Q 01/05

Surströmming is a fermented version of which fish?

A) Baltic herring

B) Atlantic cod

C) Mackerel

D) Arctic char

Answer · why

A) Baltic herring

Baltic herring. The small strömming is caught before it spawns and salted so lightly that it ferments instead of rotting; the gas goes on building unt...

Q 02/05

Why did Sweden once ban surströmming sales before late summer?

A) To curb the smell

B) To protect spawning stocks

C) To keep unripe fish out

D) To save wartime salt

Answer · why

C) To keep unripe fish out

To keep unripe fish out. Tins had been reaching shops before the fish had fermented, so a law fixed the first day of sale; it lapsed in 1998, yet the ...

Q 03/05

Lutefisk is dried whitefish cured in what?

A) Vinegar

B) Lye

C) Brine

D) Whey

Answer · why

B) Lye

Lye. It was first made from birch ash, and the soaked fish is so caustic that it must sit in fresh water for days before it can be cooked.

Q 04/05

Which fish is most commonly used for lutefisk?

A) Herring

B) Trout

C) Cod

D) Halibut

Answer · why

C) Cod

Cod. It starts as stockfish, cod dried hard on outdoor racks; days of soaking are what turn it soft and jelly-like again.

Q 05/05

Smørrebrød is usually built on which bread?

A) Rugbrød

B) Franskbrød

C) Knäckebröd

D) Lefse

Answer · why

A) Rugbrød

Rugbrød. Slices of the dark rye were a plain packed lunch until Danish kitchens of the 1880s began piling them high with roast pork, fish and liver pâ...