01 Jun 09
I had reindeer once. All I could think of was that I'm eating Rudolf. That'll teach him for leaving a pile of droppings on my rooftop every Christmas Eve! Now what do I do about all that soot from the chimney that is tracked all over my nice clean floors at the same time? Every year it's the same old thing. Damn that Santa Claus!
01 Jun 09
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Originally posted by Seitseunfair, you have all the good gross stuff in mexico.
1. Bull testicles
2. Worms
3. Crickets
4. A cockroach (though unintentionally, because she was swimming in my orange juice when it flushed it down in one gulp)
mine is probably 'mämmi', although it's very common in finland. (as is reindeer, I didn't even realize someone could think of it as strange). it's a sweet & sour easter delicacy, made of rye, and it looks like...
well you tell me what it looks like:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/M%C3%A4mmi-2.jpg
hey seitse, how would you rate salmiakki on strangeness scale as a foreigner? I can't think of any way to describe it to a foreigner (well, it's a type of candy), except that it's made from hydrochloric acid and ammonia. which probably illustrates a bit why it might be strange.
01 Jun 09
Originally posted by wormwoodHey, mämmi is the best thing ever.
unfair, you have all the good gross stuff in mexico.
mine is probably 'mämmi', although it's very common in finland. (as is reindeer, I didn't even realize someone could think of it as strange). it's a sweet & sour easter delicacy, made of rye, and it looks like...
well you tell me what it looks like:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/M%C3%A4mmi-2.jpg
With cream and sugar, and right after sauna... mama mia!
01 Jun 09
Originally posted by SeitseI edited in a salmiakki question above.
Hey, mämmi is the best thing ever.
With cream and sugar, and right after sauna... mama mia!
come to think of it, ant eggs might be my strangest 'meal'. or fire ant's ... what do you call their venom again? here it's called their piss, but it isn't really piss though, right? well, it tastes quite like lemon juice.
01 Jun 09
Originally posted by wormwoodHey, I am no foreigner, no matter what Timo Soini and his fascist party says 😛
I edited in a salmiakki question above.
come to think of it, ant eggs might be my strangest 'meal'. or fire ant's ... what do you call their venom again? here it's called their piss, but it isn't really piss though, right? well, it tastes quite like lemon juice.
Salmiakki is too salty for foreigners, I guess, which is no problem if you see the big picture but when a Westerner is said "here, have a candy", the first thought is "oh it's sweet" and salmiakki is not. I dig salmiakki, but not alone; rather a good companion for other tastes.
Have you been lately to makuuni? They have UFOs of mild sweetness but with a salmiakki line and filled up with some über sour powder, kind of chili-esque.
You gotta try 'em, man, they are now my favs for movie afternoon, together with the wasabi snacks, of course.
01 Jun 09
Originally posted by Seitse"perussuomalaiset - scraping the barrel of retardation."
Hey, I am no foreigner, no matter what Timo Soini and his fascist party says 😛
Salmiakki is too salty for foreigners, I guess, which is no problem if you see the big picture but when a Westerner is said "here, have a candy", the first thought is "oh it's sweet" and salmiakki is not. I dig salmiakki, but not alone; rather a good companion for other tastes. ...[text shortened]... man, they are now my favs for movie afternoon, together with the wasabi snacks, of course.
I don't eat candy, and I rather watch movies in my private theater in the western wing of my herttoniemi mansion, away from the peasants. 🙂 but yeah, strong salmiakki powder stuffed into other kinds of candy was my favourite as a kid.
01 Jun 09
Originally posted by NordlysI think we have that too, lipeäkala or 'lye fish', it's a christmas delicacy. 🙂
Lutefisk may be the strangest I have had. It may not be that strange, but it has received lots of poetic and nauseating descriptions.
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/ic/lutefisk.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk#Lutefisk_humor
do norwegians eat the swedish surströmning (sour herring)? it must be one of the foulest abominations of a dish on earth. basically it's simply rotten herring in a tin. yeah. they put it into a tin, without conservation, then let it sit until it rots. there's a risk of explosion because the gas pressure builds up, which is also why the tin needs to be opened underwater in a sink. if it sprays on your clothes, there's no way to get the rotten smell off.
never had the guts to try it.
01 Jun 09
Originally posted by wormwoodWe have sursild (which I LOVE), which means sour herring, but apparently that's not the same as surströmning. According to this article: http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/skraablikk/article593508.ece (which is about some airlines not allowing surströmning in your luggage because it's too explosive 😛), surströmning is related to rakfisk, which I have heard about, but which I haven't tried.
I think we have that too, lipeäkala or 'lye fish', it's a christmas delicacy. 🙂
do norwegians eat the swedish surströmning (sour herring)? it must be one of the foulest abominations of a dish on earth. basically it's simply rotten herring in a tin. yeah. they put it into a tin, without conservation, then let it sit until it rots. there's a risk of expl ...[text shortened]... your clothes, there's no way to get the rotten smell off.
never had the guts to try it.
01 Jun 09
Originally posted by Nordlysyeah I heard about it being banned on airplanes. 😀 good riddance!
We have sursild (which I LOVE), which means sour herring, but apparently that's not the same as surströmning. According to this article: http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/skraablikk/article593508.ece (which is about some airlines not allowing surströmning in your luggage because it's too explosive 😛), surströmning is related to rakfisk, which I have heard about, but which I haven't tried.
anybody ever tried the italian (corsican? sardinian? it was some island) maggot cheese? maggots grown in the cheese, then flushed away, leaving holes and an apparently a very 'interesting' taste. it was banned as a health risk when italia joined EU, but is still made for local weddings etc.
holy cheezus!