Irish People Try Surströmming (World's Smelliest Food)

"It smells grey. Is that possible!?"
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Our poor, poor contributors taste test Surströmming. Surströmming is a Swedish delicacy which roughly translates to 'sour herring' and is made by fermenting Baltic sea herring in a can for over 6 months. The smell is infamous for being one of the worst smells in the world. According to a Japanese study, a newly opened can of surströmming has one of the most putrid food aromas in the world.
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[@LoganWH8]

“It tasted like mashed potato for a second” That’s your Irish brain trying to protect you by trying to go to its safe place.

[@redrum4139]

LMFAO

[@btbarr16]

There is probably so scientific fact to that just no one would sign up for the study.

[@homeiswhereukeepurdealdoe]

ALMOST PEED MYSELF WHEN I READ IT

[@rustywallace3719]

Very funny😁😁😁👍👍👍

[@datboiderrty]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@d.e.belton3515]

This cold open was better than any movie or TV show I've ever seen. The shot, the sounds of gagging, the genuine fight-or-flight response that got triggered in all of them by the smell. The fade in of the sad music and the minimalist title screen. I'm crying.

[@StutleyConstable]

When I was a kid my mother would buy limburger cheese from a local German deli that imported the stuff. My siblings and I would panic and run for the doors whenever she took it from the grocery bag. I'm pretty sure we looked very much like the Facts gang in this video.

[@Diamond_Skies]

+StutleyConstable Whenever my parents cooked chorizo my sis and I would lock ourselves in our bedroom with a wet towel rolled against the bottom of the door so the smell wouldn’t come in. So nasty!

[@AT_BASE]

it felt like a skit from the office lmao

[@lolabigcups7121]

D.E. Belton Im in here screaming!

[@sarahtolkien]

Me too, tears were just streaming down my face watching them open it. Loool.

[@solokom]

"The trick is to forget that you're living" - spoken like a real gangster! LMAO

[@chrisdafur1]

For some reason I laughed so hard at this

[@samariasullins3195]

I respect that she apologized to herself after slapping herself in the face 😂

[@rocko44444444]

Is she Saoirse-Monica Jackson ?

[@VenomHalos]

@@rocko44444444 No lol

[@thomas_hobbs1453]

Why?!

[@black98rt]

Lol she had all her personalities going there

[@solokom]

"Common, oh shit, sorry, OK!" - I think what we witnessed here is how her psyche instantly split into 4 personalities to distribute the destructive force of this traumatic experience.🤣

[@MyNameIsDanielle18]

2:30 "The trick is to forget that you're living" 😂

[@HomemadeCountryLife]

Best line ever :)

[@usern4metak3ns]

thanks

[@nightponyinrface6009]

He looked dead when he said that

[@OmarFeliciano]

I'm the 666 like damn it. Yeah forget that you are living

[@nightponyinrface6009]

not anymore :p

[@bjdela]

This has to be one of the best opening 20 seconds on KZbin

[@jeremyc9593]

Every time this video pops back up on my feed, I have to watch it again just for that.

[@nickpiazza5890]

Its hilarious! Its like a horror movie.

[@mareenalewis4241]

I had to watch it a few times because I was laughing so hard, I was crying. I kept missing bits.

[@dannywang4543]

I am in tears watching the beginning.

[@blackcircle1333]

Whose laughing like Stan Laurel?

[@ileniaventroni9799]

Years later, and I still watch this anytime I'm having a bad day, and it never fails to make me laugh until I cry!thank you guys, you rock!

[@tnizzii]

Yes. This is really good. Way to funny how the smell is beyond bad. 😂

[@badkittynomilktonight3334]

Yes this is by a long way the funniest thing they've encountered. Makes Durian taste good 👍

[@daniel.h2940]

The same here 🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😂👍🏾

[@jeremyc9593]

They need to revisit it

[@theshiftybeef6251]

Oh my gosh man that beginning where the tin is hissing and the guy is trying to open it gagging has me crying I’m laughing so hard.

[@batman81022]

"The trick is to forget you're living." *stares dead eyed into the camera*

[@MichaelMontoya81301]

sacduolcno my favorite line ever! I want that on a tshirt! 😂😂😂

[@skunkcabbages5040]

The single most legendary shit I've ever seen

[@gbduncan1986]

sacduolcno OMG, I'm crying. Funniest statement in the history of KZbin. "The trick is to forget you're living."

