^ Well, this went down hill fast!

I'm not sure the decision will be mine... I think she looks at me as more of a father figure. But I love a challenge so we shall see


Quote Originally Posted by katie23 View Post
@mendip - hang in there & good luck in your future plans. Request: can you get a can of surstromming & sample it? Do it with the windows open, though. Cheers!
And another challenge. This was one that I was happy to avoid. But I don't know... stupidity took over today, or maybe I've just been working too long.

I picked up this at the local supermarket yesterday... and it wasn't cheap.



The ingredients...



It all looked pretty harmless, but I've been warned about this surströmming before. It's basically rotten herring in a can... a delicacy in these parts but I've heard that kind of talk before.

My Norwegian mate said the smell's so bad it should be opened underwater. He offered to take some pics for me, but said he'd use the zoom and wanted to stand at least 5 metres away. Bearing all this in mind I decided to try it out doors as I didn't want to stink out my accommodation.

So off we went after work tonight to find somewhere suitable.

Perfect... a deserted Gothenburg beach with a table just sitting there waiting.



I set the table... a brand new tin opener specially bought for the occasion and a tin of Heineken ready to wash the fish down.



All set... I even took of my coat and put it well out of the way. I was starting to have second thoughts about this.... my Norwegian mate was unusually cheerful.