Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. can of surströmming - Paul Barron/Shutterstock There are some foods that really stink — literally. Meanwhile, some of these fetid ...

Swedish cuisine is known around the world for its Swedish meatballs, crayfish parties and smorgasbord lunches, but there’s one traditional delicacy that rarely makes it beyond the country’s border.

When people think of Sweden, they tend to picture pop icons like ABBA, flat-pack furniture from IKEA or storybook characters like Pippi Longstocking. Swedish food, however, rarely inspires the same ...

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It’s thought to be so bad for you to eat that the European Union is trying to ban it, but its smell alone can make you sick. Surströmming is a type of fermented herring that is traditionally enjoyed ...

The woman who vowed she'd taste anything, arthropods included, plans to draw the line at surströmming, fermented herring from northern Sweden with an aroma so pungent the locals compare it to "gas ...

The surströmming season is back, and with it, a battle of taste buds. Ex-Londoner, Paul Connolly, and Skellefteå native, Akvelina Bergsten, share their vastly different opinions on the rather smelly ...

Surströmming, a fermented herring considered to be a famous delicacy in Sweden, is also known as one of the most pungent foods in the world. More than a decade ago, NPR's Ari Shapiro attempted to eat ...