Surströmming Taste Test with Barry | Ashens

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  • Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
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    • Will it Sodastream? ft... for more with Barry!
    It's quite possibly the world's smelliest food! It's fermented herring! It's banned from aircraft! And we ate it on flatbread with some sour cream and chives!
    Apologies for ANNOYING WIND NOISE and CAMERA FOCUS HORROR.
    #ashens #tastetest #surströmming

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  • @kshadehyaena
    @kshadehyaena 6 років тому +2835

    Next time on Sharticles: Housing prices in Norwich plummet as mystery stank engulfs the town.

    • @Edwardify
      @Edwardify 6 років тому +52

      I live in Norwich so I'll let you know if I smell anything ; )

    • @OptimusGPrime
      @OptimusGPrime 6 років тому +47

      Edwardify , it must suck to only be able to love in one place. :(

    • @krashd
      @krashd 6 років тому +30

      Love Me Where It Smells Funny

    • @hypnotised-clover
      @hypnotised-clover 6 років тому +12

      @FRIENDLY JAPANESE BUSINESSMAN Ah, friendly japanese businessman is confused

    • @jasperfk
      @jasperfk 6 років тому +9

      What a satisfying selection of words. Very enjoyable mouthfeel. 10/10.

  • @ivarb8876
    @ivarb8876 6 років тому +2372

    I'm a Swede and I really appriciate you guys doing it the right way. So many videos of people just opening the can on a table (without water bucket) and then 5-6 minutes of puking then just taking a little nible of the fish without the hard bread and other toppings.

    • @EmilyGilbeywilbey
      @EmilyGilbeywilbey 6 років тому +298

      Yes. That's important it's like when they try marmite (a strange british salty black yeast spread for bread)they never serve it correctly. They spread it like chocolate spread not like it should which is very butterey toast use One pea sized amount per slice not a huge dollop! You wouldn't put a whole can of anchovies on one slice of pizza it's the same thing 😀

    • @whoopsala2589
      @whoopsala2589 6 років тому +96

      Emily Gilbey i would
      Anchovies are delicious lol

    • @EmilyGilbeywilbey
      @EmilyGilbeywilbey 6 років тому +57

      @@whoopsala2589 there is always one crazy person!!! Lol 😂😂 ( I get it I eat way too many chilli's)

    • @hopemarshall3352
      @hopemarshall3352 6 років тому +39

      @@EmilyGilbeywilbey I spread marmite like chocolate spread lol it's delicious! It's also nice along with avocado and a poached egg on top. Or just on toast dipped in my coffee haha

    • @EmilyGilbeywilbey
      @EmilyGilbeywilbey 6 років тому +13

      @@hopemarshall3352 haha I love marmite, but....not that much!!! Haha I can't have more than a 5p sized dot because it hurts my teeth for some reason?

  • @tiefensucht
    @tiefensucht 5 років тому +1508

    Interesting what Wikipedia has to say about it:
    "In 1981, a German landlord evicted a tenant without notice after the
    tenant spread surströmming brine in the apartment building's stairwell.
    When the landlord was taken to court, the court ruled that the
    termination was justified when the landlord's party demonstrated their
    case by opening a can inside the courtroom. The court concluded that it
    "had convinced itself that the disgusting smell of the fish brine far
    exceeded the degree that fellow-tenants in the building could be
    expected to tolerate""

    • @uuu12343
      @uuu12343 5 років тому +53

      tiefensucht
      He told that story before in the original video

    • @Vaultboy101
      @Vaultboy101 5 років тому +18

      Was he intending to eat the apartment building's stairwell?

    • @ironwoodnf
      @ironwoodnf 5 років тому +24

      @@Vaultboy101 I feel like he intented for it to stick(they don't kid ounce it's kinda dried it's better than glue) to peoples shoes and cause utter chao

    • @ntwalipat2
      @ntwalipat2 5 років тому +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ntwalipat2
      @ntwalipat2 5 років тому +7

      Where the fook is ppl’s sense of humor in these comments! That was hilarious 😂

  • @NekoiNemo
    @NekoiNemo 5 років тому +273

    Stuart's face when Barry asks for more is absolutely priceless.

  • @ubermenschmexa
    @ubermenschmexa 6 років тому +3055

    Ok, now put it in the soda stream.

    • @guguigugu
      @guguigugu 6 років тому +140

      soda stream surstromming juice

    • @adammoorby99
      @adammoorby99 6 років тому +6

      😂😂

    • @CJODell12
      @CJODell12 6 років тому +41

      Or better yet, wash it down with that 30 year old Diet Coke.

    • @marsneedstowels
      @marsneedstowels 6 років тому +29

      There's a fish in the percolator.

    • @Loli_lover206
      @Loli_lover206 6 років тому +39

      I'd laugh my ass off when they put too much co2 in it and spray fermented harring everywhere. That's not going away.

  • @PlatonistAstronaut
    @PlatonistAstronaut 6 років тому +2061

    First thing you've eaten that's in date, and it's still rotten.
    On brand.

    • @nicrobe9443
      @nicrobe9443 6 років тому +148

      Surströmming probably un-rots itself and turns into normal fish if it goes out of date

    • @Cendoria
      @Cendoria 6 років тому +26

      Fermented and rotten are two vastly different states of being.

    • @luisgeniole369
      @luisgeniole369 6 років тому +26

      fish is putrid smelling enough without fermenting the bloody thing, it's like WHAT ARE THEY THINKING!!!!!!

    • @justsomeguywithagoatee8337
      @justsomeguywithagoatee8337 6 років тому +3

      @@luisgeniole369 avgn?

    • @nicholasmorgan7609
      @nicholasmorgan7609 6 років тому +9

      @@luisgeniole369 Worcestershire sauce is made from fermented anchovies

  • @Valfaun
    @Valfaun 6 років тому +783

    according to wikipedia a Japanese study found that it smells even more putrid than their own fermented fish. well done Sweden, i guess

    • @GoredonTheDestroyer
      @GoredonTheDestroyer 6 років тому +81

      Cars, fighter jets and really rancid fucking fish.
      Is there anything Sweden _can't_ do?!

