I tried the tinned stuff once and it was gaggingly bad. Not the nordic kind that will literally cause you and everyone in the room to vomit - but it really… was not good. And I’m adventurous when it comes to food. Plus the fish was cut across, not in fillets, so it had the spinal bones which were difficult to eat around.
Obviously that tin sucked. I’m just wondering if there is another kind I should look for specifically. That is until I get to visit Denmark.
Not the nordic kind that will literally cause you and everyone in the room to vomit
That is not the Nordic kind. You are referring specifically to Swedish surströmming, which is peculiar to Sweden. Regular pickled herring is something quite different in Scandinavia. And they don’t come in tins but in pickling jars.
Yeah. I’ve had a wide variation of them, some are awful like the ones you had, some are just okay. If they are shelf stable they’re usually never good, but you can get vinegar pickled ones in refrigerated jars or pouches which can sometimes be a bit nice if you’re into that. I would definitely recommend them over tinned ones. But none of them come anywhere close to the real delicacy that’s in that photo.
Even though they’re “pickled” these don’t really keep so you don’t really see them overseas much.
The crunch/feathers in the egg got me. I was told i didn’t like it because I didn’t use salt. I suspect that is not the case, never tried it with salt.
I tried the tinned stuff once and it was gaggingly bad. Not the nordic kind that will literally cause you and everyone in the room to vomit - but it really… was not good. And I’m adventurous when it comes to food. Plus the fish was cut across, not in fillets, so it had the spinal bones which were difficult to eat around.
Obviously that tin sucked. I’m just wondering if there is another kind I should look for specifically. That is until I get to visit Denmark.
That is not the Nordic kind. You are referring specifically to Swedish surströmming, which is peculiar to Sweden. Regular pickled herring is something quite different in Scandinavia. And they don’t come in tins but in pickling jars.
Yeah. I’ve had a wide variation of them, some are awful like the ones you had, some are just okay. If they are shelf stable they’re usually never good, but you can get vinegar pickled ones in refrigerated jars or pouches which can sometimes be a bit nice if you’re into that. I would definitely recommend them over tinned ones. But none of them come anywhere close to the real delicacy that’s in that photo.
Even though they’re “pickled” these don’t really keep so you don’t really see them overseas much.
How adventurous? Have you tried balut? Only food i can’t handle personally.
No. I’m both curious and repulsed.
The crunch/feathers in the egg got me. I was told i didn’t like it because I didn’t use salt. I suspect that is not the case, never tried it with salt.