Yes, I live in Sweden. I don’t like it much, but I also don’t eat it like a crazy bear. You are supposed to have a small piece on hard bread or flat bread. You eat it with potatoes, cucumbers, pickled cabbage, onions, yogurt, often with dill in it. It could also be crème fraiche instead of yogurt. You don’t scoop it all into a hot dog bun.
chaterbugg
Video has like 20-30 cuts but he couldn’t cut all that gagging? I started gagging too
SleepyFunn
It took bro 10 years to open that can
RopePsychological565
It tastes like a mixture between soused herring + an extreme cheese like limburger. I liked it but the smell of my breath after that was so bad i decided to never eat it again.😂
EDIT: Some of you are discussing my Limburger statement. Im sorry im a cheese fraud😭. I just go to my cheese counter, say “one stinky boy with strong taste” and be on my way. I thought limburger was one of the strong ones in taste.
joshpoppedyou
There’s a reason most of these tins are opened in water
GuiltyWerewolf424
OMG! I’m screaming DONT TOUCH IT WITH YOUR FINGERS!!!
JohnathanDepartment
This is a great video on how NOT to handle Surstromming
badamtszz
the food is not the stupid one here… 🤧
Drakorai
I completely understand that last line.
MessMaximum1423
One time some one got evicted for spilling the brine on the stairs of an apartment
They tried to go to court, saying it was unfair
The defence just opened a can to prove their point
Also you’re meant to open the can understand water, because of how bad the smell it
developerknight91
This belongs on r/eatityoufuckingcoward because atleast he wasn’t a coward😂😂like the rest of the karma farming rage bait food videos we see on here lol
Creative_Recover
In pretty much all of these surströmming videos, people always prepare and eat the meat incorrectly; you’re supposed to leave the can in a bucket of iced water for a long while before opening because this massively reduces the smell that comes out of the can.
You’re also not supposed to eat great big chunks of surströmming straight out of the can but rather mix very small amounts of it with other food for flavour. A comparison would be Marmite or Vegemite; if you ate a big tablespoon full of pure spread it would taste disgusting, but if you only add a tiny amount to generously buttered toast it tastes great.
Hairy_Consideration1
That would actually make good fish bait
lexm
lol the first spray was hilarious.
mazzy-b
Not stupid food
Also just clickbait like most surstromming videos who don’t bother to do any research on how to open it …. Not that hard. I didn’t gag at all. But that doesn’t get fun engagement for everyone replicating these and gagging as much as they can
What’s bad is that I actually had an appetite until this video popped up in my feed… Thanks Captain jackwagon douchecanoe lolol
Agile_Gain543
Yeah, it smells, it tastes bad, we got it. That “news” is hundred years old now.
ee_72020
The flies are the cherry on top lol.
rutzlbrutzel
We gifted a Can to our Friend to his Birthday. He was so drunk he ate the whole thing. His Gf told us she couldn’t kiss him for 5 Days after because he was still smelling like rotting Fish out of his Mouth.
Immediate_Low5496
Yummy!
DerpsAndRags
His dog seemed excited to have a go at it. I do not envy him the radioactive, biological hazard bomb that the pupper will drop later.
idankthegreat
I had it before as a challenge with friends the guy is not exaggerating. And it IS too bad to bring on planes since it counts as a biological weapon as it forces an emergency landing
Comrade_McFrappe
Is the only reason this company operates people making funny videos and people giving at as prank gifts? Like I’m reading shit in the comments like: “go outside, wear a hazmat suit, open it in a bucket of water (the bucket will reek, you’ll have to throw it away), take a MICROSCOPIC piece of fish, place it on a piece of bread with a big ole spoon of sourcream and enjoy”.
I’m all for cultural foods but this is the kind of thing you eat if you are stuck for 12 years in a Nuclear bunker.
chuck_the_plant
I talked my then teacher (who was regularly going to Sweden on vacation) into bringing me a can, opened it with a friend in the garden, then quickly proceesed to throwing it into the nearby river. It was surprisingly disgusting, especially for 12yo me. But I’ll surely try again. It’s been nearly 40 years now, so it’s about time. In 20 years, maybe.
iLostMyDildoInMyNose
What I don’t get is if it’s so vile why do people eat it?
BootsOfProwess
Who the hell gave this guy a can opener? If you are going to make a video about opening a can of fish, practice on some tuna for crying out loud!
TheMickus
Surströmming is acrid and strong, but a lot of these youtubers, this guy included, are clearly getting this shit from shady dealers who arent storing it properly. It absolutely should not look like that and only does because it is expired and rotting from improper storage
Surströmming videos like these always makes me roll my eyes. If they really just want the most disgusting experience, then sure, just open it and eat the fish straight from the can. Especially when it has obviously gone bad (it’s just a slurry inside, fish is not fish-shaped anymore)
If you’re interested in trying it out as actual food, then you open it outsdoors in a bucket under water, you then pluck out the fishes from the bucket and place them in a bowl of fresh water from which you will serve the fish on the table. Now, you just take **a bit** of the fish and put it on rye bread together with sour cream, chives, red onion, and potatoes. You **do not** eat big chunks of the fish with nothing else alongside it, and you **preferably** don’t eat it straight from the can either, but some do.
“I’m going to eat it the proper way and not like any other asshole in the internet who eats it straight from the can”
Proceeds to do exactly as most internet-ish process rather than watch how it should be eaten (And opened)
The idea is that you pierce the can *submerged in water* and then you let it rest for a while. Then you remove the skin and you eat it with bread, potatoes, etc.