    • @Pluvillion
      @Pluvillion 6 років тому +1

      Nope. Nothing atm.

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped 5 років тому +52

      @@GoredonTheDestroyer Don't forget they murdered and raped half of Europe as vikings and then later were the hosts and founders for the nobel prizes.
      They truly have done it all. XD

    • @someonessidechannel1485
      @someonessidechannel1485 5 років тому +14

      Well herring alone is notoriously smelly, then somebody decided to let it "ferment"

    • @fenrirrising131
      @fenrirrising131 5 років тому +29

      @@planescaped and now the opposite has been happening to them , they truly are entrepreneurs

  • @Sakovri
    @Sakovri 6 років тому +1481

    *somewhere in another town Dan pukes but he doesn't know why*

    • @AgentTasmania
      @AgentTasmania 5 років тому +48

      Digitigrade
      I believe he lives in Bristol, which suits the joke nicely

    • @professorspex5381
      @professorspex5381 4 роки тому +2

      Who's Dan?!

    • @TheTrueAmaghedon
      @TheTrueAmaghedon 4 роки тому +40

      @@professorspex5381 he was in a few of ashen's videos and he is very sensitive to bad smells

    • @wolfyboy
      @wolfyboy 4 роки тому +15

      @@professorspex5381 and fake retched at EVERTHING! it was quite annoying.

    • @lkotro21
      @lkotro21 3 роки тому +5

      Thank god he wasn't there! XD

  • @Sereomontis
    @Sereomontis 6 років тому +707

    You know what amazes me the most about this?
    Someone made this happen. Someone either created or found some rotting fish that was soaking in what is essentially poison. They smelled a scent that is so intense I wouldn't be surprised if you told me it could literally kill someone.
    And they went "Yeah, I'll eat that".

    • @drunkenwhaler9507
      @drunkenwhaler9507 5 років тому +119

      Were probably starving

    • @pingASS_
      @pingASS_ 5 років тому +58

      Really poor pepple that didn’t have anything other to eat.

    • @Quethonable
      @Quethonable 5 років тому +151

      It was discovered during a city siege - the only food left after several months were barrels of herring that went off

    • @IowaKim
      @IowaKim 5 років тому +23

      You just know "hold my beer" preceded the eating of the found rotten fish.

    • @DutchManticore
      @DutchManticore 4 роки тому +45

      You know pretty much all foods were first eaten because someone somewhere was starving and ran out of perfectly cut beefsteak right?

  • @PTCEVE
    @PTCEVE 6 років тому +650

    I live in Norwich also. I'm slightly worried if the wind picks up i may have to move to another city...

    • @Leanne_w
      @Leanne_w 5 років тому +3

      Haha 😆

    • @ExplodingPiggy
      @ExplodingPiggy 5 років тому +8

      I'd move anyway 🤣

    • @oak1739
      @oak1739 5 років тому +3

      I live in Swedich

    • @MonographicSingleheaded
      @MonographicSingleheaded 5 років тому +1

      Arent u Brits northerners ethnically as well? You and Swedes should DEVOUR this shit equally 😊🙏😤✌️ ( hey am kidding )

    • @abrahamlincoln5661
      @abrahamlincoln5661 4 роки тому +2

      @- spudman
      ''I infer that he means northern hemisphere..as in similar geographic area.

  • @visualartsbyjr2464
    @visualartsbyjr2464 6 років тому +441

    This is the first time I’ve seen it eaten more like intended (on bread). Props.

    • @ihave7sacks
      @ihave7sacks 6 років тому +22

      Big Clive did it properly with a couple of his mates. It's a good video.

    • @AgentTasmania
      @AgentTasmania 6 років тому +9

      The Manx Beard Club actually liked it on the proper norse dark rye with onion.

    • @DaxianPreston
      @DaxianPreston 6 років тому +5

      I need to try this the proper way and see how it goes

    • @troll5262
      @troll5262 6 років тому +18

      Generally you also have sliced potatoes too, which takes out a bit of the umphf.

    • @henrikandersson2850
      @henrikandersson2850 6 років тому

      @@AgentTasmania no rye bread.!

  • @trippydrew8492
    @trippydrew8492 6 років тому +450

    I thought there was a funny smell wofting across Norwich the other day, I just assumed the farmers were doing some vigorous spreading of manure, this is a much more likely explanation though lol

    • @trippydrew8492
      @trippydrew8492 6 років тому +13

      On a side note, I have the same plant pot as you :D

    • @jekanyika
      @jekanyika 6 років тому +6

      They spread human manure on fields these days.

    • @thedrofevil
      @thedrofevil 6 років тому

      They use human manure in North Korea. It's called 'Night Soil'.

    • @jekanyika
      @jekanyika 6 років тому +1

      thedrofevil - They call it biosolids in the UK.

    • @thecanadianlanboy8132
      @thecanadianlanboy8132 6 років тому +4

      @@thedrofevil They use Human Manure everywhere in the world

  • @04whim
    @04whim 6 років тому +859

    How many of Stuart's neighbours are now petitioning Norwich Council to have him... Relocated?

    • @HZDeadMeat
      @HZDeadMeat 6 років тому +31

      To Bellend close,

    • @Caledon91
      @Caledon91 6 років тому +35

      Since it smells like a sewer they probably thought it was a construction crew working on a septic tank.

    • @kristydee4998
      @kristydee4998 6 років тому

      04whim 😂😂😂

    • @BlueSkyBS
      @BlueSkyBS 6 років тому +1

      To Mars.

    • @DaxianPreston
      @DaxianPreston 6 років тому

      With this outside view of his house I bet I can find it on google earth

  • @IdleWorker
    @IdleWorker 4 роки тому +542

    Our sense of smell have supposedly evolved to make sure we avoid eating stuff that is harmful to us.
    Then there's sweden.

