This was our preferred snack on our road trip through Iceland in deep winter. This fish fills you very quickly, doesn't produce the "heavy" feeling in your stomach when snacking on a road trip, and tastes amazing. I was surprised how expensive it was (even for Iceland) but looking at the way they prepare it the price seems justified.
This and thermal pools are the things I miss the most about Iceland.
Wait until you try it with a bit of butter then! I think the protein-to-price ratio makes sense when you compare it to similar products like beef jerky or pepperoni sticks. I'd bet hardfiskur is a lot healthier than jerky and deli meat though, since at the least it has much less salt.
With high-quality nutrient-dense foods I get satisfied and full easily; but when shopping, I often forget to consider this when looking at prices. Thanks for reminding me.
It is wonderful with a bit of butter - but someone needs to tell the Icelanders that! Watching them eat it, it's a true exercise in restraint not to ask if they want some fish to go with their butter. I know it's traditional and all, but I don't understand how they can even taste the fish.
At the Dill restaurant they served it with a little home made mayo and what seemed like powdered, brown butter (made powdery with maltodextrin). It was incredible.
