Surströmming Taste Test with Barry | Ashens

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  • čas přidán 26. 09. 2018
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    • Will it Sodastream? ft... for more with Barry!
    It's quite possibly the world's smelliest food! It's fermented herring! It's banned from aircraft! And we ate it on flatbread with some sour cream and chives!
    Apologies for ANNOYING WIND NOISE and CAMERA FOCUS HORROR.
    #ashens #tastetest #surströmming
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  • @kshadehyaena
    @kshadehyaena Před 5 lety +2712

    Next time on Sharticles: Housing prices in Norwich plummet as mystery stank engulfs the town.

    • @Edwardify
      @Edwardify Před 5 lety +50

      I live in Norwich so I'll let you know if I smell anything ; )

    • @OptimusGPrime
      @OptimusGPrime Před 5 lety +46

      Edwardify , it must suck to only be able to love in one place. :(

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před 5 lety +29

      Love Me Where It Smells Funny

    • @hypnotised-clover
      @hypnotised-clover Před 5 lety +13

      @FRIENDLY JAPANESE BUSINESSMAN Ah, friendly japanese businessman is confused

    • @jasperfk
      @jasperfk Před 5 lety +9

      What a satisfying selection of words. Very enjoyable mouthfeel. 10/10.

  • @ubermenschmexa
    @ubermenschmexa Před 5 lety +2952

    Ok, now put it in the soda stream.

    • @guguigugu
      @guguigugu Před 5 lety +137

      soda stream surstromming juice

    • @adammoorby99
      @adammoorby99 Před 5 lety +6

      😂😂

    • @CJODell12
      @CJODell12 Před 5 lety +41

      Or better yet, wash it down with that 30 year old Diet Coke.

    • @marsneedstowels
      @marsneedstowels Před 5 lety +28

      There's a fish in the percolator.

    • @Loli_lover206
      @Loli_lover206 Před 5 lety +39

      I'd laugh my ass off when they put too much co2 in it and spray fermented harring everywhere. That's not going away.

  • @Sakovri
    @Sakovri Před 5 lety +1405

    *somewhere in another town Dan pukes but he doesn't know why*

    • @AgentTasmania
      @AgentTasmania Před 4 lety +45

      Digitigrade
      I believe he lives in Bristol, which suits the joke nicely

    • @professorspex5381
      @professorspex5381 Před 4 lety +2

      Who's Dan?!

    • @TheTrueAmaghedon
      @TheTrueAmaghedon Před 4 lety +39

      @@professorspex5381 he was in a few of ashen's videos and he is very sensitive to bad smells

    • @wolfyboy
      @wolfyboy Před 4 lety +15

      @@professorspex5381 and fake retched at EVERTHING! it was quite annoying.

    • @lkotro21
      @lkotro21 Před 3 lety +5

      Thank god he wasn't there! XD

  • @NekoiNemo
    @NekoiNemo Před 5 lety +252

    Stuart's face when Barry asks for more is absolutely priceless.

  • @PlatonistAstronaut
    @PlatonistAstronaut Před 5 lety +1965

    First thing you've eaten that's in date, and it's still rotten.
    On brand.

    • @nicrobe9443
      @nicrobe9443 Před 5 lety +144

      Surströmming probably un-rots itself and turns into normal fish if it goes out of date

    • @Cendoria
      @Cendoria Před 5 lety +24

      Fermented and rotten are two vastly different states of being.

    • @luisgeniole369
      @luisgeniole369 Před 5 lety +26

      fish is putrid smelling enough without fermenting the bloody thing, it's like WHAT ARE THEY THINKING!!!!!!

    • @justsomeguywithagoatee8337
      @justsomeguywithagoatee8337 Před 5 lety +3

      @@luisgeniole369 avgn?

    • @nicholasmorgan7609
      @nicholasmorgan7609 Před 5 lety +9

      @@luisgeniole369 Worcestershire sauce is made from fermented anchovies

  • @warpspeeddontrainbowreadme9179

    They look like a 1$ version of Shaun of the Dead

    • @That2J
      @That2J Před 5 lety +110

      That looks like a $1 education you got yourself there Luigi

    • @rmac1scotlandgang379
      @rmac1scotlandgang379 Před 5 lety +30

      No...they really dont

    • @t.w3280
      @t.w3280 Před 5 lety +329

      Ashens is known as discount Simon Pegg.

    • @warhammerguy
      @warhammerguy Před 5 lety +64

      Yea they really do xD

    • @meciek18
      @meciek18 Před 5 lety +12

      Nail it

  • @tiefensucht
    @tiefensucht Před 4 lety +1445

    Interesting what Wikipedia has to say about it:
    "In 1981, a German landlord evicted a tenant without notice after the
    tenant spread surströmming brine in the apartment building's stairwell.
    When the landlord was taken to court, the court ruled that the
    termination was justified when the landlord's party demonstrated their
    case by opening a can inside the courtroom. The court concluded that it
    "had convinced itself that the disgusting smell of the fish brine far
    exceeded the degree that fellow-tenants in the building could be
    expected to tolerate""

    • @uuu12343
      @uuu12343 Před 4 lety +50

      tiefensucht
      He told that story before in the original video

    • @Vaultboy101
      @Vaultboy101 Před 4 lety +16

      Was he intending to eat the apartment building's stairwell?

    • @ironwoodnf
      @ironwoodnf Před 4 lety +21

      @@Vaultboy101 I feel like he intented for it to stick(they don't kid ounce it's kinda dried it's better than glue) to peoples shoes and cause utter chao

    • @ntwalipat2
      @ntwalipat2 Před 4 lety +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ntwalipat2
      @ntwalipat2 Před 4 lety +6

      Where the fook is ppl’s sense of humor in these comments! That was hilarious 😂

  • @PTCEVE
    @PTCEVE Před 5 lety +632

    I live in Norwich also. I'm slightly worried if the wind picks up i may have to move to another city...

