I believe you are very impressed with canned herring. It was popular on the Internet for some time. All kinds of Internet Celebrities began to challenge death and tried canned herring. As a result, few people can eat up canned herring, because the popularity of the Internet has also brought very high sales of canned herring. So why would anyone eat such smelly food? Is it because our production method is wrong? How do you cook canned herring? Let's discuss this problem together.
Canned herring stinks so bad. Why do people eat it
Canned herring (surstroming) is a traditional Swedish food. It is a kind of canned food with foul smell and sour taste, which is made by canning herring cooked in concentrated salt water and allowing it to ferment naturally. The biggest feature is the stench that hits the senses and is difficult to dissipate. Novices can't stand the stench of herring when they open the can, but they don't spit it.
It is said that the method of pickled herring in canned herring has been passed on for nearly 300 years. Sweden has long winter and short summer, and it is only available in a very short summer (around August). Every year from April to June, when herring lays eggs, fishermen pick up hundreds of tons of herring to prepare raw materials for pickled herring. At first, fishermen also came up with the method of natural fermentation to pickle herring in order to save money, because it will consume less salt. By mid August, the herring in the can becomes thick and juicy, and the gas in the can expands due to herring fermentation, which makes the can bulge, which means that the herring has been pickled and can be listed.
Why do you keep such smelly food so far? Sweden was very poor before the industrialized society. People didn't have enough to eat and wear every day, and the rich could only eat potato cakes. Therefore, herring was a delicacy at that time, and herring cans could last longer. Now more because of nostalgia, save your cultural memory! Moreover, canned herring is not only a unique symbol of Sweden, but also darker foods in other places: for example, there are alkali fish in Norway and smelly sharks in Iceland, which also make people lose their sense of taste.
Smelly food is no stranger to Chinese people. After all, it is a big country. You dare to eat anything and can eat anything! In China, there are more traditional smelly foods like stinky tofu, stinky mandarin fish, bean juice and so on, as well as more important tastes. For example, the "cow flat hot pot" in Southwest Guizhou makes delicious food from the undigested food in the cow's stomach and small intestine. Some friends may feel sick when they hear it, but some people eat it. It is said that it tastes good. There are more foreign foods that we can't imagine, such as natto, cheese, kiviak and so on.
Because of the pungent smell of canned herring, the Swedish government also stipulates that canned herring cannot be opened in residential areas. Even the cooking fume may call a fire alarm. Don't open it if it has a strong smell. International flights are also not allowed to carry this kind of can, because the change of air pressure may cause the can to break, and the consequences are very serious.
Although the world is make complaints about tucking herring, the herring can is sour for Swedes. Not affected by smell. And in Sweden, every year on the third Thursday of August, people hold a party for tasting herring. It is said that this is the time when pickled herring tastes best. And Swedish people don't eat it open.
Traditional way to eat canned herring
Ingredients: bread, pancakes, cream, mashed potatoes, onions, canned herring
Cooking method: wash the canned herring with water first, otherwise the smell is too unbearable. Spread butter on bread or pancakes, mash small potatoes, remove the skin of onion and herring. This is the simple way. It would be better if there were Western spirits. One mouthful of wine and one mouthful of cake. It's also very good.
In fact, people all over the world say that canned herring is difficult to swallow because of the wrong cooking method. Most of these people are trying to buy it online, but they don't even understand the cooking methods. In fact, the method of making each kind of canned herring is different. The canned herring will tell you the cooking method in detail, but no one will see it at all. So when trying something new, make sure you have a comprehensive understanding of the object before making your judgment.