Surströmming Fillets - Fermented Herring Fillets in Traditional Tin

Bought it for the challenge.. it’s horrible smelling and tasting.. BUT that’s exactly what is supposed to be !! If you’re up to the challenge.. this is the one !!

The smell when the can was opened cleared out my yard of people within a minute, and the smell lingered for a long while. One family member threw up from the smell alone. While we knew the smell would be awful, we thought the actual fish would be interesting. We did not expect the smell to be so awful. When we opened the cans and went to take out the fish, there was no fish, only fish bones. It looked like the fish flesh had disintegrated.

I cannot understate how smelly these fish were. It smelled like death but like not death I have ever smelled. Interesting taste, salty and fishy of course. Great fillets. My package arrived ahead of schedule and made for a delightful laugh when the can exploded on opening in my mother, who acted as though she was hit with a caustic acid and raced to strip as fast as possible. 100/100 recommend

This was by far the worst thing I’ve ever purchased on Amazon. I expected strong smell and taste — it’s surströmming after all — but what I received wasn’t even edible. When I opened the can, there were no fillets, no chunks, not even a single piece of fish. Just a disgusting, grayish sludge that looked like it had already been digested. You can see the picture — it speaks for itself. The texture was slimy and foamy, and the smell was indescribable — like a mix of sewage and decaying fish left in the sun. This is not a traditional delicacy, it’s a health hazard in a tin. Complete waste of money.

The complex flavor of this herring is not for the feint of heart. Opened it at work because my wife had sent this to me as a gift and I nearly cleared out the whole building. While standing in an isolated location I wrapped it in tortillas with some onion and butter. Despite the smell, actually not bad.

Was exactly what you think it will be. The can expiration time was the same as when we received it, and was so puffy it looked explosive, so we know it would be exciting to open. Once opened it continued to fizz like an Alka Seltzer tab in a glass of water. The taste? Salty. The texture? Hard Bones and mushy flesh. The smell? Imagine opening a soiled diaper, that had been wrapped in a plastic bag and left on the dash of a car in the middle of summer. For a week. Don't knock it 'till you've tried it...

The can was dented in four places and swollen. It was in really bad condition. Surströmming Fillets - Fermented Herring Fillets in Traditional Tin

Very disappointing. There are no filets. Just bones and mush meat water. Smell wasn't that bad. Smelled like cat food. Only one of my co workers puked. Would not buy again.