    • @Leanne_w
      @Leanne_w Před 5 lety +3

      Haha 😆

    • @ExplodingPiggy
      @ExplodingPiggy Před 4 lety +7

      I'd move anyway 🤣

    • @oak1739
      @oak1739 Před 4 lety +3

      I live in Swedich

    • @MonographicSingleheaded
      @MonographicSingleheaded Před 4 lety +1

      Arent u Brits northerners ethnically as well? You and Swedes should DEVOUR this shit equally 😊🙏😤✌️ ( hey am kidding )

    • @abrahamlincoln5661
      @abrahamlincoln5661 Před 4 lety +2

      @- spudman
      ''I infer that he means northern hemisphere..as in similar geographic area.

  • @ivarb8876
    @ivarb8876 Před 5 lety +2249

    I'm a Swede and I really appriciate you guys doing it the right way. So many videos of people just opening the can on a table (without water bucket) and then 5-6 minutes of puking then just taking a little nible of the fish without the hard bread and other toppings.

    • @emilygilbeyful
      @emilygilbeyful Před 5 lety +283

      Yes. That's important it's like when they try marmite (a strange british salty black yeast spread for bread)they never serve it correctly. They spread it like chocolate spread not like it should which is very butterey toast use One pea sized amount per slice not a huge dollop! You wouldn't put a whole can of anchovies on one slice of pizza it's the same thing 😀

    • @whoopsala2589
      @whoopsala2589 Před 5 lety +91

      Emily Gilbey i would
      Anchovies are delicious lol

    • @emilygilbeyful
      @emilygilbeyful Před 5 lety +55

      @@whoopsala2589 there is always one crazy person!!! Lol 😂😂 ( I get it I eat way too many chilli's)

    • @hopemarshall3352
      @hopemarshall3352 Před 5 lety +38

      @@emilygilbeyful I spread marmite like chocolate spread lol it's delicious! It's also nice along with avocado and a poached egg on top. Or just on toast dipped in my coffee haha

    • @emilygilbeyful
      @emilygilbeyful Před 5 lety +13

      @@hopemarshall3352 haha I love marmite, but....not that much!!! Haha I can't have more than a 5p sized dot because it hurts my teeth for some reason?

  • @Valfaun
    @Valfaun Před 5 lety +740

    according to wikipedia a Japanese study found that it smells even more putrid than their own fermented fish. well done Sweden, i guess

    • @GoredonTheDestroyer
      @GoredonTheDestroyer Před 5 lety +77

      Cars, fighter jets and really rancid fucking fish.
      Is there anything Sweden _can't_ do?!

    • @Pluvillion
      @Pluvillion Před 5 lety +1

      Nope. Nothing atm.

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped Před 5 lety +52

      @@GoredonTheDestroyer Don't forget they murdered and raped half of Europe as vikings and then later were the hosts and founders for the nobel prizes.
      They truly have done it all. XD

    • @someonessidechannel1485
      @someonessidechannel1485 Před 5 lety +13

      Well herring alone is notoriously smelly, then somebody decided to let it "ferment"

    • @fenrirrising131
      @fenrirrising131 Před 5 lety +28

      @@planescaped and now the opposite has been happening to them , they truly are entrepreneurs

  • @Sereomontis
    @Sereomontis Před 5 lety +682

    You know what amazes me the most about this?
    Someone made this happen. Someone either created or found some rotting fish that was soaking in what is essentially poison. They smelled a scent that is so intense I wouldn't be surprised if you told me it could literally kill someone.
    And they went "Yeah, I'll eat that".

    • @drunkenwhaler9507
      @drunkenwhaler9507 Před 5 lety +116

      Were probably starving

    • @pingASS_
      @pingASS_ Před 4 lety +58

      Really poor pepple that didn’t have anything other to eat.

    • @Quethonable
      @Quethonable Před 4 lety +145

      It was discovered during a city siege - the only food left after several months were barrels of herring that went off

    • @IowaKim
      @IowaKim Před 4 lety +23

      You just know "hold my beer" preceded the eating of the found rotten fish.

    • @DutchManticore
      @DutchManticore Před 4 lety +43

      You know pretty much all foods were first eaten because someone somewhere was starving and ran out of perfectly cut beefsteak right?

  • @IdleWorker
    @IdleWorker Před 4 lety +524

    Our sense of smell have supposedly evolved to make sure we avoid eating stuff that is harmful to us.
    Then there's sweden.

    • @Erikcleric
      @Erikcleric Před 4 lety +26

      Yes but isnt harmful. Its a horrible smell. But its basically fermemted fish.
      No matter i dont eat it.

    • @ram89572
      @ram89572 Před 4 lety +11

      @@Erikcleric Why would anyone choose to eat something that smelled so bad though? I just don't get it.

    • @chdreturns
      @chdreturns Před 4 lety +9

      Considering it's the country that does terrible things with pizza it doesn't surprise me.

    • @Dennis19901
      @Dennis19901 Před 4 lety +19

      Mate, how about most types of cheese?
      Cheese smells horrible, like someone's forgotten to shower for a good week.

    • @soft6418
      @soft6418 Před 4 lety +1

      yes it smells of feet but it's good on cheese

  • @trippydrew8492
    @trippydrew8492 Před 5 lety +430

    I thought there was a funny smell wofting across Norwich the other day, I just assumed the farmers were doing some vigorous spreading of manure, this is a much more likely explanation though lol

    • @trippydrew8492
      @trippydrew8492 Před 5 lety +13

      On a side note, I have the same plant pot as you :D

    • @jekanyika
      @jekanyika Před 5 lety +6

      They spread human manure on fields these days.

    • @thedrofevil
      @thedrofevil Před 5 lety

      They use human manure in North Korea. It's called 'Night Soil'.

    • @jekanyika
      @jekanyika Před 5 lety +1

      thedrofevil - They call it biosolids in the UK.

    • @thecanadianlanboy8132
      @thecanadianlanboy8132 Před 5 lety +4

      @@thedrofevil They use Human Manure everywhere in the world

  • @visualartsbyjr2464
    @visualartsbyjr2464 Před 5 lety +424

    This is the first time I’ve seen it eaten more like intended (on bread). Props.

    • @ihave7sacks
      @ihave7sacks Před 5 lety +22

      Big Clive did it properly with a couple of his mates. It's a good video.

