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In Sweden it goes 1. eat rotten herring (which you'll not enjoy, because it's rotten fish, yo) 2. clean your palette with a disgusting shot of home made malör

In Sweden it goes 1. eat rotten herring (which you'll not enjoy, because it's rotten fish, yo) 2. clean your palette with a disgusting shot of home made malört spirits (or aquavit, equally disgusting) 3. goto 1 until your drunk 4. get laid Very, very, very few people ever reaches step 4.

apelapan 2y ago
Most commonly it is pickled herring. I don't think rotten herring is a thing in any broader circles. Homemade bäsk is usually much better than factory made Bäska Droppar, if you enjoy the taste of wormwood more than just being slapped in the face with artificial bitterness and sugar. Of course, if you hate the taste of fish, pickled things and spirits in general, you are unlikely to enjoy any of it.
- seasnake 2y ago
  Surströmming is not pickled but rather fermented
  - apelapan 2y ago
    Also not quite the same as rotten! And, I would hazard a guess that the consumption ratio of inlagd-sill to surströmming is at least 1000:1, maybe 100000:1.
internet_points 2y ago
Aquavit equally disgusting? I guess I should try malört :) Aquavit with beer chaser and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnekj%C3%B8tt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnekj%C3%B8tt is a great Christmas dish (but I would die if I didn't keep it to Christmas)