Eating TRADITIONAL ICELANDIC food

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Komentáře • 854

  • @lorens7958
    @lorens7958 Před 3 lety +364

    No one :
    Litterly no one:
    Hrafnas dad: Sheep head taste better than pizza.

  • @hannahcampbell8391
    @hannahcampbell8391 Před 3 lety +289

    He’s having a gourmet meal without a care in the world over there. he’s an Icon

    • @Hrafna
      @Hrafna  Před 3 lety +37

      literally his favourite food 😂🙌🏻

    • @leewarren29
      @leewarren29 Před rokem +4

      Similar when I lived in Poland, some interesting textures and tastes 🤔😅

  • @sarkanaisluksofors
    @sarkanaisluksofors Před 3 lety +386

    nobody:
    icelandic ppl: well, it lived once, has to be eatable

    • @royjaber571
      @royjaber571 Před 3 lety +31

      No that's China 😂

    • @Storytime2023x
      @Storytime2023x Před 3 lety

      Any relation to Colonel Troutmann?

    • @codename495
      @codename495 Před 3 lety +13

      @@IndianaJones664 False my dear, edible means that you can eat it and not die, eatable means you can enjoy eating it.

    • @haukuragnars6664
      @haukuragnars6664 Před 3 lety +5

      I am from Iceland and that’s very true

    • @chadsknnr
      @chadsknnr Před 3 lety

      I think you mean Rambo . . . .

  • @jlinwinter
    @jlinwinter Před 3 lety +159

    I love how gleeful your dad is. And how your parents go "this is the best part" for every single bite.

  • @dracovirals7705
    @dracovirals7705 Před 3 lety +184

    So Icelandic were survivers back then 😂

    • @JaneG
      @JaneG Před 3 lety +8

      definitely! haah

    • @LowerTheBoom
      @LowerTheBoom Před 3 lety +27

      Hopefully none of them ever had to resort to cannibalism, but yeah all of these strange foods demonstrate the lengths the original Icelandic settlers had to go to in order to find sustenance and nutrition to eat. In order to sustain them through the long cold Icelandic winter months. Trust me, they weren't eating lamb eyeballs and ram testicles because they thought were a delicious delicacy or something. It was do or die, eat or die, survive or die.

    • @user-ty5di3ku6o
      @user-ty5di3ku6o Před 3 lety +14

      @@LowerTheBoom found evidence of cannibalism in the American colonies before they were taught how to farm the new foods in America. Things get grim when you're desperate.

    • @haukuragnars6664
      @haukuragnars6664 Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah we learn about it in school also I’m Icelandic

    • @pAThomies
      @pAThomies Před 3 lety +2

      Vikings

  • @lexiusnez9034
    @lexiusnez9034 Před 3 lety +86

    You dad seems very thrilled that you are eating real Icelandic food.
    He's a proud papa.
    I'm Native American and my tribe actually has sheep as one of the main food source in our diet.
    We prepare and cook the sheep meat(mutton) differently.

    • @tamim9266
      @tamim9266 Před 2 lety +2

      That's cool. Do you guys eat the head too? I'm ethinically from North Africa and people from the region my parents are from at Mediterranean eat the head and testicles too lmao

    • @bryanjames7528
      @bryanjames7528 Před 2 lety +1

      @@tamim9266 yes we do. We eat everything from the blood, intestines, liver etc

    • @tamim9266
      @tamim9266 Před 2 lety +2

      @@bryanjames7528 Yes, same. The only thing people don't eat is the skin and the blood.

    • @nezih.4064
      @nezih.4064 Před 2 lety +6

      woohoo! another Native! I'm from the Nahua Tribe of El Salvador, we have sheep and eat almost everything ( including bonemarrow and such) we use the wool for textiles and the sinew,skin & bones for instruments, tools etc :)) there's lots of ways to cook an Uja/uwija (goat/sheep)

    • @bryanjames7528
      @bryanjames7528 Před 2 lety +4

      @@tamim9266 we use blood to make blood sausage

  • @angelustremere571
    @angelustremere571 Před 3 lety +59

    Icelandig language is so beautiful. Really enjoyed to hear you speaking.

  • @TheMisterMonkeyman
    @TheMisterMonkeyman Před 3 lety +143

    Very brave of you, trying everything. The part I enjoyed the most was watching your Dad watching you and laughing as he kept eating. Every country has what most people would consider "gross" food, but those things you had were pretty bad. Well done, that was pretty funny. Peace.

    • @lunaromance2243
      @lunaromance2243 Před 3 lety +3

      It wasn't bad at all

    • @sethmanukula176
      @sethmanukula176 Před 2 lety

      At 3:28, he's got like a Go-lol face, with that Look-into-my-eyes-and-sink -lol

  • @zerzellsmith1712
    @zerzellsmith1712 Před 3 lety +15

    Your dad just keeps eating like it is nothing. He is a beast.

