The eighth and porridge loving yule lad finally gets his turn on the night of December 18th. His name is Skyrgámur yule lad and absolutely loves skyr. In fact, he’s so glutton for skyr that he eats until it hurts in so much that he has no idea how to stop until it’s all gone.
The skim
Skyr can be considered the Icelandic version of Greek Yoghurt. Back in the day, butter was a highly valued currency. However, butter was only a small part of the milk, so they had to figure out a way to store the rest of the milk because they couldn’t just throw it away.
After the creamy part had been scraped off, the remaining milk was stored in form of skyr. The residual liquid after Skyr separation is delicious to drink. It’s called mysa and is quite tarty and an acquired taste. In addition, it can be used instead of wine or vinegar in cooking.
Going home
After the creamy part had been scraped off, the remaining milk was stored in form of skyr. The residual liquid after Skyr separation is delicious to drink. It’s called mysa and is quite tarty and an acquired taste. In addition, it can be used instead of wine or vinegar in cooking.
Poem
SKYR GOBBLER – POEMby Jóhannes úr Kötlumtranslation by Hallberg HallmundssonSkyr Gobbler, the eighth,was an awful stupid bloke.He lambasted the skyr tubtill the lid on it broke. Then he stood there gobbling- his greed was well known -until, about to burst,he would bleat, howl and groan.
The Skyr Gobbler verse
Skyr Gobbler was greedy for good food
and often sat on the roof beam in the larder.
When the door to the larder closed
he stole down and had himself some skyr.
Some of it of course landed on his clothes
and his beard became all spotted with the stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yABY_QfM-pw&ab_channel=NordicCuisine