    • @Erikcleric
      @Erikcleric 4 роки тому +26

      Yes but isnt harmful. Its a horrible smell. But its basically fermemted fish.
      No matter i dont eat it.

    • @ram89572
      @ram89572 4 роки тому +12

      @@Erikcleric Why would anyone choose to eat something that smelled so bad though? I just don't get it.

    • @chdreturns
      @chdreturns 4 роки тому +11

      Considering it's the country that does terrible things with pizza it doesn't surprise me.

    • @Dennis19901
      @Dennis19901 4 роки тому +19

      Mate, how about most types of cheese?
      Cheese smells horrible, like someone's forgotten to shower for a good week.

    • @soft6418
      @soft6418 4 роки тому +1

      yes it smells of feet but it's good on cheese

  • @matthewbertrand4139
    @matthewbertrand4139 6 років тому +91

    Your intro literally can't get old. It's immortal. It has watched so many dear to it die, unable to make peace with their passing knowing it can never go to be with them.

  • @elennapointer701
    @elennapointer701 6 років тому +19

    I think you're among a very small minority of UA-camrs who've eaten Surstromming in anything like the way it's meant to be eaten, so hats off for that. Also well done for not throwing up.

  • @Clay3613
    @Clay3613 6 років тому +2305

    How about a Durian/Surströmming and Century Egg sandwich?

    • @crazyluigi6664
      @crazyluigi6664 6 років тому +141

      Oh no, dude...

    • @rwaitwhat
      @rwaitwhat 6 років тому +187

      Only for your worst enemy, and only if you have an alibi for the time of the meal

    • @sodadrinker89
      @sodadrinker89 6 років тому +71

      You are evil.

    • @Dataloss484
      @Dataloss484 6 років тому +118

      Calm down Satan!

    • @cleanycloth
      @cleanycloth 6 років тому +96

      Do you want to kill Ashens? Because that's how you kill Ashens.

  • @FilmLearnin
    @FilmLearnin 5 років тому +277

    "I wasn't expecting it to be so BUM SMELLING" tears... I'm in tears!!

    • @FilmLearnin
      @FilmLearnin 4 роки тому +5

      @Samson Themighty the phrase BUM SMELLING was unexpected and delightful

  • @contentcreatorman
    @contentcreatorman 5 років тому +439

    2014: please don’t send me surstromming cause I’m not gonna eat it
    2018:

    • @ChickpeaBlues
      @ChickpeaBlues 5 років тому +7

      *Curb Your Enthusiasm theme starts playing*

    • @buscentral900
      @buscentral900 5 років тому +5

      This format is so 2019

    • @JoelCarli
      @JoelCarli 4 роки тому +1

      @@buscentral900 This comment is so 2020

    • @TheLordGremlin
      @TheLordGremlin 4 роки тому +1

      @@JoelCarli this reply is so 2021

    • @DragonNexus
      @DragonNexus 3 роки тому +3

      Pretty sure it's the same tin from that video, too.

  • @Underscore23
    @Underscore23 6 років тому +690

    "please do not send anymore, because it will not be eaten"

    • @jamiegriffin-smith9931
      @jamiegriffin-smith9931 6 років тому +84

      Haha I remember that I even read it in ashens voice

    • @Underscore23
      @Underscore23 6 років тому +43

      Inazuma Jags Words that challenged the internet.

    • @hayatobun
      @hayatobun 6 років тому +9

      well to be fair this is the same can he's shown last time

    • @marlonmontelhiggins8570
      @marlonmontelhiggins8570 6 років тому

      😈

    • @hypnotised-clover
      @hypnotised-clover 6 років тому +1

      @FRIENDLY JAPANESE BUSINESSMAN You are very confused today, aren't you?

  • @warpspeeddontrainbowreadme9179
    @warpspeeddontrainbowreadme9179 6 років тому +4374

    They look like a 1$ version of Shaun of the Dead

    • @That2J
      @That2J 6 років тому +112

      That looks like a $1 education you got yourself there Luigi

    • @rmac1scotlandgang379
      @rmac1scotlandgang379 6 років тому +31

      No...they really dont

    • @t.w3280
      @t.w3280 6 років тому +338

      Ashens is known as discount Simon Pegg.

    • @warhammerguy
      @warhammerguy 5 років тому +63

      Yea they really do xD

    • @meciek18
      @meciek18 5 років тому +12

      Nail it

  • @laurajones537
    @laurajones537 6 років тому +133

    Stuart looking fab in the matching polo and marigolds! Fashion icon.

    • @lozzythecoolone
      @lozzythecoolone 6 років тому +2

      We love a fashion UA-camr in this household

    • @tywillis2395
      @tywillis2395 6 років тому +13

      RIP the polo though, got hit.

  • @demondude15
    @demondude15 6 років тому +592

    man, film roles must be drying up if Simon Pegg has been reduced to eating rotten fish

    • @DocIlpalazzo
      @DocIlpalazzo 5 років тому +5

      tom connolley
      What’s going on with Simon Pegg?

    • @braddsfx8921
      @braddsfx8921 5 років тому +21

      Alan Benzo ashens looks like Simon pegg

    • @hexyko4850
      @hexyko4850 5 років тому +16

      I still think that Stuart looks nowt like Simon Pegg and he's actually more attractive.

    • @connoc5078
      @connoc5078 5 років тому +7

      He's like a cross between Simon Pegg and John Simm to me.

  • @joppek77
    @joppek77 5 років тому +77

    As a Swede who grew up in the region where this is traditional (the High Coast), I can attest to the fact that the smell is absolutely horrific, but the taste is mostly just that of salted fish. Since I have also tried Durian (the smelly fruit) I can also tell you that Durian has got nothing on Surströmming in the odour department. It is something you won't easily forget. =)
    Like others already mentioned, props to you for giving the Surströmming a fair chance, properly prepared with the right condiments!

