He’s having a gourmet meal without a care in the world over there. he’s an Icon

@Hrafna

3 жыл бұрын

literally his favourite food 😂🙌🏻

@leewarren29

Жыл бұрын

Similar when I lived in Poland, some interesting textures and tastes 🤔😅

No one : Litterly no one: Hrafnas dad: Sheep head taste better than pizza.

@oskargudjonsson4534

3 жыл бұрын

It does it really does

@jenniferdruidhill7157

3 жыл бұрын

well then he should do sheep head's pizza

@floridascout4755

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's the equivalent of what we call head cheese out in the rest of the world's foodie land. Lots of people like it. It's not my favorite but I can eat it.

@BlackMetalViking

3 жыл бұрын

@@jenniferdruidhill7157 With Pineapple.

@skatanicovash8226

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlackMetalViking lol

I love how gleeful your dad is. And how your parents go "this is the best part" for every single bite.

nobody: icelandic ppl: well, it lived once, has to be eatable

@royjaber571

3 жыл бұрын

No that's China 😂

@Storytime2023x

3 жыл бұрын

Any relation to Colonel Troutmann?

@codename495

3 жыл бұрын

@@IndianaJones664 False my dear, edible means that you can eat it and not die, eatable means you can enjoy eating it.

@haukuragnars6664

3 жыл бұрын

I am from Iceland and that’s very true

@chadsknnr

3 жыл бұрын

I think you mean Rambo . . . .

You dad seems very thrilled that you are eating real Icelandic food. He's a proud papa. I'm Native American and my tribe actually has sheep as one of the main food source in our diet. We prepare and cook the sheep meat(mutton) differently.

@tamim9266

2 жыл бұрын

That's cool. Do you guys eat the head too? I'm ethinically from North Africa and people from the region my parents are from at Mediterranean eat the head and testicles too lmao

@bryanjames7528

2 жыл бұрын

@@tamim9266 yes we do. We eat everything from the blood, intestines, liver etc

@tamim9266

2 жыл бұрын

@@bryanjames7528 Yes, same. The only thing people don't eat is the skin and the blood.

@nezih.4064

2 жыл бұрын

woohoo! another Native! I'm from the Nahua Tribe of El Salvador, we have sheep and eat almost everything ( including bonemarrow and such) we use the wool for textiles and the sinew,skin & bones for instruments, tools etc :)) there's lots of ways to cook an Uja/uwija (goat/sheep)

@bryanjames7528

2 жыл бұрын

@@tamim9266 we use blood to make blood sausage

Icelandig language is so beautiful. Really enjoyed to hear you speaking.

So Icelandic were survivers back then 😂

@JaneG

3 жыл бұрын

definitely! haah

@LowerTheBoom

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully none of them ever had to resort to cannibalism, but yeah all of these strange foods demonstrate the lengths the original Icelandic settlers had to go to in order to find sustenance and nutrition to eat. In order to sustain them through the long cold Icelandic winter months. Trust me, they weren't eating lamb eyeballs and ram testicles because they thought were a delicious delicacy or something. It was do or die, eat or die, survive or die.

@user-ty5di3ku6o

3 жыл бұрын

@@LowerTheBoom found evidence of cannibalism in the American colonies before they were taught how to farm the new foods in America. Things get grim when you're desperate.

@haukuragnars6664

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah we learn about it in school also I’m Icelandic

@pAThomies

3 жыл бұрын

Vikings

Very brave of you, trying everything. The part I enjoyed the most was watching your Dad watching you and laughing as he kept eating. Every country has what most people would consider "gross" food, but those things you had were pretty bad. Well done, that was pretty funny. Peace.

@lunaromance2243

3 жыл бұрын

It wasn't bad at all

@sethmanukula176

2 жыл бұрын

At 3:28, he's got like a Go-lol face, with that Look-into-my-eyes-and-sink -lol

Your dad just keeps eating like it is nothing. He is a beast.

