The festival of rotten food
Because Icelanders really love to eat sub-standard fare at least twice a year. LFI #130
Hello there!
We are currently in the season of the Þorrablót, aka The Festival of Rotten Food, during which Icelanders gather to eat a lot of, ahem, pungent fare washed down with brennivín, and generally make merry.
This fare of which I speak consists of things like pickled ram’s testicles, pickled sheep’s head jelly, pickled whale blubber, fermented (re…
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