Swedish cuisine is known around the world for its Swedish meatballs, crayfish parties and smorgasbord lunches, but there’s one traditional delicacy that rarely makes it beyond the country’s border.

More than a decade ago, NPR's Ari Shapiro attempted to eat a fermented Swedish herring calledsurströmming, one of the most pungent foods in the world. It did not go well. Twelve years later, on a ...

The woman who vowed she'd taste anything, arthropods included, plans to draw the line at surströmming, fermented herring from northern Sweden with an aroma so pungent the locals compare it to "gas ...

It’s thought to be so bad for you to eat that the European Union is trying to ban it, but its smell alone can make you sick. Surströmming is a type of fermented herring that is traditionally enjoyed ...

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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 ...

More than a decade ago, NPR's Ari Shapiro attempted to eat a fermented Swedish herring called surströmming, one of the most pungent foods in the world. It did not go well. Twelve years later, on a ...