Oleh Kirashchyk, the pysanka artist turned soldier, tries a can of surströmming (translation in comments)



Oleh Kirashchyk, the pysanka artist turned soldier, tries a can of surströmming (translation in comments)



by sustainUkraine

34 comments
  1. – Fearless Oleh is about to open fearless “Surstroming”, stinky fish which you’re not allowed to open close to the living quarters. This conservation can is already bloated. We all are at the safe distance and only Oleh wearing the clothes he wouldn’t miss is about to give it a try
    – I would miss the boonie, I’ll take it off

    – wait, wait!… I’ll take cover behind the logs… you can start
    – oh, it’s not a big fountain it’s okay… hmm, it’s not stinky at all…
    – why aren’t you throwing up, Oleh?
    – IT’S NOT STINKY!
    – did they lie to us? So how much did you pay for it?
    – well I got it as a gift, but they said it costs about 1k UAH
    – tell that person that he was lied to… it’s just expired fish… It’s safe now let’s get closer
    – well it’s not stinky, but it smells a bit
    – I GOT THE SAME THING 10x cheaper!
    – actually it’s stinky. I don’t know about you, but it does stink to me
    – well yeah, but it’s not that bad. You can bear it
    – they display it on the internet like people just throw up because of those
    – I wouldn’t eat it, I’d definitely definitely throw up… hmm it’s okay!
    – YOU GOT SOMETHING TO GET ALONG WITH THAT?!
    – Hmm, it smells okay
    – go ahead give it a try!
    – no, nah, no! Haha!
    – Have you ever had Covid, Oleh?
    – no, maybe I got it now… actually it’s a nice smell
    – yeah, it’s good… I wanted a perfume like that for a long time

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  2. Today I leaned that Ukrainian soldiers’ nose are also made of Ukrainium. Either that or they’ve gotten used to the smell of decomposing Orcs

  3. How…just how! 😳😳😳😳😳

    That stuff is lethal. It’s not that you don’t want to open it in your house, you do not want to open it IN YOUR GARDEN!!!

    Either Ukrainians are even tougher than I thought, or there was something wrong with that can.

  4. Grew up like me 😉. You don’t waste food. While I bet it’s strong, I also bet it’s not simply canned for Western stunts.

  5. Foreigners usually think you eat them whole. NO! You eat a tiny tiny tiny bit spread out on a LARGE piece of bread along with a lot of onion and stuff😆 (And no, it’s still not good)

  6. Fighting orcs for breakfast and eating surströmming for desert. I would seriously not want to stand in between these men and their goals. Best wishes from Sweden. The farts and burps are the worst part.

  7. If you’d like to learn more about this fellow, who has been in the fight since 2014 and who **also happens to be one of the finest folk artists in the world**, check out these sunrise posts:

    [How to Become a Pysankar](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/12c68ed/626_eest_the_sun_is_rising_over_kyiv_on_the_406th/) | [All about Pysanka](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/12b89vq/633_eest_the_sun_is_rising_over_kyiv_on_the_405th/)

    He was also included in one of our very first daily culture posts, all the way back on Day 29: [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/tnddct/550_eet_the_sun_is_rising_on_the_29th_day_of_the/).

  8. arrest everyone involved in this video. The spread of biological weapons is not to be taken lightly.

  9. I want to ship this dude a bottle of liquid ass, and a durian now. I must know what is actually ‘bad’ to him….

  10. Idk, I’m from Ukraine, too, and I tried it once.

    I think all of those people on the internet overreact too much. Yes, it stinks, but if you open it under water, it won’t mess up your clothes. And if you eat it as you’re supposed to, with potatoes, onion, and bread/crackers, then it’s unironically good.

    Since I watched a ton of those videos where people do stupid food things, I was expecting a total disaster, but the smell was very underwhelming.

  11. Always said these soldiers have balls of steel 😳😂Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇧

  12. Ok! So,… it was bloated just a bit!

    Now! *IF* you want some tips:

    When you get these cans, then place them in the sun!!
    Wait for them to bloat so you can clearly distinguish a belly.
    Now apt it with any device needed and then use it against the russians!

    The can must have a quite good belly!
    Then the effect will be proper!
    The bigger belly, the better effect.

    This was nothing because of not enough mature bloating.

    Pole, living in Sweden so I know my stuff! 😉

  13. FYI: Surstromming is Swedish fermented herring. After the herring is canned, the fermenting process continues, causing the can to swell. Opening a can releases the putrid gases. Many people claim that surstromming is the worst smelling food on earth, even worse than Hakari (Icelandic fermented shark).

    Incidentally, Anthony Bourdain said Hakari was the [worst food](https://www.foodrepublic.com/1545076/worst-food-anthony-bourdain-ate/) that he ever tasted. 🤢

  14. Am I the only one advocating for the next round of international aid to Ukraine to include some can openers? Kept expecting him to cut himself…

  15. Anyone who can open a can like that should be declared a honorary Swede!

    He should also have some thin bread, potatoes, and chopped onions with it. Plus maybe a schnapps or two. 🙂

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