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Default Food intolerance in Britain



sigvaldi wrote:
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> On Feb 8, 5:46 pm, Silvar Beitel > wrote:
> > On Feb 8, 10:06 am, Food Snob® > wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not sure that I could tolerate the food in England. My wife and
> > > son are going toIcelandin August. (I have airplane phobias, so I'm
> > > not going). I wonder what they'll find to eat there.

> >
> > Hákarl and Brennivín. You need lots of the latter to enjoy any of the
> > former :-)
> >

>
> Hákarl (shark) is a speiality dish that is sometimes asked for by
> tourists. Icelanders do not eat it normally.



Never even saw it offered the times I was there. Black Death is another
matter of course