I almost missed it this year.
"Skata" - called skate in English, looks a bit like stingray - is an extremely smelly fish that makes your eyes water and your nose runny. It is traditionally eaten on the 23rd of December.
With this in mind, I ordered a flight to Akureyri (my home town) early in the morning so I wouldn't miss it. But with the abysmal weather we've been having the flight was delayed and delayed again, so in the end I felt forced to jump into the car and drive.
I felt like crying when I had Burger King for lunch. So in a way, it made my eyes water but my nose was hardly runny at all.
5 hours later I arrived in Akureyri, and stopped by my grandmother's who, bless her, had saved a bit for me. So there we were, two of us, in her kitchen, and she watched me with some pride as I swallowed piece after piece, watery eyed with a runny nose and an ecstatic grin on my face.
2 comments:
Hahah,, yes it sure is tasty! :)
Har har!
Ég borðaði skötu í fyrsta sinn í dag. Ég fann fyrir henni í allan dag í maganum og iðrunum og er nokkuð viss um hvenær ég skilaði henni því þá hætti þessi tilfinning. ;)
Ammoníak er málið á þollák!
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