Icelandic cooking, recipes and food

Here you will find some information about the traditional Icelandic foods eaten at the Þorri feasts or Þorrablót . The links will take you to recipes or instructions for making some of these foods. Note: I can‘t find some of the photos I have of these foods and will add them as and when I either find them or am able to take new ones. Þorri is one of the old Icelandic lunar months. It begins on the first Friday of the 13th week of winter, which is usually between January 19th and 25th, but can occasionally begin on January 26th. It then ends ends on a Saturday between the 18th and 24th of February. The first day of Þorri is called Bóndadagur (Husband's Day/Farmer's Day - bóndi can mean either), and is dedicated to men (formerly only farmers). Since this is the coldest time of the winter, it is no surprise that Þorri has become a personification of King Winter. He is usually portrayed as an old man, tall and grizzled, who is as cruel to those who disrespect him as he is...