Nordic Cuisine

Surstromming: World’s Smelliest Food Guide

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Open can of surströmming Swedish fermented herring with traditional accompaniments tunnbröd flatbread almond potatoes red onion and sour cream

Surströmming — Swedish fermented Baltic herring, known as the world’s smelliest food, served with traditional accompaniments. Surströmming — the Swedish fermented Baltic herring — holds the title of “the world’s smelliest food.” Few extreme foods command the same legendary status. The overwhelming aroma is so potent that airlines have banned it from flights. Many people … Read more

Hákarl: Iceland’s Fermented Shark Guide (Viking Survival Food)

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Hákarl — Iceland’s fermented shark, a Viking-era survival food and cultural heritage. The air is cold and crisp. On a wooden board sits a cube of white, jelly-like meat. Then the smell hits you — a very strong smell of ammonia. This is hákarl, Iceland’s traditional fermented shark. It is one of the world’s most … Read more