    • @ellaapril194
      @ellaapril194 4 роки тому +7

      I mean.. southeast asians actually like the smell of durian. Considering Swedes don't like the smell of surströmming, of course it's worse than durian.

    • @tomrogerlilleby2890
      @tomrogerlilleby2890 3 роки тому +5

      At the place where I used to work, one day we smelled a dead rat or something coming from one of the
      garbage tubs meant for scrap metal. We found out that the smell came from the empty tin can exactly
      like the one shown in this video. A swede had eaten the content and probably thrown it there on purpose.
      We emptied the whole content of the tub into a container - and I used a high pressure water cleaner
      with soap and hosed it down and let it to dry.
      But couldn't get rid of the smell. The stench was still there for quite a while.

    • @guguy00
      @guguy00 2 роки тому +2

      @@ellaapril194 Can attest. I like the smell, but not the taste incidentally. Though on the other foot it took me about fourteen years to start tolerating the durian smell, and another four to like it.

  • @pr3nzlb3rg3r
    @pr3nzlb3rg3r 6 років тому +304

    When ashens forgets to make jokes/wordplays about the food he tries you know it's really bad.

  • @yonvolt
    @yonvolt 6 років тому +690

    what happens when surströmming goes off? does it un-rot itself?

    • @DickOswald
      @DickOswald 6 років тому +6

      Vae Hansen hahahaha

    • @metalmugen
      @metalmugen 6 років тому +164

      It turns into regular fish

    • @BigT.Larrity
      @BigT.Larrity 6 років тому +205

      It jumps back into the ocean

    • @SvartaSnuten
      @SvartaSnuten 6 років тому +275

      It actually just turns into mush. It's still just as edible, it just becomes like a purée.
      -Professional Swede

    • @GmodPlusWoW
      @GmodPlusWoW 6 років тому +66

      It involves the power of Grandfather Nurgle is what it does.

  • @n0isyturtle
    @n0isyturtle 6 років тому +345

    _"I will never ever open a can of surstromming on this channel."_
    - Some guy named Stewart

    • @papayer
      @papayer 6 років тому +7

      this honestly feels like a barshens/virgin kitchen episode more than a regular ashens video.

    • @The8347135
      @The8347135 6 років тому +13

      So not Stuart Ashen?

    • @Nantosuelta
      @Nantosuelta 6 років тому

      @@pixiepandaplush Ash Ashens Ashington

    • @OverseerXIII
      @OverseerXIII 5 років тому +6

      All of you are wrong. He's brother Ashens Ash

  • @fenianlewis
    @fenianlewis 6 років тому +352

    I'm so happy to see people eating it properly. You properly gutted and prepared it with and sour cream(or fresh yoghurt is fine too), but usually people on YT eat it straight out of the can, even pewdiepie, a Swede, ate it improperly on GMM. I'm not a Swede but I am a huge foody and feel it's so unfair to Swedish cuisine, Sweden and to food itself to not give it a proper go, prepared properly like you guys did so big ups, proper, honest review. Well done.

    • @XanthinZarda
      @XanthinZarda 6 років тому +65

      I wouldn't exactly call PDP a proper anything.

    • @Wanderingwalker-ke6mg
      @Wanderingwalker-ke6mg 5 років тому +35

      The thing with a lot of youtubers is,shock value for views, they don’t care about eating it properly.

    • @garliconionshallot
      @garliconionshallot 5 років тому +15

      @@Wanderingwalker-ke6mg Neither do most viewers. i wanna see people down the whole fish and gag lmao

    • @thechosenone8808
      @thechosenone8808 5 років тому +5

      ​@I'll taketh thy cheese by force thats not all Sharia law will bring to sweden

    • @calskinner2913
      @calskinner2913 5 років тому +4

      He didn’t eat it on gmm he refused and ate rollmops instead

  • @chriss.9398
    @chriss.9398 6 років тому +757

    Anything that is labeled a "delicacy" I am forever going to be suspicious of. The fact the majority of native people don't eat it on a regular basis is definitely suspect.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 6 років тому +195

      "Vimes had long suspected that 'delicacy' was foreign for 'weird things we can trick the tourist into eating.' The smiles on the Klatchian's faces all but confirmed it." - Discworld, Jingo (paraphrased)

    • @Twitch380
      @Twitch380 6 років тому +18

      its not ment to be eaten by its self, NO sweeds do this AT ALL. its an additive. you put A LITTLE BIT of it in something.....

    • @ZeroStrife1396
      @ZeroStrife1396 6 років тому +33

      @@Twitch380
      So... the cans are family size, then? that seems like an awfully big can/large amount for any less than 4~6 people.
      Unless you're expected to eat it with every meal over a few days.

    • @XELAVWARRIOR
      @XELAVWARRIOR 6 років тому +9

      @Borka Dump Delicacy means a popularly chosen food of both a common and or rare nature.

    • @crazydrummer181
      @crazydrummer181 5 років тому +2

      Punk Hyena oysters are common food where I'm from. But I live near the Gulf of Mexico.

  • @FlamRackett
    @FlamRackett 6 років тому +87

    "It kind of then smells in your head"
    - Stuart Ashens, PHD

  • @catbee9289
    @catbee9289 6 років тому +87

    Some poor bloke two streets down is still digging his drains up looking for the source of the smell!

  • @Flibster
    @Flibster 6 років тому +97

    Hoooray! Also, the look of horror when the can is opened.
    Now, you've got the sodastream. All you need is a blender and you could have fizzy fish.

  • @AnikaJarlsdottr
    @AnikaJarlsdottr 6 років тому +21

    Stuarts face when Barry asks if he can try some more XD the look of a person who has come face to face with the true definition of insanity.

  • @juslangley
    @juslangley 4 роки тому +125

    Imagine someone you really dislike. Now imagine spilling a tin of this in their car in the midst of the summer.

  • @CantSniff
    @CantSniff 6 років тому +226

    Y'know manky old brown sofa and THAT table in the garden
    I am starting to think ashens lives with his grandma...