I love how her dad is just enjoying his food 😁 we should preserve these old traditions and traditional foods. *her father is absolutely adorable ☺️

Your mom has the most contagious laughter I’ve ever heard! I love it, say hi to her!

This is their payback for you making them pronounce those hard English words. 😂😂😂😂

Since I speak pretty well Swedish, I catch some words from Icelandic when you speak. What a fascinating language, Icelandic!

Amazing how similar all these foods are to what I am used to. Arctic people have great foods!(to me at least).

@ardakrakhmetov4653

3 жыл бұрын

Same, I’m from Central Asia😂

@Lilvani95

3 жыл бұрын

@@patzouvalis That's pretty ignorant but ok. Someone had a good comment about this and sadly I couldn't copy the text but Icelandic and other Northern people didn't come up with stuff like that because they're a delicacy but because they had to use every part of the animals they had to survive. It's been at least way easier in Mediterranean countries because of simple things such as climate. Now that I googled Mediterranean (at least Greek and at least some) people also eat sheep head and tongue around Easter, so who's mocking who? It is probably around as common to eat foods like that in Iceland nowadays. It's not like any country only has history with gourmet dishes, I am pretty confident that all cultures have some weird ass foods.

@GinaMarieCheeseman

3 жыл бұрын

@@patzouvalis I'm Armenian and there are some strange (to non-Armenians) foods in our cuisine. I remember my grandmother grinding up gristle into kufta (meatballs). My Mexican boyfriend refused to eat it after seeing her do that. They were so delicious but I guess to some gristle is gross.

@GinaMarieCheeseman

3 жыл бұрын

@@patzouvalis And come on. You know some people think we are weird for eating stuffed grape leaves.

@metalheadcomicbookfan797

3 жыл бұрын

@@patzouvalis quite unfair to compare food from hot countries like Southern Europe to food from cold countries like Northern Europe.

This is exactly how my dad is when he tries to get me to eat his weird Dutch meats. A little less weird than these but the vibe is the same.

@ninadis8168

3 жыл бұрын

Which foods? Bloedworst and balkebrij?

@elinederpelt4406

3 жыл бұрын

@@ninadis8168 couldn’t tell you what they are. My dads Dutch but sadly never taught me any really. I just know that some are pretty whack and kinda gross. Some are alright.

@002345709

3 жыл бұрын

Could also be "zult", and is not an entirly strange thing to eat in many parts of the world (see also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_cheese ), also "stokvis" (dried fish) is something that used to be common in the Netherlands, but also in other countries near water (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockfish ).

@afcgeo882

3 жыл бұрын

@@002345709 Dried fish is super common in Russia and all around East Asia. It goes great with beer too.

@asshatteryengaged813

3 жыл бұрын

The look you gave your dad at 8:32 had me rolling. Very brave for trying. My family is from Norway and I've suffered through lutefisk. Just thinking about that smell and texture makes my stomach turn. 🤢

Really like you speaking your native Icelandic with your family.

Your dad was cracking me up. Your parents are delightful people. I hope to see more of them in your future videos. Thanks for adding the CC.

@katherinemansfield4722

3 жыл бұрын

Hi 🥰

Props to you for trying those , your old man was loving your misery...

American here from South Texas. While we don't eat goat testicles, we do eat bull's testicles. They are called Rocky Mountain Oysters. While we don't have dried fish, we do have dried shrimp. Instead of sheep head, we have breakfast dishes called Barbacoa (slow cooked beef cheeks) and Lengua (slow cooked beef tongue) served in corn tortillas. We also have a soup called Menudo which is made with the cow's stomach and pig's feet. And also Tripas which is fried cow's intestines served in a corn tortilla. Love you and love your parents, hope you are all doing well!

Them laughing is the best part 😂 I have a hard time with textures and smells when it comes to food. I know I couldn't eat it or even try so kudos to you for even trying it!!

I was surprised with the food in the thumbnail, but I reminded myself that I casually ate *bird fetus* (Balut) sprinkled with salt when I was 12 years old. Also my family eat Blood stew every week.

