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Surströmming.
This Swedish delicacy literally means “sour herring”. Surströmming is Baltic herring, fermented for at least six months. The herring are caught prior to spawning in April or May of each year before being canned in a brine solution. After allowing time for fermentation, the cans are sold in Swedish grocery stores in the summer. The smell of surströmming has been compared to rotting flesh. Due to its pungent smell, surströmming is usually eaten outdoors, and is typically served on tunnbröd, Swedish flatbread, with potatoes, diced onion, cheese, chives, tomatoes, and dill.Durian.
According to study ,the durian fruit gets its characteristic smell from 44-odour active compounds that can smell like anything from a rotten egg to delicious caramel.Durian is a fruit native to Southeast Asia, with an odor that has been described as turpentine, rotten onions, and sewage. This fruit is so smelly that it has actually been banned on public transit in Singapore and Thailand. Despite the foul odor, durian is loved by many for its sweet taste and texture, which has been compared to custard. Durian can be eaten plain or found in many sweet treats, such as cakes, crepes, candy, and ice cream.
Nattō.
A traditional Japanese food made from fermented soybeans, nattō is known for its powerful smell, strong flavor, and slimy texture. The smell of the beans has been compared to sweaty feet or gym socks. In Japan, nattō is typically eaten for breakfast or as a snack with rice, fish, and tofu.Skunk.
This North and South American mammal is notorious for its anal scent glands. Skunks have two of these glands, which produce a spray composed of stinky, sulfur-containing chemicals. Used as a defensive weapon against potential attackers, this spray can be projected up to 10 feet away in times of distress. The spray, which smells of rotten eggs or onions, can irritate the eyes and even cause temporary blindness.Hákarl.
Another fermented food on this list, hákarl is Icelandic for “fermented shark”. This national dish of Iceland is made from the meat of the Greenland shark, which is toxic to humans due to its high levels of trimethylamine oxide and uric acid. However, the meat may be consumed after being processed, which includes fermentation and then being hung to dry for up to five months. Hákarl’s smell has been compared to urine and rotting cheese. This Icelandic dish tastes sweet and nutty with a strong aftertaste.Rafflesia arnoldii
AKA, the Stinking Corpse Lily.It literally smells like a dead, decaying and rotting corpse, with a hint of fish and sweaty socks for good measure.Found in south-east Asia (it's a national flower of Indonesia), it is the largest single flower in the world at around one metre across - and it ranks as the absolute smelliest, right alongside the famed Titan Arum.
While the titan arum takes around a decade between flowerings, the corpse lily's pungent stench blossoms far more often, taking several months at a time, each with a short life-span of 4-5 days only.
It's reason for smelling so bad? To attract carrion flies which are its potential pollinators. Survival of the smelliest. Sadly, this amazing flower is on the verge of extinction and is now a protected species.
Vieux Boulogne
The Vieux Boulogne is the smelliest cheese in the world. One scientist even subjected it's smell to an electronic nose, a device that detects urinary infections and tuberculosis on which it tested positive.It's no surprise then that some describe the cheese as smelling like a cows behind.
The Lesser Anteater
Don't let this one deceive you with its cute face. Get too close and you will definitely regret it. It turns out the Lesser Anteater is five to seven times smellier than the infamous skunk.The Lesser anteater uses its stench to ward off any unwanted visitors and predators. You've been warned.
excerpt from odoban/scienceAlert
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