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When I lived in a dorm in Uppsala there was a girl there, an exchange student from China, and she purchased surströmming for cooking, thinking it was regular fi
by Torkel 8y ago
When I lived in a dorm in Uppsala there was a girl there, an exchange student from China, and she purchased surströmming for cooking, thinking it was regular fish. So she opens up the can and, boom, smell. Still thinking it is fish (”Sweden is a strange place, maybe they don’t get the fresh stuff here?”), she proceeds to rinse it it under the faucet and then makes a chinese dish with surströmming as the fish ingredient.
Surströmming is great - in small amount together with fresh potatoes and melted butter, on thin crispy bread.
- charmides 8y agoWas that in Flogsta?
- Torkel 8y agoYes! :D Oh, ten at night, time to scream out the window!
- cm2012 8y agoAlmost anything is great in a small amount with fresh potatoes and melted butter on thin crispy bread. Why not just use regular pickled herring? Or something similar that doesn't taste and smell bad?
- rags2riches 8y agoThe taste really is special. It's the most savory, salty, fishy food I have ever had. It's something like anchovies with parmesan and tuna cranked up to eleven. Pickled herring is not really the same kind of taste at all.
- kochb 8y agoShe might have been using it as a replacement for this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_dace_with_salted_black_beans https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_dace_with_salted_black...