What syurstremming?

How do we sometimes surprising, perplexing, and sometimes shocked by its appearance and smell of some of the delicacies. But the moment we have the courage to at least once to taste them, then, as they say, and not to pull the ears: a very delicious, exquisite ... and a little expensive, but they and delicatessen. For example, shark fins, dried duck, sliced and boiled in broth for a swallow's nest, rotten eggs, which does not include rotten, because they are specifically for several months, aged in a special solution consisting of salt, lime and wood ashes, - all a purely domestic Chinese dishes, which we do not. And in China, these dishes do not eat so often, at least not on weekdays. Snakes, swallows' nests? A matter of taste and habits. The Chinese do not like our cheese and butter. They call them spoiled milk. Many people saw on the shelves of supermarkets and even tried to covered with green mold cheese "Roquefort", but on the Swedish national dish "syurstremming", for sure, not everyone had heard. In terms of taste this dish can claim to high places in the ranking of delicacies, and the smell can be compared only with a Chinese dish - rotten eggs and fruit royal durianom. Typically, such delicacies as syurstremming, nobody did anything to invent, he appeared by accident, and the case still fairly unusual. In XVI Sweden fought a war for naval supremacy in the German city of Luebeck, a fleet which at that time exceeded the Navy of Sweden, the Swedes and this created many problems, it was very difficult to import goods of sea routes to Sweden, which were needed to maintain the combat capability of the army. Inventories of products, including salt, which was used for the preservation of herring - the main dish in the Swedish army - is dwindling fast. Some of the suppliers in order to save scarce preservative were not to report the salt in barrels with fish. As a result of fraud, poorly preserved fish and began to smell unpleasant - it is simply spoiled. Under normal circumstances, it would certainly cast, but as legend has it, then, during the acute shortage of food, no choice, and herring gave the soldiers, who to everyone's surprise it ate. As it turned out to taste it did not looked like foul fish, and someone its sour taste even came to taste. Fish are not spoiled, but "prokisla. A new unusual Swedish dish rumors, and because the salt in those days cost dearly, even in peacetime, in northern Sweden, where it was difficult to get fresh produce from the poorest people "leavening" Herring has been a common method of preservation. That, according to legend, the origin of the Swedish national dish. Ever since then, Swedes cherish their special culinary heritage. Not everyone believes the legend. According to some scientists, the method of "fermentation" fish preserved by long before the XVI century, both in Sweden and elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere. Whatever the origin syurstremming well, the fish always been a sharp odor. But, despite the smell, today syurstremming served at banquets and consider a delicacy. Now, though, few people eat this delicacy for lunch or dinner each day. At syurstremming rather taken to invite guests. Fish has become popular throughout Sweden. This dish is still merely a Swedish phenomenon. Very few people outside the country have heard of syurstremming e, the more so - to try. Therefore foreigners who are invited to this delicacy and were not warned about its specifics, inevitably experienced a shock, at least twice. The first time you open the jar, and spread the smell. Guest, of course, logically concluded that the product has been corrupted and the host, of course, of course, threw the bank and suggest something else. Then came the second shock, when the host and the guests started to eat stinking fish, and with great pleasure. In the 30 years of XX century was an attempt to introduce a Swedish dish of Americans. But when New York customs officials opened the jar, they thought that they had been a gas attack. The product was found "unfit for consumption. However, the Swedes themselves are not unanimous in its attitude to the "fragrant" herring. This type of herring leaves no one indifferent. Its either love or do not tolerate. Anders Sparman, who in the middle of XVII century was the court physician of Queen Christina of Augusta, wrote that the smell reminds syurstremming fresh droppings. A famous Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus XVIII century, by contrast, was singing the praises of this dish and even made some valuable recipes of its fabrication. Abroad Swedes often say that most yearn for is syurstremming have. At one time, been made successful attempts to get rid of the smell. But in this form syurstremming had no commercial success, because the conviction gourmet syurstremming odorless - is not syurstremming. These connoisseurs eat herring without anything directly from the banks. Sometimes seize her cranberries and milk. But most of the fish is put on bread with butter, sprinkled with finely chopped onions, tomatoes and potatoes. Preferably use syurstremming with a cold beer or vodka. Syurstremming to be given in such a way, found many admirers, who once convinced of its opponents. Recently, the Swedish aviation authorities have decided to ban the sale syurstremming and in building the capital's Arlanda airport because of fears that if one such pot will explode on board the aircraft, some nervous passengers think that the victims of gas attacks.