When I visited Sweden I spoke with a friend there who had been born and raised way up in the north of Sweden. He said the people there would bury and ferment a

When I visited Sweden I spoke with a friend there who had been born and raised way up in the north of Sweden. He said the people there would bury and ferment all sorts of things, including seal meat, whale blubber, and birds sewn into seal skins. I can understand how such a tradition would arise, as an effective way to store food in the wild safe from predators, though it's hard to imagine digging that up after six months and chowing down on it.