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Texans eating Finnish food.

Apr 25, 2013#1

Dave

Apr 25, 2013#2

Chad Sexington

This is the greatest thing. I love this so much.

Apr 25, 2013#3

Gilgamesh

Hispanics calling each other nigga. Yep, they're Texan. I've known guys like this my entire life.

Apr 25, 2013#4

Dave

I like the one guy: "I'm black. At least I think I'm black; I could be Puerto Rican."

Apr 25, 2013#5

Gilgamesh

Dave said:
I like the one guy: "I'm black. At least I think I'm black; I could be Puerto Rican."

Yuuuuup.

Apr 25, 2013#6

GasBandit

LOL even the smell of it first opening makes them dry heave... North_Ranger ! What exactly is this horrible substance?

Apr 25, 2013#7

Dave

Fermented Baltic herring. Lightly decomposed in its own brine.

Apr 25, 2013#8

Gilgamesh

TYL: (Today You Learned) A Texican can eat anything after 8 Bud Lights.

Apr 25, 2013#9

Shakey

Gilgamesh said:
TYL: (Today You Learned) A Texican can eat anything after 8 Bud Lights.

Because they're just too damn expensive to waste. :Leyla:

Apr 25, 2013#10

Chad Sexington

Gilgamesh said:
TYL: (Today You Learned) A Texican can eat anything after 8 Bud Lights.

TIL someone can drink 8 Bud Lights. Mind, I guess I can drink pretty much anything once I'm drunk.

Apr 25, 2013#11

sixpackshaker

Chad Sexington said:
TIL someone can drink 8 Bud Lights. Mind, I guess I can drink pretty much anything once I'm drunk.

If you drink 8 bud lights, you won't be drunk... unless you shotgun them.

Apr 25, 2013#12

Frank

I came into this thread expecting some guys to get all wussy about eating some sort of pickled fish product, left being pretty impressed at the guy on the left for eating rotten fermented fish packed in what looks like salt slime. Fuck that.

Apr 25, 2013#13

TommiR

For some reason I can't get the video to run properly, but whatever. Fermented herring is actually not as bad as it smells, though the stench is admittably repugnant. Also, in real fermented herring, pressure has been building up inside the can, so it is advisable to open the can under water, such as in a kitchen sink, in order to prevent a real stinker of an accident.

But the taste is actually not that bad. Traditionally it is wrapped up in flat bread (?) along with onion cubes, potato bits, and leek, though I guess you can use whatever you want. It tastes quite nice in my opinion.

Apr 25, 2013#14

Dave

Yeah, when they opened the can they all about threw up. It was glorious!

Apr 25, 2013#15

North_Ranger

Dave said:
Fermented Baltic herring. Lightly decomposed in its own brine.

A-yup.

And for our defense, surströmming is more of a Swedish thing, really. So no wonder those guys were gagging

Because as we all know...

So no worries, guys. If any of you come over, I'll treat you to something nice. Like maybe some gravlax. Or smoked lake herring. Or lipeäkala. Of course, if you visit at Eastertime, I will insist that you try some of this:

Apr 25, 2013#16

sixpackshaker

cuisine based on a dare...

all cultures have some.

Apr 25, 2013#17

Shakey

You could tell the can was under pressure cause the liquid shot out when they started opening it too.

Apr 25, 2013#18

Officer_Charon

I would like to try it once, just to say that I have... but I will not do it on a full stomach...

Apr 25, 2013#19

Ravenpoe

I've had lutefisk, which I have no idea if I spelled correctly. It's some sort of fermented fish dish. It smells absolutely rancid. But the taste isn't all that bad.

Apr 25, 2013#20

Chad Sexington

Officer_Charon said:
I would like to try it once, just to say that I have... but I will not do it on a full stomach...

Wahad gave me Hollandse nieuwe when I visited the Netherlands. It's raw herring that's been gutted and de-boned, and kept on ice. To make it more appetizing, they put raw onions on it. You grab the tail, and drop it into your mouth, biting off everything in one go (at least, he did, so I did likewise). Holy. Christ.

