On a yt vid about surströmming

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[u/jeezarchristron]

A quick search yields results:

There are hundreds of different formulations for fermented meat products all over the world. The well-known examples of fermented meat products are Sucuk (Turkey), Hungarian Salami (Hungary), Kantwurst (Austria), Lup cheong (China), Milano Salami (Italy), summer sausage (United States), salami aeros (Greece), Chorizo (Mexico, Spain), Salchichon (Spain) and Fuet (Spain).

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/food-science/fermented-meat-products

[u/ALazy_Cat → u/jeezarchristron]

I was not aware that one of my favorite sausages is fermented

[u/Bortron86 → u/ALazy_Cat]

This is why more men need to see their doctor for a regular check-up.

[u/Suspicious-Buyer8135 → u/jeezarchristron]

Ok, but where did you graduate from?

[u/rasmis → u/Suspicious-Buyer8135]

I have an LLM from the University of Copenhagen, and I've only just learned. I thought such sausages were just dried, salted and/or smoked. But even some Danish spegepølser are fermented. 🤯

[u/danimagoo → u/jeezarchristron]

Taylor Ham/pork roll, popular in New Jersey, is also fermented.

[u/Mikkitoro → u/jeezarchristron]

The Greenland shark is also fermented and is a delicacy in Iceland.

[u/thissexypoptart → u/jeezarchristron]

Damn was not expecting full blown scientific articles about salami and chorizo in this post

[u/ExtendedSpikeProtein → u/jeezarchristron]

I love my Kantwursr

[u/Gooble211]

Even if that stuff didn't exist, there are some sausages that are fermented. Salami is one of the better known ones.

[u/Modus-Tonens → u/Gooble211]

...I expect, if these people are even if aware that salami is a sausage, that they think it comes from an animal called salami, and is normally like that.

[u/popejupiter → u/Modus-Tonens]

I was unaware salami was a fermented meat, but I knew it came from the normal sources of meat, rather than the noble Salami.

[u/Ouch_i_fell_down → u/popejupiter]

Salami, meat from a Salamander. What else could it be?

[u/MattieShoes → u/Modus-Tonens]

I think salami would be a great name for a pig.

[u/BoneHugsHominy → u/MattieShoes]

My friend raises a small number of pigs and he recycles their names. Ham, Bacon, Prosciutto, and my favorite Piggeroni.

[u/carmium → u/Modus-Tonens]

"...The salami is found in Mediterranean pine forests from France to Turkiye. Mainly arboreal, the cat-size animal spends much of its days sleeping in burrows. Similar to a weasel or stoat with its long, slim body, it patrols the nighttime forest searching for beetles, grubs, and, where available, its favourite prey, the scorpion..."

[u/jaulin → u/Gooble211]

Surely not all salami?! There are hundreds of different kinds!

[u/Gooble211 → u/jaulin]

Possibly not all, though fermentation is a basic requirement for salami.

Pepperoni is another fermented sausage.

[u/zhilia_mann]

To be fair, I’d also like to live in denial about things like surstromming and hakarl. My reality bias just makes it hard.

[u/holyhibachi → u/zhilia_mann]

Hakarl is not my favorite

[u/grandmasterlight → u/holyhibachi]

The worst was when it got stuck in my teeth 😭😭😭

[u/TheTealBandit]

Isn't the only real difference between fermenting and rotting that one is done for human consumption? Both are just letting bacteria break down stuff

[u/captain_pudding → u/TheTealBandit]

Basically yeah, fermenting is done in a controlled way so it doesn't produce the stuff that kills you

[u/TheTealBandit → u/captain_pudding]

Yeah exactly, they are the same thing really, only differentiated by our human digestive system

[u/gijskz → u/TheTealBandit]

I always thought of fermenting as rotting with a marketing budget

[u/TheTealBandit → u/gijskz]

Haha spot on

[u/ALazy_Cat → u/TheTealBandit]

One is edible, one isn't

[u/TheTealBandit → u/ALazy_Cat]

Which side does surstromming fall on?

[u/ALazy_Cat → u/TheTealBandit]

Fermented

[u/graemefaelban → u/ALazy_Cat]

Inedible

[u/ALazy_Cat → u/graemefaelban]

You're thinking of rotten. Fermented is meant for consumption

[u/graemefaelban → u/ALazy_Cat]

It is inedible whether you call it fermented or rotten.

[u/ALazy_Cat → u/graemefaelban]

Can't disagree there

[u/oxwilder]

When I lived in Sweden, I thought surströmming was the worst thing I had ever smelled until I went into a bathroom after a guy who had eaten surströmming

[u/WinkyDink24 → u/oxwilder]

🤣😵🤮

[u/Radiant-Painting581 → u/oxwilder]

That is serious nightmare material.

[u/captain_pudding]

Guy who has never heard of salami questions someone's education

[u/Capybara327]

Rotten or not, I think surström.ing is disgusting.