We drove by this sheep, so content.
There's a TV reporter attending our 3 hour morning geology lectures from the local Icelandic TV station (some of what we're learning isn't even published in Science journals yet re geology, glaciers & historical/present climate change mostly!) I was asking him about the local Icelandic foods since I'd suggested to a girl in our class whose birthday it was, that she should eat local Icelandic food since all she wanted to do was eat for her birthday lol. Most in this class are foreign students from Europe, esp France, Spain & Germany, speak english and in the same prgm. Okay, this is a couple different things they eat here:
1. Shark: This time of year, shark meat is caught & buried in the sand on the beaches which stays there til spring. Then they eat the shark, by then it's rotten. It's supposed to be dee-licious like a pudding!
2. Lamb: this is the time of autumn that the sheep in Iceland are rounded up, it's called Rottir. Icelandic lambs are called "happy sheep" because they roam free on the mountainside, fields and roads. The sheep fat and blood are put inside a sack (the sheep's bladder), which is slowly cooked for several hours. It's supposed to taste amazing. The Icelandic people are incredibly healthy, slim and the longevity here is the highest in the world. It must be the fish and lamb, fresh air, low pollution, pure water and high standard of living?!? or is it these two yummy dishes?
Btw, one of the children noticed on our road trip that these sheep almost always were in groups of three. We asked a local farmer why and were told that it's usually a mother and her two lambs.
1. Shark: This time of year, shark meat is caught & buried in the sand on the beaches which stays there til spring. Then they eat the shark, by then it's rotten. It's supposed to be dee-licious like a pudding!
2. Lamb: this is the time of autumn that the sheep in Iceland are rounded up, it's called Rottir. Icelandic lambs are called "happy sheep" because they roam free on the mountainside, fields and roads. The sheep fat and blood are put inside a sack (the sheep's bladder), which is slowly cooked for several hours. It's supposed to taste amazing. The Icelandic people are incredibly healthy, slim and the longevity here is the highest in the world. It must be the fish and lamb, fresh air, low pollution, pure water and high standard of living?!? or is it these two yummy dishes?
Btw, one of the children noticed on our road trip that these sheep almost always were in groups of three. We asked a local farmer why and were told that it's usually a mother and her two lambs.