@tasfisika9769

3 жыл бұрын

Philippines, right?

@connkahn

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I actually enjoyed the balut, I ended up having quite a bit while in the Philippines

@RagingBlasian

3 жыл бұрын

And this is how I know this is a Filipino comment 😂😩

@modkhi

2 жыл бұрын

idk how other cultures prepare blood but pig's blood soup which my family (we're Chinese) eats just has the blood look like brown tofu. i feel like it's not scary unless you tell someone what it is 😅 but people seem really scared of the idea for some reason. yet vampires are supposed to be sexy lol

I'm navajo and have eaten just about eaten every part of a sheep. We eat then as it is. No spices add, most of the time. ...

@nicolekatsitsiyo

3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh I love this. I’m Mohawk and we probably ate most of the deer traditionally (I’ve heard of beaver tail and turtle stews too!) but now we mainly just have salt pork. Lol. Definitely not tradish.

@dhuskie4815

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicolekatsitsiyo iv had deer also. Mostly get elk from one of our friends. Have some elkrids in the freezer, may have to make that tonight. FYI. My High School has the Mohawk as our logo. To my understanding is that there are three different tribes that go there and it would not be right to single out one tribes over the other. So they choose an outside tribe.

@bubblygranolachick

3 жыл бұрын

@@dhuskie4815 elk is yummy, I like the traditional options. Otherwise, I'd rather eat plants. Every reservation should grow more permaculture style like the three sisters to be more sustainable, I really hope that is the future for all natives

@petergustafsson1670

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicolekatsitsiyo Every part? In china, I have seen bull and snake p*nis being served, and I have heard of cow uterus being eaten. Do you also eat the reproductive organs of deer?

@angelikaweienberger-peters9230

3 жыл бұрын

That is interesting

I love your dad's reactions. He is so funny.

Love, love, love your parents. Thank you for including them again. And thank you for being so brave and doing this. No way I could even attempt.

All these things (except for testicles or shark) are eaten in the area of Croatia where my father comes from (Northern Dalmatia, close to Velebit mountain where sheep were and still are common xD ). Looks very similar to some family dinners xD But not a common thing to eat more like an occasional treat for my parents and mostly older relatives xD Very nice video!! Love to hear you speak Icelandic language!

In Argentina we have a pork jelly (queso de cerdo), also we eat the cow's tongue, intestines, brain, and kidney.

@GooberFace32

3 жыл бұрын

Cow's tongue is delicious!

@andriflosason9185

3 жыл бұрын

i am from iceland and we have something that is called in iceladic "Grafin nautatunga" or in english barred cow tongue. it is put in all kind of spice. i have only got those once ore twise on meals with my workplace few days before cristmass but I find it delicus. But I agree with Hrafna that those food she tried in this video is not good.

@SashaC1205

3 жыл бұрын

@@andriflosason9185 we boil the tongue on a water and vinegar mixture for several hours, to make it tender, then laid it on oil with parsley and garlic for a week at least. We call it "lengua a la vinagreta".

@andriflosason9185

3 жыл бұрын

@@SashaC1205 that sounds good.

@rubenlatella3664

3 жыл бұрын

In some historically poor Italian regions we do this too. It's all about necessity to survive I guess

Ha ha ha ha. Scottish person here, contemplating the horror of something being described as "sour haggis". Ha ha ha ha Jesus H Christ. Well done, Hrafna, you hero, you. 🙏

@Storytime2023x

3 жыл бұрын

No need to use the Lord’s name in vain.

@russetmantle1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Storytime2023x I'm an atheist and I use language however I see fit. I firmly believe gods don't exist and so our use of language need take no account of an unnecessary fear of them. But please consider: why chastise a random stranger online for using language in a way you don't like? What's the point? You seem to assume you are doing a good thing by berating me for not conforming to your own set of rules? Mine are different. The world is bigger than you imagine. Stop trying to impose your unwelcome religious rules on others and back off.

