Surströmming Taste Test with Barry | Ashens

[@kshadehyaena]

Next time on Sharticles: Housing prices in Norwich plummet as mystery stank engulfs the town.

[@Edwardify]

I live in Norwich so I'll let you know if I smell anything ; )

[@OptimusGPrime]

Edwardify , it must suck to only be able to love in one place. :(

[@krashd]

Love Me Where It Smells Funny

[@hypnotised-clover]

@FRIENDLY JAPANESE BUSINESSMAN Ah, friendly japanese businessman is confused

[@jasperfk]

What a satisfying selection of words. Very enjoyable mouthfeel. 10/10.

[@PlatonistAstronaut]

First thing you've eaten that's in date, and it's still rotten. On brand.

[@nicrobe9443]

Surströmming probably un-rots itself and turns into normal fish if it goes out of date

[@Cendoria]

Fermented and rotten are two vastly different states of being.

[@luisgeniole369]

fish is putrid smelling enough without fermenting the bloody thing, it's like WHAT ARE THEY THINKING!!!!!!

[@justsomeguywithagoatee8337]

@@luisgeniole369 avgn?

[@nicholasmorgan7609]

@@luisgeniole369 Worcestershire sauce is made from fermented anchovies

[@Sakovri]

*somewhere in another town Dan pukes but he doesn't know why*

[@AgentTasmania]

Digitigrade I believe he lives in Bristol, which suits the joke nicely

[@professorspex5381]

Who's Dan?!

[@TheTrueAmaghedon]

@@professorspex5381 he was in a few of ashen's videos and he is very sensitive to bad smells

[@wolfyboy]

@@professorspex5381 and fake retched at EVERTHING! it was quite annoying.

[@lkotro21]

Thank god he wasn't there! XD

[@tiefensucht]

Interesting what Wikipedia has to say about it: "In 1981, a German landlord evicted a tenant without notice after the tenant spread surströmming brine in the apartment building's stairwell. When the landlord was taken to court, the court ruled that the termination was justified when the landlord's party demonstrated their case by opening a can inside the courtroom. The court concluded that it "had convinced itself that the disgusting smell of the fish brine far exceeded the degree that fellow-tenants in the building could be expected to tolerate""

[@uuu12343]

tiefensucht He told that story before in the original video

[@Vaultboy101]

Was he intending to eat the apartment building's stairwell?

[@ironwoodnf]

@@Vaultboy101 I feel like he intented for it to stick(they don't kid ounce it's kinda dried it's better than glue) to peoples shoes and cause utter chao

[@ntwalipat2]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ntwalipat2]

Where the fook is ppl’s sense of humor in these comments! That was hilarious 😂

[@ubermenschmexa]

Ok, now put it in the soda stream.

[@guguigugu]

soda stream surstromming juice

[@adammoorby99]

😂😂

[@CJODell12]

Or better yet, wash it down with that 30 year old Diet Coke.

[@marsneedstowels]

There's a fish in the percolator.

[@Loli_lover206]

I'd laugh my ass off when they put too much co2 in it and spray fermented harring everywhere. That's not going away.

[@ivarb8876]

I'm a Swede and I really appriciate you guys doing it the right way. So many videos of people just opening the can on a table (without water bucket) and then 5-6 minutes of puking then just taking a little nible of the fish without the hard bread and other toppings.

[@emilygilbeyful]

Yes. That's important it's like when they try marmite (a strange british salty black yeast spread for bread)they never serve it correctly. They spread it like chocolate spread not like it should which is very butterey toast use One pea sized amount per slice not a huge dollop! You wouldn't put a whole can of anchovies on one slice of pizza it's the same thing 😀

[@whoopsala2589]

Emily Gilbey i would Anchovies are delicious lol

[@emilygilbeyful]

@@whoopsala2589 there is always one crazy person!!! Lol 😂😂 ( I get it I eat way too many chilli's)

[@hopemarshall3352]

@@emilygilbeyful I spread marmite like chocolate spread lol it's delicious! It's also nice along with avocado and a poached egg on top. Or just on toast dipped in my coffee haha

[@emilygilbeyful]

@@hopemarshall3352 haha I love marmite, but....not that much!!! Haha I can't have more than a 5p sized dot because it hurts my teeth for some reason?

[@04whim]

How many of Stuart's neighbours are now petitioning Norwich Council to have him... Relocated?

