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I usually fill my freezer once a year. My parents have a few (~25-30) sheep and most of those have a lamb each year so they need to be culled annually. First a 1600km flight to the Faroe Islands to my parents...
Weather looks fine for a sheep drive.
Baah.
into the corral...
The two rams
some of the ewes and lambs
Hairnets OPTIONAL!
19 times that and we have a hjall (dry-house) full of meat - weight is between 25 and 55 pounds before drying.
preparing to roll some rullupylsa - before
and after. Now they just need some time in the oven
A couple of days of that and I head back home.
investinwaffles
your food lives a better life than i do
zeolite
Lucky. My family has a croft on Lewis and I only ever get to shear, paint and dip them. Never any meat. Slanche!
GandalfTheOctarine
Nice tups!
zaphalie
Baah baah lille lam ! Do you ship to France though?
LeneKilde
Jeg vidste ikke det var der Færøerne var. Mut liv er en løgn. Troede altid jeg var god til geografi. Åbenbart ikke.
Highfarm
Nu er jeg nysgerrig hvor pokker troede du at de lå?
usersubbordercontrol
AssistantToTheRegionalManagerDwightSchrute
When I was in Iceland they really pride themselves on their lamb quality, I imagine it's similar in the Faroe Islands
JesusMaximus
Those sheep were making me horny, until I see them cut up... then I got really horny.
JesusMaximus
I wish they would show total up/down votes, cause I've watched this go up and down so many times, it's gotta be high. Overall, breaking even
RobertSlipsky
Mr. President!
Belgiddybleh
Poor sheep! It's way better than factory farming though.
HappinessandtheCheshireCat
First I tried to free them. I... I opened the gate to their pen, but they wouldn't run. They just stood there, confused. They wouldn't run.
AFancyGentleman
Oh my, yes...
Ghostofcats
My childhood dream was having a sheep farm, but I'm only a City dweller and I'm mexican
WhoHasOneThumbAndWayTooMuchInternet
Never too late
ToastIsEssential
NOW THIS IS CONTENT! I love your connection between family/food/animals.
Obotrom
Cool Story!
flip22
Man, what a unique experience. Wish I could experience it.
InfraredSnapper
Go to Syria/Iraq and I'm sure ISIS will accommodate you. You did mean the getting slaughtered part, right?
baby666
what kind of sheep are they?
vman81
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_sheep
catsbooksandtea
Shit, all I can think of to do with sheep is lamb chops. My American ass is spoiled.
Mariel141
Lamb stew is delicious, with potatoes and rosemary. Also kabobs, roasts, shepherd's pie, indian dishes, lamb sausage... *starts drooling*
chronicreposter
Is this similar to haggis?
GnomeDeGuerre
More like a scandinavian version of the porchetta. Made for cold cuts, though.
TheFastpaws
Always nice to see a glimpse into the lives of those that do more then just live in the city.
MummyNapkin
"we'll kill us a sheep and eat the mutton, save the tail for old Jimmy Sutton!....BAAAAAA!!"
Buhlella
I feel baad for the sheep
Buhlella
Tearing lamb from lamb here...
Buhlella
Wool you guys just accept my lame jokes?
Buhlella
Just KIDding ;)
Buhlella
I’m going to Ram this post with puns
steveracer
*pictures of cute sheep* *suddenly pictures of slaughtered sheep* O_O
Buhlella
At least I meat evenly between upvotes and downvotes
Buhlella
Stop being sheepish and upvote!
V1adimirPutin
I feel like you left out an important portion
vman81
I didn't want to get my phone dirty, so just the one pic of that part, sorry.
InfraredSnapper
They don't like to upset us gentle city folk.
ASneakyTurtle
Do a post about growing up there on the island!
InfraredSnapper
I remember helping slaughter a piggie when I was 7, it didn't bother me at all. Nowadays it's a different story.
HolyOldMackinaw
How long do you raise the lambs before slaughter? And ever eat mutton?
PrinceSatisfactory
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vman81
5 months and yes I do eat mutton,especially if it is dried/fermented, called "ræst" in Faroese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroese_cuisine
HolyOldMackinaw
Thanks, very interesting!
GnomeDeGuerre
Og velkommen hjem, hvis du har lyst til at sælge en halv rullepølse, så siger du bare til.
JohnMagneTrane
Gærninger. "sier du bare *fra*" Der ble det korrekt.
GnomeDeGuerre
Næh, "at sige fra" er at betakke sig. "At sige til" er at vise accept.
JohnMagneTrane
Lurer på hva slags preposisjon er rett på færøyisk :) De kom visst sent i germanske språk, så vi kan alle ha motsatte preposisjoner.
Vergenbuurg
I'm only aware of Faroe Islands because of "Scandinavia and the World"...
griffonsgalore
That comic is how I know so much about all of those countries and their politics and history. Pretty funny.
Cheomesh
I used to listen to the band Tyr, which is how I learned of the islands.
GearSol
Same, though it's not "used to" for me.
HANNlMAL
OMG what I would give to have some rullupylsa in the US. My family is from Farsø, but now scattered all around DK - missing it now, thanks!
JessSpile
Er der ingen rullepølse i US?
HANNlMAL
Not even close to like what you can get over there, unfortunately!
JessSpile
aw, that saddens my heart.
dolphindreamsandsatan
Very interesting look into your family's existence. The Faroe Islands are unique -- so isolated and yet on the shipping channels
InitHello
And they essentially speak Viking.
Nood1e
Which, of course, isn't a language. Perhaps Norse, or Danish?
InitHello
Old Norse = what the viking settlers of Faeroe and Iceland spoke, so...
mentallychallengeaccepted
NORSE ISNT A LANGUAGE. NORWEIGAN, DANISH OR SWEDISH.
otobot1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse
TheThayn
Username checks out.
nedcurlux
Old Norse is certainly a language and closely related to modern Icelandic. If Old Norse isn't language I don't know what I translated in uni
mentallychallengeaccepted
I SHOULD REALLY GOOGLE THINGS BEFORE I TALK. MY BAD
DaneLink2
Denmarkian here. They kill lots of shit over there and Denmark get the heat. Thanks for that.
Cataleast
Part of your kingdom. Suck it up.
DaneLink2
But I don't wanna.
TheBrownstain
Any time atleast the animals live more freely here
DaneLink2
The 5 minutes they're alive, sure..
TheBrownstain
well they kill millions of animals in denmark too you know
DaneLink2
True. But mostly pigs and cows and other farm animals. Wales not so much
dolphindreamsandsatan
Do you mean like dolphins and whales and ??
DaneLink2
You name it they kill it
dolphindreamsandsatan
Hmmm...
TheBrownstain
for food!