[@matteblack5805]

That belongs on a t-shirt.

[@doc.m.d.8870]

Homegirl in the green tho. What a fucking champ. She done ate a whole damn filet of it lol. Props.

[@daalv8016]

Witch's Brew ya i saw that too man she took a fatass bite

[@Rohnon]

A fillet is without skin and bones tho, this piece had everything :D

[@doc.m.d.8870]

Plum Media you knew damn well what I meant lol. I know what a fillet is, but that comment came from the heart in a moment of sheer pride for my baby Aine. No time to fact check, it just happened. Lmao.

[@Rohnon]

Just wanted to tease you, hehehe >:)

[@daviddepeak6790]

Witch's Brew I almost got sick watching her. she took such a massive piece down haha. me and my brother were like nooooooooo

[@janayh2817]

When the smell rocked Irish Jesus’s head back I LOST MY SHITE 🤣😂

[@footballspiritual9702]

The pressurized can is usually opened some distance away from the dining table and is often initially punctured while immersed in a bucket of water, or after tapping and angling it upwards at 45 degrees, to prevent the escaping gas from spraying any brine.

[@GrainneMhaol]

In other words, it should not be eaten

[@echofoxtrot2.051]

@@GrainneMhaol I'm with you. If that's what it takes people who "like" it to eat it, I think it can't really be edible. I mean, many things are technically edible but no one eats them lol

[@emzoozie3320]

That was the best opening to any video I've ever watched

[@ewu77]

Especially when the jesus guy was retching as the juices come squirting out.

[@SanyaTheShe]

It's like an intro from The Office, only better

[@cypresswillow2591]

I'm not ruining your perfect 666 likes. lol

[@TheJayman318]

Agreed!!

[@ASaucyFella]

*slaps self* "Oh shit sorry."

[@vighnesh25]

ASaucyFella must be canadian.

[@0neKingD0wn]

Or some YT policy where you cant self inflict pain and shit like that or video gets demonetized. We live in a snowflake unicorn world now remember?

[@solokom]

Irish people are way too polite 😄

[@mightysp00]

If there were, say, an Internet Emmy Award for the funniest video ever... this is a top contender.

[@lexuschardanai2085]

I must have Swedish heritage lol I really like ikea: Whole mood 😂

[@TwiggehTV]

OOGA BOOGA ONE OF US

[@JackSwatman]

1:37, *slaps self* *acts shocked* *apologises to self* hahaha

[@splice9503]

JackSwatman lol.. she's hilarious

[@brietta5600]

JackSwatman honestly same

[@alphabetsoup342]

"You can taste the scales going into little pieces and all the flesh just separating and going into real mushy..... Oh know."

[@erikakimmusic]

She's my fav. So endearing in every video

[@Schodboyblves]

I think she apologized because it might be real loud on the mic or something

[@jonasandersson6769]

Some countries make Biological weapons. We make Surströmming... Love from Sweden

[@katiexyz3263]

Jonas Andersson I kind of like it.... with bread and butter and onion it’s pretty good!

[@aaronbarlow4376]

@@katiexyz3263 I call Bullshit.

[@IsaacNewton1966]

Jonas Andersson Same thing lol

[@alvinwine5665]

I've eaten worse than that armadillo fermented is way worse

[@77insulin77]

Couldnt agree more, even though me as a Swede is not a fan of it either

[@perappelgren948]

Wonderful and fully realistic! I am Swedish, but my reaction is the same as yours. Unfortunately, my origin is from the part of the country where surströmming is considered a delicacy. So once a year I have to go through this very process.

[@Murrigt]

Men den ska ju inte ätas som den är

[@clemdane]

At my request, a friend arranged for me to eat Surströmming on one of my last weekends of my year studying in Sweden. She advised me that it was illegal to open a can of it with any of the windows open so we closed them all. We sat across from each other at a small wooden kitchen table and she opened the can in front of us. The smell hit me like a physical force, like a hot draft in my face making me go all red and instantly raising my heart rate. For a minute I thought I wasn't going to be able to handle it. She kept asking if I was okay. The smell was not just foul, but it was all encompassing, demanding that the brain focus on nothing but it. My head pulsed and I felt a bit faint. We decided to take it slowly and wait till the smell had sort of equalized. 20 minutes later I was a bit more calm, though none of the effects had subsided. My friend put a chunk of the fish ("We got lucky - this one was pregnant!") on a sort of soft flatbread along with some onion slices and handed it to me. I folded it over and steeled myself to take the first bite. Goddamn, it was actually delicious.

