Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. can of surströmming - Paul Barron/Shutterstock There are some foods that really stink — literally. Meanwhile, some of these fetid ...

Surströmming, a fermented herring considered to be a famous delicacy in Sweden, is also known as one of the most pungent foods in the world. More than a decade ago, NPR's Ari Shapiro attempted to eat ...

TYRSIL, Norway, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A Swedish fermented herring expert who traveled to Norway to take care of a 24-year-old can of surstromming herring said the fish has completely dissolved. Ruben ...

When people think of Sweden, they tend to picture pop icons like ABBA, flat-pack furniture from IKEA or storybook characters like Pippi Longstocking. Swedish food, however, rarely inspires the same ...

Sweden's suströmming fermented herring delicacy laid out on a slice of dry flatbread. Photo: Stina Stjernkvist/SvD/TT There's spectacle: opening each can is fraught with danger. Self-discovery: can ...

A hush descends over a crowd gathered in the yard outside the Higashi-Nakano Civic Activity Center. The silence is broken only by the sound of camera shutters. Keisuke Nakanishi punctures the rim on a ...

Sweden has the distinction of producing surströmming, one of the foulest-smelling foods in the world. More than a decade ago, NPR's Ari Shapiro... Surströmming Revisited: Eating Sweden's Famously ...