Roda ulven Surstromming - 300g surstromming Challenge

I bought a can of surstromming thinking it would be a quirky way to spice up our weekly “Weird Food Wednesday.” What I got was a transcendental experience that began with the sound of hissing doom and ended with me questioning all my life choices.The moment I opened the can, the fish aroma punched me in the soul. My dog ran away. My neighbor called the HOA. A raccoon passed out by the porch. Somewhere, a Viking ancestor wept with pride.The flavor? Imagine sardines that spent a semester abroad in a chemistry lab, got really cultured, and came back with opinions. It was salty, funky, slightly illegal in spirit, and absolutely unforgettable.After just one bite, I reached nirvana, or maybe it was just oxygen deprivation. Either way, 10 out of 10 would recommend. Just don’t open it indoors. Or near people you love. Or near anything with a functioning nose.Would I eat it again? Yes. After therapy.

When we opened the can there was literally, zero fish! Everything had liquified except for red juice filled with bones and cartilage. It was disgusting. All those little bones looked like spider webs, they were fine, thin and bristly. Oh, and there was a ton of thick, white pus-like globs floating in the red juice and thick on the underside of the can’s lid. Absolutely no fish whatsoever. It was disintegrated and mucousy. bleagh!

We bought this for a food challenge. I couldn't even finish opening the can. We were all gagging. The most foul, putrid, horrifying smell!

We did this as a double challenge -- a friend of mine is a professional Thai chef and asked for a challenge to make something tasty, so of course we came up with surstromming. First part of the challenge was the traditional eat the stinky fish. Our can could have sat longer -- there wasn't much of a spray when we opened the can which I had been really looking forward to, but we still all agreed it was the worst smelling food and much laughter ensued. The taste wasn't horrible -- very salty -- but the smell and the fumes are what make it the meme that it is.Part two of the challenge, he rinsed the surstromming in lime to help cut back the smell some to not be as overpowering, then cut the fish into bite-sized chunks as the main protein in a seafood green curry. Then he mashed up some of the fish into a paste to put over a shrimp salad with lettuce and basil and spicy chili peppers. Blew my mind -- never mind being something passably edible, they were actually surstromming dishes that you'd actually want to eat multiple times. Great fun and food!

There was no fish in the can! It was only muck. We opened under water and were prepared to eat the traditional way. Swedish friend said it was not normal at all! What a disappointment and Amazon won’t allow refund!

The reviews are true....this is the nastiest product I have ever purchased. The smell was worse than anything I have EVER smelled. It made for the perfect Dirty Santa gift... nobody could have been more surprised!

I bought this to try it for the reaction. I have a pretty strong stomach so I was disappointed that it didn't make me sick like the videos online. Good with a thick salted cracker. It's got a strong vinegar flavor. My can arrived with the fish inside as nothing more than floating pieces as it had broken up and dissolved in the mailing process which made the texture quite gross and the sight unappealing. If you don't like the canned pickled herring from IKEA then you'll hate this because it's stronger

Opened this can to find it full of liquid and the tiniest of fish morsels. There was nothing large enough to attempt to eat. Do not buy.