sounds like emmanuelle was totally lying about it tasting good . towards the end of the first bite , you can see the fish hit his taste buds and it shocks him . also , something cant be considered to taste good if you have to use a shit ton of other foods to cover up the taste . i havent had surstromming but i ' ve had fermented fish before and locals definitely do not remove anything . nobody would make a product where you gotta remove 50 % of it to make it taste good . surstromming is probably an acquired taste where you have to eat similar foods or itself from a young age to be able to enjoy it . <| sep |> Just write back telling him that you were covered by BUPA at the time of the operation , and he should submit his claim to them .