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  • Eldungeon [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Scandinavian people ate mostly fish hope you like marinated herring. In Germany too they had the Bismarck herring.

      • Candidate [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        It's pretty good. There's a reason Kippers (smoked Herring) became a british breakfast staple.

      • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        It's fine fried, delicious when pickled and pretty bland when fermented if you can work your way through the awful smell and actually eat it.

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Pickled herring is sweet and vinegary but also fishy. The herring is a fat fish which goes well with the acidity of the vinegar.

        Pickled herring is not fermented and stinky in the same way Swedish surströmning is. You can smell the fish but not in an overpowering way.

        Pickled herring are made in several styles, the most common being "white herring" which is pickled with peppercorns and onions and "red herring" pickled with mace and other spices. Herring pickled in a curry dressing are also popular. Sometimes you also get herring that has been fried before being picked.

        It is normally eaten on black whole grain sourdough rye bread. Often it is topped with onions and capers or a mayonnaise-based curry salad.

        On festive occasions it is common to "give the herring something to swim in" and drink (many) shots of cold caraway aquavit with your herring.

        • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]M
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          3 years ago

          I visited Sweden once, and coming from Chicago (as an unironic Malort stan) I fell immediately in love with herring and aquavit.

          • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            aquavit is delicious

            aquavit is like if gin had a cool older brother that would buy you bottles of aquavit

            • Eldungeon [none/use name]
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              3 years ago

              The Norwegian Linie Aquavit is a good brand dill and caraway liquor that's crossed the tropics so many times

              • Eldungeon [none/use name]
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                3 years ago

                https://www.google.com/search?q=linie+aquavit+map&tbm=isch&client=ms-android-att-us-revc&prmd=sinxv&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9svevvPDyAhXPtFMKHS3vBvEQrNwCKAB6BQgBEIAD&biw=412&bih=652#imgrc=hAPKq8ZSGW-QlM

                That's the map

      • Eldungeon [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Its fishy. Slightly more than sardines I guess the marinated ones are good with raw onions and crackers or a hearty bread. What's tree-felling mean?