Surströmming: The Secrets of this Stinky Swedish Fish

[@jasonkh3943]

Out of all the videos on Surstromming, besides the ones of actual Swedes in their backyards enjoying it, I think this is the most respectful one to the heritage and the one which most portrays it as a potentially enjoyable thing. I may actually want to try this someday, under the right circumstances...

[@ann-christinenilsson4046]

Yes, if you can enjoy pickled herring you could like this too, I think, but if you can´t even eat that I guess it´s better not to try it. You should try it with people who know how to eat it and the experience can be really nice.

[@jasonkh3943]

@@ann-christinenilsson4046 It's definitely on my bucket list 👍

[@Terraceview]

@@ann-christinenilsson4046 Pickled herring is my favorite food, so I'm actually excited trying it the right way.

[@jinkiesjess]

"These boneheads from buzzfeed" shots fired

[@mobspeak]

Truer words have never been spoken.

[@geekfreak2000]

The best thing I've heard all day

[@aderangedchair-wieldingman9168]

Rockets launched*

[@SultanSamet]

I never saw the "Buzzfeed" video itself, or anything from buzzfeed - but what i saw is really douche-y and disrespectful ...and somehow retarded. That video here even tried to be nice on them. Just saying.

[@theodorzdravevski9202]

I once saw on a different video a comment about BF: "A buzzfeed a day keeps the brain cells away"

[@Reiza]

0:28 the way she pronounce it was very satisfying

[@erikdahl7946]

This video earned you a new subscriber. No over dramatic millenial bullshit. No bonheads from buzzfeed as you said. So refreshing! Thank you.

[@OrdinaryG33K-SF]

Thank You for making a proper video about Surströmming.

[@kevinbyrne9960]

Thanks for this one - I’ve been curious about it and glad to understand the chemistry behind the ferment. Plus it was nice to hear about the history and watch people enjoy surströmming.

[@Aqua_Xenossia]

Would be quite interesting to see a video on balut. The way the flavors and textures change in the egg is really nice. And it’s incredibly healthy!

[@lime_em9003]

Tremendously educational! Big round of applause for you all.

[@damianvila]

Curiously, a lot of fermented foods (without additives), are an acquired taste. I particularly like natto, or really soft camembert. And the texture is not a problem at all. I also ate snails (typical in Spain), but most people find it gross. Fun fact: Roman soldiers carried snails with them, to cook while marching to far away places. It was a kind of “fast food” of ancient times.

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Snails are good with garlic butter, French style.

[@thefluffyklan]

Kimchi and pachranga are a couple of those. Your first bite of pachranga will literally make your saliva glands cramp.

[@Grimfaxe]

This is the most accurate video about Surströmming on yt!!

[@haimo14228]

Oh, hey. Look. A video about surströmming that contains common sense. Nice.

[@xaivergarcia7792]

The smelliest food is actually one of the most hygiene stuff in the world

[@DrGibs347]

Nothings common about rotten fish.

[@williamdegrey]

@@DrGibs347 Good that it's not rotten then, did you watch the video?

[@Sharkaat84]

And this is how you eat surströmming. Glad they dissed the silly viral videos that 'demonstrate that fermented fish is disgusting'.

[@xalinmo6662]

@dabmotha people in the "civilized" USA still eat chitlins you know slave food , yea like that's any better yum let's eat the shit tube of a pig, mmm oh yea that's a whole lot better.

[@anerlo3634]

@dabmotha "Civilized". Yeah right...

[@sebastian114]

you are claming you are more civilized that one of the most civilized countries in the world? We enjoy the food it tastes great. But if you think you are better than us sure, go look at a chart of countries and Sweden will make the top 10 in most things.

[@sebastian114]

@dabmotha cause you can decide that.. sure go back into your hole.

[@voldren]

well, even though this shittalk about civilized food is unnecessary here, i kinda agree it's strange people still eat this thing i mean what's the point, the whole preparation to make it edible, is about getting tiny bits of this fish basically bathing in lots of other ingredients (chives, sour cream, potatoes, bread, onions, everything with strong enought flavor to cover up the taste of this fish) it's like putting a poop into a bread with tons of spices, onions, sour cream etc just to make it edible

[@jlinwinter]

I got a can of this shipped to me in Canada and because of this video I will open it outside. Thank you. The potatoes look good.