I had never wanted to throw up from eating something before that, and I choked it down, but dear lord. I tried it, like you say, just to say I had, but damn damn damn. I won't forget that experience, or Wahad's bursting into laughter at my expression. It was worth it.

Apr 25, 2013#21

North_Ranger

Ravenpoe said:
I've had lutefisk, which I have no idea if I spelled correctly. It's some sort of fermented fish dish. It smells absolutely rancid. But the taste isn't all that bad.

Actually, lutefisk and surströmming are completely different. Lutefisk is made by soaking fish - most commonly cod - in water and lye.

Apr 25, 2013#22

TommiR

North_Ranger said:

If any of you ever visit Finland around Easter, I wholeheartedly recommend you try this. It tastes good with milk and cream, and this Easter I tried it with vanilla sauce for the first time. It was excellent.

Apr 25, 2013#23

Cheesy1

*Meanwhile, TommiR and North_Ranger are laughing their asses off in private chat, hoping one of the stupid Yanks will actually try it.*

Apr 25, 2013#24

Eriol

On a related note, my Grandfather went absolutely nuts for pickled Red Cabbage. He grew up in Denmark, came to Canada when he was 21 (ish), and until he died at 105, he still loved the stuff. My Dad has a taste for it too, though to me it's just "OK". As powerful as my Grandpa liked it (LOTS of vinegar... I think. Whatever it was that made it "strong"), was a bit much for me. Not a LOT too much, but more than I'd want.

Apr 25, 2013#25

GasBandit

When I was 6th grader living in El Paso, there was this "candy" all the mexican kids were absolutely ga-ga over called "Limon."

So, my thoroughly caucasian friends and I went down the street from school to the little store that sold it and bought some. I was the first of us to try it, so just like I'd seen the limon aficionados do, I tore open the packet, tipped my head back, upended the open packet over my open mouth and flicked the packet to dislodge all the stuff inside at once into my mouth.

Now, I guess I was expecting some sort of sugar-based sweet, sort of like pixie stix.

Limon is basically salt crystals dusted in lemon powder.

It took something like 10 minutes for my friends to stop laughing at the face I made when that stuff made contact with my taste buds. To borrow a phrase from the Oatmeal, it was like tonguing Poseidon's salty butthole.

Apr 25, 2013#26

Jax

Chad Sexington said:
Wahad gave me Hollandse nieuwe when I visited the Netherlands. It's raw herring that's been gutted and de-boned, and kept on ice. To make it more appetizing, they put raw onions on it. You grab the tail, and drop it into your mouth, biting off everything in one go (at least, he did, so I did likewise). Holy. Christ.

I had never wanted to throw up from eating something before that, and I choked it down, but dear lord. I tried it, like you say, just to say I had, but damn damn damn. I won't forget that experience, or Wahad's bursting into laughter at my expression. It was worth it.

Hell no, herring is freakin awesomesauce!

Or, I guess herringsauce in this case..
But damn, I love it!

Apr 25, 2013#27

TommiR

Cheesy1 said:
*Meanwhile, TommiR and North_Ranger are laughing their asses off in private chat, hoping one of the stupid Yanks will actually try it.*

Apr 25, 2013#28

Officer_Charon

If someone sends me some, I will film me eating it... or puking up what's in my stomach. :Leyla:

Either way, you win!

Apr 25, 2013#29

WasabiPoptart

As long as it's not the decomposing shark meat from Iceland (hakarl?).

Apr 25, 2013#30

Tinwhistler

GasBandit said:
When I was 6th grader living in El Paso, there was this "candy" all the mexican kids were absolutely ga-ga over called "Limon."

So, my thoroughly caucasian friends and I went down the street from school to the little store that sold it and bought some. I was the first of us to try it, so just like I'd seen the limon aficionados do, I tore open the packet, tipped my head back, upended the open packet over my open mouth and flicked the packet to dislodge all the stuff inside at once into my mouth.

Now, I guess I was expecting some sort of sugar-based sweet, sort of like pixie stix.

Limon is basically salt crystals dusted in lemon powder.

It took something like 10 minutes for my friends to stop laughing at the face I made when that stuff made contact with my taste buds. To borrow a phrase from the Oatmeal, it was like tonguing Poseidon's salty butthole.

