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The Icelandic [a] is the Icelandic breed of domestic sheep.It belongs to the Northern European Short-tailed group of sheep, and is larger than most breeds in that group.. It is generally short-legged and stocky, slender and light-boned, and usually horned, although polled and polycerate animals can occur; there is a polled strain, the Kleifa.
An Icelandic sheep. Traditionally, domestic sheep, the most common farm animal in Iceland, was the primary source of meat. Sheep were also used for their milk and wool, and were worth more alive than dead. When a sheep was slaughtered (usually the young rams and infertile ewes), most or all of the carcass was used for making food, which was ...
There are several types of hangikjöt. The meat can come from various parts of the sheep, but the most common is the hind legs. A whole leg on the bone, with an adequate layer of fat, is by many considered the best of all, [5] although others prefer the convenience of a boned roll of meat or want most of the fat trimmed off.
Rúgbrauð (rye bread), traditional Icelandic rye bread. Hangikjöt, (hung meat), smoked and boiled lamb or mutton, sometimes also eaten raw. Lundabaggi, sheep's loins wrapped in the meat from the sides, pressed and cured in lactic acid. Selshreifar, seal's flippers cured in lactic acid. Súr Hvalur, whale blubber pickled in sour milk.
An Icelandic farm. The raising of livestock, sheep (the traditional mainstay for generations of Icelandic farmers) and cattle (the latter grew rapidly in the 20th century), [2] is the main occupation, but pigs and poultry are also reared; Iceland is self-sufficient in the production of meat, dairy products and eggs.
Lamb is the most expensive of the three types, and in recent decades, sheep meat has increasingly only been retailed as "lamb", sometimes stretching the accepted distinctions given above. The stronger-tasting mutton is now hard to find in many areas, despite the efforts of the Mutton Renaissance Campaign in the UK.
Iceland has several traditional dishes using offal. The Icelandic slátur (lit. slaughter) consists of blóðmör (blood sausage) and lifrarpylsa (liver sausage), typically boiled and served with mashed potatoes. Blóðmör is a sausage made of lamb's blood, suet and rye, while lifrarpylsa is made of lamb's liver, suet and rye.
Meat and vegetables are cut to roughly die sized bits and boiled soft. The variety, Íslensk kjötsúpa, from Iceland, typically has lamb with potatoes, carrots and cabbage. [1] Knäckebröd with aged cheese such as Prästost or Svecia is a popular side.