[@dkix89]

I think you're supposed to open it in a basin of water. That dilutes the flavour and keeps the smell... under control.

[@Coolbond2]

@@dkix89 agreed, the reason people think it smells horrible is cause the brine gets aerosolized and you breath it in.

[@doctormixup5388]

Swede here, the smell is bad, like really bad, taste is... I wouldn't call it delicious, but not bad either. It has that funky umami thing going that tends to enhance and give body to other things. Similar to Thai fish sauce, which smells bad but makes things taste good when added. The tunnbröd and onion "surströmmingsklämma" is a classic. I think some slices of cooled off boild new potato and a little dollop of sour cream makes it better, but that might be heretical. As a Swede, I'm sorry, but I think the same fish (Baltic Herring) can be put to much better use, like pickled, brined, smoked, fried or... you name it. :)

[@Coolbond2]

@@doctormixup5388 honestly you can mitigate the smell a lot by opening it in water as it stops the aerolization of the brine.

[@rursus8354]

One of the smelly substances: ethanethiol is a common ingredient in stink bombs, and it has that effect.

[@excellentcarrotcake]

"The trick is to forget that you're living." HAHA

[@LolTollhurst]

Exequelley and that's why us swedes have the highest suicide rate still. There are things in this world, darkness you wouldn't believe if we told of it...

[@kpo9609]

when he said that i actually cried from laughing. like those little tear bits that well up in the corners XD best. line. ever!

[@saldiven2009]

@Tanya Actually, Guyana is the highest. Their rate of suicide is 44.2 per 100,000. Lithuania is third, just behind South Korea at 28.8. (According to most recent WHO data.) It's possible that it might have passed South Korea, but would require an incredible jump in suicides to pass Guyana.

[@JosephJamesScott]

That guy ate the horrible fish like a boss.

[@zipp4everyone263]

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[@JonesyTheBoss]

I love that Shannon accidentally made herself gag while trying to describe the texture.

[@deef8477]

Seth Jones that was sooo funny

[@shoooop]

Seth "oh no"

[@Kathleen5429]

I am exhausted from laughing so hard that my stomach hurts and I needed to wipe the tears from my eyes. This video is one of the best “Irish People” videos ever. What a pisser!

[@TheCarlScharnberg]

This is literally the best intro to any YT video ever.

[@samvermeulen9740]

BEST. OPENING. SHOT. EVER!!!!!

[@SensationalBanana]

That moment when you realize that your country has an export that only serves to make people cry and retch. Feels good!

[@fordrac1ng81]

Making other people cry and retch is our main export (USA)

[@Sphere723]

That's so metal.

[@1969Angust]

Elizabeth Alderman swiss is not sweden... two different countries

[@malsjo9021]

Elizabeth Alderman Wrong country 😂 Sweden is not the same as swiss (Switzerland)

[@Sphere723]

@@malsjo9021 They are the same country just different names. Switzerland is the old version of the name and its not used very much any more.

[@DevInvest]

Aliens passing Earth see this pop up on their monitors “Keep going Stanley, we’re not stopping here”

[@franksolo3726]

"We have to eat'em " instantly gags going backwards😂😂😂😂😂

[@SFflippinGiant]

Shannon is a beast. That piece was massive

[@Marckymarc71]

It's tasting like mashed potatoes...WHY?!?

[@Khorney]

Yeah, but why did she have such a big bite. You're not supposed to do that :)

[@jasoncanadian]

The dry heeve from the long-haired guy, who continues to open the can - PRICELESS! And sums up the whole experience - a bunch of brave individuals - I salute you.

[@tattii4u]

Jay Mahon its like his soul left him for a moment

[@bjam89]

tattii4u well he is jeaus so maybe that is one of his powers along with plate duplication

[@Johnnythefirst]

I'm fucking crying of laughter. :D

[@apollo4657]

This has me on the floor....literally on the fucking floor! 😂😂😂😂

[@jovetj]

Well, the Death Water of Satan's Dead Womb spraying everywhere certainly doesn't help either

[@solokom]

I watched it for the 10th time or so, after having not seen it for a year or two and I laughed tears again. This video is one of the greatest creations on the internet.

[@harmonyquinn2557]

1:46 someone tell her she’s a fucking BADASS! I’ve been watching videos of people trying this back to back and NO ONE, not even Gordon Ramsay, has taken that big of a bite. Barely anyone has even kept it in their mouth. She’s badass!

