Would you eat DRIED FERMENTED SHARK meat?

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Hákarl is an Icelandic delicacy of fermented shark meat that is famed for its incredibly pungent odor. It takes 9 weeks for the fermentation process to reduce the natural toxins in shark meat, making it ready to eat with no cooking required at all. Would you eat it?

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

No, those Greenland sharks take decades to reach maturity, it doesn't sit well with me to eat such a creature. The only shark I've eaten is slice of mako years ago.

Shark meat usually stinks of ammonia, that's why you see cooking advice to nail it to a plank of wood outside until the flies start landing on it , or wrap in in cardboard and bury it for a week, dig it up and eat the cardboard.

NordicInScandinavia · Accepted Answer

Oh man now I want bites of hákarl! 🤤🤤 Need to get my ass to Iceland soon.

Hardon-Collider · Accepted Answer

No. I would not eat it. I prefer the quality of land animal foods. The shark lives in the hidden, cold, deep realms, and its food is 'deadened' by its nature. I prefer the more 'lively' quality of the foods of creatures that live in the light.

Cidknee · Accepted Answer

Sure, to see if I liked it. I'll try just about anything that has been eaten by others and proven safe for consumption.

James The Foodie · Accepted Answer

I've had the opportunity to try Hákarl during my culinary adventures in Iceland. Its strong odor is definitely memorable, reminiscent of ammonia, but once you get past that initial challenge, the texture is surprisingly intriguing. It's not for everyone, but the experience alone, paired with the breathtaking Icelandic landscapes, is truly unique. Plus, it offers a genuine taste of Icelandic tradition and history. 🌍✨

ArrowheadSW · Answer

I would like to try it. I know a lady who just got back from Iceland and I'll have to ask her if she tried it. I know another lady who is in Iceland NOW. I'll have to text her to see about it.

Kelly6 · Answer

@aviatortom Seen the program on how its made, procedures looked very disgusting but at the end it looked more as cheese slice. I may be take a bite just to taste before judging it.

Shiprex · Answer

I've had shark fin soup that's chicken soup with shark fin. Pointless and a cultural travesty.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

Absolutely not "In other countries, sharks are eating people, but we are eating sharks." - an Icelandic guy

genericname85 · Answer

i'd taste it for sure. why not? but i won't eat it if i didn't like it.

Red_Arrow · Answer

No, but I have eaten a balut.

dustybiker2 · Answer

I'd rather my shark be swimming free in the ocean.

douride2 · Answer

I would be willing to give it a try.

exitseven · Answer

I would rather cook a cat.

Massageman · Answer

I wouldn't eat car tires either.

DrPepper12 · Answer

TRY EVERYTHING ONCE!!! EVERYTHING!!

Xawyx-2 · Answer

No, because i'm a vegetarian.

WonderingManII · Answer

NO - I'll find something else to eat

AngryCarl2 · Answer

What sort of pungent are we talking about?

mysteriousNicholas · Answer

Nasty - 🤮🤢 🍽️🌮

RussianRye · Answer

I would try

Anonymous · Answer

Never

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