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Food of Iceland: Hangikjöt
Hangikjöt, most famous as an Icelandic Christmas delicacy, is a distinctively-flavoured smoked meat typically made of lamb, but also occasionally horse. Around 90% of Icelanders indulge in the fare during the holiday season, and around the same number likely eat it thinly…
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Gross! E.Coli Bacteria Found In Icelandic Lamb Meat
It’s a fact universally known that Icelanders love stating if something is 100% Icelandic, whether it’s vegetables, the air you breathe, or the overpriced meat you’re paying for at restaurants. If you’re in Iceland, you would expect it to be 100% authentic…
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Great Moments In Icelandic Cuisine: Bjúga
Tired of overpriced tattered hot dogs? Well, why not try out some long, thick bjúga? While Europe was getting all gourmet about putting thin sausages in a bun, Icelanders were already stuffing seasoned minced meat into a tube of animal guts twice…
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Steak Out Catches 3 Men Stealing 100s Of Kilos Of Meat
The police in Suðurnes has arrested three men suspected of stealing at least hundreds of kilos of meat over the past four to five years, reports RÚV. Two of the men are employees of a company that services airlines in the Keflavík…
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Car Crash Pigs Given Much Needed Rest Before Being Slaughtered
Yesterday we reported on the 114 pigs that had a car accident in Árnessýsla in the south of Iceland. Despite what was initially reported, sadly 30 pigs died in the crash and the rest were given emergency treatment for their trauma and…
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MAST Warns Against Dining Like Former Prime Minister
Just in case the lunch recently posted by former Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson got your mouth watering, the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) has some words of caution for you. Sigmundur both amused and soured a number of Icelanders with…
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Cheap Eats
How to feed yourself and survive in Reykjavík Every time I see tourists shopping for basic food staples at high-end grocery stores—including, but not limited to, loading up on litres of bottled water—I feel a pang of sympathy and pity. Sympathy, because…
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“Icelandic” Meat Might Be Of Foreign Origin
Caveat emptor: meat products marked “Icelandic” may have actually come from abroad. RÚV reports that by Icelandic law, meat products may be labelled as being made in Iceland even if the meat it contains is of foreign origin, so long as the…
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Foreigners Reportedly Responsible For Increased Pork Consumption
The most likely explanation for the swift increase of pork consumption in Iceland: foreigners, supposedly. Kjarninn reports that pork consumption in Iceland increased by 10% between 2014 and 2015, according to data from Statistics Iceland. In real terms, this comes out to…
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Horse Meat Still Not Really Popular Amongst Icelanders
New data from Statistics Iceland shows that horse meat remains the least popular animal flesh in the country. According to the data, Iceland produced some 30,000 tonnes of meat in 2015, showing a slight increase from the year previous. While meat exports…
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Foreign Ministry To Get Financial Assist Over Imported Meat Kerfuffle
13 million ISK will be granted to the Foreign Ministry to prepare for a legal battle over Iceland’s restrictions on imported meat. The legal issues surrounding the case have been going on for at least the past four years. RÚV reports that…
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Market For Horse Meat Hits New Low
The market for horse meat has been severely limited since Iceland began participating in the EU-led trade ban against the Russian Federation. Slaughterhouses have not been able to take in all the available horses slated for becoming meat, Vísir reports, with farmers…
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Rabbit Meat Is For Gentlemen
After nearly a year of planning and preparation, free-range rabbit meat is now ready to hit Icelandic shelves. RÚV reports that yesterday’s Food Market at Harpa featured a number of dishes that are uncommon at best in Iceland, amongst them: free-range rabbit.…
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Chicken Dethrones Mutton As King Of Meat
Habits of meat consumption, among Iceland’s population, have changed drastically over the last thirty years, according to recent numbers from Statistics Iceland (StatIce). Whereas in 1983, 70% of all meat consumed was mutton, it is now down to around a quarter of…
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Virus In Imported Meat Might Alter Nation’s Behavior, Warns PM
According to Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, a virus that may change people’s behavioral patterns is common among most of the world’s populations, except Iceland, Norway, and, ‘remarkably’, the UK. Sigmundur Davíð admits that this does indeed sound like science fiction, adding…
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Grilled Meat In The Summer Rain
Kol was somewhat of a puzzle to me: a restaurant that opened its doors early this year to some acclaim, but hasn’t yet reached its full commercial potential—or so I thought. My companion and I graced Kol with our presence on a…
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Prime Minister Wrong On Imported Meat
Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson made claims about meat from the US that were not actually true, an official from the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) told reporters. Addressing attendees of a Progressive Party leadership meeting last Friday, the Prime Minister…
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The Risks of Importing Fresh Meat
In 1985, Áramótaskaupið, the annual New Year’s revue on RÚV, included this sketch, about a toll guard’s ambition to combat smuggling of fresh meat into the country, in the guise of migrant birds. The punchline is triggered by a bewildered observer who…
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Call Me Arne
On the right side of the Old Harbour on June 5, Elding’s whale watching ships were returning with a shipment of tourists. On the other side, the Hvalur whaling ships were being cleaned and maintained by the crew, preparing them for their…