[@HZDeadMeat]

To Bellend close,

[@Caledon91]

Since it smells like a sewer they probably thought it was a construction crew working on a septic tank.

[@kristydee4998]

04whim 😂😂😂

[@BlueSkyBS]

To Mars.

[@DaxianPreston]

With this outside view of his house I bet I can find it on google earth

[@Valfaun]

according to wikipedia a Japanese study found that it smells even more putrid than their own fermented fish. well done Sweden, i guess

[@GoredonTheDestroyer]

Cars, fighter jets and really rancid fucking fish. Is there anything Sweden _can't_ do?!

[@Pluvillion]

Nope. Nothing atm.

[@planescaped]

@@GoredonTheDestroyer Don't forget they murdered and raped half of Europe as vikings and then later were the hosts and founders for the nobel prizes. They truly have done it all. XD

[@someonessidechannel1485]

Well herring alone is notoriously smelly, then somebody decided to let it "ferment"

[@fenrirrising131]

@@planescaped and now the opposite has been happening to them , they truly are entrepreneurs

[@NekoiNemo]

Stuart's face when Barry asks for more is absolutely priceless.

[@PTCEVE]

I live in Norwich also. I'm slightly worried if the wind picks up i may have to move to another city...

[@Leanne_w]

Haha 😆

[@ExplodingPiggy]

I'd move anyway 🤣

[@oak1739]

I live in Swedich

[@MonographicSingleheaded]

Arent u Brits northerners ethnically as well? You and Swedes should DEVOUR this shit equally 😊🙏😤✌️ ( hey am kidding )

[@abrahamlincoln5661]

@- spudman ''I infer that he means northern hemisphere..as in similar geographic area.

[@warpspeeddontrainbowreadme9179]

They look like a 1$ version of Shaun of the Dead

[@That2J]

That looks like a $1 education you got yourself there Luigi

[@rmac1scotlandgang379]

No...they really dont

[@t.w3280]

Ashens is known as discount Simon Pegg.

[@warhammerguy]

Yea they really do xD

[@meciek18]

Nail it

[@visualartsbyjr2464]

This is the first time I’ve seen it eaten more like intended (on bread). Props.

[@ihave7sacks]

Big Clive did it properly with a couple of his mates. It's a good video.

[@AgentTasmania]

The Manx Beard Club actually liked it on the proper norse dark rye with onion.

[@DaxianPreston]

I need to try this the proper way and see how it goes

[@troll5262]

Generally you also have sliced potatoes too, which takes out a bit of the umphf.

[@henrikandersson2850]

@@AgentTasmania no rye bread.!

[@Clay3613]

How about a Durian/Surströmming and Century Egg sandwich?

[@crazyluigi6664]

Oh no, dude...

[@rwaitwhat]

Only for your worst enemy, and only if you have an alibi for the time of the meal

[@sodadrinker89]

You are evil.

[@Dataloss484]

Calm down Satan!

[@cleanycloth]

Do you want to kill Ashens? Because that's how you kill Ashens.

[@Sereomontis]

You know what amazes me the most about this? Someone made this happen. Someone either created or found some rotting fish that was soaking in what is essentially poison. They smelled a scent that is so intense I wouldn't be surprised if you told me it could literally kill someone. And they went "Yeah, I'll eat that".

[@drunkenwhaler9507]

Were probably starving

[@pingASS_]

Really poor pepple that didn’t have anything other to eat.

[@Quethonable]

It was discovered during a city siege - the only food left after several months were barrels of herring that went off

[@IowaKim]

You just know "hold my beer" preceded the eating of the found rotten fish.

[@DutchManticore]

You know pretty much all foods were first eaten because someone somewhere was starving and ran out of perfectly cut beefsteak right?

[@IdleWorker]

Our sense of smell have supposedly evolved to make sure we avoid eating stuff that is harmful to us. Then there's sweden.

[@Erikcleric]

Yes but isnt harmful. Its a horrible smell. But its basically fermemted fish. No matter i dont eat it.

[@ram89572]

@@Erikcleric Why would anyone choose to eat something that smelled so bad though? I just don't get it.

[@chdreturns]

Considering it's the country that does terrible things with pizza it doesn't surprise me.

[@Dennis19901]

Mate, how about most types of cheese? Cheese smells horrible, like someone's forgotten to shower for a good week.