    • @andrewjenkins9965
      @andrewjenkins9965 6 років тому +52

      Plot twist: he is a grandma in disguise.

    • @jamesflynn4951
      @jamesflynn4951 5 років тому +20

      He is an aunt may action figure come to life

    • @hexyko4850
      @hexyko4850 5 років тому +12

      I want Ashens to be my grandma.

    • @jkholtgreve
      @jkholtgreve 5 років тому +11

      As someone with a middle class income and even worse furniture I totally respect the frugality. But I also think it’s safe to say there isn’t a Mrs. Ashen. EDIT- So he does have a girlfriend but they don’t live together full time. Good luck to him once they do....I foresee a solid £5K in remodeling.

  • @Denji2006
    @Denji2006 6 років тому +117

    You know, that is a way to get some sweet revenge on some terrible neighbours. Just sprinkle some Surströmming juice at their front door.

    • @Juggling_necromancer
      @Juggling_necromancer 6 років тому +41

      im pretty sure thats actually counted as an act of terrorism is certain places

    • @SkigBiggler
      @SkigBiggler 6 років тому +8

      One person was evicted for getting it on a stairwell floor

    • @Golfbob
      @Golfbob 6 років тому +2

      Pour it out in their car

    • @keriezy
      @keriezy 6 років тому +5

      You could get in trouble for bioterrorism. And if the wind shifts toward your home..... nope.

    • @gainzmotivate
      @gainzmotivate 6 років тому

      Just “accidentally” spill it.

  • @od1401
    @od1401 5 років тому +149

    The chicken in a can still makes me wretch to this day just thinking about it.

    • @PunakiviAddikti
      @PunakiviAddikti 5 років тому +12

      I would eat that rather than surströmming.

    • @ntwalipat2
      @ntwalipat2 5 років тому +3

      You cannot compare the 2! Lmao
      To replicate the smell of surströmming to only a degree, try leaving 2 full opened cans of sardine in a warm temperature room for about a week. Then report back... lol

    • @maxbowen6482
      @maxbowen6482 4 роки тому +7

      It's just the appearance. The chicken looks worse but this smells worse

    • @od1401
      @od1401 4 роки тому

      @M.S. AMERICA 2001 yeah I seen him eat all kinds of nasty stuff too like the scobe of a kombucha batch. These guys must have stomachs of pure steel

    • @tncorgi92
      @tncorgi92 3 роки тому +1

      The century egg was repulsive enough.

  • @Valto4life
    @Valto4life 4 роки тому +47

    I opened a tin as a sort of dare as a teenager, but the taste ended up being so nice that I have it pretty much every summer. The tin with already cut pieces compared to the one with whole fish has a way better ratio of taste vs smell.

    • @Rolan7196
      @Rolan7196 3 роки тому +6

      That sounds nice! One of the grossest things about this was seeing the fish guts still inside - I hope the fish you ate had them removed already.

  • @CalamityHillMusic
    @CalamityHillMusic 6 років тому +163

    Possible the only food that should have a "Best After" date on it.

    • @WakoDoodle
      @WakoDoodle 5 років тому +1

      Coming from calamity james, you know it needs to be done!

    • @Kickiusz
      @Kickiusz 5 років тому +12

      As in "Best after all other food sources in the entire world have been depleted"?

    • @tetrisgoat
      @tetrisgoat 5 років тому +6

      I am actually Swedish, and we have that marking on some foodstuffs. I bought vacuum packed beef today with that marking, in fact. Best after 9/12, best before 22/12

    • @Magnus_Loov
      @Magnus_Loov 5 років тому +6

      Judging by the bulging can, it's probably "explodes after".
      Seriously though. This is by no means seen as a delicacy by all Swedes. It tends to be eaten much more up North. I have never eaten it being totally put off by the intense stench of it. They say that smell is very, very important for the taste of foods and its partly the reason why food doesn't taste anything when you are sick (and can't smell).

    • @mr.bobcyndaquil
      @mr.bobcyndaquil 4 роки тому +1

      It might not be food per se, but most alchoholic spirits need some aging before they're decent.

  • @justbovel
    @justbovel 6 років тому +100

    Thanks for making a video about surströmming without screaming and overreacting for 11 minutes like the rest!
    /from a surströmming lover

  • @AVest421
    @AVest421 6 років тому +83

    Woaw I'm so proud of you brits for actually doing the whole surströmming the correct way. Sure it's hilarious to see the Americas doing the whole bit. But it's also quite annoying to then here then say "I can't believe anyone would eat this", because no one are doing it like that.

    • @maxscardanelli6185
      @maxscardanelli6185 6 років тому +9

      Adam Vestergaard We Brits always do things right. Unlike the Americans...

    • @RaizerZ
      @RaizerZ 6 років тому +14

      @@maxscardanelli6185 Except for requiring a license for every little thing.

    • @AVest421
      @AVest421 6 років тому +1

      @@RaizerZ a license for what? :) For eating surströmming

    • @Rpground
      @Rpground 6 років тому +6

      Even when doing it right, why would anyone eat this? It's ROTTEN FISH. There tends to be a reason why you don't generally eat rotten food.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 6 років тому +2

      Even doing it right I can't believe anyone would want to eat fermented meat. It smells like a jock strap that got dragged through day-old sun dried mayonnaise and tastes like a saltlick.

  • @TheDajoca
    @TheDajoca 5 років тому +16

    "It kind of then smells........In your head". Awesome.

  • @bentramer682
    @bentramer682 5 років тому +150

    Its wierd, I always imagined Stuart in a suit while narrating for some reason.

    • @nullvid
      @nullvid 5 років тому +17

      When I was I high school he used to

    • @alkohallick2901
      @alkohallick2901 5 років тому

      *weird

    • @hexyko4850
      @hexyko4850 5 років тому +12

      He used to do that about 12-13 years ago.

