@northern haste  
that can is visibly bulging under the force of its own corruption, holy carp

 
The smell was all over Norwich that day in fact I can still smell it

@Liggliluff  
I was refering to the meme/trend of non-Swedish folk unfamiliar with said dish experiencing or trying it, especially due to the fact it’s listed in some sources as one of the smelliest foods ever made.

@Beau Skunky  
Ah yes, the hundreds if not thousands years old traditional Swedish food is now a dead meme. They sure we’re ahead of their time.

@Liggliluff  
Guess it’s a dead meme.
 
I still liked Angry Grandpa’s reaction to it.

And after four years, still only one image with surströmming

The taste is not even that bad, just very salty.

@Beau Skunky  
Did you get sick?  
The stuff in industrial artificial butter flavor popcorn salt won’t really make you any sicker 27 years after the fact than it would have when it was new. It smells kinda like medicated foot powder now, but darned if it doesn’t still make freshly-popped popcorn taste like it came from a movie theater.
 
One of my junior high school classes ran the football game concession stand as a fundraiser thing one year, and after the playoffs were over everyone just took whatever leftover food they could claim home with them since the expiration dates wouldn’t last to the next season; I ended up with a five gallon bucket of Rico’s Nacho Cheese Sauce, a bag of 50 hot dog buns, and a 20oz container of popcorn salt shaped like a big fat milk carton. The carton sort of disintegrated after ten or twelve years, so I moved what was left into a mayonnaise jar, and now I’d say there’s roughly a quarter cup left in a Wyler’s bouillon cube jar that itself is around twenty years old. I try not to waste consumables.
 
@SeraphimDawn  
It’s literally older than I am  
That means I literally have pants and T-shirts older than you. Still fit, too.

@Beau Skunky  
It’s literally older than I am.

@TexasUberAlles  
Good God, that stuff is older then the “Super Mario Bros. Super Show,” and probably some of the people on this site.  
Did you get sick?

@TexasUberAlles  
To eat something expired,  
and to sell something expired.
 
The difference here is: legality.

@Liggliluff  
You can’t sell way outdated food  
I literally ate something today that expired in April 1989.

@SeraphimDawn  
Yes, but letting it ferment like that  
You can’t sell way outdated food xD

@Liggliluff  
The chief fish used in Swedish cuisine are herrings right?

Surströmming is so horrible that it’s actually illegal in EU;  
however, Sweden is allowed to continue this tradition.

Surströmming is actually the only thing that can save Sweden from immigrants. All you have to do is just fucking open the can!

@SeraphimDawn  
I’ve heard it smells like B.O.

@PacificGreen  
Sticky Tofu.  
Literally smells like trash.

Durian, stinky tofu, surströmming…
 
As much as I love trying new foods, I’m reluctant to try some of these things (except durian, I’ve already tried it several times).

I’d eat that.

MMMMMMMMMmmmm, surströming.
 
 
…what? I’m Swedish, I actually like the stuff.

And then Pinkie remembered that she left her oven on and ran away.

You’re not supposed to eat it by itself. Surströmming is a topping.

@SeraphimDawn  

 
I’d take a piss egg over rotten fish.

I’d probably much rather eat surströmming than…. Virgin boy urine soaked eggs that are apparently a delicacy in some part of China. Sick…