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The proles eat Hákarl or kæstur hákarl (Icelandic for "fermented shark") which
is a food from Iceland. It is a Greenland or basking shark which has been cured with a particular fermentation process and hung to dry for 4-5 months. Hákarl has a very particular ammonia-rich smell and taste, similar to very strong cheese. It is an acquired taste and many Icelanders never eat it.
h/t Metatone.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Oct 6th, 2008 at 04:53:45 AM EST
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Is "fermented shark" a metaphor for Icelandic bankers current state...?

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by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Mon Oct 6th, 2008 at 05:57:10 AM EST
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No.  That's a demented shark

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Mon Oct 6th, 2008 at 06:22:06 AM EST
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If it is, then Icelanders are surely having a whale of a time.

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by martingale on Mon Oct 6th, 2008 at 06:32:53 AM EST
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