    • @AgentTasmania
      @AgentTasmania Před 5 lety +9

      The Manx Beard Club actually liked it on the proper norse dark rye with onion.

    • @DaxianPreston
      @DaxianPreston Před 5 lety +5

      I need to try this the proper way and see how it goes

    • @troll5262
      @troll5262 Před 5 lety +17

      Generally you also have sliced potatoes too, which takes out a bit of the umphf.

    • @henrikandersson2850
      @henrikandersson2850 Před 5 lety

      @@AgentTasmania no rye bread.!

  • @contentcreatorman
    @contentcreatorman Před 4 lety +421

    2014: please don’t send me surstromming cause I’m not gonna eat it
    2018:

    • @ChickpeaBlues
      @ChickpeaBlues Před 4 lety +7

      *Curb Your Enthusiasm theme starts playing*

    • @buscentral900
      @buscentral900 Před 4 lety +4

      This format is so 2019

    • @JoelCarli
      @JoelCarli Před 3 lety +1

      @@buscentral900 This comment is so 2020

    • @TheLordGremlin
      @TheLordGremlin Před 3 lety +1

      @@JoelCarli this reply is so 2021

    • @DragonNexus
      @DragonNexus Před 3 lety +3

      Pretty sure it's the same tin from that video, too.

  • @demondude15
    @demondude15 Před 5 lety +586

    man, film roles must be drying up if Simon Pegg has been reduced to eating rotten fish

    • @DocIlpalazzo
      @DocIlpalazzo Před 5 lety +5

      tom connolley
      What’s going on with Simon Pegg?

    • @braddsfx8921
      @braddsfx8921 Před 5 lety +21

      Alan Benzo ashens looks like Simon pegg

    • @hexyko4850
      @hexyko4850 Před 4 lety +16

      I still think that Stuart looks nowt like Simon Pegg and he's actually more attractive.

    • @connoc5078
      @connoc5078 Před 4 lety +7

      He's like a cross between Simon Pegg and John Simm to me.

  • @04whim
    @04whim Před 5 lety +832

    How many of Stuart's neighbours are now petitioning Norwich Council to have him... Relocated?

    • @HZDeadMeat
      @HZDeadMeat Před 5 lety +30

      To Bellend close,

    • @Caledon91
      @Caledon91 Před 5 lety +35

      Since it smells like a sewer they probably thought it was a construction crew working on a septic tank.

    • @kristydee4998
      @kristydee4998 Před 5 lety

      04whim 😂😂😂

    • @BlueSkyBS
      @BlueSkyBS Před 5 lety +1

      To Mars.

    • @DaxianPreston
      @DaxianPreston Před 5 lety

      With this outside view of his house I bet I can find it on google earth

  • @Clay3613
    @Clay3613 Před 5 lety +2275

    How about a Durian/Surströmming and Century Egg sandwich?

    • @crazyluigi6664
      @crazyluigi6664 Před 5 lety +141

      Oh no, dude...

    • @rwaitwhat
      @rwaitwhat Před 5 lety +187

      Only for your worst enemy, and only if you have an alibi for the time of the meal

    • @sodadrinker89
      @sodadrinker89 Před 5 lety +71

      You are evil.

    • @Dataloss484
      @Dataloss484 Před 5 lety +117

      Calm down Satan!

    • @cleanycloth
      @cleanycloth Před 5 lety +94

      Do you want to kill Ashens? Because that's how you kill Ashens.

  • @yaoipervette392
    @yaoipervette392 Před 5 lety +26

    Barry's facial expressions are priceless. There is something about how he reacts to disgusting foods that just comes through so incredibly well in videos that even I start to feel sick.

  • @FilmLearnin
    @FilmLearnin Před 4 lety +273

    "I wasn't expecting it to be so BUM SMELLING" tears... I'm in tears!!

    • @FilmLearnin
      @FilmLearnin Před 3 lety +5

      @Samson Themighty the phrase BUM SMELLING was unexpected and delightful

  • @Underscore23
    @Underscore23 Před 5 lety +673

    "please do not send anymore, because it will not be eaten"

  • @catbee9289
    @catbee9289 Před 5 lety +84

    Some poor bloke two streets down is still digging his drains up looking for the source of the smell!

  • @Valto4life
    @Valto4life Před 4 lety +46

    I opened a tin as a sort of dare as a teenager, but the taste ended up being so nice that I have it pretty much every summer. The tin with already cut pieces compared to the one with whole fish has a way better ratio of taste vs smell.

    • @Rolan7196
      @Rolan7196 Před 2 lety +6

      That sounds nice! One of the grossest things about this was seeing the fish guts still inside - I hope the fish you ate had them removed already.

  • @TheSatisfiedPig
    @TheSatisfiedPig Před 2 měsíci +2

    8:08 I love the genuinely shocked expression on Ashens's face.

  • @pr3nzlb3rg3r
    @pr3nzlb3rg3r Před 5 lety +296

    When ashens forgets to make jokes/wordplays about the food he tries you know it's really bad.

  • @matthewbertrand4139
    @matthewbertrand4139 Před 5 lety +87

    Your intro literally can't get old. It's immortal. It has watched so many dear to it die, unable to make peace with their passing knowing it can never go to be with them.

  • @chriss.9398
    @chriss.9398 Před 5 lety +749

    Anything that is labeled a "delicacy" I am forever going to be suspicious of. The fact the majority of native people don't eat it on a regular basis is definitely suspect.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio Před 5 lety +192

      "Vimes had long suspected that 'delicacy' was foreign for 'weird things we can trick the tourist into eating.' The smiles on the Klatchian's faces all but confirmed it." - Discworld, Jingo (paraphrased)

    • @Twitch380
      @Twitch380 Před 5 lety +18

      its not ment to be eaten by its self, NO sweeds do this AT ALL. its an additive. you put A LITTLE BIT of it in something.....

    • @ZeroStrife1396
      @ZeroStrife1396 Před 5 lety +32

      @@Twitch380
      So... the cans are family size, then? that seems like an awfully big can/large amount for any less than 4~6 people.
      Unless you're expected to eat it with every meal over a few days.