[@cecagna]

Love the production value on these videos

[@mattijees]

This is a good point, to have surströmming in traditional way, as a part of the meal, rather than just eating it straight from the can like a jackass.

[@sondrejohansen48]

platez81 being a Brit, now gonna be swede in two years lol (fuck brexit!). When I first tried it, I was like fainting due to the scent, tbh if you have any experience being in some market in Asian country, you won’t find it that bad, it’s just a heavy acidic smell which I can correlate as a spicy scent in some Asian food market. The taste is a bit strong tbh and since I tried it several times as a joke with my swede friends, I am used to it. It’s like salmiakki or hagges (though this one is horrible in every case, even Scots hate it lol!), you need to acquire it to really understand it

[@doduyle8476]

yeah that's the right way to eat strong foods

[@ann-christinenilsson4046]

Yes, nobody normal would eat it just out of a can...it´s like eating mayonaise or butter without anything else which is also disgusting.

[@stefanoctavian1333]

I eat this every day. Love it

[@ajaywayanadan]

കാർത്തിക്ക് സൂര്യയുടെ വീഡിയോ കണ്ട് വരുന്നവർക്ക് like അടിക്കാം 😂

[@amalsudarsanan]

Aahaaa😂😂

[@SpotlessDUDU]

Seri anna

[@ultraesgaming580]

നീ തന്നടെ first 🙋‍♂️😄

[@bilalbasheer2735]

😁

[@deepthianju6002]

😅

[@newvillagefilms]

Awww, that show host was so nice and polite. Good on ya.

[@oskajohn3795]

newvillagefilms Yup like super polite version of Ellen Degeneres lol

[@jianhonglin4294]

if your gonna experience the culture, at least have the courtesy to do it right

[@oliverZ433]

Exactly

[@sic1978]

Open a can and see if you still say that.....

[@apecat]

I guess the entire point of the video was that actual pros open the can under water and outside, to avoid most contact with the gasses that are a byproduct of this ancient "we'll starve to death if we don't come up with something"-tier preservation method. Ideally, the fish is consumed as part of a dish, where it ideally is no more or less offensive than blue molded cheese. Supposedly.

[@lethrneck4]

@@sic1978 i love how its illegal to open indoors..

[@antonchigurh3794]

Spoken like a true whining liberal.

[@rinukrajan3995]

കാർത്തിക് സൂര്യയുടെ വീഡിയോ കണ്ടിട്ട് വരുന്നവർക്ക് ലൈക്‌ അടിക്കാനുള്ള കമന്റ്‌ 🥺🥺🥺🤧🤧

[@BattleLORD.]

🤣

[@krishnenduramesh6570]

🤣🤣

[@mermaidinamanhole5796]

Finally a video about this food that makes sense and informative. Some video just tells you how awful it is, and its not helping those people who wants to learn and understand. I laughed when they mentioned "boneheads from buzzfeed".

[@TET2005]

The moment you are preparing this dish... the flies mysteriously appear!

[@DragonBuilds]

My Swedish friend said that people open and eat surstromming outdoors because the smell is just so strong.

[@superrami6682]

Iki yo opo lo maem an wujud opo meneh iki lek nggilani, wow great love it♥️

[@athulbenny833]

എനിക്കറിയമാരിന്നു നീ എന്നെത്തേടി വരുമെന്ന് 😂😂

[@betsytodd266]

Beautiful family, thank you for sharing 😀

[@AnotherGradus]

As much as I'd want _Smell-O-Vision_ to be a thing, I'm glad it's not around for Surströmming vids.

[@unknown-ik8xf]

Karthik suryayude വീഡിയോ കണ്ടു വന്നവർ ഉണ്ടോ

[@lekshmibabu4359]

Und😂

[@evamz9584]

I wish I had a Swedish friend that could eat surstromming with me.. I looooove trying new food. I wish I could travel the world just to try all kind of different food.

[@timothymeysenburg9160]

I'm extra jealous! 😠 It's, like, impossible for me to do a midsomer surströmming feast in Baltimore. I haven't had any since I was a kid in Sweden, but I can still taste it and want to have it again. With at least a third of the Skone bottle, as it is also in my top five liquors.