[@soft6418]

yes it smells of feet but it's good on cheese

[@trippydrew8492]

I thought there was a funny smell wofting across Norwich the other day, I just assumed the farmers were doing some vigorous spreading of manure, this is a much more likely explanation though lol

[@trippydrew8492]

On a side note, I have the same plant pot as you :D

[@jekanyika]

They spread human manure on fields these days.

[@thedrofevil]

They use human manure in North Korea. It's called 'Night Soil'.

[@jekanyika]

thedrofevil - They call it biosolids in the UK.

[@thecanadianlanboy8132]

@@thedrofevil They use Human Manure everywhere in the world

[@Underscore23]

"please do not send anymore, because it will not be eaten"

[@jamiegriffin-smith9931]

Haha I remember that I even read it in ashens voice

[@Underscore23]

Inazuma Jags Words that challenged the internet.

[@hayatobun]

well to be fair this is the same can he's shown last time

[@marlonmontelhiggins8570]

😈

[@hypnotised-clover]

@FRIENDLY JAPANESE BUSINESSMAN You are very confused today, aren't you?

[@pr3nzlb3rg3r]

When ashens forgets to make jokes/wordplays about the food he tries you know it's really bad.

[@contentcreatorman]

2014: please don’t send me surstromming cause I’m not gonna eat it 2018:

[@ChickpeaBlues]

*Curb Your Enthusiasm theme starts playing*

[@buscentral900]

This format is so 2019

[@JoelCarli]

@@buscentral900 This comment is so 2020

[@TheLordGremlin]

@@JoelCarli this reply is so 2021

[@DragonNexus]

Pretty sure it's the same tin from that video, too.

[@demondude15]

man, film roles must be drying up if Simon Pegg has been reduced to eating rotten fish

[@DocIlpalazzo]

tom connolley What’s going on with Simon Pegg?

[@braddsfx8921]

Alan Benzo ashens looks like Simon pegg

[@hexyko4850]

I still think that Stuart looks nowt like Simon Pegg and he's actually more attractive.

[@connoc5078]

He's like a cross between Simon Pegg and John Simm to me.

[@matthewbertrand4139]

Your intro literally can't get old. It's immortal. It has watched so many dear to it die, unable to make peace with their passing knowing it can never go to be with them.

[@catbee9289]

Some poor bloke two streets down is still digging his drains up looking for the source of the smell!

[@autumnfall8829]

Lmao😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@yonvolt]

what happens when surströmming goes off? does it un-rot itself?

[@DickOswald]

Vae Hansen hahahaha

[@metalmugen]

It turns into regular fish

[@BigT.Larrity]

It jumps back into the ocean

[@SvartaSnuten]

It actually just turns into mush. It's still just as edible, it just becomes like a purée. -Professional Swede

[@GmodPlusWoW]

It involves the power of Grandfather Nurgle is what it does.

[@chriss.9398]

Anything that is labeled a "delicacy" I am forever going to be suspicious of. The fact the majority of native people don't eat it on a regular basis is definitely suspect.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

"Vimes had long suspected that 'delicacy' was foreign for 'weird things we can trick the tourist into eating.' The smiles on the Klatchian's faces all but confirmed it." - Discworld, Jingo (paraphrased)

[@Twitch380]

its not ment to be eaten by its self, NO sweeds do this AT ALL. its an additive. you put A LITTLE BIT of it in something.....

[@ZeroStrife1396]

@@Twitch380 So... the cans are family size, then? that seems like an awfully big can/large amount for any less than 4~6 people. Unless you're expected to eat it with every meal over a few days.

[@XELAVWARRIOR]

@Borka Dump Delicacy means a popularly chosen food of both a common and or rare nature.

[@crazydrummer181]

Punk Hyena oysters are common food where I'm from. But I live near the Gulf of Mexico.

[@n0isyturtle]

_"I will never ever open a can of surstromming on this channel."_ - Some guy named Stewart

[@papayer]

this honestly feels like a barshens/virgin kitchen episode more than a regular ashens video.

[@The8347135]

So not Stuart Ashen?

[@Nantosuelta]

@@pixiepandaplush Ash Ashens Ashington

[@OverseerXIII]

All of you are wrong. He's brother Ashens Ash

[@laurajones537]

Stuart looking fab in the matching polo and marigolds! Fashion icon.

[@lozzythecoolone]

We love a fashion KZbinr in this household

[@tywillis2395]

RIP the polo though, got hit.

