It’s not actually a ban on it, per se. It’s that due to the preparation process, it ends up having a higher concentration of certain substances than is permitted by EU law, so it became illegal by default. Sweden were given an exception after some rather heavy lobbying, so it’s only illegal to sell and manufacture in any other EU country. But due to the open market this ends up being rather inconsequential since they can’t legally prevent the export of it out of Sweden. It’s actually relatively common for traditional cuisine that technically breaks EU safety regulations. Sweden also got a similar deal for snus, which is tobacco you put under your lip, though that’s actually more harshly regulated due to being nicotine (and also because some nations have a hard time distinguishing it from drugs or some kind of super-nicotine, as my friend could attest after he got caught with a few boxes at the Indian border).
I could probably post some citations, but unfortunately all the sources I have on hand are in Swedish because we’re the only ones who give a fuck.
Its 2017, black people need to stop eating chitlins… Leave that slave food back in the 1800’s.
Got the nerve to look at me like im crazy when im like ima pass give me a steak or some bacon or anything other than musty pig intestines. I dont care how long ya momma been cooking them
The worst I can think of is a Polish tripe soup called flaczki and maybe blood/tongue sausages, but both are not even close to being as disgusting as surströmming, and I’d eat both of them if I was really hungry.
I think op just straight up won.
Cultures have been eating intestines the world over for as long as we have had pigs and cows to harvest them from. What do you think those nice expensive sausages are cased in? Also, tripe is fucking delicious. What blacks should do is branch out and eat other types of intestines besides the pig’s, like sheep and goat.
I tried black sausages when I was in Bavaria, Germany. Eeeewwww Blood Sausages, no thanks. They put blood blocks in Bun Rieu but that stuff tastes alright. If you didn’t know what it was, you would think it would be tofu or something.
shitlins is slave food and taste like snot gelatin.
Well if you had a choice between pig anus and a ham sammich, its different tastes but I guess you can eat both! lol
me, personally give me the honey glazed ham everytime.
I’m always going to choose the better option.
Who the fuck wakes up this day and age and be like damn I sure could go for some pig intestines and hot sauce.
I mean, I’m not from Scotland, but haggis has always been my go-to for “this is pretty disgusting.”
Having said that, as a Southern belle, everyone who’s not from the American South has given me all kinds of shit over eating souse, which is pretty much just headcheese pickled in fucking vinegar. I had a girlfriend once who told me I had to brush my teeth in between eating souse and kissing her. I don’t think she’d let me go down on her if I’d eaten the stuff in the past 48 hours.
Nah, my only HDR-experience is offline. I’ve recently started playing ST on fightcade again though, and I’m having a blast.
Also Norwegians do not use ö. We use ø. Do not confuse us with our weird-ass neighbours (who we still love in spite of them being all Swedish and shit).
Dude, blue cheese is fucking delicious, and that’s just moldy-ass cheese. Fungus and mold isn’t necessarily disgusting, it depends on what type of mold and under what circumstances it’s been grown. Hell, fermented food is a stapble in large parts of the world, and that’s basically one step shy of intentionally rotting it.
In spite of being Swedish? Dude, we ruled your brunost-eating asses. Sure, you might be all high and mighty because you struck oil now, but once upon a time we were the successful ones!
Spoiler
Please don’t stop hiring us, we need your oil money!
Well, nothing beats that first post, imo… I’ve also heard of a thing called “hakarl” as a random question from Jeopardy… it’s rotten meat and an Iceland “delicacy”.
but if you ever have the misfortune of traveling to Memphis… please avoid the ironically named “Best Pizza In Town”. I think it’s actually difficult to get pizza “wrong” but damn… they accomplished it. This place has, without question, THE worst pizza I’ve ever tried. Grease was just constantly falling off each slice like the pizza itself was throwing up…it was unbelievable, man. Someone would have to pay me to ever eat there again.
Also–the worst food I’ve ever seen in person —SOUSE…You can see it in almost any grocery store’s lunchmeat section. It amazes me that any person would look at souse and think “y’know…that might be good”. Nah, man… :sick:
Let’s see—the price on that… yeah it would take at least several thousand dollars…probably $9,500+…maybe even 10k at least…straight cash for me to ever eat that bullshit.
edit–reminds me–a certain friend I know… his wife admitted that she and her family ate souse back in the day… I could never look at her the same way since that admission. Fortunately she doesn’t eat that shit anymore but holy shit that is disgusting… and people who know me realize that it takes a LOT to disgust me.
That is all the exact same shit. Same cuts of meat go into all 3.
I just realize, most Americans are pussies when it comes to where their meat comes from.
If it’s not a shoulder, rib or flank meat, people freak out. It used to be if people wanted meat you had to go in the wild and kill the beast your self.
And it’s traditional on your first time in many cultures to eat the heart, and or liver right their on the spot Raw, while its still warm.
Actually most hunters used to eat the liver on the spot as it’s the part that goes bad first but also has the most nutritional value.
