{"id":1158,"date":"2026-01-28T20:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/thorrinn-midvetrarhefdir-islendinga-og-thorramatur-kroftugt-bragd-og-rik-saga\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:09:22","slug":"thorrinn-midvetrarhefdir-islendinga-og-thorramatur-kroftugt-bragd-og-rik-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/thorrinn-midvetrarhefdir-islendinga-og-thorramatur-kroftugt-bragd-og-rik-saga\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00deorrinn: Mi\u00f0vetrarhef\u00f0ir \u00cdslendinga og \u00feorramatur \u2013 kr\u00f6ftugt brag\u00f0 og r\u00edk saga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c1 mi\u00f0jum \u00edslenskum vetri, \u00feegar dagsbirtan er af skornum skammti og ve\u00f0ri\u00f0 oft sem har\u00f0ast, fagna \u00cdslendingar komu <strong>\u00feorrans<\/strong> \u2013 hef\u00f0bundins m\u00e1na\u00f0ar \u00ed gamla \u00edslenska t\u00edmatalinu. \u00deorri hefst seint \u00ed jan\u00faar og stendur fram \u00ed lok febr\u00faar, og hann veitir inns\u00fdn \u00ed s\u00f6gu \u00cdslands, matarmenningu og samf\u00e9lagshef\u00f0ir.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ce88c9_282ebc7da2084364b1ce59252544c25amv2.jpg\" alt=\"Mynd: Icelandic Times\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mynd: <a href=\"https:\/\/icelandictimes.com\/52419\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Icelandic Times<\/u><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">B\u00e6\u00f0i heiti m\u00e1na\u00f0arins og heiti mi\u00f0svetrarbl\u00f3tsins, <strong>\u00feorrabl\u00f3ts<\/strong>, eru dregin af mannsnafninu \u00deorri. \u00cd Orkneyinga s\u00f6gu segir a\u00f0 \u00deorri hafi stofna\u00f0 til \u00feorrabl\u00f3tsins. Nafni\u00f0 \u00deorri hefur lengi veri\u00f0 tengt nafni \u00de\u00f3rs, \u00ferumugu\u00f0s norr\u00e6nnar go\u00f0afr\u00e6\u00f0i. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00e1nu\u00f0urinn hefst \u00e1 <strong>b\u00f3ndadegi<\/strong>, sem haldinn er h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0legur fyrsta f\u00f6studag \u00ed \u00feorra. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c1\u00f0ur fyrr var b\u00f3ndanum s\u00fdndur hei\u00f0ur \u00e1 \u00feessum degi. Honum var teki\u00f0 me\u00f0 gestrisni, mat og vir\u00f0ingu, til marks um vonina um seiglu og g\u00e6fu \u00fea\u00f0 sem eftir lif\u00f0i vetrar. \u00cd dag er eiginm\u00f6nnum, k\u00e6rustum og \u00f6\u00f0rum fagna\u00f0 me\u00f0 litlum gj\u00f6fum, g\u00f3\u00f0um mat e\u00f0a \u00feakkl\u00e6tisvotti.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ce88c9_e4fbe0518c5644f6aded3ca43dcd0d00mv2.jpg\" alt=\"Mynd: Perlan - Undur &#xCD;slands\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mynd: <a href=\"https:\/\/perlan.is\/articles\/traditional-icelandic-food\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Perlan &#8211; Undur \u00cdslands<\/u><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N\u00fa \u00e1 d\u00f6gum er \u00feorrinn best \u00feekktur fyrir s\u00e9rstakar matarhef\u00f0ir s\u00ednar, sem einu nafni kallast <strong>\u00feorramatur<\/strong>. \u00deessi matur \u00e1 r\u00e6tur s\u00ednar a\u00f0 rekja til t\u00edma \u00feegar geymsla matv\u00e6la var l\u00edfsnau\u00f0synleg. \u00c1n k\u00e6lisk\u00e1pa treystu \u00cdslendingar \u00e1 a\u00f0fer\u00f0ir \u00e1 bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 k\u00e6singu, \u00feurrkun, reykingu og s\u00f6ltun til a\u00f0 geyma mat yfir veturinn. Algengt var a\u00f0 s\u00farsa mat \u00ed mysu, gerja\u00f0ri aukaafur\u00f0 mj\u00f3lkur sem gefur honum s\u00e9rstakt s\u00fart brag\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00deorramatur er hla\u00f0bor\u00f0 e\u00f0a trog me\u00f0 hef\u00f0bundnum \u00edslenskum s\u00farmat og geymslumat, til d\u00e6mis: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><p><strong>Svi\u00f0<\/strong> \u2013 svi\u00f0inn kindahaus, hef\u00f0bundi\u00f0 klofinn og so\u00f0inn<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><p><strong>S\u00farsa\u00f0ir hr\u00fatspungar \u2013 <\/strong>hr\u00fatspungar s\u00farsa\u00f0ir \u00ed mysu<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><p><strong>K\u00e6stur h\u00e1karl<\/strong> \u2013 einn \u00feekktasti og jafnframt mest krefjandi hef\u00f0bundni r\u00e9tturinn<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><p><strong>Svi\u00f0asulta \u2013 <\/strong>pressa\u00f0ur kindahaus \u00ed hlaupi<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><p><strong>S\u00farsu\u00f0 lifrarpylsa<\/strong> og <strong>bl\u00f3\u00f0m\u00f6r<\/strong> \u2013 \u00edslenskar lifrar- og bl\u00f3\u00f0pylsur, s\u00farsa\u00f0ar \u00ed mysu \u00e1 \u00feessum \u00e1rst\u00edma<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><p><strong>Har\u00f0fiskur<\/strong> \u2013 loft\u00feurrka\u00f0ur fiskur (yfirleitt \u00feorskur e\u00f0a \u00fdsa), oftast bor\u00f0a\u00f0ur me\u00f0 smj\u00f6ri<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><p><strong>Hangikj\u00f6t<\/strong> \u2013 reykt lambakj\u00f6t, bori\u00f0 fram heitt e\u00f0a kalt<\/p><br\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ce88c9_2550d11a870b4e888961640b0a702378mv2.avif\" alt=\"Mynd: Eimverk\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mynd: <a href=\"https:\/\/flokiwhisky.is\/spirits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Eimverk<\/u><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00deessir r\u00e9ttir eru yfirleitt bornir fram me\u00f0 r\u00fagbrau\u00f0i, flatk\u00f6kum, smj\u00f6ri, r\u00f3fust\u00f6ppu og kart\u00f6flum. Me\u00f0 matnum, s\u00e9rstaklega h\u00e1karlinum, er oft drukki\u00f0 <strong>brenniv\u00edn<\/strong>, t\u00e6rt k\u00famenbrag\u00f0b\u00e6tt brenniv\u00edn sem stundum er kalla\u00f0 \u201esvarti dau\u00f0i\u201c.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F\u00e9lagslegt hjarta \u00feorrans er <strong>\u00feorrabl\u00f3ti\u00f0<\/strong>, mi\u00f0svetrarveisla sem haldin er allan m\u00e1nu\u00f0inn. \u00c1\u00f0ur fyrr var \u00feorrabl\u00f3ti\u00f0 samkoma \u00fear sem \u00e1rst\u00ed\u00f0inni var fagna\u00f0 og f\u00e9lagsleg tengsl styrkt. \u00c1 \u00cdslandi n\u00fat\u00edmans eru \u00feorrabl\u00f3t allt fr\u00e1 litlum fj\u00f6lskyldum\u00e1lt\u00ed\u00f0um til st\u00f3rra samkoma sveitarf\u00e9laga e\u00f0a fyrirt\u00e6kja, oft me\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0um, s\u00f6ng og dansi \u2013 og, satt best a\u00f0 segja, t\u00f6luver\u00f0ri drykkju.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ce88c9_0d57306c2456458b855a4218a9c2ad34mv2.jpg\" alt=\"Mynd: Understand Iceland\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mynd: <a href=\"https:\/\/understandiceland.is\/thorrablot-mid-winter-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Understand Iceland<\/u><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fyrir fer\u00f0alanga b\u00fd\u00f0ur \u00feorrinn upp \u00e1 meira en \u00f3venjulegt brag\u00f0 \u2013 hann er bo\u00f0 um a\u00f0 upplifa dj\u00fap tengsl \u00cdslands vi\u00f0 fort\u00ed\u00f0ina. A\u00f0 smakka \u00feorramat veitir inns\u00fdn \u00ed hvernig \u00cdslendingar a\u00f0l\u00f6gu\u00f0ust l\u00edfinu vi\u00f0 ja\u00f0ar nor\u00f0urheimskautsins og breyttu nau\u00f0syn \u00ed hef\u00f0. Ef \u00feig langar a\u00f0 kynnast hef\u00f0bundnum \u00edslenskum mat og l\u00ed\u00f0a eins og v\u00edkingi um stund \u00ed einst\u00f6ku umhverfi forns hellis, haf\u00f0u \u00fe\u00e1 endilega samband vi\u00f0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Hellana vi\u00f0 Hellu<\/u><\/a> \u2013 vi\u00f0 sn\u00ed\u00f0um upplifunina gjarnan a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00ednum \u00f3skum.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c1 mi\u00f0jum \u00edslenskum vetri, \u00feegar dagsbirtan er af skornum skammti og ve\u00f0ri\u00f0 oft sem har\u00f0ast, fagna \u00cdslendingar komu \u00feorrans \u2013 hef\u00f0bundins m\u00e1na\u00f0ar \u00ed gamla \u00edslenska t\u00edmatalinu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1159,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions\/1159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavesofhella.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}