[@FlamRackett]

"It kind of then smells in your head" - Stuart Ashens, PHD

[@joppek77]

As a Swede who grew up in the region where this is traditional (the High Coast), I can attest to the fact that the smell is absolutely horrific, but the taste is mostly just that of salted fish. Since I have also tried Durian (the smelly fruit) I can also tell you that Durian has got nothing on Surströmming in the odour department. It is something you won't easily forget. =) Like others already mentioned, props to you for giving the Surströmming a fair chance, properly prepared with the right condiments!

[@ellaapril194]

I mean.. southeast asians actually like the smell of durian. Considering Swedes don't like the smell of surströmming, of course it's worse than durian.

[@tomrogerlilleby2890]

At the place where I used to work, one day we smelled a dead rat or something coming from one of the garbage tubs meant for scrap metal. We found out that the smell came from the empty tin can exactly like the one shown in this video. A swede had eaten the content and probably thrown it there on purpose. We emptied the whole content of the tub into a container - and I used a high pressure water cleaner with soap and hosed it down and let it to dry. But couldn't get rid of the smell. The stench was still there for quite a while.

[@guguy00]

@@ellaapril194 Can attest. I like the smell, but not the taste incidentally. Though on the other foot it took me about fourteen years to start tolerating the durian smell, and another four to like it.

[@FilmLearnin]

"I wasn't expecting it to be so BUM SMELLING" tears... I'm in tears!!

[@FilmLearnin]

@Samson Themighty the phrase BUM SMELLING was unexpected and delightful

[@CantSniff]

Y'know manky old brown sofa and THAT table in the garden I am starting to think ashens lives with his grandma...

[@andrewjenkins9965]

Plot twist: he is a grandma in disguise.

[@jamesflynn4951]

He is an aunt may action figure come to life

[@hexyko4850]

I want Ashens to be my grandma.

[@jkholtgreve]

As someone with a middle class income and even worse furniture I totally respect the frugality. But I also think it’s safe to say there isn’t a Mrs. Ashen. EDIT- So he does have a girlfriend but they don’t live together full time. Good luck to him once they do....I foresee a solid £5K in remodeling.

[@elennapointer701]

I think you're among a very small minority of KZbinrs who've eaten Surstromming in anything like the way it's meant to be eaten, so hats off for that. Also well done for not throwing up.

[@AndRewUK24]

SodaStream to Surströmming with Barry and Ashens. Thanks!!!!

[@sdsd1801]

Sodaströmming

[@basto1d]

Surströmming, will it blend? And, can you sodastream it?

[@NoFormalTraining]

basto1d coming soon, the third part in this video series, on Barshens.

[@handles_are_a_bit_rubbish]

Barshens is tomorrow so maybe. Eli's reaction alone would be worth it.

[@Brownwolf502]

Imagine if you put Surstromming juice into a soda stream

[@TheDajoca]

"It kind of then smells........In your head". Awesome.

[@fenianlewis]

I'm so happy to see people eating it properly. You properly gutted and prepared it with and sour cream(or fresh yoghurt is fine too), but usually people on YT eat it straight out of the can, even pewdiepie, a Swede, ate it improperly on GMM. I'm not a Swede but I am a huge foody and feel it's so unfair to Swedish cuisine, Sweden and to food itself to not give it a proper go, prepared properly like you guys did so big ups, proper, honest review. Well done.

[@XanthinZarda]

I wouldn't exactly call PDP a proper anything.

[@Wanderingwalker-ke6mg]

The thing with a lot of youtubers is,shock value for views, they don’t care about eating it properly.

[@garliconionshallot]

@@Wanderingwalker-ke6mg Neither do most viewers. i wanna see people down the whole fish and gag lmao

[@thechosenone8808]

​@I'll taketh thy cheese by force thats not all Sharia law will bring to sweden

[@calskinner2913]

He didn’t eat it on gmm he refused and ate rollmops instead

[@justbovel]

Thanks for making a video about surströmming without screaming and overreacting for 11 minutes like the rest! /from a surströmming lover

[@Flibster]

Hoooray! Also, the look of horror when the can is opened. Now, you've got the sodastream. All you need is a blender and you could have fizzy fish.

[@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்]

Its like the Pandora's box of stench

[@jomon324]

I gagged reading this. +100 for you.

[@StaticCling99]

No blender required: simply use the fragrant juices from the tin to flavor with.