@BlackMetalViking

3 жыл бұрын

@@Storytime2023x Ok, so Jesus Christ walks into a hotel lobby, he goes up to the desk clerk, hands him three nails and then Jesus ask "Can you put me up for the night?" Oh I have always found that to be a knee slapper.

@BlackMetalViking

3 жыл бұрын

@@russetmantle1 Take no shit, good on you.

@Storytime2023x

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlackMetalViking : Mock if you want, but you will remember that joke when you are in Hell. It’s not like you’re hurting me with that. You’re hurting yourself.

Your dad is so funny, sat there totally enjoying all his traditional foods, especially the shark, while trying to encourage you to love everything as much as he does lol Also love listening to y'all speaking Icelandic such a beautiful language 😍

I started crying with laughter. That was so funny thanks for the diversion. Your dad is Totally awesome! I think I would’ve needed a few more glasses of the malt you were drinking. We eat tongue every now and then or at least I do - my wife doesn’t and it is yummy I think. Anyway great video and I’m still wiping my eyes from the laughter.

haha funny video! also the icelandic language is so beautiful! When the "rona" pandemic ends Im going to Iceland!

I can’t stop laughing looking at your faces and at your dad laughing at your faces! 🤣

@katherinemansfield4722

3 жыл бұрын

Hi 🥰

I'm Scottish. I'd like to try these and see how many of them give me the boak.

@IronmanV5

3 жыл бұрын

I'm American. If I go to Scotland I'd like to try some real haggis.

@amishmime

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think Iceland has anything on Scottish foods.

@afcgeo882

3 жыл бұрын

@@IronmanV5 Haggis is basically just good sausage.

@horationelson1840

3 жыл бұрын

@@IronmanV5 I’ve had haggis. It’s okay. Not good. Not bad. Palatable, I suppose. It’s overrated

@jameskirk9996

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Hrafna. I am Paul, and right around your dad's age. My Greek friend Marinos brought a sheep's head to work for our annual Christmas feast. I was not brave enough to try it, but the jaw muscles looked alright. I'll settle for standard food, pasta, etc.😁

Your videos with your parents are THE BEST! 😄

Thank you for sharing this! When you think about burgers and frozen pizzas, this is definitely something else.

this video is fantastic. Hrafna's facial reactions are priceless!

Lmao I think this is one of the best videos 🤣🤣 I’m dying over here. You and your dad’s facial expressions are amazing. Thank you for being a good sport and trying the foods on camera! From an educational point it was so cool to see the cultural foods and hear your dad explain them

Thanks for trying all the food and sharing with us some of the unusual traditional Icelandic dishes.

It's pretty cool to see people actually trying the food instead of just talking about it. Informative and interesting.

I love the video and how much fun you had with your dad trying those dishes. I would love to try all of that!

I love listening to her speak Icelandic with her family. It’s so interesting & beautiful sounding.

This video made me subscribe to your channel. I absolutely loved how funny the interaction was between you and your parents. Although I found the food kind of yucky and nothing I would eat myself, I would watch the video again. Thank you for filming this. I enjoy getting information from all over the world. 💕

I could relate to every aspect you mentioned about dried/fermented shark; I had some when I was in Iceland and it was exactly as you said, "unchewable wet rubber."

I started watching Hrafna's videos to learn something about another culture, but, God!!! this video was one of the best laughs that I've had in a very long time! Both Hrafna's reactions (and the way she stared at the camera) and her dad's comments were epic!! XD XD XD Thank you!!

I am from Romania and we also have some weird food that people eat a lot especially during Christmas or Easter. For example "Tobă" looks like a wide sausage and contains usually a pig's stomach, stuffed with pork jelly, liver, and skin suspended in aspic or "Piftie" which is a gelatin dish made with meat stock or consommé, set in a mold to encase other ingredients such as pieces of meat, seafood, or eggs. We also eat stuff like "Caltabos" - Liver Sausage, Pork Lard Pastries and Tripe Soup :))) Thank you for reading and have a great day!