    • @angrybidoof847
      @angrybidoof847 5 років тому +7

      It's his logo so yeah

    • @VinceR3000
      @VinceR3000 3 роки тому +3

      Stuart is like a British dad on holidays on Mallorca in 1981. Very decent and amicable.

  • @SatanLiterally
    @SatanLiterally 9 місяців тому +2

    8:08 I love the genuinely shocked expression on Ashens's face.

  • @AndRewUK24
    @AndRewUK24 6 років тому +233

    SodaStream to Surströmming with Barry and Ashens. Thanks!!!!

    • @sdsd1801
      @sdsd1801 6 років тому +34

      Sodaströmming

    • @basto1d
      @basto1d 6 років тому +13

      Surströmming, will it blend?
      And, can you sodastream it?

    • @NoFormalTraining
      @NoFormalTraining 6 років тому +2

      basto1d coming soon, the third part in this video series, on Barshens.

    • @handles_are_a_bit_rubbish
      @handles_are_a_bit_rubbish 6 років тому +2

      Barshens is tomorrow so maybe. Eli's reaction alone would be worth it.

    • @Brownwolf502
      @Brownwolf502 6 років тому +1

      Imagine if you put Surstromming juice into a soda stream

  • @MuchWhittering
    @MuchWhittering 6 років тому +203

    Forget the movie, THIS is what we paid for!

  • @warellis
    @warellis 6 років тому +204

    I want to see the cat's reaction to surstromming.

    • @Roadent1241
      @Roadent1241 6 років тому +9

      warellis cue the gagging Cat video?

    • @AmarilloMusicAB
      @AmarilloMusicAB 6 років тому

      warellis the cat will do jerkies and jerk off it’ll like the smell so much

    • @BlueSkyBS
      @BlueSkyBS 6 років тому +9

      The cat didn't appear. They never saw it again. There's your reaction.

    • @keithfulkerson
      @keithfulkerson 6 років тому +2

      He might try to bury it.

    • @mgthestrange9098
      @mgthestrange9098 6 років тому

      A cat wouldn’t even eat this, mine Won’t eat things that are en’t fresh.

  • @Elrond_Hubbard_1
    @Elrond_Hubbard_1 5 років тому +121

    You know what's an even worse thought? This can was produced at a factory somewhere that people have to work in. That means there are people in the world who have to be around this for hours and hours every day.

    • @readmylisp
      @readmylisp 4 роки тому +19

      God bless those poor people.

    • @Dueilangoisseus
      @Dueilangoisseus 4 роки тому +49

      It probably doesn't smell quite as bad in the factory. I'm guessing it keeps fermenting in the can as well.
      Besides, you'd be surprised what you can get accustomed to. Just ask anyone working at a kraft paper mill.

    • @hjt091
      @hjt091 4 роки тому +19

      @@Dueilangoisseus It does keep fermenting in the can, that's why the lid bulges

    • @tncorgi92
      @tncorgi92 3 роки тому +9

      What would their quality control be like? Have someone taste each batch, and if it doesn't make them vomit then they throw that batch away?

    • @Timeward76
      @Timeward76 2 роки тому +3

      If you are around such a horrendous smell so long and consistently, eventually your nose just desensitizes to it.

  • @sarahdb1112
    @sarahdb1112 4 роки тому +2

    This is still one of the funniest things I’ve seen. Reduces me to hysterical tears of laughter every time I watch it 😂

    • @johncoops6897
      @johncoops6897 3 роки тому

      Me too - I've just come back for my fourth viewing in February 2022.

  • @saxgarcon6867
    @saxgarcon6867 5 років тому +33

    I love how Stewart is just nonchalantly eating the surströmming, thanks to his relentless rotten food training

  • @CosmicKangaroo
    @CosmicKangaroo 6 років тому +43

    This whole video made me wonder what it would be like if it was Dan and Stuart, Dan would be like a Yellowstone Geyser

    • @LordArikado
      @LordArikado 6 років тому +15

      If it was Dan, he would've started gagging as soon as the video started, before the can was even punctured.

  • @YammoYammamoto
    @YammoYammamoto 5 років тому +6

    You guys are bloody VIKINGS for real!
    -"I'm gonna try some more, is that allright?"
    That look. Just.... that look.

  • @elenaschoerling
    @elenaschoerling Рік тому +2

    I dont know how but your channel and voice has been the most relaxing thing before bed for me for over a year

  • @cassuttustshirt4949
    @cassuttustshirt4949 6 років тому +10

    Yes Ashen, you get internet points. Also, the look Ashen gives to the camera at 8:11 when Barry is going to take another bite is priceless.

  • @TangyTangyRose
    @TangyTangyRose 6 років тому +15

    Stuart, if you’re not going to do the advent calendar on your own anymore then PLEASE do it with Barry! Dan seems like a lovely bloke but it would be ace with Barry. He could get the plane everyday. It would be great.

  • @BobMonkeypimp
    @BobMonkeypimp 6 років тому +138

    Should have sodastreamed the Surströmming juice.

    • @sheep1ewe
      @sheep1ewe 6 років тому

      Yes, do that! we can send some more for that purpose... ha ha

    • @fattesttitsincairo
      @fattesttitsincairo 6 років тому +24

      Sodaström

    • @33melonpaws77
      @33melonpaws77 6 років тому +4

      satan's favourite

    • @AR_119
      @AR_119 6 років тому +3

      I'm pretty sure we banned chemical ware fare a while back...

    • @John-Adams
      @John-Adams 5 років тому

      Cursed comment

  • @EnerJohn94
    @EnerJohn94 4 роки тому +113

    "Hold it under water to stop squirting." Cheers, I'll try that with the missus.

    • @armytrainer
      @armytrainer 4 роки тому +25

      with the size of your misses you'll need to go Oceanside to get her fully underwater

    • @EnerJohn94
      @EnerJohn94 4 роки тому +4

      @@armytrainer 😂

    • @thegeniusfool
      @thegeniusfool 4 роки тому +3

      @@armytrainer Damn!

