Fishy Faroes Fare for fans fete
The Faroe Islands tourist board has offered to stage a special Faroese culture night (i.e. food, music, dancing and drink), numbers permitting, for travelling Irish fans on the evening before Ireland's World Cup qualifying match in June...if you're planning on travelling to the match, drop into the messageboard on
www.foot.ie and leave your name.
What kind of food might the Irish visitors expect? Well, according to Travelocity's website, "One of the most popular treats is skeppijot - well-aged, wind-dried mutton that requires a sharp knife and strong jaws...other favourites are rast kjot (boiled mutton) and rastan fisk (boiled fish). After the bloody grindadrap, a favourite is grind og spik (whale and blubber) which you should probably avoid if the slaughter of pilot whales turns your stomach. Fresh fish also features strongly in the local diet, as do sea birds, such as puffins, and their eggs."
No offence, like, but we'll be bringing the ham sandwiches to the do.