[@meikusje]

I'm pretty sure Swedish people usually eat this outside, and even in Sweden it's considered an... acquired taste, to say the least. It's not like Swedes are having Netflix and chill and throwing back surströmming as if it's cheese and crackers.

[@someguy1098]

meikusje we in sweden HATE surströmming

[@ErikWolf77]

Who's we? I love Surströmming!

[@williamdegrey]

ChrzTV No we don't hate it.

[@williamdegrey]

Well you eat it on bread with red onion, potatoes and sour cream.. Quite different from eating it like this 🤣

[@Joelolski]

Yeah, it's only tasty together with condiments. I don't know a single person who would eat it like that.

[@aprilorellana5622]

"the trick is to forget that you're living"....omg... Donal is a beast!!! OG facts champion!

[@juanstrong3695]

lol, true. But to be fair, he did nearly vomit at the beginning from the smell.

[@1CurlyB]

00:05 seconds. Someone yells, " f--k that sh--!" LOL....I'm dying.

[@LindaMcQu]

I can't get enough of the opening. My other half works nights, so I am trying to laugh quietly. Has anyone else watched Brandon Farris it this. He did it in his car. If you haven't, go watch it, you will have a good laugh.

[@LaFresaDeTete]

that fucking intro tho omfg lol!!! they looked like a bunch of cats who just got spooked by a cucumber 😂

[@NestiusHD]

"I must have like swedish heritage or something. I really like IKEA!" -Donal

[@LeftCoastBias44]

🤣🤣🤣

[@LeftCoastBias44]

Tragically Hilarious... 🤣

[@BRILLiantMindzMedia666]

NestiusHD 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭

[@malorie8557]

God, he is my favorite.

[@courtneyhamilton1920]

IKEA food doesn't count

[@jadedone6900]

Last day of 2019 and this never gets old.

[@jjcerqua]

When he calmly says "the trick is you have to...." one of the funniest things I've ever seen on KZbin...

[@13FloorsDown]

"The trick is to forget that you're living." Best quote.

[@EriksenDrul]

Several years ago a guy kicked in the windshield on my boat when he was drunk, a few days later i was in Sweden to do some shopping, I found Surströmming and bought 2 boxes. I opened both of them and threw them inside his big boat.. In the summer. He never used that boat again, and he was not able to sell it either. It was a good day ( for me )

[@Nitesraven]

Lmao, 🤣😂

[@joepalladino9257]

Lmfao serves him right

[@ajaxmaye2520]

You beautiful, beautiful bastard

[@KIRA-EL]

Doing the lords work man.

[@raziel249]

Best revenge ever!

[@kstsfx]

Omg pissing myself, from Texas! The opening of the can, to the OG. I'd buy a movie TICKET! I haven't laughed that hard in a long long time!!

[@cathipalmer8217]

I'm not from Sweden and I've never heard of surstromming. My life is so much better than I ever thought!

[@Djuuugarn]

Fact of the day: Doesnt matter who you are, where youre from or what you do. Your life will be better if you get some Sweden in it.

[@HayTatsuko]

the apocalyptic can opening at the start of this was brilliant.

[@MsSteeldog]

LMAO!!!!! @ the background music. It's like a funeral procession.

[@408rboogie]

They're accent's the best!! I can listen to thisall day.

[@gcmotorman6379]

I have a weak stomach and had a feeling this would be difficult to watch but it was so worth it. This was hilarious

[@kathycooke2501]

'it smells grey' 'it smells like rancid death '' the trick is to forget you're living' yeah... I just can't omg.

[@SBytheway]

hahaha

[@hank7281]

Irish Hippie Jesus is quickly surpassing leather jacket guy on the awesome scale.

[@hank7281]

Black Beard the Irish isn't too bad either.

[@miaria2049]

Where is leather jacket guy? I haven't seen him in forever. I know he has his own channel, but I was hoping he would still be on facts.

[@kathyg1660]

I want Silver Fox Guy :)

[@jon8021]

Mia Ria He started his own channel - Areyahavinthat I think is how it's spelled

[@ishapierre117]

also missing the curly head guy with the glasses that used to be with leather jacket guy. whatever happened to him?

[@thanib7796]

I actually love eating this. Works especially well alongside durian.

