I got a can of surstromming a while back but I don't understand why someone would put that in their mouth, even if they were starving. It smells of death.
(,
Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:12,
archived)
Step 2 : retreat to safe distance
Step 3 : Remotely activate detonator
Step 4 : Allow stench to clear
Step 5 : Advance slowly with gasmask, crispbread and salad
(,
Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:14,
archived)
Step 3 : Remotely activate detonator
Step 4 : Allow stench to clear
Step 5 : Advance slowly with gasmask, crispbread and salad
there's the initial stench, which I had been warned about. Then there's the actual stench.
DISCOVERY: THE ACTUAL STENCH IS IN NO WAY MORE PLEASANT THAN THE INITIAL ONE.
(,
Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:16,
archived)
DISCOVERY: THE ACTUAL STENCH IS IN NO WAY MORE PLEASANT THAN THE INITIAL ONE.
THEY COULD HAVE DONE NICE THINGS WITH THAT FISH.
(,
Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:21,
archived)
but I do fail to see why anyone would eat it these days.
(,
Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:16,
archived)
is that the vikings had access to fresh fish, at worst they might have to deal with frozen seas for 3 or 4 months at a time.
What posessed them to do this?
WHAT
(,
Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:17,
archived)
What posessed them to do this?
WHAT
Anglo-saxon peasants used to enjoy rancid bacon for lunch when they were toiling in the fields. The key word there is enjoy.
(,
Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:25,
archived)
also that salty fatty food was a rarity for all of human development except for the last 60 years. Maybe salt was a novelty.
NOT FOR THOSE SEAFARING VIKINGS
(,
Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:35,
archived)
NOT FOR THOSE SEAFARING VIKINGS
my junior school history lessons properly.
(,
Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:44,
archived)
'NOT SALT AGAIN WOMAN! STAND AGAINST THAT SHIELD WHILE I THROW MINE AXE AT THINE PIG-TAILS! WHERE IS MINE LUTEFISK?'
(,
Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:49,
archived)
someone behind me, deadly serious, shouted out 'owls'. The mind boggles.
(,
Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:10,
archived)
