we wants it fresshhh

[vatas]

https://satwcomic.com/nordics-like-fish

“Surströmming” is "fermented" fish and, essentially, calling it "rotten" is somewhat accurate, it's sealed into airtight container so that only anaerobic bacteria can decompose certain parts of it, resulting in something that humans can still eat.

Some legends claim that it was invented when Swedish fishermen ran out of salt and sold their extra fish to Finns without it, sealing the containers to disguise the fact as long as possible. Somehow they made contact again and Finns asked to buy more.

("Finns" in this case could refer to Swedish settlers in Finnish coast, and idea of someone trying to cheap-skate on salt sounds somewhat plausible, I think "sell the crap to dumb Finns, they ask for more and crap turns out to be good" is likely an later invention to explain it.)

[MagicManICT]

Maybe they can add black FEPs that hurt you if you consume raw meats.

This sounds familiar....

@shubla: No real objections to the idea. We could eat raw meat in the past, and I think beef was the only thing that wasn't black feps. Seems like someone even asked about it way back in w8 right after the server started.

[azrid]

all organic material should be edible

[abt79]

-1 there are already 10000 foods that are never viable to make/eat, why go back and add a few hundred more?

[shubla]

-1 there are already 10000 foods that are never viable to make/eat, why go back and add a few hundred more?

Because there are also other reasons to play this game than to maximize your stat gain.