    • @bitterjames
      @bitterjames 4 роки тому +1

      nice boomer humor

    • @Hoganply
      @Hoganply 4 роки тому

      @@bitterjames The implication with that is that non-boomers can't relate to those in a long-term relationship.

  • @cynicthehedgehog385
    @cynicthehedgehog385 5 років тому +31

    2014: don’t send me surstömming I won’t eat it
    2018: so we’re eating surströmming

  • @retrohipster994
    @retrohipster994 4 роки тому +9

    7:21 ashens face as the situation evolves is just incredible. 😂

  • @noobrat
    @noobrat 5 років тому +48

    "That's a good bulge"
    -Barry 2018

  • @michaelwilliams9566
    @michaelwilliams9566 6 років тому +8

    FINALLY! I've only been waiting 8 hours for this video since Barry mentioned it on his channel!
    Always love your content guys, thank you for continuing to entertain us(sometimes at your own expense)

  • @MoweepOwO
    @MoweepOwO Рік тому +5

    Stewart's face after he gives it a sniff fucking kills me every time.

  • @theamateurfurry4735
    @theamateurfurry4735 5 років тому +32

    “Oh God the smell even underwater!” The instant regret couldn’t be more visible!

  • @unpaintedleadsyndrome
    @unpaintedleadsyndrome Рік тому +2

    I had almost forgotten how funny surstromming videos were :-)

  • @kevinKronnack
    @kevinKronnack 6 років тому +73

    That'd be the swim bladder and guts, that's what rots and makes its smell so nummy!

    • @Grobut81
      @Grobut81 6 років тому +21

      Fetid swim bladders.. hmm, there's a Black Metal band name in there somewhere.

    • @grimlockthe1823
      @grimlockthe1823 6 років тому +1

      @@Grobut81 probably

    • @jonnyboi9026
      @jonnyboi9026 6 років тому +1

      Or its just because the whole thing is fermented.

    • @Diabolus1978
      @Diabolus1978 6 років тому +1

      The thing is back in the day salt was very expensive so they just used enough for it not to turn bad. That's were surströmming comes from and is still prepared the same way as in back in the day.

  • @Bluesit32
    @Bluesit32 Рік тому +3

    Folks did their research before opening the can. Smart, very smart.

  • @hawthornss
    @hawthornss 6 років тому +7

    ashens, a few years ago: stop sending me surströmming, i'm not going to eat it
    ashens, 2018: hey barry i have a great idea

  • @Xeraser2
    @Xeraser2 Рік тому +2

    The way his expression changed at 8:10 still kills me

  • @lucasespacito2063
    @lucasespacito2063 2 роки тому

    “The problem is, it starts to sort of smell in your head” unreal 😂

  • @mjc0961
    @mjc0961 6 років тому +74

    I said it on Barry's video and I'll say it here:
    The ultimate goal of this is Fizzy Surstromming

  • @TheGlitched64Reads2
    @TheGlitched64Reads2 6 років тому +99

    Every penny was well spent. Every, Damn, Penny.

    • @NoFormalTraining
      @NoFormalTraining 6 років тому +5

      You. Bastard.

    • @TheGlitched64Reads2
      @TheGlitched64Reads2 6 років тому +9

      No Formal Training You noticed! I've been working so hard on being one. :D

    • @NoFormalTraining
      @NoFormalTraining 6 років тому +5

      TheGlitched64Reads You clearly graduated with honours from Bastard University! :D

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke 6 років тому +68

    Of all the rotten, nasty, out of date foods eaten so far, it's ironically funny that in-date Surströmming has been the worst... :P

    • @maxscardanelli6185
      @maxscardanelli6185 6 років тому

      twocvbloke It certainly is. But it’s the only good kind of irony that you can find on the Ashens channel...

    • @Keywy
      @Keywy 6 років тому +2

      I think it smelled worst, but it didn't make him vomit like the century egg

    • @விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்
      @விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக் 6 років тому +2

      I mean, technically there is no expiry date for rotten fish

    • @Pehmokettu
      @Pehmokettu 6 років тому

      No, there has been worse foods that Ashens did not even want to eat...

    • @twocvbloke
      @twocvbloke 6 років тому

      Hence why I said "eaten so far", not "reviewed so far but some eaten and others avoided because they were too disgusting"... :)

  • @carismo9502
    @carismo9502 2 роки тому +1

    I remember we had a surströmmings war back in school, it all started with someone smearing our lockers with the juices and hiding a couple of the fishes above the lockers.
    From then it was on, haha!

  • @yaoipervette392
    @yaoipervette392 6 років тому +27

    Barry's facial expressions are priceless. There is something about how he reacts to disgusting foods that just comes through so incredibly well in videos that even I start to feel sick.

  • @nightlightasmr7303
    @nightlightasmr7303 3 роки тому +2

    Barry: "I'm gonna try some more is that alright?"
    Ashens: .......😳

  • @alexl8632
    @alexl8632 5 років тому +36

    [laughs in swedish] SUFFER, FOOLISH MORTALS
    But honestly, you get all the internet points for doing it the right way all the way through.

  • @jayquill22
    @jayquill22 6 років тому +31

    Stuart. You wonderful boy. You brave, brave man.

    • @jamiedickinson4079
      @jamiedickinson4079 6 років тому +2

      Isn't that what Dumbledore called Harry in the last book?

    • @jayquill22
      @jayquill22 6 років тому +2

      Yes 😂

    • @Keywy
      @Keywy 6 років тому +1

      Pretty proud that I got this reference

  • @Mb-vs3lw
    @Mb-vs3lw 6 років тому +5

    "I wasn't expecting it to be so bum smelling" 😂😂😂😂

  • @MadZprod23
    @MadZprod23 6 років тому

    I can't believe you and Barry have met up !. I have watched both your channels separately for over a year now and to see you collab is awesome !

