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Just found out about pickled hotdogs. Sounds disgusting.

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[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every country has some sort of "out there" food that others are repulsed by.

I've had natto (fermented soybeans) from Japan which weren't terrible but had a texture I couldn't get behind, and I've had surstromming (fermented fish) from Sweden that is probably the most horrific substance known to mankind.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 9 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Is surstromming really that bad? I thought it was just shit tier YouTubers making click bait by eating it wrong.

Like marmite, it is going to taste bad if you eat it from a table spoon on it's own. But that is a skill issue.

[–] QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I thought that surströmming was okay, it just depends on how you use it. The way it was explained to me is that you're actually supposed to use it more like a spice. So, rather than eating it alone, you add a little bit to a sandwich.

It smells terrible, so much that it's best if you submerge the can in water before opening it (plus it sprays everywhere if you don'). But adding it as a spice to something like a sandwich and it's actually not that bad.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 points 19 hours ago

Yeah that was the impression I had, you add small amounts to something else and don't open it in a confined area.