http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ferment Posts tagged with 'ferment' at MetaFilter. Sun, 02 Dec 2012 06:49:40 -0800 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 06:49:40 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/122428/The%2Dclean%2Dfresh%2Dair%2Dof%2DScandinavia The BBC explore the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20543802">olfactory delights</a> of <a href="http://youtu.be/S1ND2DmWShw">rakfisk</a>, "trout sprinkled with salt and fermented in water for up to a year." But is it as <a href="http://youtu.be/mF_jFs4cjg0">smelly</a> as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming">Surstr&#0246;mming</a>, fermented Baltic Herring from neighboring Sweden, or as <a href="http://youtu.be/tZftpTk3ECM">extreme</a> as the Icelandic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakarl">H&#0225;karl</a>, basking shark buried in a hole and fermented for several months and tasting "similar to very strong cheese slathered in ammonia"? Other foods with an odor turned up to eleven are listed by <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/toplist/6613505/smelliest-foods">College Humor</a>, <a href="http://www.just-eat.co.uk/blog/worlds-smelliest-foods/">Just Eat</a>, <a href="http://popculture.knoji.com/most-putrid-smell-of-foods-12-smelliest-foods-in-the-world/">Knoji</a> and <a href="http://www.openjourney.com/article/18-stinky-foods-around-the-world-41.html">Open Journey</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.122428 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 06:49:40 -0800 cuisine ferment fish food Iceland Icelandic Norway Norwegian rakfisk shark smell Sweden Swedish trout Wordshore