On 12/28/2017 11:44 AM, Stefan Skoglund via cctalk wrote:
Surstr?mming isn't a christmas tradition.
It is more like a late august,september tradition (or in summer together
with the season potatoes, onion and bread.)
the sale of this year surstr?mming was until 1998 legally delayed until
the third thursday in august (the herring is fished in early spring
april-may.)
Neither are selenium rectifiers a Christmas tradition--at least not in
any society that I know of.
Just trying to throw a little aroma into the mix. I suppose one could
also add durian for a memorably odoriferous experience.
--Chuck