Diabetes Support Advent Calendar 2016

[Northerner]

Today marks the first day of our traditional Advent Calendar! 🙂 This year's theme is weird cuisine from around the world. Behind the first door we find...

Surstromming - Sweden

Baltic Sea herring fermented with just enough salt used to prevent it from rotting. Mainly found tinned in brine these days, when opened it releases such a pungent aroma that it usually needs to be eaten outside. 😱

 

[Stitch147]

I think i need to get me some of that.......... NOT!

 

[Lindarose]

I'm always amazed that some people actually pay money to eat such weird things. 😱

 

[Bloden]

My least fav Spanish delicacy is pig's ear - cartilage isn't my idea of tasty (especially the hairy variety). But at least they eat "everything but the squeal"...I admire their 'nothing goes to waste' mentality.🙄

 

[Redkite]

Is this an alternative to a nice Lindt chocolate advent calendar? You haven't exactly sold it to me!!!

 

[Northerner]

Is this an alternative to a nice Lindt chocolate advent calendar? You haven't exactly sold it to me!!!

Low carb! 😱

 

[silentsquirrel]

It's FISH, @HOBIE!!! 🙂 Or is this a fish too far?🙄

 

[mikeyB]

This is one of those foods that smells and tastes the same going down as coming up. You can achieve the same effect without that bother by opening the tin and flushing the contents down the loo.

 

[MrClogMan]

I don't do fish me.
(and now I know why!)

 

[Northerner]

I don't do fish me.
(and now I know why!)

I'll have to have a quick rethink about your Christmas present then! 😉 😱

 

[Flower]

Bleurgghh! You're scrapping the bottom of the barrel - or is that what's it the tin - and it's only Day 1😉

 

[Northerner]

Bleurgghh! You're scrapping the bottom of the barrel - or is that what's it the tin - and it's only Day 1😉

Worse to come, I'm afraid! 😱

 

[AlisonM]

Worse to come, I'm afraid! 😱

The mind boggles!

 

[khskel]

Worse to come, I'm afraid! 😱

Pie, mash and liquor? Surely not!

 

[Northerner]

Pie, mash and liquor? Surely not!

<checks list...> 😱

 

[Ljc]

I bet it comes up twice as fast as it goes down.

 

[Northerner]

I bet it comes up twice as fast as it goes down.

I'm guessing it's not going to be on many plates this Christmas! 😱 🙂

 

[Matt Cycle]

Is the veggie option stinky tofu?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinky_tofu

(Although reading how it's made it would have to be a veggie brine)

 

[Katieb]

Eeew gross!!!

 

[SB2015]

I am amazed you can find anything worse.
I wait with interest to see what comes next!!