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Fermented fish banned from flights

sursstrommingYou might not get through airport security with a pair of tweezers (I didn't), and if you're carrying fermented fish, you won't make your flight either.

According to an article over at BBC, Swedish fermented herring known as surstromming has been banned from major airlines like British Airways and Air France. Even though the fish, fermented in barrels for months reportedly smells like rotting garbage, it's not the odor that offends. Airlines are saying that the cans in which the fish are stored are pressurized, which classifies them as explosives.

Good thing it wasn't the stink, or how else would I carry my little jar of kimchee with me when I travel?!?

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Anne

4-04-2006 @2:17AM Anne said... Ha! I'm not surprised. My dad used to keep cans of the stuff until they would almost inflate and go a bit round. Then he'd finally open them and.. eat. Oh my goodness. It's such a special intense sort of stench, it's hardly fathomable. I shudder just thinking about it, in fact.

//Anne in Sweden
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sarah

4-04-2006 @2:22AM sarah said... oh anne! i am so glad you commented about it! do you know if it's available in the US? i was wondering to myself, where in l.a. would i find such a thing because i absolutely love stinky fish and would love to try it! what's it like? can you compare it to anything (other than garbage, of course, LOL!)
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