[@kielbasamage]

Woah, chill out Satan.

[@od1401]

The chicken in a can still makes me wretch to this day just thinking about it.

[@PunakiviAddikti]

I would eat that rather than surströmming.

[@ntwalipat2]

You cannot compare the 2! Lmao To replicate the smell of surströmming to only a degree, try leaving 2 full opened cans of sardine in a warm temperature room for about a week. Then report back... lol

[@maxbowen6482]

It's just the appearance. The chicken looks worse but this smells worse

[@od1401]

@M.S. AMERICA 2001 yeah I seen him eat all kinds of nasty stuff too like the scobe of a kombucha batch. These guys must have stomachs of pure steel

[@tncorgi92]

The century egg was repulsive enough.

[@CalamityHillMusic]

Possible the only food that should have a "Best After" date on it.

[@WakoDoodle]

Coming from calamity james, you know it needs to be done!

[@Kickiusz]

As in "Best after all other food sources in the entire world have been depleted"?

[@tetrisgoat]

I am actually Swedish, and we have that marking on some foodstuffs. I bought vacuum packed beef today with that marking, in fact. Best after 9/12, best before 22/12

[@Magnus_Loov]

Judging by the bulging can, it's probably "explodes after". Seriously though. This is by no means seen as a delicacy by all Swedes. It tends to be eaten much more up North. I have never eaten it being totally put off by the intense stench of it. They say that smell is very, very important for the taste of foods and its partly the reason why food doesn't taste anything when you are sick (and can't smell).

[@mr.bobcyndaquil4214]

It might not be food per se, but most alchoholic spirits need some aging before they're decent.

[@juslangley]

Imagine someone you really dislike. Now imagine spilling a tin of this in their car in the midst of the summer.

[@thechronic4700]

Na just put a tuna label on it

[@generalrubbish9513]

Put it near a heat source so the can explodes. Dirty bomb.

[@dravendraven215]

Pour it into the AC

[@devanshvatsal4128]

That's some evil shit right there.

[@nyanocloud]

Calm down satan

[@Denji2006]

You know, that is a way to get some sweet revenge on some terrible neighbours. Just sprinkle some Surströmming juice at their front door.

[@Juggling_necromancer]

im pretty sure thats actually counted as an act of terrorism is certain places

[@SkigBiggler]

One person was evicted for getting it on a stairwell floor

[@Golfbob]

Pour it out in their car

[@keriezy]

You could get in trouble for bioterrorism. And if the wind shifts toward your home..... nope.

[@gainzmotivate]

Just “accidentally” spill it.

[@MuchWhittering]

Forget the movie, THIS is what we paid for!

[@BobMonkeypimp]

Should have sodastreamed the Surströmming juice.

[@sheep1ewe]

Yes, do that! we can send some more for that purpose... ha ha

[@fattesttitsincairo]

Sodaström

[@33melonpaws77]

satan's favourite

[@AR_119]

I'm pretty sure we banned chemical ware fare a while back...

[@John-Adams]

Cursed comment

[@bentramer682]

Its wierd, I always imagined Stuart in a suit while narrating for some reason.

[@nullvid]

When I was I high school he used to

[@alkohallick2901]

*weird

[@hexyko4850]

He used to do that about 12-13 years ago.

[@angrybidoof847]

It's his logo so yeah

[@VinceR3000]

Stuart is like a British dad on holidays on Mallorca in 1981. Very decent and amicable.

[@abingleyboy]

Would this make for a lovely romantic dinner for two opening a can with the date followed by durian fruit dessert.

[@warellis]

I want to see the cat's reaction to surstromming.

[@Roadent1241]

warellis cue the gagging Cat video?

[@AmarilloMusicAB]

warellis the cat will do jerkies and jerk off it’ll like the smell so much

[@BlueSkyBS]

The cat didn't appear. They never saw it again. There's your reaction.

[@keithfulkerson]

He might try to bury it.

[@mgthestrange9098]

A cat wouldn’t even eat this, mine Won’t eat things that are en’t fresh.

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

Stuarts face when Barry asks if he can try some more XD the look of a person who has come face to face with the true definition of insanity.

[@Valto4life]

I opened a tin as a sort of dare as a teenager, but the taste ended up being so nice that I have it pretty much every summer. The tin with already cut pieces compared to the one with whole fish has a way better ratio of taste vs smell.

