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Re:Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today? by numpad0 on Thursday January 15, 2026 @01:33AM (#46628844)
Surströmming, the Swedish can of fermented fish, is strongly recommended to be punctured while submerged in tap water. It is not pasteurized and is actively fermenting in storage, and the content will spray around if opened under atmospheric conditions.

When transported on cargo flights, they are double packed as cans in a barrel in a crate, and considered UN classified "miscellaneous dangerous goods" with identification number UN3334 "Aviation regulated liquid, n.o.s." with accompanying scary(albeit monochromatic) warning stickers, if at all accepted. When transported on ocean going vessels, they are often required to be in its own shipping container, again double packaged and correctly labeled.

Re:Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today? by Aachen on Thursday January 15, 2026 @12:15PM (#46635797)
I hope you didn't find that first paragraph out the hard way today!
Re:Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today? by numpad0 on Thursday January 15, 2026 @07:14PM (#46641375)
Haha, no, I just came across these trivia... it scares me more than it intrigues me :p
Re:Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today? by PokemonNoGo on Thursday January 15, 2026 @01:49PM (#46637234)
You forgot to mention that it is actually quite delicous.
Re:Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today? by olelele on Thursday January 15, 2026 @01:52PM (#46637307)
It is also mostly eaten outdoors :)
Re:Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today? by deandotwork on Thursday January 15, 2026 @02:31PM (#46637904)
reminds me ... I opened a can of Illy coffee today. It has a big red warning saying similar under pressure warning. I went...."pfhhh, how much pressure could be in this little can?" and it went ba-boom, coffee grounds all over me and my kitchen. I will heed the Sustromming warning if I ever come across a tin
Re:Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today? by nyantaro1 on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:41PM (#46638987)
Is it even good?
Re:Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today? by 8note on Thursday January 15, 2026 @04:50PM (#46639837)
its an acquired taste.

good when you pair it with the right stuff - dill, capers, etc and on kinda neutral crackers