Surströmming Challenge in Sydney
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- Опубліковано 17 бер 2014
- There are many video clips on UA-cam showcasing connoisseurs from around the world in their attempts and efforts of eating a Swedish delicacy known as Surströmming (sur = sour and strömming = herring, so 'sour herring'). It comes in a can, which is bulging from the pressure of the fermented (putrefied) herring inside. The common theme to essentially all of those videos clips are the retching try-outs with most of them reversing the herring shortly after ingestion.
A company of eight friend decided to get to the bottom of it: is eating or even just smelling the canned stink fish really that bad or is the world full of wimps? I guess it didn't help when two Asian boys in the company reckoned they had an unfair, genetic advantage in eating rank fish over the rest of us - so it was game on !!
This clip documents the show down in Corny's back yard on Sunday, 16 March 2014 .
Here re the highlights:
- at 0:00 mins: drawing numbers out of a bowl for the dining order; number one also has to open the can
- at 1:25 mins: contestant #1 Andrew Scott opens the parcel from Sweden
- at 2:30 mins: first attempt to open the can with a Swiss pocket knife
- at 2:48 mins: "Ooooooh..."
- at 2:58 mins: "Ooooh my... !!"
- at 3:20 mins: "Hey, Bruce - wait your turn !"
- at 3:57 mins: "Dave, did you have a girl friend like that?"
- at 5:28 mins: getting ready for the first bite
- at 7:26 mins: "Delicious !"
- at 7:28 mins: contestant # 2 Robbie Hennessey (84 years young, Irish)
- at 7:46 mins: "Lovely !"
- at 7:48 mins: contestant #3 Cornelius (aka Corny) Chu / asian boy #1
- at 8:34 mins: "Tastes like tiny salty fish"
- at 8:42 mins: contestant #4 Wolfgang Mueller-Leydig
- at 9:25 mins: "This was bloody nice by the way"
- at 9:40 mins: contestant #5 Paul Gerrard Moore
- at 10:12 mins: "Go Collingwood 2014"
- at 10:24 mins: contestant #6 Jones Tay / asian boy #2
- at 10:26 mins: "Oh - check it out!! There is eggs, roe !!"
- at 10:36 mins: makes it look easy
- at 10:57 mins: "Salty."
- at 11:07 mins: contestant #7 Christopher (Chris) Seeto
- at 11:57 mins: "Andy and Hamish ... are soft co#%s."
- at 12:02 mins: contestant #8 Bruce (aka Bruiser) Drysdale
- at 12:16 mins: "Delicious."
- at 12:23 mins: camera crew is retching
- at 12:38 mins: bonus round for Wolf: "for all the Tough Mudder brothers and sisters"
- at 12:58 mins: "get off my food"
So it turns out that the company of eight were all equipped with an iron-gut. Unlike the two Mexican pansies Hamish and Andy ('Mexican' is NSW lingo for those who live 'South of the Border'), none of the company kicked up a big fuss eating the stink fishy or even reversed it. Even our by-standers did well I thought.
What will be the next adventure...? Stay tuned.
You guys made the Americans look like pussies..Clearly Australia>America
+Sanju Wayne; We Australians are used to strong tastes. We eat Vegemite and Hot English Mustard regularly. Not as fragrant as Surströmming, but much stronger in taste.
+ProblemBoy Official; lol doesn't surprise me if the riot cops start pouring a couple of those cans on the water cannons ! lol
Sanjog Wayne www
Once you begin to watch these surtromming videos, you can't stop
Some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen
I'm Swedish and I like surströmming..When it is unopened and is in a store far far FAR away from me :P
Fredrik Häll klockren xD ;D
+Fredrik Häll LOL
You are much better than americans they just scream, how foul it is, you are excellent for first timers.
If you can eat it like that you should try it the right way, sourcream, onion, and sliced boiled potatoes on hardbread with butter, and try to remove the skin and bones from the fish first and chop it in pieces. You might like it.
did you spot the family dog getting a whiff of that rotted fish and slinking off.