  • @lurree1904
    @lurree1904 Před 3 lety +43

    I love how her dad is just enjoying his food 😁 we should preserve these old traditions and traditional foods.
    *her father is absolutely adorable ☺️

  • @toddw14
    @toddw14 Před 3 lety +19

    This is their payback for you making them pronounce those hard English words. 😂😂😂😂

  • @elinederpelt4406
    @elinederpelt4406 Před 3 lety +101

    This is exactly how my dad is when he tries to get me to eat his weird Dutch meats. A little less weird than these but the vibe is the same.

    • @ninadis8168
      @ninadis8168 Před 3 lety

      Which foods? Bloedworst and balkebrij?

    • @elinederpelt4406
      @elinederpelt4406 Před 3 lety +4

      @@ninadis8168 couldn’t tell you what they are. My dads Dutch but sadly never taught me any really. I just know that some are pretty whack and kinda gross. Some are alright.

    • @002345709
      @002345709 Před 3 lety

      Could also be "zult", and is not an entirly strange thing to eat in many parts of the world (see also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_cheese ), also "stokvis" (dried fish) is something that used to be common in the Netherlands, but also in other countries near water (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockfish ).

    • @afcgeo882
      @afcgeo882 Před 3 lety +2

      @@002345709 Dried fish is super common in Russia and all around East Asia. It goes great with beer too.

    • @asshatteryengaged813
      @asshatteryengaged813 Před 3 lety +4

      The look you gave your dad at 8:32 had me rolling. Very brave for trying.
      My family is from Norway and I've suffered through lutefisk. Just thinking about that smell and texture makes my stomach turn. 🤢

  • @IronmanV5
    @IronmanV5 Před 3 lety +1

    American here from South Texas.
    While we don't eat goat testicles, we do eat bull's testicles. They are called Rocky Mountain Oysters.
    While we don't have dried fish, we do have dried shrimp.
    Instead of sheep head, we have breakfast dishes called Barbacoa (slow cooked beef cheeks) and Lengua (slow cooked beef tongue) served in corn tortillas.
    We also have a soup called Menudo which is made with the cow's stomach and pig's feet.
    And also Tripas which is fried cow's intestines served in a corn tortilla.
    Love you and love your parents, hope you are all doing well!

  • @nomeaknat
    @nomeaknat Před 3 lety +63

    Amazing how similar all these foods are to what I am used to. Arctic people have great foods!(to me at least).

    • @ardakrakhmetov4653
      @ardakrakhmetov4653 Před 3 lety +2

      Same, I’m from Central Asia😂

    • @Lilvani95
      @Lilvani95 Před 3 lety +19

      @@patzouvalis That's pretty ignorant but ok. Someone had a good comment about this and sadly I couldn't copy the text but Icelandic and other Northern people didn't come up with stuff like that because they're a delicacy but because they had to use every part of the animals they had to survive. It's been at least way easier in Mediterranean countries because of simple things such as climate. Now that I googled Mediterranean (at least Greek and at least some) people also eat sheep head and tongue around Easter, so who's mocking who? It is probably around as common to eat foods like that in Iceland nowadays. It's not like any country only has history with gourmet dishes, I am pretty confident that all cultures have some weird ass foods.

    • @GinaMarieCheeseman
      @GinaMarieCheeseman Před 3 lety +2

      @@patzouvalis I'm Armenian and there are some strange (to non-Armenians) foods in our cuisine. I remember my grandmother grinding up gristle into kufta (meatballs). My Mexican boyfriend refused to eat it after seeing her do that. They were so delicious but I guess to some gristle is gross.

    • @GinaMarieCheeseman
      @GinaMarieCheeseman Před 3 lety +1

      @@patzouvalis And come on. You know some people think we are weird for eating stuffed grape leaves.

    • @metalheadcomicbookfan797
      @metalheadcomicbookfan797 Před 3 lety +6

      @@patzouvalis quite unfair to compare food from hot countries like Southern Europe to food from cold countries like Northern Europe.

  • @ironside915
    @ironside915 Před 3 lety +12

    Your mom has the most contagious laughter I’ve ever heard! I love it, say hi to her!

  • @jeremygraveyard4042
    @jeremygraveyard4042 Před 3 lety +38

    Props to you for trying those , your old man was loving your misery...

  • @russetmantle1
    @russetmantle1 Před 3 lety +29

    Ha ha ha ha. Scottish person here, contemplating the horror of something being described as "sour haggis". Ha ha ha ha Jesus H Christ. Well done, Hrafna, you hero, you. 🙏

    • @Storytime2023x
      @Storytime2023x Před 3 lety

      No need to use the Lord’s name in vain.

    • @russetmantle1
      @russetmantle1 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Storytime2023x I'm an atheist and I use language however I see fit. I firmly believe gods don't exist and so our use of language need take no account of an unnecessary fear of them. But please consider: why chastise a random stranger online for using language in a way you don't like? What's the point? You seem to assume you are doing a good thing by berating me for not conforming to your own set of rules? Mine are different. The world is bigger than you imagine. Stop trying to impose your unwelcome religious rules on others and back off.

