Today, we were invited to an annual Icelandic mid-winter tradition that goes back to Viking days, known as Þorrablót, at this time of year when there was little fresh food left from a long hard winter. There are festivities and dinners all over the country recognizing Þorrablót. The invitation reads: "This Friday, be apart of the cultural festivities as we will have some of Iceland’s most popular delicacies for you to try. If your mouth isn’t salivating yet take a quick look as too what we will have available:
whale sour-whale sheep’s-head sheep-testicles sheep's-eyes hangikjot rotten shark(kæstur hákarl) flatkaka ....and more ...
*** Make sure you watch this National Geographic clip re this Viking tradition of rotten shark, lamb head, etc!!!
You will never be the same (in a good way)!!! ;)) ***
Þorrablót, pronounced "Thor-a-bloat," means "Feast of Thor." To Heathens, Þorrablót is a feast in the face of starvation when many foods that were eaten were foods that were preserved and endured. In a 14th century Old Icelandic manuscript, King Torri held a festival every late Winter to ask the gods to spare his kingdom from the harshness of a northern winter.
whale sour-whale sheep’s-head sheep-testicles sheep's-eyes hangikjot rotten shark(kæstur hákarl) flatkaka ....and more ...
*** Make sure you watch this National Geographic clip re this Viking tradition of rotten shark, lamb head, etc!!!
You will never be the same (in a good way)!!! ;)) ***
Þorrablót, pronounced "Thor-a-bloat," means "Feast of Thor." To Heathens, Þorrablót is a feast in the face of starvation when many foods that were eaten were foods that were preserved and endured. In a 14th century Old Icelandic manuscript, King Torri held a festival every late Winter to ask the gods to spare his kingdom from the harshness of a northern winter.