Not even the dog wants it.
I'm impressed by you! Only here in Sweden we eat this without vomiting as in other countries. Grettings from the North( Sweden)
Nice to see you guys are employing proper etiquette and using forks for this.
The best group so far I've seen watching all these videos you guys handle the bad fish much better than anybody else a round of applause
Greetings from sweden! AND THAT MY LADIES N GENTS FROM THE WORLD AROUND,LOOK AT THESE AUSSIES THEY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE A CHALLENGE WITHOUT LOOKING LIKE LITTLE GIRLS!!! Well done!! :)
I don't know what our Swedish neighbours (I'm a Dane myself) were thinking when they made this concoction.
I mean I love herring. Pickled herring (red or white), smoked herring, fried herring in vinegar, charred herring (sorte sild), hell even herring in a curry sauce. But surströmming?!? I think I'd rather take a dive in a sewage plant.
One of the guys on my Residence Hall has a can, and we basically all live in constant fear that today might be the day he opens it.
Please understand that all the films where people open a can and eat fish like dogs is completely wrong way to eat this delicacy. You should make a sandwich with potatoes, onions, a few small pieces of herring (because they are very strong flavor) and tomato slices, and if you want to balance the flavor a bit, you can also have the Keso or sour cream on the sandwich. The bread must be unleavened bread, often baked in a stone oven. Now, if you do this correctly, it is a fantastic dish and does not taste like it smells, and often those who once tried it do it several times again. If you get a chance, and find yourselves in Northern Sweden, try to be with a real sour herring party with people around you who can help you get it right ... :)
The sandwich is the childrens way to eat. The tunnbröd should have a stronger cheese on it, but the main meal
Du är ju galen! ALLA äter surströmming på det viset...
Näedu, klämman är välkänd ja, men den slutade jag med när jag var 15, för mycket bök istället för att bara rensa och äta! Tror en av 10 äter klämma i släkten
Ja kanske du ja! Men 95 % av alla som äter suring äter ju med klämma! Men skit samma, vi gör olika! :)
Aussies got balls of steel.
no one is puking, very strong guys
The guy with the white hair is a stone cold bad ass.
Because he said it tasted like his wife cooking!!! hahaha
I eat surströmming every year. It’s an old tradition. My favorite market is “Röda Ulven”.
The asian guy at 10:20 eats it like a pro, I'm impressed. :-)
You did better then many of us swedes, respect! :d
I swear every outlander that tries surströmming always eats it from the can.
Thats like eating butter without bread.
BillionNames We actually had boiled potatoes and sour cream ready on the side (have a closer look), but we didn't want to spoil the fine taste of the fish.
chilliredhotred You guys did well with that now try the Norwegian equivalent, its fermented poison shark :)
Brilliant! You lot took it like champs. I'm impressed!
12:02 That's my Dad. Would love to put this on my UA-cam channel as well.
Well done! Considering how well you guys handled that, you might actually enjoy surströmming if you do it the right way! Wash it under water first, get some swedish tunnbröd, sour cream and spring onions. Mix it all together and it can actually be enjoyable. It is an acquired taste for most though.
I can still taste it 3 years later!! 👍👍👍
Australiens are hard core, kudos !
Great work! :) It´s nice to see some people that can eat Surströmming and not puke or run away! :D
aussies got more hair in their chest then most people who tried surstromming for the first time..
Very cheerful and open-minded, as an American, I love you guys. Good stereotype.
man, that looks like a cool neighbourhood
at least 8 people filming and taking pics. crazy.
I'm impressed that everyone in this clip actually eat our stinky fish :-)
I won't go near an open can of that, but I have friends who loves it..
i am pretty sure you can use it as a biological weapon against spiders
George RR Martin's best method of killing off characters
You ate that like real vikings, im impressed!
the most excellent group trying this.
I am 13 and our can came today. I'm in South Australia. Eekk bit worried now
How come you folks not drinking vodka? Awesome video btw, very positive atmosphere.
