Thorri

A traditional type of bread served alongside the Thorri dinner is flatkaka, a special Icelandic rye pancake.

Iceland Review 2010

Thorri food includes hangikjöt, smoked lamb which is also eaten at Christmas, and súrmatur, pickled food, including: blood and liver pudding, ram testicles, sheep-head jelly, brisket and lundabaggi, a roll of secondary meats.

Iceland Review 2010

In Iceland, the Thorri food tradition is growing in popularity.

Iceland Review 2010

In Iceland, the Thorri food tradition is growing in popularity.

Iceland Review 2010

For those eager to try the Thorri delicacies, they can be bought in various grocery stores in Iceland at this time of year and at restaurants such as

Iceland Review 2010

"We have sold 50 percent more Thorri food in the weeks preceding the Thorri month compared to last year," operating director of grocery store Nóatún Bjarni Fridrik Jóhannesson told

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In many households, bóndadagur is celebrated by eating the traditional Thorri food: dried fish, smoked lamb, putrefied shark and soured blood and liver pudding along with other soured meat products, including ram testicles.

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Bóndadagur also marks the beginning of the old Icelandic month of Thorri, during which the Thórrablót mid-winter feasts are held across the country.

Iceland Review 2010

Thorri food includes hangikjöt, smoked lamb which is also eaten at Christmas, and súrmatur, pickled food, including: blood and liver pudding, ram testicles, sheep-head jelly, brisket and lundabaggi, a roll of secondary meats.

Iceland Review 2010

A traditional type of bread served alongside the Thorri dinner is flatkaka, a special Icelandic rye pancake.

Iceland Review 2010