[@Rolan7196]

That sounds nice! One of the grossest things about this was seeing the fish guts still inside - I hope the fish you ate had them removed already.

[@Elrond_Hubbard_1]

You know what's an even worse thought? This can was produced at a factory somewhere that people have to work in. That means there are people in the world who have to be around this for hours and hours every day.

[@readmylisp]

God bless those poor people.

[@Dueilangoisseus]

It probably doesn't smell quite as bad in the factory. I'm guessing it keeps fermenting in the can as well. Besides, you'd be surprised what you can get accustomed to. Just ask anyone working at a kraft paper mill.

[@hjt091]

@@Dueilangoisseus It does keep fermenting in the can, that's why the lid bulges

[@tncorgi92]

What would their quality control be like? Have someone taste each batch, and if it doesn't make them vomit then they throw that batch away?

[@Timeward76]

If you are around such a horrendous smell so long and consistently, eventually your nose just desensitizes to it.

[@b1g_b4d_j0hn6]

"Hold it under water to stop squirting." Cheers, I'll try that with the missus.

[@armytrainer]

with the size of your misses you'll need to go Oceanside to get her fully underwater

[@b1g_b4d_j0hn6]

@@armytrainer 😂

[@thegeniusfool]

@@armytrainer Damn!

[@bitterjames]

nice boomer humor

[@Hoganply]

@@bitterjames The implication with that is that non-boomers can't relate to those in a long-term relationship.

[@AVest421]

Woaw I'm so proud of you brits for actually doing the whole surströmming the correct way. Sure it's hilarious to see the Americas doing the whole bit. But it's also quite annoying to then here then say "I can't believe anyone would eat this", because no one are doing it like that.

[@maxscardanelli6185]

Adam Vestergaard We Brits always do things right. Unlike the Americans...

[@RaizerZ]

@@maxscardanelli6185 Except for requiring a license for every little thing.

[@AVest421]

@@RaizerZ a license for what? :) For eating surströmming

[@Rpground]

Even when doing it right, why would anyone eat this? It's ROTTEN FISH. There tends to be a reason why you don't generally eat rotten food.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Even doing it right I can't believe anyone would want to eat fermented meat. It smells like a jock strap that got dragged through day-old sun dried mayonnaise and tastes like a saltlick.

[@kevinKronnack]

That'd be the swim bladder and guts, that's what rots and makes its smell so nummy!

[@Grobut81]

Fetid swim bladders.. hmm, there's a Black Metal band name in there somewhere.

[@grimlockthe1823]

@@Grobut81 probably

[@jonnyboi9026]

Or its just because the whole thing is fermented.

[@Diabolus1978]

The thing is back in the day salt was very expensive so they just used enough for it not to turn bad. That's were surströmming comes from and is still prepared the same way as in back in the day.

[@CosmicKangaroo]

This whole video made me wonder what it would be like if it was Dan and Stuart, Dan would be like a Yellowstone Geyser

[@LordArikado]

If it was Dan, he would've started gagging as soon as the video started, before the can was even punctured.

[@TheSatisfiedPig]

8:08 I love the genuinely shocked expression on Ashens's face.

[@saxgarcon6867]

I love how Stewart is just nonchalantly eating the surströmming, thanks to his relentless rotten food training

[@twocvbloke]

Of all the rotten, nasty, out of date foods eaten so far, it's ironically funny that in-date Surströmming has been the worst... :P

[@maxscardanelli6185]

twocvbloke It certainly is. But it’s the only good kind of irony that you can find on the Ashens channel...

[@Keywy]

I think it smelled worst, but it didn't make him vomit like the century egg

[@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்]

I mean, technically there is no expiry date for rotten fish

[@Pehmokettu]

No, there has been worse foods that Ashens did not even want to eat...

[@twocvbloke]

Hence why I said "eaten so far", not "reviewed so far but some eaten and others avoided because they were too disgusting"... :)

[@__elly__]

Literally SHOOK at the flies swarming...DON’T WEAR HEADPHONES 😷

[@DogFlamingoXIII]

Normally I think people are at least somewhat overreacting to how bad something smells/ tastes to make the video. This poor fellow on the right though, you can actually watch his face change color with each whiff he takes It's visually bad enough that I can almost smell it myself. This is painful (but entertaining) to watch.

[@BloodrealmX]

"It tastes way better than it smells." That's not exactly a high bar, though, is it?

[@theamateurfurry4735]

“Oh God the smell even underwater!” The instant regret couldn’t be more visible!