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Dude,the flys started swarming immediately!
At least he was smart enough to open it outside.
Yes, I live in Sweden. I don’t like it much, but I also don’t eat it like a crazy bear. You are supposed to have a small piece on hard bread or flat bread. You eat it with potatoes, cucumbers, pickled cabbage, onions, yogurt, often with dill in it. It could also be crème fraiche instead of yogurt. You don’t scoop it all into a hot dog bun.
Video has like 20-30 cuts but he couldn’t cut all that gagging? I started gagging too
It took bro 10 years to open that can
It tastes like a mixture between soused herring + an extreme cheese like limburger. I liked it but the smell of my breath after that was so bad i decided to never eat it again.😂
EDIT: Some of you are discussing my Limburger statement. Im sorry im a cheese fraud😭. I just go to my cheese counter, say “one stinky boy with strong taste” and be on my way. I thought limburger was one of the strong ones in taste.
There’s a reason most of these tins are opened in water
OMG! I’m screaming DONT TOUCH IT WITH YOUR FINGERS!!!
This is a great video on how NOT to handle Surstromming
the food is not the stupid one here… 🤧
I completely understand that last line.
One time some one got evicted for spilling the brine on the stairs of an apartment
They tried to go to court, saying it was unfair
The defence just opened a can to prove their point
Also you’re meant to open the can understand water, because of how bad the smell it
This belongs on r/eatityoufuckingcoward because atleast he wasn’t a coward😂😂like the rest of the karma farming rage bait food videos we see on here lol
In pretty much all of these surströmming videos, people always prepare and eat the meat incorrectly; you’re supposed to leave the can in a bucket of iced water for a long while before opening because this massively reduces the smell that comes out of the can.
You’re also not supposed to eat great big chunks of surströmming straight out of the can but rather mix very small amounts of it with other food for flavour. A comparison would be Marmite or Vegemite; if you ate a big tablespoon full of pure spread it would taste disgusting, but if you only add a tiny amount to generously buttered toast it tastes great.
That would actually make good fish bait
lol the first spray was hilarious.
Not stupid food
Also just clickbait like most surstromming videos who don’t bother to do any research on how to open it ….
Not that hard. I didn’t gag at all. But that doesn’t get fun engagement for everyone replicating these and gagging as much as they can
It’s pretty good, but not any better than regular herring, but I do eat that regularly: [me](https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdb2H13n/)
What’s bad is that I actually had an appetite until this video popped up in my feed… Thanks Captain jackwagon douchecanoe lolol
Yeah, it smells, it tastes bad, we got it. That “news” is hundred years old now.
The flies are the cherry on top lol.
We gifted a Can to our Friend to his Birthday. He was so drunk he ate the whole thing. His Gf told us she couldn’t kiss him for 5 Days after because he was still smelling like rotting Fish out of his Mouth.
Yummy!
His dog seemed excited to have a go at it. I do not envy him the radioactive, biological hazard bomb that the pupper will drop later.
I had it before as a challenge with friends the guy is not exaggerating. And it IS too bad to bring on planes since it counts as a biological weapon as it forces an emergency landing
Is the only reason this company operates people making funny videos and people giving at as prank gifts? Like I’m reading shit in the comments like: “go outside, wear a hazmat suit, open it in a bucket of water (the bucket will reek, you’ll have to throw it away), take a MICROSCOPIC piece of fish, place it on a piece of bread with a big ole spoon of sourcream and enjoy”.
I’m all for cultural foods but this is the kind of thing you eat if you are stuck for 12 years in a Nuclear bunker.
I talked my then teacher (who was regularly going to Sweden on vacation) into bringing me a can, opened it with a friend in the garden, then quickly proceesed to throwing it into the nearby river. It was surprisingly disgusting, especially for 12yo me. But I’ll surely try again. It’s been nearly 40 years now, so it’s about time. In 20 years, maybe.
What I don’t get is if it’s so vile why do people eat it?
Who the hell gave this guy a can opener? If you are going to make a video about opening a can of fish, practice on some tuna for crying out loud!
Surströmming is acrid and strong, but a lot of these youtubers, this guy included, are clearly getting this shit from shady dealers who arent storing it properly. It absolutely should not look like that and only does because it is expired and rotting from improper storage
Here’s what it’s supposed to look like
https://youtu.be/PZfQn5gVXOo?si=SIqVnj1IysWgAgCm
Surströmming videos like these always makes me roll my eyes. If they really just want the most disgusting experience, then sure, just open it and eat the fish straight from the can. Especially when it has obviously gone bad (it’s just a slurry inside, fish is not fish-shaped anymore)
If you’re interested in trying it out as actual food, then you open it outsdoors in a bucket under water, you then pluck out the fishes from the bucket and place them in a bowl of fresh water from which you will serve the fish on the table. Now, you just take **a bit** of the fish and put it on rye bread together with sour cream, chives, red onion, and potatoes. You **do not** eat big chunks of the fish with nothing else alongside it, and you **preferably** don’t eat it straight from the can either, but some do.
[This guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZfQn5gVXOo) does it correctly.
“I’m going to eat it the proper way and not like any other asshole in the internet who eats it straight from the can”
Proceeds to do exactly as most internet-ish process rather than watch how it should be eaten (And opened)
The idea is that you pierce the can *submerged in water* and then you let it rest for a while. Then you remove the skin and you eat it with bread, potatoes, etc.