[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Surströmming...according to Japanese scientists, the smelliest food in the world. The British “Telegraph” video reporter describes it as smelling like “rotting dog poo.” All airlines have banned it from their flights.

Click link to watch the British reporter writhe and gag as a can of Surströmming is opened!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinkvideo/10681525/Surstromming-tasting-the-smelliest-food-in-the-world.html

I have never had the stuff. I am a Midwesterner; its hard for me to eat herring, which I will do at least once every decade, accompanied by a glass of Vodka. Gravlox on Rye with onion or dill is fine for me!

Also:

http://www.thelocal.se/20140210/swedish-expert-called-to-disarm-norway-fermented-herring-stink-bomb

“A Swedish fermented herring expert has been called to help “disarm” a 25-year-old can of the odorous Swedish delicacy that managed to literally raise the roof of a cabin in northern Norway.” (more at link)

[Red Badger]

"There are going to be more people there than there were at Barack Obama's inauguration," Madsen said with a laugh before theorizing about what lies behind the "unbelievable" media attention generated by Haugen's quarter-century old can of fish.

LOL!.............The Swedes must really enjoy Surströmming !.................