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Originally Posted by Toxaris
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As mentioned above, Surströmming is basically fermented herring. There are a lot of examples of people eating (or drinking) food that is fermented or molded. Not all bacteria/fungi are bad of course...
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I once had a Swedish friend who was in the US on a technical work visa. One Christmas he went home to Sweden to visit family and brought back a tin of Surströmming. When he opened it in a house full of people, he cleared the place of a couple of dozen people. I was across the room and nearly vomited from the smell. He related that in Sweden, there are neighborhoods where it is illegal to open a can of the stuff.