Fermented herring - Surströmming

Soon the season of fermented herring has its beginning here in Sweden. At the Gala Top Match Dinner in July at the whippet congress I sat together with Americans Patience and Crystal and they were a bit hesitant about the herring that was served at that dinner but if I remember correctly they did try a couple of pieces!! I wonder what these two ladies would think about our Swedish specialty, fermented herring. The smell is just awful but the taste is wonderful. Not everybody’s cup of tea but certainly mine!! You eat t this together with special bread types, onions, sour crème and a special type of potato that fir most grows in the northern part of Sweden and it is called Almond Potatoes. We usually get a box sent to us from the north of Sweden with the fish and potatoes and friends who like this delicious dish are welcome to join!! Here you can read more about a foreigner’s first contact with the fish!

Surströmmingen är på gång och personligen ser jag fram emot det då jag älskar surströmming. Jag vet att det inte är alla som gillar det, men tyvärr förväxlar nog många lukten och smaken som naturligtvis inte går att jämföra. Vi brukar få en box nersänt från Norrland med fisk och mandelpotatis. Jag är lite lat och föredrar färdigfilead fisk….