    • @BlackMetalViking
      @BlackMetalViking Před 3 lety

      @@Storytime2023x Ok, so Jesus Christ walks into a hotel lobby, he goes up to the desk clerk, hands him three nails and then Jesus ask "Can you put me up for the night?" Oh I have always found that to be a knee slapper.

    • @BlackMetalViking
      @BlackMetalViking Před 3 lety

      @@russetmantle1 Take no shit, good on you.

    • @Storytime2023x
      @Storytime2023x Před 3 lety

      @@BlackMetalViking : Mock if you want, but you will remember that joke when you are in Hell. It’s not like you’re hurting me with that. You’re hurting yourself.

  • @JaneG
    @JaneG Před 3 lety +7

    Since I speak pretty well Swedish, I catch some words from Icelandic when you speak. What a fascinating language, Icelandic!

  • @dhuskie4815
    @dhuskie4815 Před 3 lety +35

    I'm navajo and have eaten just about eaten every part of a sheep. We eat then as it is. No spices add, most of the time. ...

    • @nicolekatsitsiyo
      @nicolekatsitsiyo Před 3 lety +3

      Ahhh I love this. I’m Mohawk and we probably ate most of the deer traditionally (I’ve heard of beaver tail and turtle stews too!) but now we mainly just have salt pork. Lol. Definitely not tradish.

    • @dhuskie4815
      @dhuskie4815 Před 3 lety +1

      @@nicolekatsitsiyo iv had deer also. Mostly get elk from one of our friends. Have some elkrids in the freezer, may have to make that tonight. FYI. My High School has the Mohawk as our logo. To my understanding is that there are three different tribes that go there and it would not be right to single out one tribes over the other. So they choose an outside tribe.

    • @bubblygranolachick
      @bubblygranolachick Před 3 lety +1

      @@dhuskie4815 elk is yummy, I like the traditional options. Otherwise, I'd rather eat plants. Every reservation should grow more permaculture style like the three sisters to be more sustainable, I really hope that is the future for all natives

    • @petergustafsson1670
      @petergustafsson1670 Před 3 lety +2

      @@nicolekatsitsiyo Every part? In china, I have seen bull and snake p*nis being served, and I have heard of cow uterus being eaten. Do you also eat the reproductive organs of deer?

    • @angelikaweienberger-peters9230
      @angelikaweienberger-peters9230 Před 3 lety

      That is interesting

  • @Double2KK
    @Double2KK Před 3 lety +8

    Your dad was cracking me up. Your parents are delightful people. I hope to see more of them in your future videos. Thanks for adding the CC.

  • @imstuman
    @imstuman Před 3 lety +68

    I'm Scottish. I'd like to try these and see how many of them give me the boak.

    • @IronmanV5
      @IronmanV5 Před 3 lety +7

      I'm American. If I go to Scotland I'd like to try some real haggis.

    • @amishmime
      @amishmime Před 3 lety +5

      I don’t think Iceland has anything on Scottish foods.

    • @afcgeo882
      @afcgeo882 Před 3 lety +3

      @@IronmanV5 Haggis is basically just good sausage.

    • @horationelson1840
      @horationelson1840 Před 3 lety +3

      @@IronmanV5 I’ve had haggis. It’s okay. Not good. Not bad. Palatable, I suppose. It’s overrated

    • @jameskirk9996
      @jameskirk9996 Před 3 lety +4

      Hello Hrafna. I am Paul, and right around your dad's age. My Greek friend Marinos brought a sheep's head to work for our annual Christmas feast. I was not brave enough to try it, but the jaw muscles looked alright. I'll settle for standard food, pasta, etc.😁

  • @christianbarlow475
    @christianbarlow475 Před 3 lety +5

    Really like you speaking your native Icelandic with your family.

  • @lythicat8760
    @lythicat8760 Před 3 lety +2

    All these things (except for testicles or shark) are eaten in the area of Croatia where my father comes from (Northern Dalmatia, close to Velebit mountain where sheep were and still are common xD ). Looks very similar to some family dinners xD But not a common thing to eat more like an occasional treat for my parents and mostly older relatives xD Very nice video!! Love to hear you speak Icelandic language!

  • @percyap4271
    @percyap4271 Před 3 lety +33

    I was surprised with the food in the thumbnail, but I reminded myself that I casually ate *bird fetus* (Balut) sprinkled with salt when I was 12 years old. Also my family eat Blood stew every week.

    • @tasfisika9769
      @tasfisika9769 Před 3 lety +1

      Philippines, right?

    • @connkahn
      @connkahn Před 3 lety +1

      Oh I actually enjoyed the balut, I ended up having quite a bit while in the Philippines

    • @RagingBlasian
      @RagingBlasian Před 3 lety +2

      And this is how I know this is a Filipino comment 😂😩

    • @modkhi
      @modkhi Před 2 lety

      idk how other cultures prepare blood but pig's blood soup which my family (we're Chinese) eats just has the blood look like brown tofu. i feel like it's not scary unless you tell someone what it is 😅 but people seem really scared of the idea for some reason. yet vampires are supposed to be sexy lol

  • @SashaC1205
    @SashaC1205 Před 3 lety +15

    In Argentina we have a pork jelly (queso de cerdo), also we eat the cow's tongue, intestines, brain, and kidney.

