Fermenting herring prompted gas leak call

upi ^ | Sept. 9, 2012

[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.

[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!”

[JoeProBono]

[Daffynition]

"Just have a little...."

IMHO ANYthing soaked in lye should not be ingested.

[Calvin Locke]

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.

[null and void]

I have an inexplicable urge to watch Reptilicus!

[null and void]

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

[a fool in paradise]

NOT A PING!

[JoeProBono]

[RichInOC]

The Power of Lutefisk

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

[JoeProBono]

[Slings and Arrows]

Sounds like it would go great with some kiviaq.

[Daffynition]

[shibumi]

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.

[shibumi]

[shibumi]

Ping to post #34

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

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

[martin_fierro]

[JoeProBono]

[null and void]

That has successfully made the leap from "meat" to "part of a dead animal".

To paraphrase Dave Barry...