He’s just been on TV eating Viking food. Brains, balls, sheep heads, the lot – and he didn’t make any kind of face or even crack a joke.

That takes some doing. He said ‘I’m always telling my kids to just try stuff and that you won’t know if you don’t like it til you try it’. That’s putting your money where your mouth is.

“These are the first testicles I’ve had in my mouth, to my knowledge” 😯

“These are the first testicles I’ve had in my mouth, to my knowledge”

McDs, local kebab shop, etc

He’s left his little satchel at home.

Hakarl is an acquired taste…. Makes Swedish fermented herring seem mild……

molgrips – Member

He’s just been on TV eating Viking food. Brains, balls, sheep heads, the lot – and he didn’t make any kind of face or even crack a joke.

That takes some doing.

Isn’t it just a case of sticking it in your mouth, doing a bit of chewing and then swallowing it?

For most people, that’s easier said than done when it comes to sheeps gonads.

Respect. I would not eat rotted fish.

Fair enough. I’m not particularly squeamish about meat/food. Eating dog, cat, badger, squirrel etc. probably wouldn’t bother me too much.

Live bugs might be a bit of a stretch though!

Aristotle, while that’s true, there are certain aspects to the act of chewing, like the taste and the texture that add to the experience. As Neil was describing the taste of the rotten shark, I actually had a chunk of crusty bread with a particularly ‘tangy and flavoursome’ blue cheese on it, a rather fine Stilton, actually, so if the shark was lots stronger than that, then he’s a brave man for eating it without tears in his eyes.
As for the testicle remark, how he kept a straight face I’ll never know!

Opened a packet of Hakarl in Stick Or Twist in Leeds once and completely cleared the place within about a minute. To be the most offensive smelling thing in a Weatherspoons opposite the Merrion Centre takes quite some doing.

I’d like to add Hakarl is the most appalling thing I’ve ever eaten by a country mile. The taste is merely unpleasant but the smell and the texture are utterly stomach turning.

He’s left his little satchel at home.

Hardly grounds to eat somebody else’s though.

lemonysam – Member

I’d like to add Hakarl is the most appalling thing I’ve ever eaten by a country mile. The taste is merely unpleasant but the smell and the texture are utterly stomach turning.
I’m intrigued. Will they sell it at the local Iceland?

Admiration for the bloke has increased imeasurably, gone are the days of Coast, he’s moved on at pace and become a must watch tv’ist.

He can be good if the subject’s good. I watched the Scottish history one and it was a bit florid. Although nothing like as bad as Huw Edwards’ Wales one – that was too sentimental even for the Welshman in me!

His hair and clothes are RIDICULOUS and some of the shots on the history of Scotland series where he’d turn suddenly to the camera and go “…it was a turrrning point” were unintentionally hilarious, but I think he’s great – obvious passion and enthusiasm for his subject matter and interacts well with the people he speaks to in all his programmes. Top man.

It was an enjoyable program but he is starting to look a lot like a woman in my village and it is disturbing me. It is time to lose and stop dying the hair.

I think the Danish guy was secretly disappointed his choice of tipple provoked the reaction it did.

And now we wash down the rotten shark with…. Black Death
Neil Oliver, ” mmm that’s very nice actually”.

He’s Scottish you fool!