[@levelhead1153]

Watched the Brits, the koreans, the Americans, et cetera, but these crazy Irish are the best. Lots of genuine personality and funny as hell. Haha. People I definitely would have hung out with when I was younger. Ha

[@neveroddoreven9594]

This would be funny on its own. But add in that mournful music, and it becomes downright hilarious.

[@Parintachin668]

Compliments to whoever picked the piano dirge.

[@katerinaliakou5549]

The sad piano made it so much better, like a funeral for those peoples souls 😂

[@RaeS610]

The music just makes it so much better!

[@JennyKlindt]

I'm a swede and I actually have never eaten it. Alot of my friends and family hasn't either. I think it was more popular back in the days then it is now. Alot of landlords has actually forbidden this in rental appartments because the stench stays for a while.

[@CarbonTech19]

Swedish pranksters decide they want to troll the world big time. "Yeah, rotten fish. We pretend we eat it and then sell it to outsiders as a Swedish "delicacy". It'll be epic!"

[@zlaya84]

We have been doing this for 500 years now and it is STILL funny.

[@quentinpeltier6763]

Best comment on the whole wall!!!!!!!

[@bajsbla]

Im from Sweden. You always open the can outside, Then you eat it with onion, sour cream and potatoes on bread

[@Ulvetann]

Swedish biological warfare. If this 'food' was invented today, it'd create a political crisis on UN/NATO-level. /norwegian that has been in close encounter with surströmning twice. -The second time wasn't easier. I was lacking that 'surprise'-moment. Holy saint of lost kittens, I'd rather sleep in a bag full of snakes, than eating that garbage.

[@pappo666]

i actually do eat it multiple times a year its not as bad as it seems if you do it the right way there are many ways to do it traditionally it will be on flat bread with onions and sour cream but you can do so many things with it. also never open the can inside best is to take a bucket of water and open the can outside under the water it eliminates most of the smell.

[@oldfrend]

this settles it - donal is the king of facts.

[@aaroc8201]

oldfrend he really is

[@ayaelk7306]

which ONE is he

[@LrdRvrnd]

yup

[@antenormal9096]

eat it or beat it possy

[@generalnawaki]

iv had this shite, and yes. he wins.

[@mackann852]

This is popular to maybe 15% of us in Sweden. Most of us just hate it and never eat it. It´s mostly popular in the northen region of our country. They usually consume surströmming after the third Thursday of August, labeled as "Surströmming day", through early September.

[@UnIdentifiedMan]

Donal is literally a beast lmao! I was dying watching him just eat it like a G, Keepin it 100 hahaha

[@BrainSupper]

"I love fish. I love fish so much." whilst being teary-eyed. Broke her fishy world apart, damn😂😂

[@carolynpihl2692]

Never, NEVER open it in the house. Carolyn from Sweden

[@largol33t1]

And another Swede told me he dunks it in a tub of water and THEN opens it. Smart idea.

[@amandacooke6201]

Why on earth would you guys eat that anyway?!

[@gplotzke4770]

Now ya tell me....

[@2612greg]

Amamda Cooke because is not sow bad if eaten and open in the right way

[@amandacooke6201]

2612greg it’s Amanda, and they opened it immediately and they all wanted to puke. So I would have to differ on that.

[@kayevans1720]

I’ve watched this so many times and laugh so dang hard, I love watching y’all. Some of the funniest videos on KZbin. Much love from Almost Heaven WV

[@kennybaker3141]

I cried laughing from start to finish.Thank you for brightening the day,.(subbed).

[@judyvalencia3257]

I just wanted to let you Irish Facts people know I love all your videos! They are so good and funny. I'm a 66yr old, Hispanic women and sometimes I will watch the same videos over again just to see all you beautiful people. I feel as if I know you all and I love each and everyone of you. God's Blessings to you all. You really cheer up my life!

[@bethwebster1673]

judy valencia awww

[@margaritam.9118]

This is so sweet :3

[@Circuitssmith]

You know, there's a lot of bad stuff on the internet, but sometimes you find treasures like this. Never stop being wonderful, Judy.

[@jasoncolasanto369]

This is an unbelievably wholesome comment. I needed to see this tonight. I wish you nothing but the very best, Judy.

[@kunder05]

I love how you can literally SEE the smell punch Irish Jesus right in the nose.

[@SwtTeaLdy]

OMG it's funny because it's TRUE! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@thereisbeautyinthisworld7251]

I like how he was the one picked to open the can.