Sergey Mayorshin oh we drink vodka we love the vodka ❤
Well done hehe Welcome to the Swedish northern culture hehe.
Do you think it might be a good export commodity ;)
Johan Tronestam We could trade your Surströmming for our Vegemite !!
Everyone seems to try it just the fish and not how it should be eaten
Well, I tried Marmite and Vegemite, and I must say that I prefer vegemite.
That dude pretty much spat in the food
Oh well, colour me impressed! You guys did awesome :D
You guys manhandled that surstromming
How did you get your hands on it? Can't find it anywhere
Not surprised that elderly people can eat it. Taste buds not the same as in 30 years.
Daaamn! the Aussies are more versatile and open-minded than many people in the world that had tried and failed to eat herring!
This is gansta "shit" in Scandinavia :) just lite fermented whale in Iceland! We just have fermented herring old delicate food, just a food to separate men from the boys!
It´s usually opened in underwater like in a bucket of water, to get rid of excess smell and gas! i personally ate it first time when i was 16 and liked it :) Just some people don´t have the stomach for it. I recommend to have a stiff vodka afterwards! And remember to give a kiss to the missus ;)
Aussie's are tough. No problem. The food of Vikings
+MrBigden37 Vikings were Norwegian. This repulsive shit is Swedish.
How Do Ya Like Me Now, Chucklehead? The term “Viking” isn’t particularly specific, so for the purposes of this post it will mean the people living in the resource constrained parts of the Viking cultural milieu, namely Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the islands of the North Atlantic, including the Faeroes, the Shetlands, the Orkneys, and Iceland. Indeed the Swedish were Vikings during the "Viking Age"..
MrBigden37
LOL, as you wish. With all that knowledge, though, you couldn't have chosen a Swedish-specific group to attach surstromming to?
+How Do Ya Like Me Now, Chucklehead?
Perhaps, but I couldn't be that cruel. LOL. Its not a good sign when your dog hightails it out of there.
MrBigden37
LOL. Okay. I'll give you that, but as a Norwegian-descended Australian, I can't forgive it. We don't like to be associated with vile, rotten, gross shit. Rape and pillage, yes, but surstromming? No way! :D
i cant find it in brisbane. where can i get Surströmming in Australia??
Surströmming just tastes so good !!!
Bred ,onion, tomato ,potatoes ,sour cream or creme fresh together with the fish that has been filleted ,that's how you eat surströmming .
Just wondering... Where did you get it? I'm trying to find it in Sydney :) did you buy it in a store or online?
+manormalton It looked like it was in a parcel package. I'm guessing overseas.
The can should be opened under water :)
Holy shit..... Balls of steel!
everyone got the cameras up... see the World through the screen..
12:23
Saw it coming! Swallowing his pride haha
That's how it's done boys!!
fukin dog doesn't want to be a part of it
lol
Where'd you get this stuff in Aus man? :)
They ordered it online I think, see how it came in that package :)
Whoever opened that is a fuckin' man. It smells horrible enough with a twist opener. This gentleman did it oldschool. /respect
For sure. Opening under water is for pussies!
the guy in the 2013 finisher shirt looks like a cop
That is the wrong way to eat it. Add potatoes, onions, sour cream on a crisp bread. U can also have some dill on it!!
+EvulMe; Thanks for the advice. Will try it that way next time :)
+EvulMe Or you could just eat fresh fish now that it isn't the Middle Ages anymore and you don't need to ferment shit this way and eat it half rotten.
You eat what ever you want!!
EvulMe
Indeed, brother. You're entitled to your rotten fish. I'm not saying you can't have it, I'm just questioning the logic behind it.
+How Do Ya Like Me Now, Chucklehead?; I think it is not rotten but fermented. Nowadays there isn't a survival need to have it that way either, but a centuries-old tradition. A lot of food in the world does not make sense to some but it does to others. It depends where you live and what you are used to.
this grandma was taff!
How much is it to get some of this ? lol
We swedish people are nuts in this way. This so called delicacy is nothing of the kind. Just the thought of eating fermented fish is beyond comprend. I appologize on the behalf of sweden for "Surströmming" around the world.
