Kjotsupudagurinn (Icelandic Meat Soup Day) - Reykjavik 2011
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Event Details
- Date & Time
- Saturday, October 22, 2011
- Location
- Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Price
- free
About This Event
Meat Soup Day is held on the first day of winter in the traditional Icelandic calendar. Several chefs each present their own take on kjötsúpa, the lamb and vegetable soup, and serve it free of charge from a street in the city centre. Hundreds of litres are prepared so that anyone walking by can have a bowl.
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Organizer
- Skólavörðustígur shopkeepers
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Location
Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavik, Iceland
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What's on
Iceland Review (21 October 2011) reports the day starting at 2 pm on Saturday 22 October with free lamb and vegetable soup from different chefs, about 800 litres in all. At a press conference at Hotel Holt the chefs shared their tricks: Úlfar Eysteinsson (Þrír Frakkar) said slow, loving cooking is the secret, Gústaf Axel Gunnlaugsson uses a pinch of chilli and plenty of herbs, and Friðgeir Eiríksson of Holt boils the soup slowly for a long time; the soup is best on the second or third day. An advertisement in Fréttatíminn (21 October) billed it as the 'Great Meat Soup Day' with all-day accordion music. A Facebook post of 20 October gives the hours as 2 to 4 pm.