    • @GooberFace32
      @GooberFace32 Před 3 lety +3

      Cow's tongue is delicious!

    • @andriflosason9185
      @andriflosason9185 Před 3 lety +1

      i am from iceland and we have something that is called in iceladic "Grafin nautatunga" or in english barred cow tongue. it is put in all kind of spice. i have only got those once ore twise on meals with my workplace few days before cristmass but I find it delicus. But I agree with Hrafna that those food she tried in this video is not good.

    • @SashaC1205
      @SashaC1205 Před 3 lety +1

      @@andriflosason9185 we boil the tongue on a water and vinegar mixture for several hours, to make it tender, then laid it on oil with parsley and garlic for a week at least. We call it "lengua a la vinagreta".

    • @andriflosason9185
      @andriflosason9185 Před 3 lety

      @@SashaC1205 that sounds good.

    • @rubenlatella3664
      @rubenlatella3664 Před 3 lety +2

      In some historically poor Italian regions we do this too. It's all about necessity to survive I guess

  • @amymills1126
    @amymills1126 Před 3 lety +8

    Them laughing is the best part 😂 I have a hard time with textures and smells when it comes to food. I know I couldn't eat it or even try so kudos to you for even trying it!!

  • @Stomper59
    @Stomper59 Před 3 lety +10

    I can’t stop laughing looking at your faces and at your dad laughing at your faces! 🤣

  • @derekrucker377
    @derekrucker377 Před 3 lety +4

    Love, love, love your parents. Thank you for including them again. And thank you for being so brave and doing this. No way I could even attempt.

  • @CR12.
    @CR12. Před 3 lety +7

    I love your dad's reactions. He is so funny.

  • @flaviaps9
    @flaviaps9 Před 3 lety

    I am from Romania and we also have some weird food that people eat a lot especially during Christmas or Easter. For example "Tobă" looks like a wide sausage and contains usually a pig's stomach, stuffed with pork jelly, liver, and skin suspended in aspic or "Piftie" which is a gelatin dish made with meat stock or consommé, set in a mold to encase other ingredients such as pieces of meat, seafood, or eggs. We also eat stuff like "Caltabos" - Liver Sausage,
    Pork Lard Pastries and Tripe Soup :))) Thank you for reading and have a great day!

  • @Jinryuushi
    @Jinryuushi Před 3 lety +5

    Thank you for sharing this! When you think about burgers and frozen pizzas, this is definitely something else.

  • @lindsayshockledge579
    @lindsayshockledge579 Před rokem +1

    Your dad is so funny, sat there totally enjoying all his traditional foods, especially the shark, while trying to encourage you to love everything as much as he does lol
    Also love listening to y'all speaking Icelandic such a beautiful language 😍

  • @wrighthowell9801
    @wrighthowell9801 Před 3 lety +3

    this video is fantastic. Hrafna's facial reactions are priceless!

  • @Quizzimo
    @Quizzimo Před 3 lety +10

    haha funny video! also the icelandic language is so beautiful! When the "rona" pandemic ends Im going to Iceland!

  • @kerrywoboe
    @kerrywoboe Před 3 lety +10

    I started crying with laughter. That was so funny thanks for the diversion. Your dad is Totally awesome! I think I would’ve needed a few more glasses of the malt you were drinking. We eat tongue every now and then or at least I do - my wife doesn’t and it is yummy I think. Anyway great video and I’m still wiping my eyes from the laughter.

  • @ilianabalam7037
    @ilianabalam7037 Před 3 lety +1

    This video made me subscribe to your channel. I absolutely loved how funny the interaction was between you and your parents. Although I found the food kind of yucky and nothing I would eat myself, I would watch the video again. Thank you for filming this. I enjoy getting information from all over the world. 💕

  • @helioflanaganveiga
    @helioflanaganveiga Před 3 lety +1

    I love the video and how much fun you had with your dad trying those dishes.
    I would love to try all of that!

  • @danih2444
    @danih2444 Před 3 lety +1

    Your videos with your parents are THE BEST! 😄

  • @rakelmistviarsdottir1677
    @rakelmistviarsdottir1677 Před 3 lety +6

    I’m Icelandic and I love þorri and the sheep’s head is not bad I’m 15 btw 👩🏽🐑👌🏽

    • @hibernianwolf1711
      @hibernianwolf1711 Před 3 lety

      You are the first person from Iceland
      I have met.
      I am from Ireland 🇮🇪 hello 🇮🇸

  • @riversrhodell2359
    @riversrhodell2359 Před 3 lety +4

    It's pretty cool to see people actually trying the food instead of just talking about it. Informative and interesting.