    • @XELAVWARRIOR
      @XELAVWARRIOR Před 5 lety +9

      @Borka Dump Delicacy means a popularly chosen food of both a common and or rare nature.

    • @crazydrummer181
      @crazydrummer181 Před 5 lety +2

      Punk Hyena oysters are common food where I'm from. But I live near the Gulf of Mexico.

  • @TheDajoca
    @TheDajoca Před 4 lety +15

    "It kind of then smells........In your head". Awesome.

  • @n0isyturtle
    @n0isyturtle Před 5 lety +343

    _"I will never ever open a can of surstromming on this channel."_
    - Some guy named Stewart

    • @papayer
      @papayer Před 5 lety +7

      this honestly feels like a barshens/virgin kitchen episode more than a regular ashens video.

    • @The8347135
      @The8347135 Před 5 lety +12

      So not Stuart Ashen?

    • @Nantosuelta
      @Nantosuelta Před 5 lety

      @@pixiepandaplush Ash Ashens Ashington

    • @OverseerXIII
      @OverseerXIII Před 5 lety +6

      All of you are wrong. He's brother Ashens Ash

  • @elennapointer701
    @elennapointer701 Před 5 lety +16

    I think you're among a very small minority of CZcamsrs who've eaten Surstromming in anything like the way it's meant to be eaten, so hats off for that. Also well done for not throwing up.

  • @joppek77
    @joppek77 Před 4 lety +73

    As a Swede who grew up in the region where this is traditional (the High Coast), I can attest to the fact that the smell is absolutely horrific, but the taste is mostly just that of salted fish. Since I have also tried Durian (the smelly fruit) I can also tell you that Durian has got nothing on Surströmming in the odour department. It is something you won't easily forget. =)
    Like others already mentioned, props to you for giving the Surströmming a fair chance, properly prepared with the right condiments!

    • @ellaapril194
      @ellaapril194 Před 4 lety +7

      I mean.. southeast asians actually like the smell of durian. Considering Swedes don't like the smell of surströmming, of course it's worse than durian.

    • @tomrogerlilleby2890
      @tomrogerlilleby2890 Před 2 lety +5

      At the place where I used to work, one day we smelled a dead rat or something coming from one of the
      garbage tubs meant for scrap metal. We found out that the smell came from the empty tin can exactly
      like the one shown in this video. A swede had eaten the content and probably thrown it there on purpose.
      We emptied the whole content of the tub into a container - and I used a high pressure water cleaner
      with soap and hosed it down and let it to dry.
      But couldn't get rid of the smell. The stench was still there for quite a while.

    • @guguy00
      @guguy00 Před 2 lety +2

      @@ellaapril194 Can attest. I like the smell, but not the taste incidentally. Though on the other foot it took me about fourteen years to start tolerating the durian smell, and another four to like it.

  • @juslangley
    @juslangley Před 4 lety +124

    Imagine someone you really dislike. Now imagine spilling a tin of this in their car in the midst of the summer.

  • @FlamRackett
    @FlamRackett Před 5 lety +85

    "It kind of then smells in your head"
    - Stuart Ashens, PHD

  • @laurajones537
    @laurajones537 Před 5 lety +131

    Stuart looking fab in the matching polo and marigolds! Fashion icon.

  • @od1401
    @od1401 Před 4 lety +146

    The chicken in a can still makes me wretch to this day just thinking about it.

    • @PunakiviAddikti
      @PunakiviAddikti Před 4 lety +12

      I would eat that rather than surströmming.

    • @ntwalipat2
      @ntwalipat2 Před 4 lety +3

      You cannot compare the 2! Lmao
      To replicate the smell of surströmming to only a degree, try leaving 2 full opened cans of sardine in a warm temperature room for about a week. Then report back... lol

    • @maxbowen6482
      @maxbowen6482 Před 4 lety +7

      It's just the appearance. The chicken looks worse but this smells worse

    • @od1401
      @od1401 Před 3 lety

      @M.S. AMERICA 2001 yeah I seen him eat all kinds of nasty stuff too like the scobe of a kombucha batch. These guys must have stomachs of pure steel

    • @tncorgi92
      @tncorgi92 Před 2 lety +1

      The century egg was repulsive enough.

  • @CalamityHillMusic
    @CalamityHillMusic Před 5 lety +164

    Possible the only food that should have a "Best After" date on it.

    • @WakoDoodle
      @WakoDoodle Před 5 lety +1

      Coming from calamity james, you know it needs to be done!

    • @Kickiusz
      @Kickiusz Před 4 lety +12

      As in "Best after all other food sources in the entire world have been depleted"?

    • @tetrisgoat
      @tetrisgoat Před 4 lety +5

      I am actually Swedish, and we have that marking on some foodstuffs. I bought vacuum packed beef today with that marking, in fact. Best after 9/12, best before 22/12

    • @Magnus_Loov
      @Magnus_Loov Před 4 lety +6

      Judging by the bulging can, it's probably "explodes after".
      Seriously though. This is by no means seen as a delicacy by all Swedes. It tends to be eaten much more up North. I have never eaten it being totally put off by the intense stench of it. They say that smell is very, very important for the taste of foods and its partly the reason why food doesn't taste anything when you are sick (and can't smell).

    • @mr.bobcyndaquil4214
      @mr.bobcyndaquil4214 Před 4 lety +1

      It might not be food per se, but most alchoholic spirits need some aging before they're decent.

  • @yonvolt
    @yonvolt Před 5 lety +679

    what happens when surströmming goes off? does it un-rot itself?

    • @DickOswald
      @DickOswald Před 5 lety +6

      Vae Hansen hahahaha

    • @metalmugen
      @metalmugen Před 5 lety +162

      It turns into regular fish

    • @BigT.Larrity
      @BigT.Larrity Před 5 lety +205

      It jumps back into the ocean

    • @SvartaSnuten
      @SvartaSnuten Před 5 lety +271

      It actually just turns into mush. It's still just as edible, it just becomes like a purée.
      -Professional Swede

    • @GmodPlusWoW
      @GmodPlusWoW Před 5 lety +65

      It involves the power of Grandfather Nurgle is what it does.