When I was in my 20's, I tried a mexican-favorite candy called "sal sabor" that they sold at my local convenience store. It was a dried plum sealed in a candy wrapper. Now, knowing that "sal sabor" means "salt flavor" in spanish, I expected it to be salty...but holy christ, I took one nibble and threw it away. But I'll be damned if not 10 minutes later, I was craving another bite. I ended up buying them all the time when I was in there.

Apr 25, 2013#31

LittleSin

WasabiPoptart said:
As long as it's not the decomposing shark meat from Iceland (hakarl?).

I just came into mention this.

It isn't half bad, actually.

Apr 25, 2013#32

checkeredhat

The relevant comic from Scandinavia and the World:

(Even though Finland isn't in this one)

Apr 25, 2013#33

Bubble181

There's always worse

Any Mongols around these days?

Apr 25, 2013#34

Dave

I fucking love everything about that comic. The whole comic, not just that one.

Apr 25, 2013#35

bhamv3

Damn, all we Taiwanese people have in terms of disgusting food is Stinky Tofu.

With Century Egg in second place, I guess.

Apr 25, 2013#36

Frank

Man, I can't imagine anything more disgusting than century eggs.

Apr 25, 2013#37

Tress

What would be the stinky/rank/nasty food for America? Deep-fried candy?

Apr 25, 2013#38

Officer_Charon

Deep fried candy bars would probably be it, but that doesn't even come close to the gut-renchingness of surstromming - at least not in theory.

At least it smells good before you eat it. I can't comment on the taste, as I don't really eat much in the way of fried stuff. Hell, I'm practically a heretic down here, because I've never had a funnel cake.

Apr 25, 2013#39

WasabiPoptart

LittleSin said:
I just came into mention this.

It isn't half bad, actually.

I saw Andrew Zimmern try it on Bizzare Foods. I think the only other thing I have seen him try that you could tell he was disgusted by was durian fruit.[DOUBLEPOST=1366940932][/DOUBLEPOST]

Tress said:
What would be the stinky/rank/nasty food for America? Deep-fried candy?

Spam! It's vile.

Apr 25, 2013#40

Officer_Charon

I LIKE Spam... mmmm.... fried Spam....

Apr 25, 2013#41

checkeredhat

Officer_Charon said:
Deep fried candy bars would probably be it, but that doesn't even come close to the gut-renchingness of surstromming - at least not in theory.

At least it smells good before you eat it. I can't comment on the taste, as I don't really eat much in the way of fried stuff. Hell, I'm practically a heretic down here, because I've never had a funnel cake.

Deep fried chocolate bars are delicious. You shut your whore mouth.

I mean.... I think you are mistaken and perhaps they deserve a second chance
...officer.

Apr 25, 2013#42

Officer_Charon

Dude, all I know is that regular fried stuff, while delicious, leaves me feeling kinda greasy.

Deep-fried candy bars.... well, maybe if I'd just made a big pot bust or something like that....

Apr 25, 2013#43

checkeredhat

Anyway... I think the Scots actually did that before you'Muricans (and way before us. I think Calgarians were the first t do it here. And they're our Texas.)

Apr 25, 2013#44

bhamv3

WasabiPoptart said:
I saw Andrew Zimmern try it on Bizzare Foods. I think the only other thing I have seen him try that you could tell he was disgusted by was durian fruit.

Oh god Durian. I forgot Durian. Durian is gross. It smells like a dead rat wrapped in a fruit peel. Tastes like it too.

Apr 25, 2013#45

Officer_Charon

I'd heard Durian's flavor described as "a sort of oniony pineapple," so that's always made me kind of curious...

Apr 25, 2013#46

checkeredhat

Officer_Charon said:
I'd heard Durian's flavor described as "a sort of oniony pineapple," so that's always made me kind of curious...

... That actually sounds good to me. It'd save me a topping on my pizza orders. Why, I could fill that vacant slot in with green pepper.

Apr 25, 2013#47

Officer_Charon

You know? The only way it could be better would be if it tasted more garlicky. Fruit + garlic = foreverwin

Apr 25, 2013#48

Cajungal

I couldn't even get through the video without retching. Jeeee-sus.

