Surströmming -- How to Eat Properly (with some ingredient substitutions)

Despite its infamous reputation, Surströmming is not merely edible but enjoyable when prepared properly and paired with the right ingredients. Here I chose:
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Potatoes (cannot get mandelpotatis here so used general purpose potatoes)
Onions
Sour cream (could not get gradfil here so used a Russian sour cream)
Tomatoes
tunnbrod (thin Scandinavian flatbread)
vasterbottensost (a sharp, nutty Swedish cheese, could substitute perhaps Parmesane type cheeses or Manchego if needed).
Vodka
Opening the tin is one of the more important tasks to get right. The safest way to do this is to open it underwater, for example in the kitchen sink. The fish should be washed and then taken outside, ideally in a sealed container. We packed these and went to the park.
When complete, all garbage should be immediately thrown in an outdoor trash canister, in a sealed container and any contaminated cloth items washed in the laundry.
For those in Berlin/Germany I got the primary Swedish ingredients at www.schweden-m...

[@lox_dedskiy]

I know a man who ate pure surstroemming, washed down with beer. By the way, he really liked it

[@WorldTravelerCooking]

That's impressive. I tasted a small bit fresh my first time. And it was intense and very salty.

[@adminsz3259]

@@WorldTravelerCooking Я так поняла, что это была просто тухлая селёдка?

[@jasicjan]

What is a good substitute for tunnbrod if i cant find one at my place? Living in central Europe

[@WorldTravelerCooking]

You could use another flatbread or you can just omit it. Note that some tunnbrod is soft, but much of it has barley and rye added. If you are in Central Europe though I would assume you could get some at the same place you got the surstromming. But if not, maybe that helps.
You could also use a crisp bread like wasa or the like.

[@jasicjan]

@@WorldTravelerCooking thanks for clarification. Now i know which way to go :)

[@northdevonwildlifewithandy788]

Why?

[@WorldTravelerCooking]

Because most surstromming videos make it sound disgusting when in fact it is enjoyable. And because these experiences tell us a lot about various other cultures and times.

[@nyflo718]

You can see the bones coming out....i only see a hand

[@WorldTravelerCooking]

Hah!

[@rodricksharpe3668]

That shit stank so bad he can barely talk 😂

[@hcassar]

How to properly eat surströmming: you don’t

[@WorldTravelerCooking]

eaten properly it is nice. eaten improperly it is impossible to eat.

[@mjones2296]

Nope. There is no ‘proper’ way to eat inedible food. Would vomit taste nice if you cooked it with onions and some potatoes? Hell no. It really takes an odd breed of ‘human’ to actually enjoy this stuff. Even animals run away from this smell. Absolutely universally disgusting.

[@WorldTravelerCooking]

I think it is actually tasty though.

[@eses2314]

Have you tried it? Because it doesn't taste like vomit, it just tastes like very salty fish. Don't yuck anyone's yum and grow some balls