[@ACSReactions]

Come find one in DC!

[@TrasteIAm]

+1 on the Skåne

[@jf5418]

It reminds me of some of the salt liquorices with ammonium chloride. My family has lutefisk (lye fish) at christmas, another preservation trick.

[@thefluffyklan]

My gf is Norwegian

[@OilBaron100]

Great explanation of the food.

[@Tomie_k013]

Woooooo the shade, the shade of it all

[@blaqstar]

I really really like to try it, I'm from SEA so plenty of our traditional cuisine kinda smelly even our fruit is smelly like durians (which is a must eat when the season start). Got a friend who's from french try our fermented pork (wild boar meat, rice, tapioca leaves and left fermented). At first he's kinda hate it cause the smell but my mum said that as a guest he must try it and so he does and love it.

[@Shamsithaca]

In Bangladesh they have something called "SHUTKI maach" which is another type of fermented and dried fish...super stinky if not prepared well.

[@Martem]

idk if you noticed but chef in 6:26 shocked that girl will go for another bite

[@ToddSF]

First of all, surströmming is a food that comes from Norrland, the northern part of Sweden, where, historically, fresh food in winter was impossible to get. So when regular pickled herring went bad on them, they ate it anyway. You can find it in those cans that look like they're going to explode all over Sweden these days, but the majority of Swedes I met want no part of it. I was told that to open a can of it, you have to put the can under water in a bucket, because all that odoriferous, disgusting gas in the can, being under pressure, will cause some of the horribly smelly liquid in the can to squirt out of the small opening made when you pierce the can and the ejected contents, under pressure, will get on you and on your ceiling. Further, many of the Swedes in Stockholm I met told me that you have to knock back a good many shots of akvavit (aquavit in English, a Swedish hard liquor flavored with caraway seed and other ingredients) and get drunk enough to overcome your revulsion for the smell before eating it and one Swede who told me that believed that eating surströmming was an excuse for getting drunk on akvavit. Several of them also told me that you don't want to be talking face to face with someone who has eaten surströmming, because they will burp and the burp, directed at you, will smell horrible. Trust me on this, some Swedes eat surströmming, but a huge percentage of Swedes steer clear of it because it's gross and, in the modern era, decent food is not in short supply during the winter. By the way, no restaurant in greater Stockholm will serve it because the smell is so offensive it would gross out the other customers who are eating and I think the vast majority of restaurants in Sweden won't serve it for that reason.

[@joelmattsson9353]

Yeah, surströmming is definitely a northern thing. I wouldn't trust stockholmers with it any more than i would those buzzfeed boneheads

[@HemlockRidge]

I have never tried Surstromming, but I have tried Aquavit. I think I might like the fish better than the overpowering taste of caraway seeds.

[@MrKobeFuentes]

I really like the honesty here, just because our ancestors who could not get anything to eat, ate something out of hunger does not mean we should glorify it and take it as part of our culture. Here in saudi arabia they ate locusts since it was a desert and at times you had a choice between eating sand or locusts, but that doesn mean we do it nowadays

[@marvinc88]

This is the fanciest video about Surströming i've seen.

[@ACSReactions]

Why thank you. Being able to shoot at the Embassy super helped with that.

[@ultraesgaming580]

Karthik മുത്ത് vdo കണ്ട് സാബു പറഞ്ഞത് സത്യമാണോ എന്ന് അറിയാൻ വന്ന ഞാൻ pling 😄✅️😄😄😄

[@RayMak]

I love it

[@ItsTrxsh]

Hi ray mak xD

[@spasi57]

After this video i think i actually want to try it 😂

[@Scandic45]

Thank you for finally amkeing a video of how you eat it , with västerbottencheese and all of it , but my family just the crisper bread or polarbröd then soft flat bröd . but still awesome to see a real food video :D

[@timothymeysenburg9160]

I always had the harder bread, too, when I ate it as a kid. And milk.

[@AndersJackson]

I open in plastic bag as to not may the spray going all over the place. But once cracked open you can take it out of the water/bag. And you also can drink light beer or milk to it. And also start with small bites in the beginning. And have tomatoes to the mix. Opening the can outside, but you can eat it inside.