Apr 25, 2013#49

HCGLNS

Fucking wussies. Drink a human toe and we'll talk.

Apr 25, 2013#50

Squidleybits

I can't think of any gross Canadian foods.

Apr 25, 2013#51

HCGLNS

Squidleybits said:
I can't think of any gross Canadian foods.

Seal eyes tend to freak out some folks, but they taste yummy!

Apr 25, 2013#52

strawman

Had a guest over for dinner from Africa (no, I don't remember which part...) who tried out cottage cheese and found it to be quite disgusting.

Apr 25, 2013#53

Eriol

Squidleybits said:
I can't think of any gross Canadian foods.

Prairie Oysters. I have no idea where you can order one, but they exist.

Canadians don't have any mainstream gross foods like some other countries do. Our mainstream national dish is awesome: Poutine. Montreal, your smoked meat had it for a long time, but Poutine took the country by storm. Soon, the WORLD! MWHAHHAHahaahaha!!!!!

Sorry, been playing a lot of Monkey Island lately. Was channeling Murray there a bit.

Apr 25, 2013#54

WasabiPoptart

bhamv3 said:
Oh god Durian. I forgot Durian. Durian is gross. It smells like a dead rat wrapped in a fruit peel. Tastes like it too.

I've heard it has kind of a creamy texture, but it tastes like the sweaty insole of a boot.

Apr 26, 2013#55

Wahad

Chad Sexington said:
Wahad gave me Hollandse nieuwe when I visited the Netherlands. It's raw herring that's been gutted and de-boned, and kept on ice. To make it more appetizing, they put raw onions on it. You grab the tail, and drop it into your mouth, biting off everything in one go (at least, he did, so I did likewise). Holy. Christ.

I had never wanted to throw up from eating something before that, and I choked it down, but dear lord. I tried it, like you say, just to say I had, but damn damn damn. I won't forget that experience, or Wahad's bursting into laughter at my expression. It was worth it.

Good times, good times. Definitely worth it.

Apr 26, 2013#56

checkeredhat

Eriol said:
Prairie Oysters. I have no idea where you can order one, but they exist.

Canadians don't have any mainstream gross foods like some other countries do. Our mainstream national dish is awesome: Poutine. Montreal, your smoked meat had it for a long time, but Poutine took the country by storm. Soon, the WORLD! MWHAHHAHahaahaha!!!!!

Sorry, been playing a lot of Monkey Island lately. Was channeling Murray there a bit.

As HCGLNS mentioned, I think ours would be the Sour Toe Cocktail, even though who among us has actually tried that?

Apr 26, 2013#57

strawman

checkeredhat said:
As HCGLNS mentioned, I think ours would be the Sour Toe Cocktail, even though who among us has actually tried that?

I don't think that counts. Pickle anything in alcohol long enough and it ceases to lend anything to the alcohol of itself.

Not sure that Rocky Mountain oysters would be a big deal since a number of countries eat the various reproductive bits of a variety of animals.

Apr 26, 2013#58

Tinwhistler

stienman said:
Not sure that Rocky Mountain oysters would be a big deal since a number of countries eat the various reproductive bits of a variety of animals.

You should've seen my wife's face when I told her that uni was actually the gonads of the sea urchin

Apr 26, 2013#59

sixpackshaker

Pickled pigs feet, boudain, Pickled Spicy Sausage (the worst thing that I ever ate), sucking crawfish heads, sardines...

Menudo, Barbacoa, Lengua...

Apr 26, 2013#60

Dave

My mom's leftover casserole.

Apr 26, 2013#61

Eriol

stienman said:
Not sure that Rocky Mountain oysters would be a big deal since a number of countries eat the various reproductive bits of a variety of animals.

I'm not claiming uniqueness, only that a Canadian dish that's absolutely disgusting does actually exist.

Or at least the idea of it is horrid. The dish may be 100% fine. I dunno.

Apr 26, 2013#62

GasBandit

Probably what american food horrifies other nationalities most is fairly boring - our "heart attack" line of fried grease bombs. You know.. like the double down or the Quadruple Bypass Burger

Those buns are donuts.