[@cptrujillo1]

"Irish Jesus" ffs 😂

[@jeremyc9593]

My favorite part. "We have to see them......BLUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

[@Campaigner82]

My favorite part as well 🙂

[@1CurlyB]

I've come back a year later to watch it again. It's still SO funny!!!!

[@lingerfan15]

This is one of the best videos of all time

[@dianaruman8868]

"I love fish!" *camera zoom on her mascara streaked, tear stained eyes*

[@Joe-pe6qi]

As a Swede this gives me great pleasure, watching that is.

[@thereisbeautyinthisworld7251]

I've never heard of this. And now I am sooooo glad.

[@Hoi4o]

This is literally the reaction of everyone outside of Scandinavia, not just Irish people :)

[@jvanness90]

I'm consistently reminded why I love facts over buzz feed

[@GarageBardMilo]

How is Donal this dead inside? Facts, what have you done to this poor man?

[@josephochoa9861]

Altitudinally Challenged this feed him some bad stuff so he became use to it

[@mialarsson4972]

It took my entire childhood to get used to the smell of surströmming and I was about 27 before I actually liked the taste of it. But if you're from the north of Sweden like me those annual summer dinners eating surströmming on flatbread with red onions, potatoes and sour cream, it's like a holiday or a garden party. Kinda our version of Thanksgiving where friends and family all join together around the table.

[@humandisease71]

Thanks. I needed that.

[@Eisen_Jaeger]

Damn Donal, that was pure Metal.

[@madmandan1982]

Featuring pure deadness from inside :-D

[@sharpsonmusic]

OG gangsta 😎

[@sheilajordan5255]

I love the sad music in the background.

[@jovetj]

Best touch ever.

[@Kruppt808]

It's like they got captured in some foreign country and are being forced to eat this. It looks like torture.

[@juletaurus]

This never gets old. HILARIOUS.

[@DanGoodShotHD]

My man at the end. Coming through in the clutch. That's my boy right there.

[@Etronax]

Here in Finland I've heard that you're supposed to open the can underwater because the smell can't be cleaned off if it gets sprayed on anything. There's usually a lot of pressure inside the can because of the fermenting. Supposedly that high pressure is also why the rotting fish doesn't have any harmful bacteria, making it edible.

[@solmoman]

I'm shocked that there is a market for surströmming in Finland

[@amylee3531]

Wouldn't the fermented air bubbles rise to to the top and stink anyway? Like a fart in the bathtub? 😆

[@solmoman]

@@amylee3531 Well yes but it won't spray on your clothes and walls and furniture. If you are a noob from Finland this is a good idea. But if you wanna do it like a pro you could tilt the can slightly and puncture the lid where the air bubble will be. This will also prevent spraying

[@amylee3531]

@@solmoman yeah I don't think I would ever be the one wanting to open the can lol

[@j.e.g7575]

I always open it in a plastic bag and ALWAYS outdoors..

[@KeriAnnBanjo]

Okay, wait. If I remember correctly, the first time we saw Donal was when he was vomiting over Jelly Beans. He threw up candy and polished off a can of Surströmming? What's up Donal...just, how is this a thing...

[@ericababy9632]

Doesn't matter, still cute 👋≧◉ᴥ◉≦

[@DoubleScreen]

Keri Ann Because I'm an OG ;)

[@KeriAnnBanjo]

You get a slow clap from me because that was impressive...and disgusting, lol. Well done!

[@guydelombard8759]

Props, man! That looked nasty as hell. I can only imagine the smell!

[@juanstrong3695]

@Keri Ann, I know right. Even Eugene Yee Lang was throwing up from Surstroming. But this guy (Donal) handles it like a boss.

[@ChildofGod474]

I like how the clip opens in complete chaos. ROFL Great video.

[@happyguy7005]

2020 still F’n hilarious!! Almost as good as the Durian video

[@ashleymaze8419]

It’s 3:27am in Texas and I’m crying from laughing so hard. I’ve woken my fiancé up at least 3 times 😂😂😂 IT WAS WORTH IT!

[@largol33t1]

You can buy this crap at the local Ikea in Frisco! I am not going to bother.

[@davidmoltrup51]

It is 3 minutes long. How can you wake someone up three times in three minutes?

[@alexmidence274]

David Moltrup same way I did, probably. I watched it again and again at two in the morning. It was funnier and funnier every time.

