• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      I’m pretty sure they just do it for the tourists now.

      I remember when I was there. They were all very excited about a Costco opening up, and I don’t imagine they carry shark pee soup.

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      It isn’t staple food you’d see on modern dinner plates: it essentially is only tourist food, or eaten during Þorrablót - a mid-winter celebration of of traditional Icelandic food (which in many cases was starvation food, but we let that slide)

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      “Those new to it may gag involuntarily at the first attempt to eat…”. Fantastic!

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        Sharks don’t really pee. It gets stored it in their body tissue instead. Part of the preperation of shark is essentially pressing it for weeks to bring out the ammonia and let it break down into something that won’t kill you. Doesn’t taste good, but won’t kill you.

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          Damn I was planning a trip to Iceland this food got into my list but if u tell me it tastes shit I guess I would have to take it out …

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            It isn’t awful, but it isn’t good either. Get a tub of it just to say you’ve tried it, but Iceland has much better “real” food on offer.

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      Worth pointing out that Greenland sharks are rare, live for a long time, and probably don’t breed quickly.

      So get 'em before they run out! /s