Talk:Surströmming

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Contents 1 Redlinks 2 Acquired taste 3 Banned from airlines - true or not? 4 Earwitness about alleged taste

[edit] Redlinks

For pete's sake! It's got two red links! The cleanup tag seems excessive. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 21:20, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree, and removed it. Jonathunder 02:49, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

LOL, tag-o-maniac ;-) Fred-Chess 10:08, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Tag-o-maniacallity levels are increasing, nowadays. Said: Rursus ☺ ★ 11:52, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Acquired taste

Re: the acquired taste paragraph, I didn't publish it anywhere, but I tried it, and liked it the first time. It has a strong mustardy taste. I don't know first hand whether the tin can explode, but it certainly was grossly swollen, and the person I got it from presumably had some reason for sending it wrapped in no less than three heavy plastic bags. The smell is definitely strong, but didn't strike me with the force described in some of the narratives. 71.41.210.146 01:52, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Banned from airlines - true or not?

What about the sources for the banned-from-airlines part of the article? The linked BBC news page is dated 1st of April 2006, which might even be an Aprils fool. Anybody can confirm this story? --130.243.160.120 22:05, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Judging from a few Swedish papers, BBC is obviously quoting some of the major Swedish papers: SvD, March 23, DN, March 24

/ Mats Halldin (talk) 23:24, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

The BBC has also been known to use the 1st of April to run deceptive stories which look like jokes but are actually true, just to keep readers on their toes.130.225.25.169 07:13, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Earwitness about alleged taste

I heard a reportage in Swedish P3, where the price of a radio game was one bite of Surströmming. The winner took that bite, and then screamed:

"Fyfaan! Fyfaan! Det smakar som skit!

translation: "Shame you S*t*n! Shame you S*t*n! It tastes like ... (guess the rest yourself) ...

Said: Rursus ☺ ★ 11:45, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

The talkpage is for discussing improvements to the article, please avoid filling it up with amusing anecdotes which have no place in it. BTW, I've reverted your scare quotes around "delicacy", please see my edit summary for why. Bishonen | talk 12:02, 2 July 2007 (UTC).