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Þorrablót and the Meaning of Icelandic Food

Left: from top to bottom, left to right): Hangikjöt, Hrútspungar, Lifrarpylsa, Blóðmör, Hákarl, Svið. Right: Rúgbrauð, Flatbrauð (courtesy Wickipedia) Ethnic food. What is it really? Nostalgia…
Icelandic heritage, Rural livelihoods

Thanksgiving Blessings and Ancestral Farms

No destination is as important to North Americans of Icelandic descent as that of the farm on which their ancestors lived. In article after article,…
Family memories, Icelandic heritage

Cooking with a Tablespoon of Love

I love cooking. I’m not talking about having one speciality such as barbecued steak that can be whipped up once a summer. …
Food traditions, Icelandic heritage

Icelanders of Victoria Celebrate Thorrablot

Emily Campbell, Carol Johannson, Ruth Olafson It was a great evening. Tom and Beverly and the volunteers did a great job of the food. Jodi, as…
Food traditions, Icelandic heritage

Why Thorrablot Matters to Icelandic Communities

This year’s Thorrablot has come and gone. It was a great success. Thorrablots are all about food. They are midwinter feasts, originally, to celebrate the…
Icelandic heritage, Rural livelihoods

How Sheep Sustained Icelandic Life and Culture

Without sheep our Icelandic ancestors would have been driven from Iceland or died. Sheep, more than any other animal, fed and clothes our people. From…
Food traditions, Icelandic heritage

Saving Our Icelandic Food Heritage

Food, more than any other element of ethnicity, helps define an ethnic group. It helps create and maintain identity.  When we want to celebrate,…
Food traditions, Icelandic heritage

Our Icelandic North American Food Heritage

 Icelandic Canadian perogis with high bush cranberry jelly Our Icelandic food heritage is greatly different from our Icelandic North American food heritage. How could it not…
Family memories, Icelandic heritage

Rediscovering Comfort Food After Celiac Disease

I had Kraft dinner for supper. Well, actually, it wasn’t Kraft dinner. It was Annie’s Rice Pasta & Cheddar. I was diagnosed with Celiac…
Icelandic heritage, Rural livelihoods

Uno von Troil on Cattle in Iceland

Uno von Troil says “Next to fishing, the principal support of the Icelanders is the breeding of cattle. “Their beeves are not large, but very fat…

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