This article is within the scope of WikiProject Food and drink, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of food and drink related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Food and drinkWikipedia:WikiProject Food and drinkTemplate:WikiProject Food and drinkFood and drink articles
Delete unrelated trivia sections found in articles. Please review WP:Trivia and WP:Handling trivia to learn how to do this.
Add the {{WikiProject Food and drink}} project banner to food and drink related articles and content to help bring them to the attention of members. For a complete list of banners for WikiProject Food and drink and its child projects, select here.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Iceland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Iceland on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.IcelandWikipedia:WikiProject IcelandTemplate:WikiProject IcelandIceland articles
Afraid not? Unless it's a joke played on tourists. I had the rotten shark on a trip there a few years back. It required a Brennivín chaser.
Nope, it's real. I think that there's good shark and bad shark, actually. The cheap, common kind is probably more of a novelty / "shock" food, but I assume that there's proper shark to be had. It's highly likely that it's an acquired taste in any form, but I'd try to get "proper" shark if you're coming over here. Something from Vestfirðir I'd guess, and stay clear of the stuff that comes in little plastic buckets. Otherwise, I'd say that Brennivín mouthwash is mandatory. All in all, it helps to think of rotten shark in the same manner you'd regard very ripe cheese, potency being the sought-after quality. Is rotten, coagulated cow juice all that different from rotten, decomposing bits of shark?
There are significantly more tame items on the typical "þorramatur" table. Harðfiskur, for example, is much more palatable than shark, I suggest you try it. Harðfiskur is basically fish jerky. (It's not as "fishy" as you'd think.)
Kristleifur17:25, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]