  • @ranhawes
    @ranhawes Před 3 lety

    You are a brave woman, Hrafna! None of that is to my taste. Your Dad was wolfing it down, bless his heart. In the olden days, you ate what was available, or you starved. We are so spoiled now.

  • @xIrishGrlx
    @xIrishGrlx Před 3 lety +1

    Lmao I think this is one of the best videos 🤣🤣 I’m dying over here. You and your dad’s facial expressions are amazing. Thank you for being a good sport and trying the foods on camera! From an educational point it was so cool to see the cultural foods and hear your dad explain them

  • @medanapepenel4736
    @medanapepenel4736 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for trying all the food and sharing with us some of the unusual traditional Icelandic dishes.

  • @MichaelScheele
    @MichaelScheele Před 3 lety

    Hrafna, you are a brave woman. True dedication to your CZcams audience.

  • @dabro2080
    @dabro2080 Před 2 lety

    Hats off to you 👏, I could not eat most of that, but it is wonderful to understand what people used to eat in places that are very hard places to live in years ago when we had no electricity, central heating, refrigeration etc. Your dad is a good man, at least he doesn't moan at you for not enjoying the food, in some places the parents are more pushy. I hope these foods never completely die out or ways of the old times, because it is a good education for the children of today and tomorrow. :)

  • @jenniferdruidhill7157
    @jenniferdruidhill7157 Před 3 lety +2

    I live in Latin America and here they have something resemble what you eat, "Criadillas" are bulls testicles serve with square slices of tomato, onions and marinated on soy sauce, dried fish is eaten in passover, shark soup, and "revolcado" is a stew made with the pig's head

    • @ycplum7062
      @ycplum7062 Před 3 lety

      I suspect hers was pickled or allowed to ferment to acquire the sourness.
      I like your version better. lol

  • @Havardr_Ash_Kenaz
    @Havardr_Ash_Kenaz Před 2 lety

    Haha that was a lot of fun. It's heartwarming watching you and your parents have so much fun together. Well... at least your parents were having fun. Thanks for taking one for the team! Lol

  • @erikivarson5514
    @erikivarson5514 Před 2 lety

    when eating in arbic countries and you are offered an eye ball it is a mark of respect .you eat it ,smile and compliment the host

  • @colinvannurden3090
    @colinvannurden3090 Před 3 lety

    Good video, love your interaction with your parents :)

  • @neodemon283
    @neodemon283 Před rokem +1

    Your dad is a true awesome G

  • @nicolekatsitsiyo
    @nicolekatsitsiyo Před 3 lety +1

    We need more dad content. I loved watching him just enjoying all the food. Lol. 💗

  • @mckjoshua1
    @mckjoshua1 Před 3 lety +1

    In the southeastern US we have a dish like the jellied lamb but made from pig. We call it head cheese. It has gotten hard to find in the last twenty years.

    • @Templar07
      @Templar07 Před 3 lety

      Jellied LAMB
      Made of PIG
      and then cheese

    • @mckjoshua1
      @mckjoshua1 Před 3 lety

      It's made the same way and looks just like it.

  • @davidsalinas1628
    @davidsalinas1628 Před 3 lety +1

    You're a brave woman. Almost died laughing when you spit out the eyeball. Thank you for being so brave for your fans. ❤

    • @JaneG
      @JaneG Před 3 lety

      hahahaha that was funny!

  • @farrokhemami
    @farrokhemami Před 3 lety +1

    I started watching Hrafna's videos to learn something about another culture, but, God!!! this video was one of the best laughs that I've had in a very long time! Both Hrafna's reactions (and the way she stared at the camera) and her dad's comments were epic!! XD XD XD Thank you!!

  • @stevenbi7495
    @stevenbi7495 Před 3 lety +6

    The dry fish actually looks really good

  • @alyssapersinger5911
    @alyssapersinger5911 Před 3 lety

    I love listening to her speak Icelandic with her family. It’s so interesting & beautiful sounding.

  • @xaemyl
    @xaemyl Před 3 lety +1

    Haha this is awesome. I've always wanted to try traditional Icelandic food! I'd probably have the same reaction you did. :D

  • @tamim9266
    @tamim9266 Před 2 lety

    I'm ethnically from North Africa and people from the region my parents are from in the Mediterranean eat the head and testicles too. I really enjoy the way it's prepared the traditional way my mother does and that's why I learned it from here.

  • @Edtmayr
    @Edtmayr Před 3 lety

    I usually don't comment, but for your sacrifice I'll say this. I was eating spicy noodles with grilled vegetables and tomatosauce while watching this movie and I had to pause eating because I had to laugh at some parts. I think you got really cool parents, they are amazing! I'm usually not a picky eater but I think that food was something to get used to!
    Lovely greatings from austria!

  • @Blake101247
    @Blake101247 Před 3 lety

    I could relate to every aspect you mentioned about dried/fermented shark; I had some when I was in Iceland and it was exactly as you said, "unchewable wet rubber."

