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The festival of rotten food
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The festival of rotten food

Because Icelanders really love to eat sub-standard fare at least twice a year. LFI #130

Feb 04, 2025
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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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