Taste Test

[Binky]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d81_1366853584

(anyway to embed liveleak?)

[crapstang]

wth

[mustang_revival]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d81_1366853584

(anyway to embed liveleak?)

dunno but several ppl usually upload liveleak vids to youtube

[Duncan]

That was gross

[Ratt]

This is what they're trying:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming

Surströmming (pronounced [sʉ̌ːʂtrœmːɪŋ], Swedish "soured (Baltic) herring") is a staple of traditional northern Swedish cuisine and is fermented Baltic herring. The Baltic herring, known as strömming in Swedish, is smaller than the Atlantic herring, found in the North Sea, and traditionally the definition of strömming (Baltic herring) is herring fished in the brackish waters of the Baltic north of the Kalmar sound [1] The herring used for surströmming are caught just prior to spawning. The fermentation starts from a lactic acid enzyme in the spine of the fish, and so the fermentation is by autolysis; together with bacteria, pungent smelling acids are formed in the fish such as propionic acid, butyric acid and acetic acid. Hydrogen sulphide is also produced.

The salt raises the osmotic pressure of the brine above the zone where bacteria responsible for rotting (decomposition of proteins) can thrive and prevents decomposition of fish proteins into oligopeptides and amino acids. Instead the osmotic conditions enable the Haloanaerobium bacteria to prosper and decompose the fish glycogen into organic acids, making it sour (acidic). Fermented fish is an old staple in European cuisines; for example the ancient Greeks and Romans made a famous sauce from fermented fish called garum.[2]

[naynay]

as soon as they came on i could tell that was filmed in texas, lol.

[JP135]

Surströmming (pronounced [sʉ̌ːʂtrÅ“mːɪŋ], Swedish "soured (Baltic) herring") is a staple of traditional northern Swedish cuisine and is fermented Baltic herring.

I saw them making this stuff on an episode of How It's Made or some similar show. I remember thinking to myself at the time 'that shit must be horrible'. Apparently it's worse than I thought. You KNOW the homeboys on that video can eat bowl after bowl of menudo but the smell of surstromming makes em all retch.

[Ratt]

I saw them making this stuff on an episode of How It's Made or some similar show. I remember thinking to myself at the time 'that shit must be horrible'. Apparently it's worse than I thought. You KNOW the homeboys on that video can eat bowl after bowl of menudo but the smell of surstromming makes em all retch.

Yeah, I don't care for fermented foods. I have eaten fermented stuff whilst visiting China and my in-laws just so I could get the experience, but I don't care for it.