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Sweden with surströmming.
by eastbound 2y ago
Sweden with surströmming.
- bostik 2y agoWould be particularly hilarious as air mail stamp.
- AlbertCory 2y agoSomehow I spent 10 or so days in Sweden and never heard of this. Actually, IMHO Sweden doesn't seem all that traditional. Plenty of great food without any particular Swedish heritage.
- ano-ther 2y agoI guess restaurants avoid it because of its long-range effects. > In 1981, a German landlord evicted a tenant without notice after the tenant spread surströmming brine in the apartment building's stairwell. When the landlord was taken to court, the court ruled that the termination was justified after the landlord's party demonstrated their case by opening a can inside the courtroom. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming
- AlbertCory 2y agoFunny. I was in an Asian grocery recently, and they actually had whole durian in the produce section. How long until some pranker plunges in a knife and opens one up?
- dagw 2y agoSurströmming is mostly only eaten in August and really only in costal communities. In fact it used to be illegal to eat surströmming before the third Thursday in August, and many people still follow that tradition. Even the people who ostensibly like it only eat it once or twice a year at special surströmming parties in the second half of August. So unless you're in Sweden in August and visiting a place with a strong fishing tradition it's very unlikely you'll see it. The true national dish of Sweden and Sweden's main contribution the culinary world is of course the kebab pizza with all its variations.