George wrote:

> Thanks to everyone for their input. This is why I love the web. If you
> don't learn something everyday, you're not trying.

Hey, George.. just so ya know. This isn't the web, its USENET and has been
around for a lot longer. You may use a website to post USENET article..
Unless you mean the Internet.

> The description of Surströmming seems to make the lobster bait the
> fishermen use here in Maine a more plausible snack. It is made of
> herring, but with quite a bit of salt and no attempt to can it. Folks
> joke (or maybe not) with the tourists of how it can be eaten on Pilot
> crackers, sort of a large saltine cracker without as much salt on it.

What about Lutefisk.. I hear that is completely nasty!

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Dan