[net.wobegon] surstromming

nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe) (01/29/85)

> By the way, if you've survived lutfisk, feel free to taste
> that wonderful Swedish surstromming -- herring fermented
> in a can until the can almost explodes from the gas inside.
> It was popularly called "balcony fish" as you'd better not
> open the can indoors.  The appropriate spice is raw onions.
> 
> Martin Minow
> decvax!minow

I heard it was illegal to open surstromming in public (in Sweden, at
least).  True?
Nemo