  • @andrewlaw
    @andrewlaw 5 років тому +1

    The best description I've heard for the smell is "a shit taking a fart". 😄

  • @Vollification
    @Vollification 4 роки тому +5

    3:10
    I'm Swedish and I just want to say this to anyone that want to try this.
    DON'T OPEN IT INDOORS! *EVER!*
    Seriously. The chemichals (propionic acid, butyric acid and acetic acid) that makes it stink so bad attaches to oil, grease and fat, think cream, milk and butter, but also wallpaper glue and paint because they always contain some sort of oil or generic grease product.
    If you open this indoors you can't get rid of the smell until you scrape the walls clean.

    • @readmylisp
      @readmylisp 4 роки тому

      Thanks ...I'll leave it on the shelf.

  • @BloodrealmX
    @BloodrealmX 5 років тому +37

    "It tastes way better than it smells." That's not exactly a high bar, though, is it?

  • @godslaughter
    @godslaughter 6 років тому +23

    This reminds me of that one time I was collecting sea snails for fishing bait and I accidentally overcrowded the bottle so they all suffocated before I could get to fishing. Unfortunately, there was a delay and I couldn't get to go fishing for two days so those snails stayed in there for around 50 hours. Long story short, all of the snails got fermented, the bottle was near exploding and once I opened the bottle I nearly threw up because of the stench. This entire private beach was engulfed in this pungent odor. If this food is anything like it, then hooo boy, I am so sorry you had to eat that.

  • @markbarneto9001
    @markbarneto9001 Рік тому +1

    Lol.. This is hilarious 😂.. Nice video.. Loving your videos! Keep it up

  • @TheSnabelkeso
    @TheSnabelkeso 5 років тому

    Really nice to see someone actually doing the surströmming properly! Good Job Ashens!

  • @Doctoraccoon
    @Doctoraccoon 5 років тому +3

    i´m from finland and i love surströmming with all my heart and its best cure for hungover :D

  • @brianm6337
    @brianm6337 6 років тому +22

    Hey! I know! Sodastream the Surströmming juice! A taste sensation!

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 6 років тому +1

      That made me laugh more than the actual video.

  • @mn4169
    @mn4169 2 роки тому +7

    I was 7 months pregnant and my neighbour came with a can of the stuff. My husband buried it in the garden. Swede from the South of Sweden

  • @MisterPancake778
    @MisterPancake778 2 місяці тому

    Watching the (usually) proper and tidy English people reacting to rotted Swedish fish is the best lol

  • @Lu666Ka600AA
    @Lu666Ka600AA 28 днів тому +1

    There was a Bugs Bunny cartoon, from the seventies I believe where Elmer Fudd was sent to the year 2000; he then proceeds to read the newspaper and an article says "Smellevision replaces Television".
    I am glad that was just a cartoon.

  • @DogFlamingoXIII
    @DogFlamingoXIII 6 років тому +70

    Normally I think people are at least somewhat overreacting to how bad something smells/ tastes to make the video. This poor fellow on the right though, you can actually watch his face change color with each whiff he takes It's visually bad enough that I can almost smell it myself. This is painful (but entertaining) to watch.

  • @DarthZ01
    @DarthZ01 6 років тому +28

    That sack was probably the swim bladder. Basically an internal balloon that helps the fish rise or sink in the water depending on how much air is diverted into it.

    • @TheNeilwiz01uk
      @TheNeilwiz01uk 6 років тому

      TheRenaissanceman65 i thoguht the guts and swimbladder where what made it smell? if its sold gutted surely it wouldnt stink?

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby 6 років тому +1

      Yummy.

  • @abingleyboy
    @abingleyboy 5 років тому +68

    Would this make for a lovely romantic dinner for two opening a can with the date followed by durian fruit dessert.

  • @jonbw12
    @jonbw12 5 років тому

    I just love watching the guy on the right. His reactions are priceless

  • @EagleShieldBay
    @EagleShieldBay 3 роки тому +1

    Advice from me in Sweden. Open can underwater correct start, but open whole can and open lid underwater. Wash the fish off in the water, or even fresh water. Take out backbone by opening fish out flat and run knife handle down the spine. Backbone and little hair bones peel out together. Combine the fillet with chopped onions and coarse mashed potato on flat bread. Yum! It's like slimey anchovies.

    • @Gekkibi
      @Gekkibi 3 роки тому

      I've eaten surströmming at least once per year for over 3 decades and I've never understood this underwater nonsense. Just put a few pieces of paper over the can opener and get on with it without faffing about.

  • @bakachan3601
    @bakachan3601 6 років тому +47

    I really have missed these Barry and Ashens try to eat things they shouldn't videos.
    Btw, delicacies are just gross foods that locals trick tourists into eating so they can laugh at them.

    • @affa2009
      @affa2009 6 років тому +1

      I want to agree with you but you have shit taste in cake

    • @bakachan3601
      @bakachan3601 6 років тому

      +青いボール Lolwhat? How would you know what kind of cake I like?

    • @affa2009
      @affa2009 6 років тому +1

      @@bakachan3601 well you like old disgusting christmas cakes

    • @bakachan3601
      @bakachan3601 6 років тому

      +青いボール Well, that went right over my head. I have zero idea as to what you're referring to.

    • @affa2009
      @affa2009 6 років тому

      @@bakachan3601 it was meant to be a reference to your avatar and a disgusting delicacy

  • @TheWesen18
    @TheWesen18 6 років тому +4

    As a Swede who loves me some ashens, I have never clicked on anything this fast.

  • @hotelmario510
    @hotelmario510 4 роки тому +7

    I like how you can see the life drain from Stu's eyes the second he puts it in his mouth. I reckon that moment probably shortened his life by about five years

  • @brennanneaton3062
    @brennanneaton3062 5 років тому

    This is great, you guys are hilarious and you ate it how a normal person would. Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing somebody try to down a whole herring for the laughs, but it’s refreshing to see people try it as it is intended.

  • @Ozlu
    @Ozlu 4 роки тому

    Watching ashens trying not to cry/vomit at the same time when he ate it 😂😂