leak in a Stockholm, Sweden, neighborhood turned out to be fermenting herring, fire officials said.

Stockholm fire fighter Bjorn Hornsten told national radio station SR that fire trucks and police vehicles were sent to the neighborhood Saturday after someone reported what smelled like gas in a stairwell.

Instead of a gas leak, emergency crews found surstromming, fermented herring that is a foul-smelling, traditional Swedish delicacy, and herring fermenting parties are held in the fall, Swedish news agency TT reported.

"I guess somebody didn't know what surstromming smells like," police officer Sven-Erik Olsson said.


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To: JoeProBono
"I guess somebody didn't know what surstromming smells like," police officer Sven-Erik Olsson said.

Now who in Sweden could that be? Did the smell creep through the floor boards when they were doing their five-times-a-day head bumping?

21 posted on 09/09/2012 3:00:50 PM PDT by Moltke ("I am Dr. Sonderborg," he said, "and I don't want any nonsense.")
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To: JoeProBono

I’ve hears about the cosmetics parties......Tupperware parties.....even jewelry parties, but a herring fermenting party?

“Ladies, if only three more of you put in an order, I’ll get my pink herring boat!”


22 posted on 09/09/2012 3:03:29 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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23 posted on 09/09/2012 3:14:50 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: JoeProBono
"Just have a little...."

IMHO ANYthing soaked in lye should not be ingested.

24 posted on 09/09/2012 4:46:13 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: null and void
Did they compare it to stinking tofu?

You mean natto? A few weeks back, I caught the judging segment of the Japanese Iron Chef with natto as the featured ingredient. Only one of the judges said he liked natto.

I had to look it up at the time.

From what I gather, the Japanese Iron Chef series had a theme of traditional v. modern Japanese cooking. The modernists were apparently winning.

25 posted on 09/09/2012 5:54:41 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: JoeProBono
I have an inexplicable urge to watch Reptilicus!
26 posted on 09/09/2012 6:17:49 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1329 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: Calvin Locke

I was thinking of the Thai equivalent. I’ve never had occasion to be near either.


27 posted on 09/09/2012 6:19:29 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1329 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: JoeProBono; Slings and Arrows
NOT A PING!


28 posted on 09/09/2012 7:25:55 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The guy who was going to stop the rise of the oceans now canÂ’t even fend off a few raindrops.)
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29 posted on 09/09/2012 7:33:44 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: JoeProBono
The Power of Lutefisk

(Due entirely to one word, not safe for work or the easily offended.)

30 posted on 09/09/2012 7:42:40 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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31 posted on 09/09/2012 7:59:35 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Sounds like it would go great with some kiviaq.


32 posted on 09/09/2012 8:05:34 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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33 posted on 09/09/2012 8:38:33 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: Daffynition; DManA; JoeProBono; null and void; Salamander; Slings and Arrows



For those of you who haven't had the pleasure,
I want you to imagine a huge vat.
There is a screen at the bottom, covered in fish.
Then salt.
Then more fish.
Then more salt.
And so on, up to the top.

Then in the tropical heat of Sunny South East Asia,
It's left to "ferment." (Ahh! The aroma!)

What runs off the bottom is Nuoc Mam.
(Literally "fish water.")

You float hot peppers in it and then dip your food.


34 posted on 09/10/2012 12:24:48 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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35 posted on 09/10/2012 12:27:39 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: RatSlayer

Ping to post #34


36 posted on 09/10/2012 12:30:43 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: JoeProBono

In all fairness to the cartoonist, it’s polite to link to their site, so they get the traffic.


37 posted on 09/10/2012 6:43:43 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (DIY Bumper Sticker: "THREE TIMES,/ DEMOCRATS/ REJECTED GOD")
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To: JoeProBono; Charles Henrickson; mikrofon; WesternCulture

38 posted on 09/10/2012 7:14:52 AM PDT by martin_fierro (Surströmming + Kimchi = TASTE SENSATION)
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39 posted on 09/10/2012 7:45:42 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: shibumi
That has successfully made the leap from "meat" to "part of a dead animal".

To paraphrase Dave Barry...

40 posted on 09/10/2012 7:48:34 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1330 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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