  • @Denji2006
    @Denji2006 Před 5 lety +115

    You know, that is a way to get some sweet revenge on some terrible neighbours. Just sprinkle some Surströmming juice at their front door.

    • @Juggling_necromancer
      @Juggling_necromancer Před 5 lety +39

      im pretty sure thats actually counted as an act of terrorism is certain places

    • @SkigBiggler
      @SkigBiggler Před 5 lety +8

      One person was evicted for getting it on a stairwell floor

    • @Golfbob
      @Golfbob Před 5 lety +2

      Pour it out in their car

    • @keriezy
      @keriezy Před 5 lety +5

      You could get in trouble for bioterrorism. And if the wind shifts toward your home..... nope.

    • @gainzmotivate
      @gainzmotivate Před 5 lety

      Just “accidentally” spill it.

  • @Bluesit32
    @Bluesit32 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Folks did their research before opening the can. Smart, very smart.

  • @AnikaJarlsdottr
    @AnikaJarlsdottr Před 5 lety +20

    Stuarts face when Barry asks if he can try some more XD the look of a person who has come face to face with the true definition of insanity.

  • @CantSniff
    @CantSniff Před 5 lety +222

    Y'know manky old brown sofa and THAT table in the garden
    I am starting to think ashens lives with his grandma...

    • @andrewjenkins9965
      @andrewjenkins9965 Před 5 lety +52

      Plot twist: he is a grandma in disguise.

    • @jamesflynn4951
      @jamesflynn4951 Před 5 lety +20

      He is an aunt may action figure come to life

    • @hexyko4850
      @hexyko4850 Před 4 lety +11

      I want Ashens to be my grandma.

    • @jkholtgreve
      @jkholtgreve Před 4 lety +11

      As someone with a middle class income and even worse furniture I totally respect the frugality. But I also think it’s safe to say there isn’t a Mrs. Ashen. EDIT- So he does have a girlfriend but they don’t live together full time. Good luck to him once they do....I foresee a solid £5K in remodeling.

  • @AndRewUK24
    @AndRewUK24 Před 5 lety +234

    SodaStream to Surströmming with Barry and Ashens. Thanks!!!!

    • @sdsd1801
      @sdsd1801 Před 5 lety +34

      Sodaströmming

    • @basto1d
      @basto1d Před 5 lety +13

      Surströmming, will it blend?
      And, can you sodastream it?

    • @NoFormalTraining
      @NoFormalTraining Před 5 lety +2

      basto1d coming soon, the third part in this video series, on Barshens.

    • @handles_are_a_bit_rubbish
      @handles_are_a_bit_rubbish Před 5 lety +2

      Barshens is tomorrow so maybe. Eli's reaction alone would be worth it.

    • @Brownwolf502
      @Brownwolf502 Před 5 lety +1

      Imagine if you put Surstromming juice into a soda stream

  • @noobrat
    @noobrat Před 4 lety +46

    "That's a good bulge"
    -Barry 2018

  • @bentramer682
    @bentramer682 Před 5 lety +149

    Its wierd, I always imagined Stuart in a suit while narrating for some reason.

    • @nullvid
      @nullvid Před 5 lety +16

      When I was I high school he used to

    • @alkohallick2901
      @alkohallick2901 Před 4 lety

      *weird

    • @hexyko4850
      @hexyko4850 Před 4 lety +12

      He used to do that about 12-13 years ago.

    • @angrybidoof847
      @angrybidoof847 Před 4 lety +7

      It's his logo so yeah

    • @VinceR3000
      @VinceR3000 Před 3 lety +3

      Stuart is like a British dad on holidays on Mallorca in 1981. Very decent and amicable.

  • @warellis
    @warellis Před 5 lety +203

    I want to see the cat's reaction to surstromming.

    • @Roadent1241
      @Roadent1241 Před 5 lety +9

      warellis cue the gagging Cat video?

    • @AmarilloMusicAB
      @AmarilloMusicAB Před 5 lety

      warellis the cat will do jerkies and jerk off it’ll like the smell so much

    • @BlueSkyBS
      @BlueSkyBS Před 5 lety +9

      The cat didn't appear. They never saw it again. There's your reaction.

    • @keithfulkerson
      @keithfulkerson Před 5 lety +2

      He might try to bury it.

    • @mgthestrange9098
      @mgthestrange9098 Před 5 lety

      A cat wouldn’t even eat this, mine Won’t eat things that are en’t fresh.

  • @Flibster
    @Flibster Před 5 lety +96

    Hoooray! Also, the look of horror when the can is opened.
    Now, you've got the sodastream. All you need is a blender and you could have fizzy fish.

  • @fenianlewis
    @fenianlewis Před 5 lety +350

    I'm so happy to see people eating it properly. You properly gutted and prepared it with and sour cream(or fresh yoghurt is fine too), but usually people on YT eat it straight out of the can, even pewdiepie, a Swede, ate it improperly on GMM. I'm not a Swede but I am a huge foody and feel it's so unfair to Swedish cuisine, Sweden and to food itself to not give it a proper go, prepared properly like you guys did so big ups, proper, honest review. Well done.

    • @XanthinZarda
      @XanthinZarda Před 5 lety +67

      I wouldn't exactly call PDP a proper anything.

    • @Wanderingwalker-ke6mg
      @Wanderingwalker-ke6mg Před 5 lety +36

      The thing with a lot of youtubers is,shock value for views, they don’t care about eating it properly.

    • @garliconionshallot
      @garliconionshallot Před 5 lety +16

      @@Wanderingwalker-ke6mg Neither do most viewers. i wanna see people down the whole fish and gag lmao

    • @thechosenone8808
      @thechosenone8808 Před 4 lety +5

      ​@I'll taketh thy cheese by force thats not all Sharia law will bring to sweden

    • @calskinner2913
      @calskinner2913 Před 4 lety +4

      He didn’t eat it on gmm he refused and ate rollmops instead

  • @Xeraser2
    @Xeraser2 Před 10 měsíci +2

    The way his expression changed at 8:10 still kills me

  • @BobMonkeypimp
    @BobMonkeypimp Před 5 lety +138

    Should have sodastreamed the Surströmming juice.