The dry fish actually looks really good

I live in Latin America and here they have something resemble what you eat, "Criadillas" are bulls testicles serve with square slices of tomato, onions and marinated on soy sauce, dried fish is eaten in passover, shark soup, and "revolcado" is a stew made with the pig's head

@ycplum7062

3 жыл бұрын

I suspect hers was pickled or allowed to ferment to acquire the sourness. I like your version better. lol

Your dad is a true awesome G

This was my first watch on your channel and i really like it , mostly for that we have common dishes,except the shark and haggis(we do have something similar)here in Greece but also for your hillarioys reactions ! Common dishes was the 1.ram's testicles which is a delicatessen , but we make it on a fry pan with eggs and cheese 2. Haggis as i said here is made out entirelly from sheep 3. Dried fish i believe every country with sea have it 4. Jellied sheep's head...we have simillar dish but made out of pork and last but not least 5. the sheep's head...it is a must ! Was really nice to see that we have much common dishes

We need more dad content. I loved watching him just enjoying all the food. Lol. 💗

Ahaha so funny! Your parents are great for doing these vids!

Good video, love your interaction with your parents :)

Haha this is awesome. I've always wanted to try traditional Icelandic food! I'd probably have the same reaction you did. :D

Danka Thank you for sharing with everyone.

Great video and good effort. I'd still love to visit and try some of this.

I’m Icelandic and I love þorri and the sheep’s head is not bad I’m 15 btw 👩🏽🐑👌🏽

@hibernianwolf1711

3 жыл бұрын

You are the first person from Iceland I have met. I am from Ireland 🇮🇪 hello 🇮🇸

I certainly like this video haha. Had fun with this

You are a brave woman, Hrafna! None of that is to my taste. Your Dad was wolfing it down, bless his heart. In the olden days, you ate what was available, or you starved. We are so spoiled now.

I remember trying the shark when I was on Iceland a few years ago, tastes like strong old cheese. Can't really impress a frenchman with that.

This was hillarious thank you for doing this! There is a lot of risky meme material with those subtitles lmao

Hahaha. This video was absolutely fantastic. Some of your reactions were just so hilarious. Fantastic video 👏 You should be proud of this one. 👏 I would try most of that, just not the sea food.

when eating in arbic countries and you are offered an eye ball it is a mark of respect .you eat it ,smile and compliment the host

In the southeastern US we have a dish like the jellied lamb but made from pig. We call it head cheese. It has gotten hard to find in the last twenty years.

@Templar07

3 жыл бұрын

Jellied LAMB Made of PIG and then cheese

@mckjoshua1

3 жыл бұрын

It's made the same way and looks just like it.

You're a brave woman. Almost died laughing when you spit out the eyeball. Thank you for being so brave for your fans. ❤

@JaneG

3 жыл бұрын

hahahaha that was funny!

Haha that was a lot of fun. It's heartwarming watching you and your parents have so much fun together. Well... at least your parents were having fun. Thanks for taking one for the team! Lol

Navajo here. Love this. I have some trouble eating some traditional Navajo dishes from time to time..

I looooove harðfiskur! My mother is Icelandic but I live in the Netherlands. My grandmother sometimes makes cows tongue, but I can’t handle that😂 Loved the video!

Such awesome and humble parents. 😊

He was probably raised on these dishes being from the old school before it became modernized with fast food and pizza.

Really love your dad!😂 his reaction after every bite! Can’t take it! He eats it without hesitating. Hahahahahahaha His laugh is awesome😂

Hats off to you 👏, I could not eat most of that, but it is wonderful to understand what people used to eat in places that are very hard places to live in years ago when we had no electricity, central heating, refrigeration etc. Your dad is a good man, at least he doesn't moan at you for not enjoying the food, in some places the parents are more pushy. I hope these foods never completely die out or ways of the old times, because it is a good education for the children of today and tomorrow. :)

Hey Hrafna, Your videos on KZread are very great I like them. I began to learn Icelandic :D Greeting from Hungary, and best wishes :)

Definitely your best video yet. Your father reminds me of my grandfather.

