About a week and a half ago, a coworker started planning a get-together at his place for those of us coworkers who had expressed interest in properly trying surströmming. I've been here 7 years had had never tried it, so I was definitely in.
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Here's the thing about surströmming, something that gets overlooked in nearly every YouTuber's attempt at eating it: You're not SUPPOSED to eat it plain. Only an idiot would do that.
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You need tunnbröd (a thin, crispy bread), dill, scallions, diced red onion, sliced tomato, cheese, gräddfil (a thinner sour cream), and potatoes. The surströmming is ONE PART of that.
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Not only that, you need to remove the organs, press the fish open, debone it, then scrape the actual meat off the skin, and put *just* the meat onto the sandwich-y concoction.
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I'll be honest: Even with all that, it's not great. In fact, I really hate it. However, it's not nearly the worst food I've ever eaten, and I would gladly try it again. Other than that, the evening really threw into sharp relief how badly I want to go back to working in-office.
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Everyone I work with is such a cool, interesting person with their own unique personality and history, and the level of incisive banter is simply off the charts. You don't *get* that via text or voice chat. I need my vax jab, so I can get that day-to-day sense of fun again.
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One of the few exchanges I actually remember: Partygoer 1: "Hey, Tantor, someone's riding a horse outside your house." Partygoer 2: "Oh, I want to ride a horse outside!" Me: "Be bold, ride a horse inside." Partygoer 2; "I'd totally do that."
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