[JoeProBono]

Surströmming (pronounced [sʉ̌ːʂtrœmːɪŋ], Swedish "soured (Baltic) herring") is a northern Swedish dish consisting of fermented Baltic herring. Surströmming is sold in cans, which may bulge after prolonged storage, due to the continued fermentation. When opened, the contents release a strong and sometimes overwhelming odour; the dish is often eaten outdoors. A Japanese study has shown that the smell of a newly opened can of surströmming is the most putrid smell of food in the world, beating similar fermented fish dishes such as the Korean Hongeohoe or Japanese Kusaya.

[DManA]

No lutefisk jokes.

[DManA]

Who hid the halibut on the poop deck?

\http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRV03zQkBas

[null and void]

Did they compare it to stinking tofu?

[Krankor]

Ha! When we were kids, my Dad used to make me and my sisters eat herring on New Years Eve. And if that wasn’t bad enough, during the summer, he made us pull out the dandelions in the lawn one at a time. He was one tough customer.

[bigheadfred]

"I guess somebody didn't know what surstromming smells like"...

MY take.....

If there was ever a chance for FReeper all for free, this would be it.

[RatSlayer]

My favorite moment of Master Chef this season, was when they made them pick out their favorite ingredients and then made them swap with each other. So Monte, the Puerto Rican lady, ended up with Christine’s, the Asian lady’s, Vietnamese Fish Sauce.

It was funny as hell watching Monte tasting the fish sauce and saying, “Fish sauce?, What the hell is fish sauce? And why does it taste like death?”

Personally, I love the Vietnamese fish sauce that they use for dipping spring rolls in, but I do admit it’s smells like hell and thinking about how it’s made makes it even worse.

But it seems that these types of fermented fish sauces are actually pretty common. For instance, I just recently learned that Worcestershire sauce is also a fermented fish sauce.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

To help figure out what Nordics like what variety of rotting fish, this vertical comic is helpful. Various countries are represented by their flags on shirts. A tad NSFW, due to a modestly rude word.

http://satwcomic.com/nordics-like-fish

[blueunicorn6]

“Herring fermenting parties”? I’ thinking there might be a few party poopers at those parties.

[Moltke]

"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?

[blueunicorn6]

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!”

[a fool in paradise]

NOT A PING!

[RichInOC]

The Power of Lutefisk

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

[martin_fierro]