[@brianm6337]

Hey! I know! Sodastream the Surströmming juice! A taste sensation!

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

That made me laugh more than the actual video.

[@TangyTangyRose]

Stuart, if you’re not going to do the advent calendar on your own anymore then PLEASE do it with Barry! Dan seems like a lovely bloke but it would be ace with Barry. He could get the plane everyday. It would be great.

[@cynicthehedgehog385]

2014: don’t send me surstömming I won’t eat it 2018: so we’re eating surströmming

[@alexl8632]

[laughs in swedish] SUFFER, FOOLISH MORTALS But honestly, you get all the internet points for doing it the right way all the way through.

[@grahamryan2481]

Does your laugh sound different if you speak Swedish?

[@Helvetism]

@@grahamryan2481 hähähä

[@thatlittlevoice6354]

Bortbortbort?

[@MoweepOwO]

Stewart's face after he gives it a sniff fucking kills me every time.

[@mjc0961]

I said it on Barry's video and I'll say it here: The ultimate goal of this is Fizzy Surstromming

[@YammoYammamoto]

You guys are bloody VIKINGS for real! -"I'm gonna try some more, is that allright?" That look. Just.... that look.

[@noobrat]

"That's a good bulge" -Barry 2018

[@elenaschoerling]

I dont know how but your channel and voice has been the most relaxing thing before bed for me for over a year

[@sarahdb1112]

This is still one of the funniest things I’ve seen. Reduces me to hysterical tears of laughter every time I watch it 😂

[@johncoops6897]

Me too - I've just come back for my fourth viewing in February 2022.

[@TheGlitched64Reads2]

Every penny was well spent. Every, Damn, Penny.

[@NoFormalTraining]

You. Bastard.

[@TheGlitched64Reads2]

No Formal Training You noticed! I've been working so hard on being one. :D

[@NoFormalTraining]

TheGlitched64Reads You clearly graduated with honours from Bastard University! :D

[@jayquill22]

Stuart. You wonderful boy. You brave, brave man.

[@jamiedickinson4079]

Isn't that what Dumbledore called Harry in the last book?

[@jayquill22]

Yes 😂

[@Keywy]

Pretty proud that I got this reference

[@dbfi01]

Once a can of Surströmming "exploded" on a plane, and they had to write off the whole plane, and since then, it has been forbidden to bring any on board... You are supposed to have raw onions with it also.... But it doesnt matter. It never is good. The story about surströmming is quite funny... Go check it out...

[@kuro13wolf]

That's hilarious, I'd love to see that conversation. "Just throw it away, throw away the whole plane."

[@dbfi01]

Rhyme Bito They tried, but they couldnt remove the stench. They switched seats, rugs almost everything... Didnt help.. Ill see if I can find the newsstory and link it

[@youtubasoarus]

I imagine the insurance adjuster would have come by and thought "Now it can't be that bad can it?" and took one good wiff inside and said "Well I guess that's it then isn't it?" "Yup." And then it was promptly torched.

[@Roadent1241]

I remember Ashen's story being of someone in a block of flats who got evicted because he left an open can around, courts didn't believe the complaintants until they opened a can in court and basically went 'Yepnevermindevicthim.'

[@krashd]

Wrote off the loss as an act of cod.

[@godslaughter]

This reminds me of that one time I was collecting sea snails for fishing bait and I accidentally overcrowded the bottle so they all suffocated before I could get to fishing. Unfortunately, there was a delay and I couldn't get to go fishing for two days so those snails stayed in there for around 50 hours. Long story short, all of the snails got fermented, the bottle was near exploding and once I opened the bottle I nearly threw up because of the stench. This entire private beach was engulfed in this pungent odor. If this food is anything like it, then hooo boy, I am so sorry you had to eat that.

[@unpaintedleadsyndrome]

I had almost forgotten how funny surstromming videos were :-)

[@carlz0r]

Well, I guess if Stewart has to try some cultural dish that is trendy to gag over on the internet, he'll just do it properly, and manage to actually eat it, and blow everyone else out of the water. Good on ya guys.

[@urfavoritehumanbean879]

"Stewart" I feel hurt and inconsolable.

