Swede set to 'disarm' 25-year-old herring tin

[lafinjack]

A Swedish fermented herring expert has been called to help "disarm" a 25-year-old can of the odorous Swedish delicacy that managed to literally raise the roof of a cabin in northern Norway.

"If there's any fish left in the can, I'm going to eat it," Ruben Madsen of Sweden's Surströmming Academy told The Local.

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[shortsweetcynic]

oh my god, this is hilarious.

my husband, while drunk one night, ordered a can of this stuff off the internet. FROM SWEDEN. it was $40 after shipping and capital one actually contacted him to make sure the purchase was legit.

after it arrived, it sat on our kitchen counter for a couple of months until i noticed that the top and bottom of the can were bulging outward; i told him he needed to take care of this before it exploded and i didn't want it opened anywhere on our property.

so it was decided that the can would be opened the night of a bonfire that we were attending. fancy crackers were purchased.

as soon as the seal was broken - we were watching from a good thirty feet away - he got sprayed in the face.

ultimately, he tried a little of the brine but just couldn't handle actually tasting any of the fish.

and now i hide his credit card when he's had anything to drink. ;)

[elialshadowpine]

omfg that sounds like my partner and girlfriend while on ambien...

Granted, while they've ordered strange things including many sex toys and boxes of World of Warcraft trading card game cards... Swedish fermented fish has not been on the list. Yet. (I think I will not be showing them this article, just in case.)

[mistress_infy]

And still my in-laws don't understand why it's not a good idea to eat this shit, despite the fact that it is a LITERAL CAN OF POISON. It's so weird, the rest of the food here isn't that bad, I just...can't.

[mingemonster]

I've been in a house where the was a surprise surströmming party in the kitchen. There had been a problem with a sewage leak before, and I thought it had happened again. Nope. Just dinner.

[elialshadowpine]

... is it bad that my first thought was, "Wait. Fermented herring experts? That's a job position?" Does this happen enough to actually need people specialized to handle it or do they do other things? o.O

(Yes, these are the things my brain gets stuck on. Apparently an exploding can of fish doesn't rate weird enough, but the job position does. LOL)

[maladaptive]

All it made me think was that I have not been nearly ambitious enough in the "get a cool job" department.

[peace_piper]

Not only that, but HOW do you become an expert in fermented herring? Does this require a degree?! Are there benefits to this job?