  • @AnthonyArndt
    @AnthonyArndt Před rokem

    Your dad is awesome! I miss Iceland. I hadn't discovered Malt when I lived there in 2003. Now, in Germany, I buy it for my son by the case. Back then my friends would eat traditional Icelandic food with Brennivín. Lots of Brennivín. But I was only there for the summer and for them it was more something to eat with their families at winter holiday parties, so the only thing from the video that I got to try was the harðfiskur. Which I snacked on quite a bit at Uni.

  • @Blueisdeath1
    @Blueisdeath1 Před 3 lety

    Definitely your best video yet. Your father reminds me of my grandfather.

  • @calebloaiza4826
    @calebloaiza4826 Před 3 lety

    I certainly like this video haha.
    Had fun with this

  • @gfree4173
    @gfree4173 Před 3 lety +7

    He was probably raised on these dishes being from the old school before it became modernized with fast food and pizza.

  • @gregorygrigoriadis1801

    This was my first watch on your channel and i really like it , mostly for that we have common dishes,except the shark and haggis(we do have something similar)here in Greece but also for your hillarioys reactions ! Common dishes was the 1.ram's testicles which is a delicatessen , but we make it on a fry pan with eggs and cheese 2. Haggis as i said here is made out entirelly from sheep 3. Dried fish i believe every country with sea have it 4. Jellied sheep's head...we have simillar dish but made out of pork and last but not least 5. the sheep's head...it is a must ! Was really nice to see that we have much common dishes

  • @denma6485
    @denma6485 Před 3 lety

    It was really interesting and funny to watch it.Thank you.

  • @afcgeo882
    @afcgeo882 Před 3 lety +3

    And now you know why hot dogs are so liked in Iceland.
    In reality, caloric food sources were very limited on the island, and the cold climate burns a lot of calories, so... anything that can be eaten, was, and had to be preserved to last. Drying, smoking, and fermentation were all acceptable means of meat/fish preservation.

  • @luminousluxuries
    @luminousluxuries Před 3 lety

    Ahaha so funny! Your parents are great for doing these vids!

  • @NathanThomas82
    @NathanThomas82 Před 3 lety

    Great video and good effort. I'd still love to visit and try some of this.

  • @riproar11
    @riproar11 Před 10 měsíci

    I tried the fermented shark at Cafe Loki a few years ago served as small cut cubes with toothpicks. In another video it was served on a small cube of Icelandic rye bread, with some lingonberry preserve spread on it, instead of eating it straight. In my opinion, it should be served this way and it would taste very good. Fermented shark mostly tastes like ammonia and is in many ways similar to eating stilton, Roquefort, and blue cheese. These are great served with fig jam on a water cracker, etc.

  • @CallMeDrFeelgood
    @CallMeDrFeelgood Před 3 lety +5

    I remember trying the shark when I was on Iceland a few years ago, tastes like strong old cheese. Can't really impress a frenchman with that.

  • @Stu_Whittaker_Photography

    Hahaha. This video was absolutely fantastic. Some of your reactions were just so hilarious. Fantastic video 👏 You should be proud of this one. 👏
    I would try most of that, just not the sea food.

  • @ninadis8168
    @ninadis8168 Před 3 lety

    I looooove harðfiskur! My mother is Icelandic but I live in the Netherlands. My grandmother sometimes makes cows tongue, but I can’t handle that😂
    Loved the video!

  • @erikawhitney2551
    @erikawhitney2551 Před 3 lety

    Danka Thank you for sharing with everyone.

  • @rays7389
    @rays7389 Před 3 lety

    Such awesome and humble parents. 😊

  • @x3kiwiix3
    @x3kiwiix3 Před 3 lety

    This was hillarious thank you for doing this!
    There is a lot of risky meme material with those subtitles lmao

  • @tommymcferran1700
    @tommymcferran1700 Před 3 lety

    Awesome video!

  • @LowerTheBoom
    @LowerTheBoom Před 3 lety +39

    Hopefully none of them ever had to resort to cannibalism, but yeah all of these strange foods demonstrate the lengths the original Icelandic settlers had to go to in order to find sustenance and nutrition to eat. In order to sustain them through the long cold Icelandic winter months. Trust me, they weren't eating lamb eyeballs and ram testicles because they thought were a delicious delicacy or something. It was do or die, eat or die, survive or die. If it was even remotely edible, they were probably cooking it up and eating it.

    • @kpaulsen01
      @kpaulsen01 Před 3 lety +5

      Weren't the Icelandic sharks poisonous in some way, so the early settlers had to process by fermentation, then dry it to make it edible?

    • @AzureRook
      @AzureRook Před 3 lety

      lol I wouldn't attribute that as a Icelandic stereotype, a lot of different frozen wilderness people resorted to cannibalism just to survive as you said;
      Siberian, Japanese, and even Native American people come to mind

    • @victoriasmith490
      @victoriasmith490 Před 3 lety

      I don't know man ,we eat those too ,and they sure as heck are a delicacy

    • @FreddeSkywalker
      @FreddeSkywalker Před 3 lety +3

      @@kpaulsen01 yes, there is too much ammonia in the meat. The fresh meat is deadly and thus it has to be fermented over a period of around 6 months.

