Last Friday was bóndadagur (Husband’s day) in Iceland. Girlfriends and wives across the country were doing something special for their loved ones. This day also marks the beginning of Þorrablót where a whole range of traditional foods are eaten.
The smell of rotten shark and rams’ testicles are in the air as people celebrate the old month of Thorri. Thorri food includes hangikjöt (smoked lamb),súrmatur (pickled food) such as: ram testicles, sheep-head jelly and putrified shark. Harðfiskur, dried fish and the most controversial…whale fat.
At work I served pickled herring with onion…it didn’t smell too good, hehe.
Mmmmmm, all sounds delicious. I suppose you could curry the ram…..nahhhhhhh!!
Need some of your lovely muffins though.
Have a good day
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Well… …not everyone loves this food, not even all Icelanders. I like some of the old Icelandic food but not pickled. But I do like the shark though, especially if it gives you tears when you put it in your mouth…
Love,
Óðinn Burkni
It makes my mouth water- and my eyes!
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Hmm if you were a guest in my country i would consider it exceedingly rude if both of you didn’t wolf down double helpings of all of those … exceeedingly !!!!