swap_horiz Hákarl Alternatives

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Geuze

Geuze is a traditional Belgian beer created by blending young and old spontaneously fermented lambic ales. The mixture u...

Traditional Sour Beer Belgian Effervescent

9.2 Excellent

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Sake

Sake is a Japanese rice wine fermented using Aspergillus oryzae mold in a process called multiple parallel fermentation,...

Traditional Japanese Rice Wine Beverage

9.1 Excellent

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Katsuobushi

Katsuobushi is a traditional Japanese food product made from skipjack tuna, specifically *Katsuwonus pelamis*, which is...

Japanese Umami Fish Dashi

9.1 Excellent

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Kriek Lambic

Kriek Lambic is a traditional Belgian beer style produced by steeping sour Morello cherries in spontaneously fermented l...

Traditional Sour Beer Belgian Fruit

9.1 Excellent

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Nuoc mam

Nước mắm is a pungent, amber-colored fermented fish sauce widely used as a core ingredient in Vietnamese cuisine. It is...

Fermented Fish Vietnamese Umami Condiment

9.0 Excellent

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Lambic Beer

Lambic is a traditional Belgian beer produced by spontaneous fermentation, in which cooled wort is exposed to wild micro...

Traditional Belgian Sour Spontaneous Fermentation

9.0 Excellent

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Worcestershire sauce

Worcestershire sauce is a fermented liquid condiment first produced commercially by chemists John Wheeley Lea and Willia...

British Umami Condiment Fish

8.5 Great

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Oud Bruin

Oud Bruin is a traditional sour brown ale style originating from the East Flanders region of Belgium. It is produced usi...

Traditional Oak Aged Belgian Malt

8.5 Great

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Mojama

Mojama is a traditional Spanish delicacy consisting of salt-cured tuna loin, primarily produced in the coastal regions o...

Spanish Traditional Mediterranean Fish

8.0 Great

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Jeotgal

Jeotgal is a broad category of Korean salted and fermented seafood condiments made from various marine ingredients such...

Korean Traditional Condiment Fish

7.9 Good

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Bagoong

Bagoong is a Philippine condiment made by fermenting salted fish or krill, resulting in a pungent paste or sauce. It is...

Condiment Fish Philippine Pungent

7.6 Good

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Padaek

Padaek is a potent fermented fish paste central to Lao cuisine and the broader culinary traditions of the Isan region in...

Traditional Fish Lao Pungent

7.6 Good

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Prahok

Prahok is a foundational ingredient in Cambodian cuisine, consisting of a pungent fermented fish paste typically made fr...

Traditional Cambodian Fish Pungent

7.5 Good

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Rakfisk

Rakfisk is a traditional Norwegian dish consisting of freshwater fish, most commonly trout or Arctic char, that has been...

Norwegian Traditional Aged Fish

7.1 Good

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Shiokara

Shiokara is a Japanese preserved food made by fermenting small pieces of seafood in salt together with some of the anima...

Japanese Condiment Fish Pungent

6.9 Fair

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Hongeohoe

A Korean fermented skate (Raja kenojei) specialty of Jeolla Province, notable for an extreme ammonia odor developed duri...

Korean Traditional Fish Pungent

5.9 Mediocre

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Fesikh

Fesikh is a traditional Egyptian preparation of salted, fermented grey mullet that is usually dried before serving. It i...

Traditional Egyptian Fish Pungent

5.8 Mediocre

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Surströmming

Surströmming is Swedish fermented Baltic herring, traditionally prepared by allowing salted fish to undergo fermentation...

Traditional Swedish Fish Pungent

5.4 Mediocre

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Kiviak

Kiviak is a traditional Greenlandic Inuit fermented food prepared by placing little auks inside the skin of a seal carca...

Traditional Fish Greenlandic Inuit

5.2 Mediocre

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Stinkheads

Stinkheads are a traditional indigenous Alaskan food made from fermented whitefish heads, historically prepared by buryi...

Traditional Indigenous Alaskan Pungent

3.6 Poor