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Video Thing: Surströmming

If you could only smell the incredible stench that accompanies this video.

Jul. 9 2010

Cast: Ryan, Brad, Drew

Posted by: Vinny

794 Comments

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"What did it taste like?"
"Something dead, burned rubber, some socks."
"Is it the worst thing you've ever tasted?"
"Yes."

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I Google translated this for you guys:
 
Surströmming is herring preserved by fermentation. The gutted fish is salted, placed in open vats and then is fermented by autolysis, ie by its own enzymes, and together with the bacteria produces a strong smell, propionic acid, butyric acid and acetic acid from simple sugars in the fish. It is also formed hydrogen sulfide. The herring is then put on cans to ferment more.
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I love how they're using matza.

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This would be more win if they opened the can out of water.

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fuck that

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Drew and Matt, on this day you are no longer men, you are now MEN.
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Man. I really, REALLY want some kippers now. 
 
Ooh, with some cut-up jalapenos, cream cheese... good lord. Yes.
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How  much does this stuff cost?

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man! I love you guys! first you eat Djungelvrål (which is really tasty according to me :P) and now this, which is horrible to all but 0.2% of the earths population
 
yay for swedish stuff. right?

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We need a follow up video of them devising their plan to get rid of that fishy goodness.

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lol - is Brad wearing those Kinect things?! HA!

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I'm Swedish and I wouldn't eat that for all the butter in Småland(they have a lot of butter in Småland apparently) ;) I'v heard about people opening a can of that indoors without water and they had to evacuate the house and it that a week or more for the smell to go away.
Yes, my country has really bad traditions.

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holy crap, that was so freakin gross!

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Drew's to cool to worry about rotten fish cans. 

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"We need to throw that in the ocean, and then throw that ocean in another ocean"
 
XD

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matt kessler's picture on the front page tells the whole story.

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Why?
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So how much XP do Drew and Kessler get for completing the Super-Rare Surströmming-Eating Quest?

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Giant Bomb Dot Com: where you can see footage of Matt Kessler eating more than the 0 times a year  you actually wanted to! 
 
That aside, what brave men.

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I am a big fan of kesseler's "We have to throw this in an ocean, then throw that ocean into another ocean."

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"Oh wait, Kessler's the intern, we can make him do it!"  

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Why.... WHY!?!?!?!

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that's just nasty

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Looks putrid, fuck trying that. I would have slapped somebody if it came near me.

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Is that Matzoh he is eating with the fish??

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@drik said:
" @Tuggah said:
" I can't even comprehend that name. "
what, kessler? "
You'll get it eventually if you just sound it out. Kess...ler. Simple.
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One of my teachers used to eat surströmming at work, that smell that came from the teachers office always people walk past it a bit faster.

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Wait, it's summer.. why is Matt wearing a sweater?

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Ryan is giddy as shit about this fish can

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@drik: 
Yeah. How am I supposed to form that with my mouth?
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@Tuggah said:
" I can't even comprehend that name. "
what, kessler?
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@fisk0: trust me its real and no joke. this was just really old. the real thing is less bad but still really bad tryed it and made me hurl. but hey they allso like skrå and snus.
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Braver men than I. However, I did like the quick flashes of Rich and Michael!

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@jazzbebop:  Fear is the mind killer.
And for the record, in 30 years I have never encountered a food product that was advisably opened underwater.  Working at a grocery store for 5 of those years, we'd throw out cans that look like that.
 
They hired Drew because of his backbone. lol
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Almost threw up watching this.

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@jazzbebop said:
" For god sake guys, its just sill, our Swedish delicasy, though I have to admit that Surtsroming is the worst of all the sill pieces we have. But I love it.  So, whats with the glows and white protection clothes?  ^_^ Weak guys, weak. "
I'm fairly certain you guys don't eat it after it's decomposed inside a tin can for close to 8 months.
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For god sake guys, its just sill, our Swedish delicasy, though I have to admit that Surtsroming is the worst of all the sill pieces we have. 
But I love it. 
 
So, whats with the glows and white protection clothes? 
 
^_^ 
Weak guys, weak.
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@fisk0 said:
"  
@MichaelForsberg said:
" This is not swedish dish, it's a swedish practical joke. "

Ah, yes, exactly!

I can't think of any swede who would touch that stuff without being paid handsomely for it.

I'm sure it was just invented to trick tourists, swedeophiles and enemies of the state.

"
Lmao. Man, that made me hurt, it was so funny.  
 
Also, it was the civic responsibility of Giant Bomb to film this. 
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gross!

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Amazing video. Thank you, wow.

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Oh man, I was gagging just looking at him mixing it.

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@zombienutz said:
" That truly is the end of an era. What type of horrible ticking time bomb will there be next?   Also, you guys are far braver than I am. "
Well I've got an old clock and some left over fireworks, I'm sure i can rig something up. Wonder what the postage would be.
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I am going to vomit.

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yay to the long awaited return of the "video thing"!!!!

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Please - stick to quick looks on games! Yech!
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Haha, that was really gross.

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That truly is the end of an era. What type of horrible ticking time bomb will there be next? 
 
Also, you guys are far braver than I am.

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 Thanks for that vid, hilarious watching you Americans almost die trying the Swedish tradition!
 

@fisk0

said:

" I don't know a single swede who can stand that stench. I'm not sure who actually eats that crap and why it is somehow known as a swedish delicacy. "

And I know a lot of swedes that do, myself included! It tastes great with potatoes, sour cream, onion etc. The contents of that can didn't look right tho, never seen it look that mushy...
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Edited By fisk0  Moderator

 
@MichaelForsberg said:

" This is not swedish dish, it's a swedish practical joke. "

Ah, yes, exactly!

I can't think of any swede who would touch that stuff without being paid handsomely for it.

I'm sure it was just invented to trick tourists, swedeophiles and enemies of the state.