and tasty - them's good eatin'!
Lightly boiled breast of Lundi, with sweet mashed potatos, mushy green peas and rhubarb jam. (From Höska Búa - food and poetry).
Yum.
Ok, so you need to boil them a lot to get the fish oil taste down.
Not of course puffin season, it it Þorri, the winter month of starvation.
You should be eating your food pickled in some lactic acid this week...
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http://djaddasaga.blogspot.com/2008/01/orrabloated.html
Oh man, that looks good!
I am soooooooooooo jealous.