I ate the world’s smelliest food — it took three showers to get rid of the stench

He smelt terrible.

A Louisiana man had to ablution 3 times to free himself of nan stench of nan world’s smelliest food, as elaborate successful a viral Instagram clip pinch complete 9 cardinal views.

“That is by acold nan astir disgusting point I’ve ever tried successful my life,” James Ellingsworth told Jam Press of nan feat of funky eating.

The intrepid gastronaut often films himself sampling off nan beaten palate foods for illustration earthy nutrient and Costco salmon sushi and sharing nan clips for his over 55,000 followers connected Instagram.

For his latest gag-inducing sensation test, nan adventurous epicure decided to return a wound of Surstrômming, a accepted Swedish delicacy made from fermented Baltic herring.

Many foodies person placed it connected nan Mount Rushmore of malodorous eats alongside stinky tofu successful China, and hakarl, an Icelandic delicacy comprised of nan fermented soma of a Greenland shark.

The contented creator said he was inspired aft seeing a “number of videos of group trying it and struggling to get nan tin open, fto unsocial eat it, because of really horrible they said it smelled.”

In nan chaotic clip, Ellingsworth opens nan tin and instantly originates gagging arsenic nan aroma hits his nostrils.

“It smelled for illustration if you poured liquid ass connected a dormant raccoon,” nan roofing income institution head recalled to Jam.

Unfortunately, nan zombified food “tasted precisely really it smelled,” per nan gourmet. Despite trying to sofa nan fishy crockery successful a buttered brioche bun for illustration a bizarro lobster roll, he still ended up heaving it up upon nan first wound and barren heaving profusely.

He past steps distant to get a activity of caller air.

“I respect each cultures, but f–k that, y’all tin support it,” said Ellingsworth, who claimed he “had to shower – lather, rinse, repetition doubly – past brushwood my teeth about three times.”

“The smell was truthful bad that I had to lavation my utensils pinch bleach, vinegar, and brackish numerous times,” he added. “I had to time off them successful that operation for aggregate days earlier it came out.”

The Southerner said nan food was truthful odiferous that he suspects that nan tin arrived rotten, particularly arsenic it was bulging earlier it was opened, indicating rising gases.

Viewers were appalled by nan stinky stunt, pinch 1 writing, “flies and barren heaving? I’ll pass.”

Another added, “I’m holding my activity conscionable watching this … Also, each nan flies should beryllium an indication. This is not meant for quality consumption.”

Others agreed that thing was decidedly fishy astir nan dish.

“Bro, arsenic a master of [the] canning nutrient manufacture I deliberation this tin is bad and unsuitable for quality consumption, it shouldn’t person this magnitude of state inside,” said 1 skeptic.

“They’re expected to beryllium filets, not a soupy messiness of soma and bone,” wrote another. “Your tin was measurement expired, you tin show because of really bloated nan tin was from nan gases caused by decomposition of nan meat. You conscionable ate rotten fis,h bro.”

Despite nan retch-ed eating experience, Ellingsworth said he’d beryllium down pinch sampling Surstrômming again.