    • @blazefairchild465
      @blazefairchild465 Před 2 lety +2

      My gf worked with the shark fermentation, she told me it was pretty basic. They laid a row of shark on a pallets and salted ,kept doing the same until it was to tall a stack ,then on to the next palette. Once the building floor was filled, you go back to the first pallets ,and salt & flip all the shark over so the other get so fresh salt. I think the turning took a week going from one side of the big ware house to the other. The few that worked there loved their job,because they made good money. They did not smell well when they came home in fact I let them leave the outer clothes out side.

  • @imreadam1621
    @imreadam1621 Před 3 lety

    Hey Hrafna, Your videos on CZcams are very great I like them. I began to learn Icelandic :D Greeting from Hungary, and best wishes :)

  • @richardnagele5877
    @richardnagele5877 Před 3 lety

    Your are very brave🤣.House plants can be hard to grow..hope you have better luck in future with them..loved vid as always.

  • @rolandsimon3236
    @rolandsimon3236 Před 3 lety

    I liked the video. I think you are incredibly brave to try some of those foods.

  • @ronjennings1453
    @ronjennings1453 Před 3 lety

    I normally don't hit "like" on videos. Even when I DO like them. But, I can tell you did suffer for this one, and it was totally for us(your viewers). So I will definitely hit "like" for you on this one. You were pretty brave to do this. Kudos for you!!

  • @MrTKo90
    @MrTKo90 Před 3 lety +1

    Really love your dad!😂 his reaction after every bite! Can’t take it! He eats it without hesitating. Hahahahahahaha His laugh is awesome😂

  • @Allan8080
    @Allan8080 Před 3 lety

    Elsker dine input's de er fantastiske.

  • @wdinns
    @wdinns Před 3 lety

    Hrafna----hope that you and your family are safe and well in Iceland with the earthquakes and volcano going ons

  • @bettinak.4
    @bettinak.4 Před 3 lety +10

    In Hungary, we also have that thing, the sheep's head made into jam stuff, but we use a pig. I don't like it either. :D

    • @ashiqrh317
      @ashiqrh317 Před 3 lety +2

      just for curiosity , do you find pig head tastier than sheep ? i have never had pig in my entire life

    • @bettinak.4
      @bettinak.4 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ashiqrh317 I don't eat the head, but I prefer pig meat. In our country, it's not common to eat sheep. We usually cook chicken or pig meat.

    • @lunarmothcat
      @lunarmothcat Před 3 lety

      In Lithuania we also have one disgusting food (but I think it's borrowed from Russia) called 'šaltiena'. You have to boil some part of pig to get gelatin solution then mince off meat of that body part, put meat into gelatin and cool down to make it stiff. Some people use pig's head, some - legs, but since I don't like neither method and I can't even look at it, it makes me sick.

    • @Selmancer
      @Selmancer Před 3 lety

      In England this is called "brawn", and in Canada and USA it's called "head cheese".

    • @damnsong8675309
      @damnsong8675309 Před 3 lety

      In the American South (South Eastern states) it is called souse. In Louisiana it is called hog's head cheese and is generally made with more spices, flavor, and heat. I ate it for years and my grandpa (Opa) would tell me how it was made of a whole pigs head boiled in seasonings till the meat melted off the bone, the eyes and brains liquified, and the gelatin from the brain formed the binder to hold all the bits together in the form of hog's head cheese. He used to tell all kinds of tall tales of his square wheel bike and being swallowed whole by a fish and escaping so I knew it was just a gag... Until I asked him when I was older and got the same response! Doesn't matter. I love the stuff too much now to be grossed out by it!

  • @Goku-s
    @Goku-s Před 3 lety

    Super fun video 😄. Dad: this is delicious!
    This reminds of my dad growing up teaching me how to eat fish head and eyes and I would just swallow without chewing just to show I could eat it.
    Thanks for sharing!

  • @patriotwolf1750
    @patriotwolf1750 Před 3 lety

    Lol this was awesome great video. I would like to try some of that.

  • @herbertsonlee7666
    @herbertsonlee7666 Před 3 lety

    Navajo here. Love this. I have some trouble eating some traditional Navajo dishes from time to time..

  • @jasonsummit1885
    @jasonsummit1885 Před 10 měsíci

    We have bull testicles here called "Rocky Mountain Oysters" and there's a whole festival dedicated to them. Usually best when breaded and deep fried.