    • @sheep1ewe
      @sheep1ewe Před 5 lety

      Yes, do that! we can send some more for that purpose... ha ha

    • @fattesttitsincairo
      @fattesttitsincairo Před 5 lety +24

      Sodaström

    • @33melonpaws77
      @33melonpaws77 Před 5 lety +4

      satan's favourite

    • @AR_119
      @AR_119 Před 5 lety +3

      I'm pretty sure we banned chemical ware fare a while back...

    • @John-Adams
      @John-Adams Před 5 lety

      Cursed comment

  • @AVest421
    @AVest421 Před 5 lety +82

    Woaw I'm so proud of you brits for actually doing the whole surströmming the correct way. Sure it's hilarious to see the Americas doing the whole bit. But it's also quite annoying to then here then say "I can't believe anyone would eat this", because no one are doing it like that.

    • @maxscardanelli6185
      @maxscardanelli6185 Před 5 lety +9

      Adam Vestergaard We Brits always do things right. Unlike the Americans...

    • @RaizerZ
      @RaizerZ Před 5 lety +13

      @@maxscardanelli6185 Except for requiring a license for every little thing.

    • @AVest421
      @AVest421 Před 5 lety +1

      @@RaizerZ a license for what? :) For eating surströmming

    • @Rpground
      @Rpground Před 5 lety +5

      Even when doing it right, why would anyone eat this? It's ROTTEN FISH. There tends to be a reason why you don't generally eat rotten food.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio Před 5 lety +2

      Even doing it right I can't believe anyone would want to eat fermented meat. It smells like a jock strap that got dragged through day-old sun dried mayonnaise and tastes like a saltlick.

  • @MoweepOwO
    @MoweepOwO Před 11 měsíci +5

    Stewart's face after he gives it a sniff fucking kills me every time.

  • @Vollification
    @Vollification Před 4 lety +4

    3:10
    I'm Swedish and I just want to say this to anyone that want to try this.
    DON'T OPEN IT INDOORS! *EVER!*
    Seriously. The chemichals (propionic acid, butyric acid and acetic acid) that makes it stink so bad attaches to oil, grease and fat, think cream, milk and butter, but also wallpaper glue and paint because they always contain some sort of oil or generic grease product.
    If you open this indoors you can't get rid of the smell until you scrape the walls clean.

    • @readmylisp
      @readmylisp Před 3 lety

      Thanks ...I'll leave it on the shelf.

  • @justbovel
    @justbovel Před 5 lety +99

    Thanks for making a video about surströmming without screaming and overreacting for 11 minutes like the rest!
    /from a surströmming lover

  • @saxgarcon6867
    @saxgarcon6867 Před 4 lety +33

    I love how Stewart is just nonchalantly eating the surströmming, thanks to his relentless rotten food training

  • @mn4169
    @mn4169 Před rokem +7

    I was 7 months pregnant and my neighbour came with a can of the stuff. My husband buried it in the garden. Swede from the South of Sweden

  • @cynicthehedgehog385
    @cynicthehedgehog385 Před 4 lety +31

    2014: don’t send me surstömming I won’t eat it
    2018: so we’re eating surströmming

  • @MuchWhittering
    @MuchWhittering Před 5 lety +203

    Forget the movie, THIS is what we paid for!

  • @CosmicKangaroo
    @CosmicKangaroo Před 5 lety +42

    This whole video made me wonder what it would be like if it was Dan and Stuart, Dan would be like a Yellowstone Geyser

    • @LordArikado
      @LordArikado Před 5 lety +15

      If it was Dan, he would've started gagging as soon as the video started, before the can was even punctured.

  • @Elrond_Hubbard_1
    @Elrond_Hubbard_1 Před 4 lety +118

    You know what's an even worse thought? This can was produced at a factory somewhere that people have to work in. That means there are people in the world who have to be around this for hours and hours every day.

    • @readmylisp
      @readmylisp Před 4 lety +18

      God bless those poor people.

    • @Dueilangoisseus
      @Dueilangoisseus Před 4 lety +49

      It probably doesn't smell quite as bad in the factory. I'm guessing it keeps fermenting in the can as well.
      Besides, you'd be surprised what you can get accustomed to. Just ask anyone working at a kraft paper mill.

    • @hjt091
      @hjt091 Před 4 lety +19

      @@Dueilangoisseus It does keep fermenting in the can, that's why the lid bulges

    • @tncorgi92
      @tncorgi92 Před 2 lety +9

      What would their quality control be like? Have someone taste each batch, and if it doesn't make them vomit then they throw that batch away?

    • @Timeward76
      @Timeward76 Před rokem +3

      If you are around such a horrendous smell so long and consistently, eventually your nose just desensitizes to it.

  • @b1g_b4d_j0hn6
    @b1g_b4d_j0hn6 Před 4 lety +111

    "Hold it under water to stop squirting." Cheers, I'll try that with the missus.

    • @armytrainer
      @armytrainer Před 4 lety +25

      with the size of your misses you'll need to go Oceanside to get her fully underwater

    • @b1g_b4d_j0hn6
      @b1g_b4d_j0hn6 Před 4 lety +4

      @@armytrainer 😂

    • @thegeniusfool
      @thegeniusfool Před 4 lety +3

      @@armytrainer Damn!

    • @bitterjames
      @bitterjames Před 4 lety +1

      nice boomer humor

    • @Hoganply
      @Hoganply Před 3 lety

      @@bitterjames The implication with that is that non-boomers can't relate to those in a long-term relationship.

  • @tmgravy
    @tmgravy Před 5 lety +3

    around 8:20 you can literally hear the flies buzzing outside. I cant believe this stuff is a "delicacy"

  • @abingleyboy
    @abingleyboy Před 5 lety +67

    Would this make for a lovely romantic dinner for two opening a can with the date followed by durian fruit dessert.

