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  • Smelly Swedish herring gets museum all its own

    05/17/2005 7:44:32 PM PDT · by martin_fierro · 44 replies · 1,357+ views
    AFP/Yahoo ^ | Tue May 17, 1:14 PM ET
    Smelly Swedish herring gets museum all its own Tue May 17, 1:14 PM ET STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Fermented Baltic herring, a Swedish delicacy so smelly that the tins are best opened outdoors with a pinched nose, will be the focus of a new museum dedicated to the specialty. The museum will open on June 4 in Skeppsmalen, just north of the northern town of Oernskoeldsvik, and will give visitors a historical, cultural and culinary overview of the dish, as well as an opportunity to taste it if they dare. Fermented Baltic herring is a specialty from northern Sweden, dating back...