[@hawthornss]

ashens, a few years ago: stop sending me surströmming, i'm not going to eat it ashens, 2018: hey barry i have a great idea

[@michaelwilliams9566]

FINALLY! I've only been waiting 8 hours for this video since Barry mentioned it on his channel! Always love your content guys, thank you for continuing to entertain us(sometimes at your own expense)

[@retrohipster994]

7:21 ashens face as the situation evolves is just incredible. 😂

[@Bluesit32]

Folks did their research before opening the can. Smart, very smart.

[@PercyPumpkinheart]

I've never smelled a video before. I can't imagine another proper foodstuff I'd want to eat less than this. I think I'd rather eat a bicycle.

[@HerrBjork]

What about Iceland's fermented shark (which is poisonous before fermentation)?

[@DASyam-tb7qt]

I ate a bicycle once and I can tell you how it tastes but I'm two tired. Okay I'll leave now.

[@noneofyourbusiness4294]

What about maggot cheese?

[@Niick3015]

thing is your not supposed to eat it alone like everyone assumes. Its supposed to baked into bread or something like that first I heard which amkes it way better and less smelly but ya know.

[@DarthZ01]

That sack was probably the swim bladder. Basically an internal balloon that helps the fish rise or sink in the water depending on how much air is diverted into it.

[@TheNeilwiz01uk]

TheRenaissanceman65 i thoguht the guts and swimbladder where what made it smell? if its sold gutted surely it wouldnt stink?

[@ferociousgumby]

Yummy.

[@ellisgriffiths7609]

Nothing better than a bit of ash

[@cassuttustshirt4949]

Yes Ashen, you get internet points. Also, the look Ashen gives to the camera at 8:11 when Barry is going to take another bite is priceless.

[@zampai]

Barry: “it’s like eating the sea.”

[@bakachan3601]

I really have missed these Barry and Ashens try to eat things they shouldn't videos. Btw, delicacies are just gross foods that locals trick tourists into eating so they can laugh at them.

[@affa2009]

I want to agree with you but you have shit taste in cake

[@bakachan3601]

+青いボール Lolwhat? How would you know what kind of cake I like?

[@affa2009]

@@bakachan3601 well you like old disgusting christmas cakes

[@bakachan3601]

+青いボール Well, that went right over my head. I have zero idea as to what you're referring to.

[@affa2009]

@@bakachan3601 it was meant to be a reference to your avatar and a disgusting delicacy

[@SunDancerGE]

At least you were clever doing it outdoors.... unlike other people who got persuaded by bigclivedotcom to do it in their home XD

[@sliceofbread2611]

someone must have made this, smelled it, and thought "alright lets dig in"

[@clarkcolt45]

They sell filets surströmming without bones, I always buy that, I love the salty fish with potatoes onions bread.. yuuummyy

[@BiRDiEHere]

"It kinda then smells in your head." - Stuart Ashen 2018

[@Mb-vs3lw]

"I wasn't expecting it to be so bum smelling" 😂😂😂😂

[@fridtjofbjarturson8798]

Around age 8, living in La Feria, Texas family from iceland were here for the summer and my uncle Avi brought a can of fermented shark. My grandpa and him ate it and washed it down with vodka. Crazy times

[@MagisterMalleus]

Fair do's to you for eating it in the proper way. Most people on youtube just eat it on its own then wonder why it's horrible haha.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

It is. Even properly eaten. Dill doesn't cover up the sulphur.

[@DenyTheZeitgeist]

My favorite scent of candle. Bloated whale carcass stuffed into an overflowing septic tank. Lovely year round.

[@jonbw12]

I just love watching the guy on the right. His reactions are priceless

[@Jenachy]

Ashens has eaten so much rot and expired food, Surströmming doesn't phase him as much as it would've otherwise

[@WG55]

I'm still amazed that he didn't get food poisoning from that rotten century egg.

[@rustypickle1156]

William Adderholdt He’s a Fallout character now, he can’t get food poisoning anymore.

[@kathens7755]

I dropped it on my leg once while eating. I'm now an amputee

[@Buguese]

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[@shock3517]

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[@Keresechetty]

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[@sunspot5]

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[@chrispapadimitriou4245]

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[@testarossa7993]

May your airways and digestive tracts forgive you one day.

[@TheSnabelkeso]

Really nice to see someone actually doing the surströmming properly! Good Job Ashens!

[@nightlightasmr7303]

Barry: "I'm gonna try some more is that alright?" Ashens: .......😳

[@TheWesen18]

As a Swede who loves me some ashens, I have never clicked on anything this fast.