  • @unpaintedleadsyndrome
    @unpaintedleadsyndrome Před 9 měsíci +2

    I had almost forgotten how funny surstromming videos were :-)

  • @BloodrealmX
    @BloodrealmX Před 4 lety +36

    "It tastes way better than it smells." That's not exactly a high bar, though, is it?

  • @brianm6337
    @brianm6337 Před 5 lety +22

    Hey! I know! Sodastream the Surströmming juice! A taste sensation!

  • @jayquill22
    @jayquill22 Před 5 lety +31

    Stuart. You wonderful boy. You brave, brave man.

    • @jamiedickinson4079
      @jamiedickinson4079 Před 5 lety +2

      Isn't that what Dumbledore called Harry in the last book?

    • @jayquill22
      @jayquill22 Před 5 lety +2

      Yes 😂

    • @Keywy
      @Keywy Před 5 lety +1

      Pretty proud that I got this reference

  • @gotgunpowder
    @gotgunpowder Před 10 měsíci +2

    Surstromming isn't "rotten fish", the fermentation process is specifically meant to keep it from rotting. The reason it smells rotten is due to the chemical reaction from the fermentation process.

  • @YammoYammamoto
    @YammoYammamoto Před 5 lety +6

    You guys are bloody VIKINGS for real!
    -"I'm gonna try some more, is that allright?"
    That look. Just.... that look.

  • @kevinKronnack
    @kevinKronnack Před 5 lety +73

    That'd be the swim bladder and guts, that's what rots and makes its smell so nummy!

    • @Grobut81
      @Grobut81 Před 5 lety +21

      Fetid swim bladders.. hmm, there's a Black Metal band name in there somewhere.

    • @grimlockthe1823
      @grimlockthe1823 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Grobut81 probably

    • @jonnyboi9026
      @jonnyboi9026 Před 5 lety +1

      Or its just because the whole thing is fermented.

    • @Diabolus1978
      @Diabolus1978 Před 5 lety +1

      The thing is back in the day salt was very expensive so they just used enough for it not to turn bad. That's were surströmming comes from and is still prepared the same way as in back in the day.

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke Před 5 lety +67

    Of all the rotten, nasty, out of date foods eaten so far, it's ironically funny that in-date Surströmming has been the worst... :P

    • @maxscardanelli6185
      @maxscardanelli6185 Před 5 lety

      twocvbloke It certainly is. But it’s the only good kind of irony that you can find on the Ashens channel...

    • @Keywy
      @Keywy Před 5 lety +2

      I think it smelled worst, but it didn't make him vomit like the century egg

    • @விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்
      @விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக் Před 5 lety +2

      I mean, technically there is no expiry date for rotten fish

    • @Pehmokettu
      @Pehmokettu Před 5 lety

      No, there has been worse foods that Ashens did not even want to eat...

    • @twocvbloke
      @twocvbloke Před 5 lety

      Hence why I said "eaten so far", not "reviewed so far but some eaten and others avoided because they were too disgusting"... :)

  • @theamateurfurry4735
    @theamateurfurry4735 Před 4 lety +33

    “Oh God the smell even underwater!” The instant regret couldn’t be more visible!

  • @MegaAstroFan18
    @MegaAstroFan18 Před rokem +4

    Oh, on the note of the flies: they don't really react to smell so much as gases. So that probably means surstromming emits similar gases to sewers.

  • @TheGlitched64Reads2
    @TheGlitched64Reads2 Před 5 lety +99

    Every penny was well spent. Every, Damn, Penny.

    • @NoFormalTraining
      @NoFormalTraining Před 5 lety +5

      You. Bastard.

    • @TheGlitched64Reads2
      @TheGlitched64Reads2 Před 5 lety +9

      No Formal Training You noticed! I've been working so hard on being one. :D

    • @NoFormalTraining
      @NoFormalTraining Před 5 lety +5

      TheGlitched64Reads You clearly graduated with honours from Bastard University! :D

  • @__elly__
    @__elly__ Před 5 lety +26

    Literally SHOOK at the flies swarming...DON’T WEAR HEADPHONES 😷

  • @carismo9502
    @carismo9502 Před rokem +1

    I remember we had a surströmmings war back in school, it all started with someone smearing our lockers with the juices and hiding a couple of the fishes above the lockers.
    From then it was on, haha!

  • @godslaughter
    @godslaughter Před 5 lety +23

    This reminds me of that one time I was collecting sea snails for fishing bait and I accidentally overcrowded the bottle so they all suffocated before I could get to fishing. Unfortunately, there was a delay and I couldn't get to go fishing for two days so those snails stayed in there for around 50 hours. Long story short, all of the snails got fermented, the bottle was near exploding and once I opened the bottle I nearly threw up because of the stench. This entire private beach was engulfed in this pungent odor. If this food is anything like it, then hooo boy, I am so sorry you had to eat that.

  • @hawthornss
    @hawthornss Před 5 lety +7

    ashens, a few years ago: stop sending me surströmming, i'm not going to eat it
    ashens, 2018: hey barry i have a great idea

  • @dbfi01
    @dbfi01 Před 5 lety +103

    Once a can of Surströmming "exploded" on a plane, and they had to write off the whole plane, and since then, it has been forbidden to bring any on board... You are supposed to have raw onions with it also.... But it doesnt matter. It never is good. The story about surströmming is quite funny... Go check it out...

    • @kuro13wolf
      @kuro13wolf Před 5 lety +51

      That's hilarious, I'd love to see that conversation. "Just throw it away, throw away the whole plane."

    • @dbfi01
      @dbfi01 Před 5 lety +16

      Rhyme Bito They tried, but they couldnt remove the stench. They switched seats, rugs almost everything... Didnt help.. Ill see if I can find the newsstory and link it

    • @youtubasoarus
      @youtubasoarus Před 5 lety +38

      I imagine the insurance adjuster would have come by and thought "Now it can't be that bad can it?" and took one good wiff inside and said "Well I guess that's it then isn't it?" "Yup." And then it was promptly torched.

    • @Roadent1241
      @Roadent1241 Před 5 lety +29

      I remember Ashen's story being of someone in a block of flats who got evicted because he left an open can around, courts didn't believe the complaintants until they opened a can in court and basically went 'Yepnevermindevicthim.'

