/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.14644643]

It's that time of year, /ck/. Are you enjoying your surströmming?

[Anonymous No.14644653]

>>14644643
I'm a Swede but I've never had it, seems like a bit too many toxins

[Anonymous No.14644814]

>enjoying
>your

These words do not go with "surströmming".

[Anonymous No.14644957]

>>14644814
you're just not doing it right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGRyr8yIo9w

[Anonymous No.14644964]

My ex and I went to Sweden to visit her family and they asked me to try it. I knew exactly what it was but don't mind trying new things at least once.

I did not have a good time with that, but apparently even Swedes know how horrible it is so they were more compassionate than "haha we tricked the silly American."

[Anonymous No.14645013]

>>14644957
The guy in the video never says it's good.
He does say it's... "not fantastic".
He does say that if you follow the special preparation steps it's... "not that bad".

>special opening 5 euroyards from table to keep from spraying foul sludge everywhere
>dissects fish, refusing to eat half of it
>add bread and potato, to dilute flavor
>add onion and yogurt, to attempt to mask flavor
>wrap carefully, so you don't accidentally touch rotting stinkfish with fingers

I'm sticking with my usual variety of sardines, thanks.

[Anonymous No.14645161]

>>14644653
>I'm a swede

No you're not, you meant to write you are a parasite that will be kicked out soon

[Anonymous No.14645206]

>>14645161
phoneposting poltard
go back

[Anonymous No.14645233]

>>14645206
>t. melanoid

[Anonymous No.14645282]

>>14644643
I eat it at least once a month all year long

[Anonymous No.14645290]

>>14645206
dilate tranny

[Anonymous No.14645311]

>>14645206
>t. "Refugee"

[Anonymous No.14645346]

>>14645013
Not many native Swedes sit there and go "Oh I love surströmming" though, but I can only speak for what my best friend has told me through the years.
By this point, it's purely a cultural thing, and understanding how to eat a cultural dish isn't that weird. Hence why OP even made said thread and mentioned that it's "that time of year" in the first place.

[Anonymous No.14645420]

>>14645346
I am convinced that a substantial fraction of local "cultural dishes" or delicacies were started as either dares, practical jokes, or as a consequence of starvation, and everyone just kept doing it either ironically or out of desperation until it stopped being ironic.

[Anonymous No.14645434]

>>14645420
>consequence of starvation

Literally this.

In South East Asia they eat insects and other shit because of past famine as a result of wars and other stuff. They developed a taste and knowledge that these inexpensive food sources are available, so why bother stopping?

[Anonymous No.14645437]

>>14645420
For most of Scandinavia yes, it was about survival. "Lutefisk" is a fish dish made by pickling fish in fucking *lye*.
They also eat sharks, also cultural, given that winter months were harsh as fuck and food was scarce.

[Anonymous No.14645439]

>>14645434

No wonder they're so fucked up

[Anonymous No.14645470]

>>14645420
most of our classical dishes stem from households being really poor and using what they've got to either make something now or preserve it for later. my mom comes from the area that is generally known for eating surströmming and my mom and dad generally eats it once a year. i remember when i was a kid there was at least one time every summer where that smell filled the local area.

[Anonymous No.14645492]

>>14645439
An army can't march on an empty stomache :^)

[Anonymous No.14645658]

i've had it a couple times
unlike durian fruit, it is one of the foul meme foods that is truly disgusting and hard to take. in other words, especially when it comes to the smell, people aren't overreacting

[Anonymous No.14646490]

>>14645470
>i remember when i was a kid there was at least one time every summer where that smell filled the local area.
what does it smell like?

[Anonymous No.14647417]

>>14646490
like sewage without the really pooey smell.
#otheranon