Suspected gas leak was fermented herring
Published: 9 Sep 12 09:40 CET | Print version
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On Saturday, two fire trucks, two police cars and an emergency gas leak team all rushed towards the Stockholm neighbourhood Södermalm, having been alerted by concerned neighbours who smelled gas in the stairwell, but the unpleasant smell turned out to come from something less dangerous.
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On the scene, however, emergency services were quickly able to classify the unpleasant smell as harmless, since it didn’t come from anything more dramatic than a traditional Swedish autumn party.
“I guess somebody didn’t know what surströmming smells like,” said Sven-Erik Olsson from the police’s command centre to the TT news agency.
Surströmming, or fermented herring, is a traditional Swedish delicacy, but its odour is notoriously foul. In the beginning of fall, it’s not uncommon for Swedes to gather some friends and spend an evening together enjoying the smelly fish at what is called a surströmmingsskiva (fermented herring party).
But on this occasion, the smell spread from the apartment out to the stairwell, scaring the neighbours.
“They’ve got gas in the building, so I find it a bit strange that they called us. They ought to know what it smells like when you turn on a gas stove. It doesn’t smell like surströmming at all,” said Hörnsten.
According to the Stockholm fire department, this isn’t the first time they’ve rushed out to respond to an emergency call and ended up at a surströmming party.
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Very few ever get near enough to taste the stuff. The peg on your nose is never strong enough to keep out the smell, and after the obligatory half bottle of vodka necessary you are not capable of movement . . . .
Try it.
I live in the city and I actually DID think that it was against the many rules of apartment life to open surströmming. When I first came to Stockholm and a surströmmingsskiva was described, I asked my friend if we could have such a party, and she said no it would not be allowed in the apartmentt building.
I cannot imagine a homeowners association(bostadrättsföreningen) allowing it. Or a landlord.
What a sheltered life.
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