Hrafna, you are a brave woman. True dedication to your KZread audience.

Lol this was awesome great video. I would like to try some of that.

Your dad is awesome! I miss Iceland. I hadn't discovered Malt when I lived there in 2003. Now, in Germany, I buy it for my son by the case. Back then my friends would eat traditional Icelandic food with Brennivín. Lots of Brennivín. But I was only there for the summer and for them it was more something to eat with their families at winter holiday parties, so the only thing from the video that I got to try was the harðfiskur. Which I snacked on quite a bit at Uni.

I liked the video. I think you are incredibly brave to try some of those foods.

Last time I was in Iceland we went to a brewery which had a beer brewed with smoked whale balls.

I was laughing so hard. Your dad's reaction was so funny.

Great video! The sheep’s head jelly reminds me of hog head cheese here in Mississippi.

It was really interesting and funny to watch it.Thank you.

And now you know why hot dogs are so liked in Iceland. In reality, caloric food sources were very limited on the island, and the cold climate burns a lot of calories, so... anything that can be eaten, was, and had to be preserved to last. Drying, smoking, and fermentation were all acceptable means of meat/fish preservation.

Super fun video 😄. Dad: this is delicious! This reminds of my dad growing up teaching me how to eat fish head and eyes and I would just swallow without chewing just to show I could eat it. Thanks for sharing!

Hrafna----hope that you and your family are safe and well in Iceland with the earthquakes and volcano going ons

Hahahaha i suscribe rigth now very funny, i enjoy soo far

Your are very brave🤣.House plants can be hard to grow..hope you have better luck in future with them..loved vid as always.

Parents are aaamaazing

Awesome video!

I enjoyed this video so much! You are really brave!, I couldn't even eat a half of that. So much fun, 😂🤭🤭 Great vid!!! 🙌

This looks like fun, and quite the experience.

Oh my gosh. I couldn’t do this, you’re so brave! Your stomach is stronger than mine! Love how your dads just enjoying all of this lol. Goes to show what early people had to do to survive, bless them!

@JaneG

3 жыл бұрын

haah her dad is insane! how cool he is, while she's struggling he's just enjoying. i've tried fermented shark, and it's freaking insane!

I don't how to turn my subtitles on. I still lol watching your expressions.

I'm ethnically from North Africa and people from the region my parents are from in the Mediterranean eat the head and testicles too. I really enjoy the way it's prepared the traditional way my mother does and that's why I learned it from here.

I really enjoyed watching this video! LOL

The sheep head bits that were in layers in that kind of jelly is like something my dad really enjoys and us kids ate when we were little in the early 80s (before we looked at it and figured out what it was); it was called “head cheese”. I bet my dad would love to get his hands on some now…he would have enjoyed the meal with your dad. From 🇨🇦

Sheeps head (Smalahove in norwegian) is so good! Love it and Im in my thirties

@pamelabies

3 жыл бұрын

Why don’t you eat a human’s head then? 🤮 Disgusting and immoral to eat someones head.

@savednorwegian

3 жыл бұрын

@@pamelabies Sure...Our ancestors survived all until now by eating and using all parts of their livestock. Now many of us *dont have to* anymore. And lets hope it never get to the point of famine, and the like, so that people desperately resorts to eating each other - it has happened sadly, fex in Ukraine under the USSR famine crisis in the 1920's.

I normally don't hit "like" on videos. Even when I DO like them. But, I can tell you did suffer for this one, and it was totally for us(your viewers). So I will definitely hit "like" for you on this one. You were pretty brave to do this. Kudos for you!!

This is the funniest video you have made :D If I ever come to Iceland, I want to taste all of those delicious things!

You are so brave!! . And your Dad really enjoyed everything isn't ?hahaha

very interesting. Thanks for the video.

I fell in love with harðfisk in Iceland. Always keep some in my pantry. My wife hates the smell. I wanted to try svið but the only two places that served it were either closed for renovations or fully booked.