[Sca-cooks] And in the "Be Careful What You Wish For" department...

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Hullo, the list!

Remember a day or two ago, when I joked about being threatened with  
haakarl?

I just got a phone call from a friend of mine, who has been presented  
with everybody's favorite fermented shark fillet, and is wondering  
what to do with it, apart from burying it in the back yard (I pointed  
out that that had evidently been tried already, and didn't work).

 From what I can find online, the flesh is generally eaten trimmed of  
all dark outer layers, cut into small cubes, and eaten with perhaps  
dark bread and butter, and, of course, ice-cold akvavit or brannevijn.

Nanna Rögnvaldardöttir's book on Icelandic food says pretty much the  
same, and doesn't give a lot of additional detail. It appears my  
friend has a packet of already-trimmed, diced, white cubes of fish. Do  
people agree that this appears to be as processed as it needs to get  
before eating safely?

He's very smart, my friend. He says I have to come out and help him  
eat the stuff, so I'd better be sure.

Adamantius






"Most men worry about their own bellies, and other people's souls,  
when we all ought to worry about our own souls, and other people's  
bellies."
			-- Rabbi Israel Salanter