
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.
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Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:12,
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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
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Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:14,
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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.
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Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:16,
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DISCOVERY: THE ACTUAL STENCH IS IN NO WAY MORE PLEASANT THAN THE INITIAL ONE.

THEY COULD HAVE DONE NICE THINGS WITH THAT FISH.
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Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:21,
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but I do fail to see why anyone would eat it these days.
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Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:16,
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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
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Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:17,
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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.
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Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:25,
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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
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Fri 5 Nov 2010, 13:35,
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NOT FOR THOSE SEAFARING VIKINGS