Episode 88 - SKYR'S THOUSAND YEAR HISTORY AS AN ICELANDIC STAPLE

14/06/2023 27 min Episodio 88

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Episode Synopsis

Today, RÚV English hears the amazing story of skyr - the Icelandic cheese seemingly rebranded as a dessert.

Iceland's cheese and dairy queen Eirný Sigurðardóttir (https://www.instagram.com/icelandcheesequeen/?hl=en) takes Darren through a millennia of skyr's story, and how it - or something like it but different - ended up for sale in an "Icelandic style" in many places.

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