[@Elvatrenni_413]

This was a quite well produced video of this small stinky fish 🐠. Eaten as it should be, with aquavit, though I also like the hard white flat bread. Both are good

[@JohnVKaravitis]

1:08 9,000 years? That means it's just about ready to eat.

[@FAT8893]

Top Gear definitely brought me to this food.

[@BangkokBonkers]

Telling that I found this on page 3 when I used keywords 'how is Surstromming made'. And amazingly, the previous pages were full of *%#*&@ (I'm trying to be polite) with millions of views racked up. Millions of views to watch people retching. What a society we live in. You've earned a new subscriber.

[@gauravprakash]

"Buzzfeed bumheads" lol

[@RegalShock]

Truth!

[@blakdragn]

"Buzzfeed boneheads" ....not bumheads

[@scottbelcher9026]

The thing is, the fish looks so good!!! I wish I could find a can of fish preserved a different way, but was that big, with substantial skin, etc, like these look! Lol

[@gossipgirlpamie]

In the Philippines, we have a similar one called Ginamos and it is super good with boiled plantain bananas, esp when it's spicy! :)

[@dodong1981]

Dats bery lami jud! 😋

[@ultraesgaming580]

Karthik surya

[@soppaaaappos]

You should try Finnish desert called mämmi and despite the look of it, it's quite delicious. It's made from rye flour and malted rye. It's tradiotionally mixed with sugar and whole milk to be complete delight.

[@jenniferclaire5455]

I don't know if I would like it...but I will definitely try it 💜😊

[@Nebarus]

Surströmming is the reason Sweden has been able to stay neutral. The threat of opening 1000 tins of the product at the same time has kept Russia from invading since WWII. The exchange rate is 1 nuclear 50 kiloton weapon to 2,3 tins of Surströmming.

[@rewalex]

Must send to help in Ukr

[@notlikeallswe]

I'm surprised how nice you presented this dish. Well done. You should make more movies like this

[@ACSReactions]

Hey--thanks! We're gonna try to.

[@algigirl]

Nice with rice or porridge.. fry it with onion til crispy ISH and the onions caramelized..also fresh chilli fried too. In Malaysia called ikan pekasam..or pickled fish..

[@NaughtiusMaximu5]

i might have to try surstromming again, last time it was straight from the can

[@groot_7880]

Karthik surya kand vanaver indoo

[@anthonysavio3875]

Am ready to try it out ....where can I find it in NAIROBI. It seems other KZbin videos are misleading. This particular video gives surströmming a much better experience

[@jayrobinson7554]

I really want to try this, iv heart it smells awful but tastes amazing, I love all fish and its the preparation of this thats always put me off.

[@adithyans4565]

Karthik surya😂

[@Rncfbnx]

I actually wouldn’t mind trying it. I don’t know if I can do the whole process of getting it ready bc I hate getting my hands dirty while preparing food, but if it was already made then it looks kinda good.

[@JH-lo9ut]

They make surströmming fillets nowadays, so you don't have to gut the fish on your plate. Traditionally, they would only cut the head of the fish before throwing them in the brine. (or sometimes, the whole fish) The baltic herring, or strömming, is a small fish, but they gather in giant schoals. This meant that a few times a year you might catch a redicilous amount of herring on a single catch, litterary thousands of them. There are numerous historical occations, where the strömming were so plentiful that people where scooping them out of the water with buckets. For people in the old times, that fish is what's keeping you alive through the winter, wheter you got a big catch or a small one. If there is no time to gut all the herrings, they would go in the salt barrels whole. If there wasn't enough salt, well the herrings may turn in to surströmming.

[@BiohazardBunney]

She's so respectful

[@fetlix]

Now that's a treat!

[@user-wz4db1zn3r]

Very interesting accent there, you have what sounds like a British variant of a European accent - never heard anything like it in my life.

[@KadruH]

Great narration

[@RaqueteQuizumba]

the swedish ambassador for US is probably the most attractive grandma ive ever seen in my life

[@greyfriar9008]

An excellent and informative video.

[@DeboraMXavier]

I LOVED this video!!!

[@jandian3823]

Same like salted fresh fish put in in container stock in few months before ready to eats it is called in Philippines "bagoong"

[@ashknoecklein]

Fermented foods are the best foods!

