Started by Rob Fitzgerald (@rustacean_rob) ·
surströmming cans bulge because the fish is still fermenting
Baltic herring fermented with just enough salt to stop it rotting, then canned while it's still fermenting, so the cans swell over the months. You open it well away from the table, ideally punctured underwater in a bucket. In 2006 several big airlines banned it, calling the bulging cans potentially explosive.
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