Höskuldur and I have been treating eachother and we've got swish clothes to wear tonight... pictures will follow :)
Þorrablot is a dinner/dance always in January/February and it is where Icelandic people eat very strange food:
Hákarl (putrfied shark)
Blóðmör (blood sausage/black pudding)
Súr Blóðmör, (Sour-preserved blood sausage [black pudding])
Hrútspungar(Sour-preserved ram's testicles)
Lundabaggi (lamb roll)
Súr Lundabaggi (Sour-preserved lamb roll)
Svinasulta (jellied ham)
Sviðasulta (jellied sheep's head)
Súr Sviðasulta (sour-preserved jellied sheep's head)
Harðfiskur (dried fish)
Hangikjöt (smoked lamb)
Súr Hvalur (sour-preserved whale blubber)
Apparently everything was preserved in the old days, because people did not have very much for the winter months.. so meat was preserved in whey or was left to rot to preserve it.
I quite like this food, my favourite is hangikjöt and the soured whale blubber, yum yum. and soured jellied sheeps head.
2 comments:
Hi Ragnhild
It put a smile on my face to see you writing about breastmilk and breastpumps:)
Not quite the Ragnhild I knew!
Hope to see you and you can take your´s truly "Hössi" in "göngur" this fall. Bring your flute!!!!!
Kveðja frá Vopnafirði.
Jörgen(The man who never drink´s when riding" a horse")
jorgen@hbgrandi.is
P.s I was In your neighbourhood in september " Sweden" and I didn´t like It, nothing but F....... trees! No mounteen wiew!
Hahaha Hello Jörgen! Nice to hear from you!!
I remember telling you that I would like a family one day, but you did not beileve me! Look what happened :) Well, I am home from the Þorrablót now waiting for little Ýmir to wake up so I can feed him and get back to the party.
Oooops, he is waking up.
Yes, I will try to get to Vopna this autumn to be a part of the göngur again, that would be great!
Look forward to seeing you all again, you lovely people!
I thought I saw you in November in a red car outside Hagkaup in Reykjavik, was it you?
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