Fermented food season in Iceland

The “Thorri” season started last Friday in Iceland, and Icelanders are now chowing down their traditional “Thorri” foods — meat pickled in sour milk.

“Thorri” — a celebration that started in pre-Christian times — is traditionally held during the fourth month of winter.

During “Thorri,” Icelanders eat foods such as sheep heads and Greenland shark, which have often been stored in sour milk for months.

Rams’ testicles are particularly popular during the celebration Nordlenska, a major Icelandic retailer, says the company is facing shortages of the delicacy. Nordlenska prepared more than eight tonnes of rams’ testicles last fall.