Icelandic Cookbook

I like how Norway's face at the end isn't disgusted or surprised, just sad.

Norway: "So this is what Rock Bottom looks like ..."

@PaxRomana “Just do me a favor: look up into the sky right now. Higher. No, higher still. Do you see that? Way up there? Way up above the clouds? That’s rock bottom. And we are currently way down here.” - John Oliver

The Icelandic siblings are adorable in this one!

@Miletty
My thoughts exactly

Funny thing is, that's a very Icelandic attitude. "I was going to eat that shark, so I WILL eat that damn shark - pee or no pee!" Pure Icelandic stubbornness. ^_^

One wonders just how many people died as they slowly figured out each step.
"1 month burial - everyone died"
"2 month burial - everyone died"
"3 month burial - everyone died, but it took longer. Let's try 4 months!"
"4 month burial - everyone got really sick but only old Ragnar died. Hm, let's try pissing on it and then hanging it to dry!"

@photondancer Poor Ragnar. Please send my condolences to his mother in Rorikstead.

You should see surströmming. It's banned on airlines because a can of it burst en route from Sweden to the U.S. and they made an emergency landing in Canada because it smelled so bad they thought it was a biochemical attack. Usually you have to open it outside and underwater. One time a can leaked all over my cousin's shirt and they had to burn it.

@GingerSwede
Indeed. Funny to see brother Norway wrinkling his nose given he just loves surströmming ("did anyone say rotten fish?" - the look said it all - as in http://satwcomic.com/nordics-like-fish).

I just wonder how drunk one has to get before they can actually eat the stuff - just cannot imagine doing that while stone cold sober.

@Fenniroz I eat surströmming while I'm sober (I'm not even allowed to drink)... and it's the only fish I like to eat, even tho I'm just allowed to eat it one or two times a year (because it's rotten)... Am I weird?

"you know i can't leave the house when the demons are in the bath." Iceland's Demons Really are his pets.

@Bluesamurai yes

@Bluesamurai demon cats. remember https://satwcomic.com/sleepover-at-iceland-s. not all demons. just his demon cats.

@NetherlandsFan I suppose so.

@Bluesamurai demon cats best cats

@Benbot16 indeed

On the topic of strange foods, lutefisk. Putting the fear of cod in you.

@TheMadKingEnDanska "Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns , he should be drawn and quoted" -Fred Allen

As a followup, I'd like to see how Norway came up with the recipe for lutefisk.
Seriously, there are a lot of dishes around the world where you might wonder who first thought of eating THAT.

@Tjalve : yup, when I read what the roman used to eat, I can't avoid thinking WTF?

@Tjalve
"It was a brave man who first ate an oyster." Jonathan Swif

Even dirty as hell he is still sparkling.

Love the off-hand comment about demons in the bathtub. Only Iceland would baby-sit (demon-sit?) them because they can't swim and might drown. Subject for another strip ? Demons in a bath-tub? --Maybe they're good for clearing Icelandic drains. . . .
I'm missing demon-cat, who reminds me of my own evil kitty who shreds my furniture then always manages to be curled up looking angelic just where I want to sit down.

Is there a Demon-cat christmas coming up ?

@Danelaw He's called the Christmas cat ( jólakötturinn) MY 5TH FAV FOLK LEGEND FROM ICELAND!!! My grandma used to talk about him if I didn't ask for any clothes for christmas

@Demonpet Yeah I love that legend.
Have you googled jólakötturinn ? Lots of good links and fun pictures.

@Demonpet I read that story about 4 years ago and used it to scare my little cousin it was awesome!

@frost Yeah, but when we REALLY want to scare children so they behave we pull out Grýla, the mother of our 13 santa clauses. Before christmas she goes during the night and takes the children that were naughty that year, puts them in her giant bag she carries around, goes to her cave and holds a feast with her husband, Leppalúði. Every child in Iceland knows this so we can use it as a warning any place, any time XD

@Demonpet

Yeah I read about that one before, I think the author mentioned it in one of the Christmas comics