00:00:04traditional Icelandic cook is preparing
00:00:07one of the signature meals of the thorah
00:00:09block festival as the Vikings once did
00:00:12to feel the poison aroma of the chef
00:00:19this freshly caught seventeen hundred
00:00:22pound Greenland shark is naturally full
00:00:25of urea and other toxins these chemicals
00:00:30act as antifreeze allowing the shark to
00:00:33live in waters as cold as minus two
00:00:35degrees Celsius the toxins are so
00:00:39concentrated that to eat this meat could
00:00:43make you seriously ill or possibly even
00:00:46kill you but Hildebrand er be honest
00:00:51family has a secret shark recipe that
00:00:54goes back generations and he knows that
00:00:57the only way to prepare it is to let it
00:01:01rot
00:01:04as the meat decomposes it oozes toxic
00:01:08ammonia the chemical found in most
00:01:10household cleaning products and human
00:01:13waste I don’t want to say the world this
00:01:18will probably describe it best be in
00:01:28Viking times Shark me was buried out of
00:01:31sight but Hildebrand prefers to see his
00:01:34delicacy that way he can keep track of
00:01:37the decaying process his nose decides
00:01:42when it is ready to try it’s like
00:01:44winemaking you know when the mead is at
00:01:47a perfect rotten state it’s hung to
00:01:50complete the breakdown process after six
00:01:54months it’s ready to be served
00:02:03yes it is not huh that that under him
00:02:05huh what out there under him
00:02:08yeah uh-huh this is gonna be very good
00:02:10it has two more months it’s gonna be a
00:02:14great great chef this room it’s a social
00:02:18thing for us to come together and eat
00:02:20this I don’t like the show it’s like
00:02:25ammonia haze this moment case it doesn’t
00:02:31despite this feast of oddities these
00:02:34Icelandic partygoers see nothing bizarre
00:02:36about tonight’s main courses no matter
00:02:41what dish is served siggy and the
00:02:43Icelanders agree there is more to this
00:02:46tradition than just taste the point is
00:02:49taking care of this tradition having fun
00:02:51with it know what it is don’t forget it
00:02:54don’t forget where we come from
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