WATCH: Spaniards Try Swedish Fermented Herring, With Hilarious Results

The Local (Spain) ^ | 22 February 2018 | Lee Roden

[Enchante]

[jonascord]

"Well, the Spanish eat testicles of various animals, so it goes."

So you've heard the one about the tourist who goes to the Madrid cafe near the bull ring, who serves a unique specialty?

He's offered a dish with two baseball sized spheres, and a special sauce. Being a gourmand, he actually enjoys it.

He is so enamored of the dish that he returns the next day, and demands the special, again.

This time however, the two spheres are only the size of olives...
Disappointed, he calls the waiter over, and the waiter shrugs.
"Sometimes, the bull wins..."

[Moltke]

an ancient preservation method where it's stored for months to stew in its own bacteria.

That raises the question: Is it still 'preservation' when it's allowed to rot? I mean, what worse could happen to it?

[Mr. K]

Anyone here ever have Thai Fish Sauce?

it is not so much a ‘sauce’ as it is the dripping goo of rotting fish.

It’s delicious too.

Thankfully I had been eating it for years before I found out what it was or how it was made.

[miliantnutcase]

I’ll have to look through my family recipes from the old country I bet we have one for that.

[namvolunteer]

YouTuber said: It smells like regret.

[MuttTheHoople]

I’ll eat anything that doesn’t eat me first.