[@Bussipysakillah]

My favourite is bread.

[@RodrigoBarbosaBR]

Mine is beer.

[@eztomcat]

@ weehawk Agree. Because part of the digestion was done outside your stomach already. It reduces your stomach's burden.

[@willeett]

Both beer and bread are fermented.

[@barbarakampfer3683]

My dear, you should try Beaver, if the animal is skinned properly it taste like a spicy beef, my husband and I prepare more then 200 lbs a year, it's delicious.

[@AustinsAwesomeAdventures]

That's so interesting

[@jayworldjs]

Surstromming magically delicious!

[@Jagrabbit]

The fly arrives for lunch at 7:19

[@MilleBjorn54]

Just wrap it up in tunnbröd with gräddfil, lök and mossad potatis and it really good.

[@ruffyagustin7291]

Pls try balot from Philippines on your next episode 🙏

[@aspir133]

Solyanka. It's Russian cuisine (also, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Georgian, etc). Have you ever eaten Solyanka? I know other cultures think that solyanka is kinda garbage soup. Like it contains some trashbin ingredients 😂 But I can honestly say (without actually being a huge lover of Russian cuisine) it is one of the most interesting and delicious soups in the world! I only know 3 soups which I love more than Solyanka: Thai Tom Yum/Tom Kha and Norwegian Fiskesuppe. But please if you're gonna cook it (barely you could buy one in the web or in markets), use one the most authentic recipes (the soup must contain capers and none of potato!). Thank you for the video and sorry for my bad English ☺️

[@BeCurieUs]

HA, that's so fun! Nice work invading the embassy for some fishy facts :D

[@himssendol6512]

I thought saving food was 1) during summer when fresh food is plenty but goes bad fast 2) for the winter months when there isn’t much food around. To open and eat them in August seems too early?

[@jakobrosenqvist4691]

You probably want to have a look at the finnish Mämma or Mämmi. It has an ... interesting aperance... (but it's actually really good)

[@likemike23100]

Tht actually.....looked pretty good in tht wrap

[@CrystalMouse1]

I love stinky food. I pour fish sauce on my pasta and add kimchi and pickled herring to pizza, so I’m eager to try this but can’t where I live. Id have to go to the beach lol

[@chewher4171]

I would love it. Wonder if I can get it here in the states?

[@stickilstickel]

Supposedly can order it online.

[@robertkern4421]

Have you ever tried Darien fruit?

[@christianperez7846]

I wanna try this stuff. I like funky salty things.

[@HemlockRidge]

I don't understand why salt was scarce in Sweden. The Baltic Sea IS salt water. You can dip it out and let the water evaporate. Sounds like a good business to me.

[@DiviAugusti]

I feel like that is almost always done in much hotter climates.

[@iKassie2002]

It's like bagoong or burong isda here in the Philippines

[@jossahquiros7308]

I wanna try this too from Philippines ❤❤❤❤

[@fhalseven5752]

I think same smell ito ng ginamos sa atin? Gusto ko rin i try

[@tricao57]

try fermented shrimp from vietnam, you will remember for life

[@tonysamsenthaikhambaoxaych8507]

Ive never had surstroming but im pretty sure its as good as paadek fish because alot of Scandinavian really like asian seafood dishes and paadek me personally I would like some surstroming fish sauce on the salty side ♡♡♡

[@FZ2HELL]

Can't beat the Hawaiian rotten fish which is a delicacy amongst the elders

[@NGee-kc9hl]

Oh the Shade 😆😆😆

[@missourimongoose7643]

I gotta say I like the swedish sense of humor lol

[@travisbull9544]

I have never tried this type of herring but I like picked herring

[@77moessa]

Here in the u.k, we have Marmite. Either you like it, or not...

[@Albert-rl7tx]

I think you can cook it first insteada eating it as how it is right? That smell might be lifted a little after boil?

[@homgrownbud]

this is making me hungry

[@saifamu1989]

Thats good shit...where can i get some?

[@rhyanvic85]

Buzzfeed boneheads hahaha🤣 i like that!😁

[@7071t6]

what opening under water, now that's why they dont smell as bad, because the water neutralises most of the smell its still there, but not as bad as opening it just as it is? What's worst 15 year old tofu in vietnam or this stuff?