The blog has been quite dormant for a while now and we hope to change that.. These past few weeks in Christchurch have been shaky to say the least but we are all safe and well, and celebrated this weekend with the annual Þorrablót!
(if you have photos you would like to share from the evening please get in touch and we can add them to this blog)
The food was the most impressive collection of Icelandic delicacies! We had rotten skate/Skata, pickled herring two ways/síld, Rotten shark/Hákarl, Sheep heads/svið, Rye Bread/rúgbrauð, Pate/kindakæfa, potatoes in white sauce/uppstúfur, Swede mash/rófustappa, pickled red cabbage/rauðkál, crepes/pönnukökur, Icelandic donuts?/kleinur, haggis/lyfrapylsa, blood pudding/blóðmör, flatcakes?/flatkökur, double smoked leg of lamb/hangikjöt and of course plenty of Beer/mead ;) and black death/Brennivín...
The costumes were absolutely awesome and our Icelandic singing was met with a very impressive bagpipe playing scotsman! (some of us learned it's not an easy instrument to play..)
I wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped make the event happen. It was a raging success!
Please do send us your comments and/or photos :)
Skál!
