How Do You Eat Swedish Herring?

Pickled herring comes in a variety of flavours – mustard, onion, garlic and dill, to name a few – and is often eaten with boiled potatoes, sour cream, chopped chives, sharp hard cheese, sometimes boiled eggs and, of course, crispbread. What is swedish pickled herring called? Fermented herring Fermented herring (surströmming) is a traditional Swedish … Read more

How Do You Eat Sour Herring?

Why is surströmming so stinky? Surströmming (say “soor-stroh-ming”) is tinned fish from Sweden. It is fermented (put in a salty brine for two months) before the tins are sealed up and sold. The process of fermenting the fish creates a strong rotten egg smell. What does surströmming taste like? What does surströmming taste like? Well, … Read more