Apr 26, 2013#63

Tress

That stuff horrifies me as well. :puke:

Apr 26, 2013#64

Wahad

sixpackshaker said:
Pickled pigs feet, boudain, Pickled Spicy Sausage (the worst thing that I ever ate), sucking crawfish heads, sardines...

Menudo, Barbacoa, Lengua...

Whatever is wrong with sardines?

I mean, all those other things are delicious as well (excepting the pickled spicy sausage and crawfish heads, I've never had those so I can't judge), but I don't see whatever sardines did to get put in the in the ''offal'' category.

Apr 26, 2013#65

sixpackshaker

Wahad, to the uninitiated they are foul and have a strong odor. You know, stuff you have to eat first on a dare...

Apr 26, 2013#66

DarkAudit

GasBandit said:
Probably what american food horrifies other nationalities most is fairly boring - our "heart attack" line of fried grease bombs. You know.. like the double down or the Quadruple Bypass Burger

The Double Down is bad, but there is worse...

Marmite and natto are more "love it or hate it" than downright nasty. I will have either one and come back for seconds.

Apr 26, 2013#67

Wahad

sixpackshaker said:
Wahad, to the uninitiated they are foul and have a strong odor. You know, stuff you have to eat first on a dare...

You must get terrible sardines. That makes me sad.

I forget not everybody has the luxury of living near the coast where fish is fresh all the time, unless you eat at a terrible locale.

Apr 26, 2013#68

figmentPez

TommiR said:
If any of you ever visit Finland around Easter, I wholeheartedly recommend you try this. It tastes good with milk and cream, and this Easter I tried it with vanilla sauce for the first time. It was excellent.

Okay, but what is it?

Apr 27, 2013#69

Squidleybits

Call me a baby, but those "eating" challenges on Survivor still revolt me!

Apr 27, 2013#70

blotsfan

Officer_Charon said:
I'd heard Durian's flavor described as "a sort of oniony pineapple," so that's always made me kind of curious...

I've had Durian. I don't remember quite what it tasted like, but I remember my reaction to be "This doesn't taste good, but its not insanely gross."

Apr 27, 2013#71

Frank

Eriol said:
Prairie Oysters. I have no idea where you can order one, but they exist.

Canadians don't have any mainstream gross foods like some other countries do. Our mainstream national dish is awesome: Poutine. Montreal, your smoked meat had it for a long time, but Poutine took the country by storm. Soon, the WORLD! MWHAHHAHahaahaha!!!!!

Sorry, been playing a lot of Monkey Island lately. Was channeling Murray there a bit.

Prairie Oysters are mostly a dare food though, mostly isolated to dive bars. They're hardly regular eating.[DOUBLEPOST=1367079106][/DOUBLEPOST]

GasBandit said:
Probably what american food horrifies other nationalities most is fairly boring - our "heart attack" line of fried grease bombs. You know.. like the double down or the Quadruple Bypass Burger

You know, it always bugs me that the Double Down has the rep it does. It's gross and fatty yeah, but it's got less fat (of all kinds) and calories than a plain Whopper from Burger King.

Apr 27, 2013#72

North_Ranger

figmentPez said:
Okay, but what is it?

It's mämmi. Duh.

Apr 27, 2013#73

TommiR

figmentPez said:
Okay, but what is it?

Yes, as my compatriot here spilled the beans, it is Mämmi, a proper finnish Easter dish. A rye based mixture that, while inside the container, looks like something a cow might have left behind, but it actually tastes quite good IMO once you get over the appearance and try it.

Apr 27, 2013#74

figmentPez

TommiR said:
Yes, as my compatriot here spilled the beans, it is Mämmi, a proper finnish Easter dish. A rye based mixture that, while inside the container, looks like something a cow might have left behind, but it actually tastes quite good IMO once you get over the appearance and try it.

The description on Wikipedia sounds really tasty. I'll have to give it a shot if I ever have the chance, it sounds right up my alley.

Apr 28, 2013#75

Officer_Charon

figmentPez said:
The description on Wikipedia sounds really tasty. I'll have to give it a shot if I ever have the chance, it sounds right up my alley.

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