  • @Lita1
    @Lita1 Před 3 lety +7

    Tasty looking food, some of that I've eaten when I went Iceland. Next time I go after covid of course, I'll try some of that. You're looking pretty fantastic as usual Harafna. ❤️🇮🇸 I liked this video yes!!!!👍😅

    • @bjrnjohanhumblen8620
      @bjrnjohanhumblen8620 Před 3 lety

      I agree but my reason for not visiting before covid is over is that i dont want to get tested and wear a mask because the science about covid viruses and bacteria is wrong and being forced to do things like masks and using a bad test is also wrong

    • @Lita1
      @Lita1 Před 3 lety

      @@bjrnjohanhumblen8620 wearing a mask is proven, even with a common cold to be efficient in reducing the risks of spreading airborne diseases. That's why even during surgery surgeons wear masks. It is however true that there are people with breathing difficulties. Therefore they cannot handle breathing through the masks itself. Now these people would have a medically cleared, proven and signed by a GP doctor. However if one has such breathing problems, and bearing in mind the times we live in that there is delivered foods and essentials, then they that go out is highly unrecommended. Pushing the facts to one side, let's just look at it this way. It's the law and Corona has taken everyone, all the way up to the government and royal people, by a storm. Everyone is concerned due to the spread and also the mental stress it placed on society. Everyone, including common people, rich, poor, old and young wants life normal again. The best way is for everyone to cooperate, call it sheepish if you must. I say when the sheep follow those sheep don't get left to the foxes. Likewise if we the people follow guidelines the government says, remain in hope that a vaccine will come, trust in the system, which researchers tirelessly have concluded their decisions; Then the spread will stop, finally and more importantly the vaccine production can increase, rather than people not cooperating, going out, catching Corona, spreading it, taking up medical time and delaying the finances needed for vaccination development. People forget sometimes that every individual takes up society and it is important every individual does their part. Stay safe, know your space and for the love of life protect your face. These times will get better faster then... I've typed a lot here because I care and I work closely with development projects. They're working day and night and the NHS is truly overwhelmed, because people just go out uncovered. Stay hopeful and healthy yes!!!!👍😅

  • @janyrose
    @janyrose Před 3 lety +19

    i made it to the eyeball. i can't. i would die.

    • @GooberFace32
      @GooberFace32 Před 3 lety +1

      I think that I'd rather eat a small bite of Hákarl immediately chased with a shot of strong liquor than eat an eyeball. I know that eyeballs/sheep's heads are eaten in other countries too and ppl really enjoy it. Think I'd respectfully pass if offered though.

    • @mcmelre
      @mcmelre Před 3 lety +1

      Yep, I was doing ok until the eyeball. Then I was dry heaving for her 🤢

  • @carlh.8797
    @carlh.8797 Před 3 lety

    As a Chinese, I would like to try this if I have a chance. In our country, people can make soup by water-boiling the sheep head for hours, and we would usually boil it with cooking wine, ginger root, and some spices such as star anise, tsaoko, clove, etc. in order to neutralize some unpleasant flavor. Sometimes we would just boil the goat brain, or the goat testicles, it actually tastes good if it is eaten warm. The unpleasant flavor comes back when it gets cold.

  • @comom2055
    @comom2055 Před 3 lety

    Oh my gosh. I couldn’t do this, you’re so brave! Your stomach is stronger than mine! Love how your dads just enjoying all of this lol. Goes to show what early people had to do to survive, bless them!

    • @JaneG
      @JaneG Před 3 lety

      haah her dad is insane! how cool he is, while she's struggling he's just enjoying. i've tried fermented shark, and it's freaking insane!

  • @bernhardkulzer9125
    @bernhardkulzer9125 Před 3 lety

    🤣 That Svidasulta (sorry, I don`t have that strange letter!), we have something like that in Bavaria as well! The only difference is the resource it comes from: Our "Pressack" is made of all the wastes of pork which can`t become some steak or roast and also can`t get into some sausage. Most of it is made of the meat, skin and all kind of eatable things from the pig`s head! And there`s a saying, kind of: "You don`t want to know, what Pressack is made from, you still want to eat it after all!" 🤣🤣🤣👍

  • @charlesnunno8377
    @charlesnunno8377 Před 3 lety

    You are my favorite CZcamsr. God. Why are Icelandic people so addictive.

  • @savednorwegian
    @savednorwegian Před 3 lety +3

    Sheeps head (Smalahove in norwegian) is so good! Love it and Im in my thirties

    • @pamelabies
      @pamelabies Před 3 lety

      Why don’t you eat a human’s head then? 🤮 Disgusting and immoral to eat someones head.

    • @savednorwegian
      @savednorwegian Před 3 lety +1

      @@pamelabies Sure...Our ancestors survived all until now by eating and using all parts of their livestock. Now many of us *dont have to* anymore. And lets hope it never get to the point of famine, and the like, so that people desperately resorts to eating each other - it has happened sadly, fex in Ukraine under the USSR famine crisis in the 1920's.

  • @jordanstorey2738
    @jordanstorey2738 Před 3 lety

    This looks like fun, and quite the experience.

  • @JunguianPhantom
    @JunguianPhantom Před 3 lety

    By Freya, you have won a thumbs up and a new suscriber. Seeing all this suffering must be compensated. Great content Hrafna. Hope you enjoyed some pizza after this nauseating experience

  • @km6206
    @km6206 Před rokem

    very interesting. Thanks for the video.