Do not open indoors. Open inside a plastic bag. Do not open in populated areas. Do not wear expensive or favourite clothes while opening or eating. Bring a bucket.
" An old Swedish girlfriend told me about it, I've never thankfully been close to it before, I'd most probably vomit. Gravlax is lovely though.. As far as I'm concerened nothing will beat what the Koreans do with Eggs "
Gravlax is awesome.
@Th3dz: It could be sill as that is fermented too, but it's probably surströmming.
Chef Anthony Bourdain, who has travelled extensively throughout the world sampling local cuisine for his Travel Channel show No Reservations, has described shark þorramatur as "the single worst, most disgusting and terrible tasting thing" he has ever eaten.
Chef Gordon Ramsay, after challenging journalist James May to sample three "delicacies" (Laotian snake whiskey, bull penis, and hákarl), finally vomited after eating hákarl, although May kept his down. May's only reaction was "You disappoint me, Ramsay."
On season 2's Iceland episode of Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Andrew Zimmern described the smell as reminding him of "some of the most horrific things I've ever breathed in my life," but said the taste was not nearly as bad as the smell. Nonetheless, he did note that hákarl was hardcore food and not for beginners.
Not Lutefisk (as it is not fermented). Lutefisk is air dried cod (you could pound nails with it) that you soak in lye (yes, lye) for a day to soften it and then rinse MANY times (lye will kill you) in fresh water. Next you boil it for a while and then serve the resulting fish goo (yeah, that's about the texture, though it'll often have little pin bones still in it for additional "fun") over boiled potatoes with white sauce and much Aquavit.
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