In Iceland soup can be a dessert as well as a first dish.
Icelandic magazine DV.is explains this and more in its English language special edition on Icelandic food. It contains recipes and anecdotes about food in Icelandic culture.
Check out what did they eat? to read about the diet of Iceland’s early settlers (a lot of porridge, apparently), and Sweet Soups of Youth for more about the famous Icelandic sweet soups.
Photo: DV.is
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I say you can never go wrong with dill, onions, chives and garlic…lol
That was an interesting article. Being that they were Scandinavian, I assumed they ate a lot of herring.
I love a good soup on a cold day, but I’d rather it be hearty instead of sweet.
The cakes were quite impressive as well!
I think I’d rather eat savoury soup too, although I like custard which I suppose is not that much different.