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před 5 lety +28

      Wrote off the loss as an act of cod.

  • @zampai
    @zampai Před 4 lety +21

    Barry: “it’s like eating the sea.”

  • @cassuttustshirt4949
    @cassuttustshirt4949 Před 5 lety +10

    Yes Ashen, you get internet points. Also, the look Ashen gives to the camera at 8:11 when Barry is going to take another bite is priceless.

  • @DarthZ01
    @DarthZ01 Před 5 lety +28

    That sack was probably the swim bladder. Basically an internal balloon that helps the fish rise or sink in the water depending on how much air is diverted into it.

    • @TheNeilwiz01uk
      @TheNeilwiz01uk Před 5 lety

      TheRenaissanceman65 i thoguht the guts and swimbladder where what made it smell? if its sold gutted surely it wouldnt stink?

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby Před 5 lety +1

      Yummy.

  • @TangyTangyRose
    @TangyTangyRose Před 5 lety +15

    Stuart, if you’re not going to do the advent calendar on your own anymore then PLEASE do it with Barry! Dan seems like a lovely bloke but it would be ace with Barry. He could get the plane everyday. It would be great.

  • @alexl8632
    @alexl8632 Před 4 lety +36

    [laughs in swedish] SUFFER, FOOLISH MORTALS
    But honestly, you get all the internet points for doing it the right way all the way through.

  • @sarahdb1112
    @sarahdb1112 Před 3 lety +2

    This is still one of the funniest things I’ve seen. Reduces me to hysterical tears of laughter every time I watch it 😂

    • @johncoops6897
      @johncoops6897 Před 2 lety

      Me too - I've just come back for my fourth viewing in February 2022.

  • @mjc0961
    @mjc0961 Před 5 lety +73

    I said it on Barry's video and I'll say it here:
    The ultimate goal of this is Fizzy Surstromming

  • @fridtjofbjarturson8798
    @fridtjofbjarturson8798 Před 5 lety +5

    Around age 8, living in La Feria, Texas family from iceland were here for the summer and my uncle Avi brought a can of fermented shark. My grandpa and him ate it and washed it down with vodka. Crazy times

  • @elenaschoerling
    @elenaschoerling Před rokem +2

    I dont know how but your channel and voice has been the most relaxing thing before bed for me for over a year

  • @retrohipster994
    @retrohipster994 Před 3 lety +9

    7:21 ashens face as the situation evolves is just incredible. 😂

  • @PercyPumpkinheart
    @PercyPumpkinheart Před 5 lety +84

    I've never smelled a video before. I can't imagine another proper foodstuff I'd want to eat less than this. I think I'd rather eat a bicycle.

    • @HerrBjork
      @HerrBjork Před 5 lety +2

      What about Iceland's fermented shark (which is poisonous before fermentation)?

    • @DASyam-tb7qt
      @DASyam-tb7qt Před 5 lety +18

      I ate a bicycle once and I can tell you how it tastes but I'm two tired.
      Okay I'll leave now.

    • @noneofyourbusiness4294
      @noneofyourbusiness4294 Před 5 lety

      What about maggot cheese?

    • @Niick3015
      @Niick3015 Před 5 lety

      thing is your not supposed to eat it alone like everyone assumes. Its supposed to baked into bread or something like that first I heard which amkes it way better and less smelly but ya know.

  • @sliceofbread2611
    @sliceofbread2611 Před 4 lety +14

    someone must have made this, smelled it, and thought "alright lets dig in"

  • @nightlightasmr7303
    @nightlightasmr7303 Před 2 lety +2

    Barry: "I'm gonna try some more is that alright?"
    Ashens: .......😳

  • @DogFlamingoXIII
    @DogFlamingoXIII Před 5 lety +69

    Normally I think people are at least somewhat overreacting to how bad something smells/ tastes to make the video. This poor fellow on the right though, you can actually watch his face change color with each whiff he takes It's visually bad enough that I can almost smell it myself. This is painful (but entertaining) to watch.

  • @DenyTheZeitgeist
    @DenyTheZeitgeist Před 4 lety +5

    My favorite scent of candle. Bloated whale carcass stuffed into an overflowing septic tank. Lovely year round.

  • @Mb-vs3lw
    @Mb-vs3lw Před 5 lety +5

    "I wasn't expecting it to be so bum smelling" 😂😂😂😂

  • @clarkcolt45
    @clarkcolt45 Před 4 lety +6

    They sell filets surströmming without bones, I always buy that, I love the salty fish with potatoes onions bread.. yuuummyy

  • @TheSnabelkeso
    @TheSnabelkeso Před 5 lety

    Really nice to see someone actually doing the surströmming properly! Good Job Ashens!

  • @bakachan3601
    @bakachan3601 Před 5 lety +46

    I really have missed these Barry and Ashens try to eat things they shouldn't videos.
    Btw, delicacies are just gross foods that locals trick tourists into eating so they can laugh at them.

    • @affa2009
      @affa2009 Před 5 lety +1

      I want to agree with you but you have shit taste in cake

    • @bakachan3601
      @bakachan3601 Před 5 lety

      +青いボール Lolwhat? How would you know what kind of cake I like?

    • @affa2009
      @affa2009 Před 5 lety +1

      @@bakachan3601 well you like old disgusting christmas cakes

    • @bakachan3601
      @bakachan3601 Před 5 lety

      +青いボール Well, that went right over my head. I have zero idea as to what you're referring to.

    • @affa2009
      @affa2009 Před 5 lety

      @@bakachan3601 it was meant to be a reference to your avatar and a disgusting delicacy

  • @carlz0r
    @carlz0r Před 5 lety +58

    Well, I guess if Stewart has to try some cultural dish that is trendy to gag over on the internet, he'll just do it properly, and manage to actually eat it, and blow everyone else out of the water. Good on ya guys.

  • @ArrakisHeir88
    @ArrakisHeir88 Před 2 lety +2

    The face he made at 4:51 is comedy gold.

  • @byronmclaggan3443
    @byronmclaggan3443 Před 3 lety +1

    Stuarts face is priceless