[@ericfitzwater8516]

It's 7:39 pm here in Dallas Texas and my wife has now kicked me out of the bedroom and made me go downstairs 🤣😂🤣

[@ericfitzwater8516]

@@largol33t1 for real??? I know what my mother I. Law is getting for her birthday!!! 🤣

[@alexconnor9680]

Donal has been subjected to so many awful taste tests that this was nothing for him. Well done, man. Mad respect

[@DoubleScreen]

Alex Connor Nice one Alex.

[@vinniemascaro6649]

this was finally a worthwhile video. I was rolling after the sound was made and the long hair guy did the deep ass gag.. lol

[@Zabiru-]

Most surströmming (including Röda Ulven - the can in the video) is produced near where I grew up haha Checked the distance to the cannery and it's about 40 mins by car. We're sorry, but not really :D

[@Tetragnathidae]

It's normally eaten on thin hard bread, only the fish meat part of the fish, and a creme fraiche sauce. At least where I'm from. And for the love of all that is holy, open the can outside.

[@Fenixsweden]

Or at least in water.

[@TheMcgreary]

We usually have some chopped up red onions also and some akvavit to water it down a spell Eating it alone should be banned under the Geneva convention

[@-.-4595]

or just dont

[@erikalouwrens3992]

But why? Why?

[@LionHeartedBlade]

The background music made this video that much better

[@garnermcculloch2778]

God, that actually made my jaws start tingling and salivating pretty hard. I got kind of gaffe. Well done.

[@gerberbernstein7360]

FAVORITE video !!!!!!! The music makes the video.

[@KikumiChan]

Surstromming is not meant to be eaten indoors and by itself. Usually you eat it with boiled potato and some onion. OUTDOORS. They even have a law that prohibits eating Surstromming in apartment blocks or the likes.

[@GrainneMhaol]

KikumiChan That's all good, but please explain why it EXISTS.

[@suicune690]

It was a way to store herring in the off season, back when it was a matter of starving or not starving.

[@Wtnd911]

KikumiChan yeah but just like ANY other thing they try, they werent requested to try a DISH, its one specific ingredient. So just the fish. It makes sense. They know what they're doing.

[@CircleTheSkies]

The story goes that some people were salting fish to store for the winter, but only had half the salt needed - with predictable results (half-rotted fish). They then offloaded it on some travelers, who came back the next year asking if they had any more of that lovely fish.

[@mageankieffer2210]

Being somebody who lives in the mountains where it snows so bad in the winter, it sometimes gets to the point where it can take a week before you can make to the end of your driveway. That being said as someone who's never tried it I still have the common sense to eat it in a room with the door closed if you can't get outside. As for the location they filmed the video they film where their told, that's part of the job, even doing nasty stuff, I would love to have 🤘🏻

[@PennyDreadful1]

Just to let you people know. Surströmming is only eaten because in some bygone age it once went bad and some hungry swede thought. "Ahh what the hell!"

[@Schmorgus]

Well, a year late, but wth. It was according to old stories and rumours, Gustav Vasa who made this a "delicacy" (story says he walked in the harbour and got hungry, but everyone was so poor at the time and the only thing there was a barrel of fish gone bad. And since they didn't want to anger the king, they gave him that. He liked it, and since people used to love what the kings did they started producing it). The other rumour is because of sea travels. Food became bad very quickly so they fermented the fish in salt to keep it from getting bad. Most likely a combination of the 2 is what it is today. Cheers!

[@raggarbergman]

@@Schmorgus Also salt was expensive back then so people tried to ue it in moderation while at the same time concerve the food as best they could. And some used to little salt wish made the fish to start ferment. And before you knew it a new dish was born. Might add I don't like it. I have no love for pickled food what so ever. :)

[@johanpetersson2547]

Accualy many People get The history wrong. Sweden keept the good fish and exported the bad fish to Finland back in the 1600 instead of throwing it away.

[@donny95]

need more videos like this

[@guadacoma]

This is my favorite one. I watch it all the time.

[@BryceMcSherry]

The morose music playing the whole time was perfect.

[@jakehappy6346]

What is this piano track called

[@danielle3108]

Mad props to the editing team for the best Facts opening segment and the freaking music choice! 👏👏👏

[@kristianberg4264]

Watching videos of people doing this challenge, has to be my favorite thing, never laughed harder in my life. I’ve seen every one of KZbin. Lmfao

[@HipHopapatomous]

The editing on this is top notch, felt bad for them but it was hilarious!