Don't apologize,i like to taste it some day,but right way/swedish way.
I'm a finn. :)
hannes maximus That's ok with me.lol
Wasn't Surströmming originally a dutch delicacy?
Cannot confirm that. But i do believe the version of surströmming everyone is eating today is the swedish version.
ahhh ok, thanks ;) Sweden rocks btw,
Fucking Aussies rocked it !! hats off to ya mates ...
now they handle that like a real boss well done gentlemen ladies your next
Watching this I wonder how it was allowed into Australia... Hehe.
Sense of taste and smell dulled by vegemite?
No vegimite - PLEASE !!
+lindsay Thompson; and also by Hot English Mustard.
+lindsay thompson No, by booze, I reckon. They/re all holding.
Brave!!!😱😱😱😱👍👍👍
it adds hears too youre chest
Nice tog see. Im swedish and I have only eaten about 4 in ny whole life.
The cuisine and smell in Australia must be shite if this does not phase them!!
Reeeeeeal men!!!!
5:13 yes its fish ....
1 camera would be enough
Its rotten fish, some poor Scandinavians several hundreds years back were probably starving and all they had acess too was rotten fish, threw a bunch of salt on it and made a rotten fish stew and live too tell the tale. 200 years later people pretend too like it all over the world x)
Vetter,than a cangery!!!
Dude ate it and drank some juice! STUD!!!!
Now, they're real blokes, lol.
Oskar's isn't as putrid as the other.
why is everybody filming? there were around 7 people filming this^^ don't you know about whatsapp?
Seems once you get past the disgusting smell then its actually tolerable to eat.
No, it's really quite rank. But here is my tip for you: should you ever dare trying it, don't wash it down with anything fizzy; the burps are worse than the foul eating experience ;~o
chilliredhotred eww God... sounds horrid :(
캬 역시 멋진 남성들!
Wow Not bad. I tryd it myself and Safe couldnt swallow it
Man Aussies are hardcore!
Phil Collins just ate surströmming.
Hoppas att jag kan utmana med mina aussie cousins där :)
do bean boozled challenge
oskars is best!!! damn good taste i can even drink the salt water from the fish
+Alexander Lindquist So could I... if I washed it down with battery acid. Or Drano. Either one would be less revolting.
they should eat with onion and bread dont they..
Ну конечно! Мужики пива насосались, и им теперь все равно, что кушать!
Aussies are so badass
Vetter tan,kangery
HAHA, good old piss up :))
Who the fuck are these people? They don't seem bothered at all.
you can trust the chinese to like this
Straya boys that's how it's done
Using salt to preserve food before refridgerators and freezers.Simple as that. Not a culinary treat, more like a trip throug human history.
Oh yeah, you'd not eat it like that. Swedish thin bread, potatoes, red onin, butter and a tiny piece of surströmming. And also, snaps. And a nice song :)
You are no cry babies and know howe to treat some new ideas off happy time together maybee a litel hard metal food goes good to dito musik Absolut vodka
No fair Aussies eat Vegemite! That is just as horrible!
Nah, you probably just eat it wrong.
Perhaps you eat it like an American - i.e. slather it on an inch thick like a consumer drone with no concept of what "less is more" means.
I ate a vegemite sandwich made by an Aussie at the birthday party for Prince's keyboard player back in 2000 and it was pretty awful. Course he did make it from scratch from what he could find in the cupboards!
lol
Richard Hendrickson Vegemite is ok but Marmite is better, just saying :)
Postghost 😂😂😂😂😂
You can't call it dicusting when you're not even serving it right. Very ignorant.
The most boring surstromming challenge ever
Cause it isnt s bad as overreactionary youtubers think
Sorry about that: Will try making it more interesting next time. Asian guy # 1
you Aussies are though, not like the Americans. the right wing party in Sweden use this on people to see if they are Swedish or not. i guess you passed the test.
Use a proper can opener FFS.