My wife ate surstromming yesterday

That's the manky, reeking, decomposed tinned fish enjoyed by Swedes.

She keeps gagging just at the memory of the taste and smell and claiming she can still smell it on herself, causing her to go a bit Lady Macbeth. Impressively foul stuff.

Some taste sensations simply aren't worth having. See also: tripe.

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Originally Posted by Burney

That's the manky, reeking, decomposed tinned fish enjoyed by Swedes.

She keeps gagging just at the memory of the taste and smell and claiming she can still smell it on herself, causing her to go a bit Lady Macbeth. Impressively foul stuff.

Some taste sensations simply aren't worth having. See also: tripe.

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Never had it, never will. The fact that someone opened a tin about 70 metres away from my place and I could still smell it is enough to tell me I don’t want to eat it (never mind the fact it smells like cats piss mixed with dog ****).

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Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige

Never had it, never will. The fact that someone opened a tin about 70 metres away from my place and I could still smell it is enough to tell me I don’t want to eat it (never mind the fact it smells like cats piss mixed with dog ****).

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Yes. She can be an oddly headstrong creature sometimes, though. Obviously it was foul - it’s fermenting, rotten fish. What did she expect?

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Originally Posted by Burney

Yes. She can be an oddly headstrong creature sometimes, though. Obviously it was foul - it’s fermenting, rotten fish. What did she expect?

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Indeed, I was married to a Swede for 5 years and even she stayed well away from the stuff, Ex-FiL ate it though

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Originally Posted by Burney

That's the manky, reeking, decomposed tinned fish enjoyed by Swedes.

She keeps gagging just at the memory of the taste and smell and claiming she can still smell it on herself, causing her to go a bit Lady Macbeth. Impressively foul stuff.

Some taste sensations simply aren't worth having. See also: tripe.

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Given the choice of that or rhubarb, I'd shovel the rotting fish away with great enthusiasm.