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sybann
05/19/09

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"Hello, Penskey's? I need to rent a truck..."
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littlebear
05/19/09

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It isn't illegal in countries where that is a traditional staple of their diet, like Japan.
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MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治
05/19/09

@littlebear: Whale's traditional in Japan, but far from being a "staple".
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
05/20/09

@littlebear: Well, as far as shark goes... it sort of is. They have boats working under the guide of 'scientific exploration' but that are really for shark catching. Lets them fish way over the limit.
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Caitfish
05/19/09

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....I thought killing whales was illegal most places? Aren't most (if not all) kinds on the endangered species list?

In any case, I love whales, and now I'm really sad.
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SunburnedCounsel
05/19/09

@Caitfish: It is illegaland it's been a big scandel that they brought it back. International boycott big deal. Most Icelanders are against it, because they make more money off whale watching. It's a weird political situation.
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Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin)
05/19/09

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Oh Hell yeah!! I am going to Iceland in June and sooo excited to try all the crazy weird food! Hakarl (rotted shark)! Skyr (intense yogurt)! Blood Pudding! (Pudding! Made of Blood!)
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BabyJane
05/19/09

@Mmmmkay is a naughty girl with a bad habit!: I may be mistaken, but I seem to recall that rotted shark was one of the few things that Tony Bourdain couldn't choke down on his show. (I'm sure that you'll fare better than he did.) It sounds like an amazing trip.
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SunburnedCounsel
05/19/09

@Mmmmkay is a naughty girl with a bad habit!: I am one of maybe three people I know who has every choked down harkal (the rotted Shark meat). It is maybe not worth the bet.

I will say though that puffin tastes like liver, sheep's testicles are awful, and I would eat Skyr for every meal for the rest of my life if I could.

Also, PM me if you want food recommendations in Reykjavik, I was just there in August.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
05/19/09

@Mmmmkay is a naughty girl with a bad habit!: @SunburnedCounsel: Skyr is so freaking good. Too bad it's like $3 per serving in the supermarket here in the U.S.
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pickles.and.olives
05/20/09

@dianersb was bit by a zombie: what does Skyr taste like?
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SunburnedCounsel
05/20/09

@pickles.and.olives: It's sort of like yogurt, but more mild and thicker and richer and a little like heaven.
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TheExperience
05/19/09

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I watch Bizzare Foods with Andrew Zimmern all the time where he goes to foreign countries and eats stuff like this in every episode, and I sit there and say "OK..can't go there. Can't go there. Can't go there. DEFINITELY can't go there."

I ate moose once. It was tough. That's as exotic as I get.
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Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin)
05/19/09

@TheExperience: I looove Bizarre Foods! Its one of my favorite shows, and its totally made me more open minded about trying stuff. Zimmern is hilarious, too, I love how he'll eat like a raw worm and go "Earthy... minerally.. complex..MMMM, this is just EXTRAORDINARY."
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BabyJane
05/19/09

@TheExperience: I don't think I've ever seen an episode of that show where he wasn't chowing down on some sort of animal testicles. I know that some people consider them a delicacy, but I just couldn't do it.
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clonie
05/19/09

@TheExperience: That man has eaten so many testicles! Reminds me that I have to go find the recent episodes of the show.
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BabyJane
05/19/09

@clonie: Ha! Great minds...
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marleyme
05/19/09

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Every time I think about eating horse, I think about how that lowers the chances the king of Rohan would have sex with me. And then I remember he's fictional and I'm an adult. And then I feel sort of sad.
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SylvanSylph
05/19/09

@marleyme: I feel for you on both counts.
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inabook
05/19/09

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Reading about the waste no, want not ideas of food really makes me wish more unusual parts were available at the local grocery stores. I want to try cooking unusual dishes, with organs, and I really want to make a Polish duck's blood soup that my grandmother always told me about. i know most of our "waste meat" still gets used in things like dog food, but it would also be interesting to see a revival in old recipies among people.

Of course, the fact that they died out leads me to wonder if they were maybe just not that tasty...
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Fridge Hussy : Is finally heading back to uni!
05/19/09

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I really want to travel through Scandinavia, even if I end up eating cabbage soup or sommet everywhere I go(I don't eat no meat or animal offshoots).
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ellaesther
05/19/09

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I have a sneaking suspicion that there is lutefisk, or something very like lutefisk, involved, as well. "Uf da!" say I!

(My Palestinian ex-boyfriend once laughed at me and said: "You Americans think that food all comes frozen in the store!" It was a reference to my horror over the cute story he'd just told me about caring for a young goat - the big finish being how tasty it was when they ate him). (Relevant in a "foreigners! They eat the wackiest things!" sort of way, right?)
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inabook
05/19/09

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I recently finished reading Cod, and it has some very cool information on old food in Iceland-- one of the coolest was a shark that was poison to humans, so it was allowed to rot some in the ground, at which point it became edible.
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Glaven
05/19/09

@inabook: I've heard of that too, it's called hákarl. They wash it down with brennivín, something like akvavit.
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SunburnedCounsel
05/19/09

@Glaven: If I can add, "edible" is not actually a word I would use to describe hakarl. It is so foul, and potent, that it actually seeps out of your pores and makes you smell like it for DAYS. On the other hand, I love brennivin, which is like schnapps, and which you wash it down with. But it's still not worth it.
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IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel
05/19/09

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I hate that I can't hear (or read) the word 'puffin' without thinking of Holly Madison screeching "Puffin!!!" at Hugh Hefner.
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frankie22
05/19/09

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I thought puffins were extinct - or close to it - and therefore exempt from sandwiches.
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MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治
05/19/09

@frankie22: There are 3 different kinds, none of them threatened.
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Fridge Hussy : Is finally heading back to uni!
05/19/09

@frankie22: Maybe not all puffins? Either that, or they got a special exemption.
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The HZA.
05/19/09

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Erm blood pudding?
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KiddyKat
05/19/09

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blood pudding? How and from what animal? I think this attitude is awesome but I don't know that I could ever do it. I'm picky about what kind of meat I eat (chicken and fish).
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BabyJane
05/19/09

@KiddyKat: I had it in Ireland and it was made with pig's blood, I think. I didn't know what I was eating until afterward and I can't say that I liked it.
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LaMorena
05/19/09

@KiddyKat: It's a sausage--usually with meat, sometimes with oatmeal or other fillers. The blood is used as a binder, basically.

As stated above, I've had AWESOME morcilla (spanish version), but from what I hear, ignorance is bliss when it comes to how it's made.
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LibidinousSlut
05/19/09

@BabyJane: nearly every country in the world basically has a form of blood pudding. In Ireland it's blood pudding, in France it's boudin (or boudin noir, boudin blanc is pig and something else completely), in Scotland it's Black pudding", Germany it's "Blutwurst", Spain it's "morcilla" Vietnamese and Chinese cultures definitely have it (but I can't write it)
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BabyJane
05/19/09

@LibidinousSlut: Yes, I've noticed it seems to be a staple in most areas of the world in some form or another. I've encountered it in travels elsewhere, but as it's not something I enjoy, I haven't tried it again.
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krismry
05/19/09

@KiddyKat: Maybe for Icelandia the word should be pronounced more like loco vores. I used to be chary of eating any animals who were treated cruelly before they died, and they almost all were except for the wild ones who managed to escape until the very last day of their lives, so I resorted to eating wild salmon, and then I found out about gillnetting. Now I eat a lot of greens, having basically given up on the entire livestock and fishing industries.
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MilointheMeadow
05/19/09

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I went to a sushi place in Norway and there was whale sashimi on the menu. No, thanks.
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