Marc Frankel

And it was clearly born out of times of difficulty and deprivation. It's not something that you would eat necessarily if you had other choices, but they catch a Greenlandic shark. These things can live up to, you know, 300 years old and they fillet it basically.

And it was clearly born out of times of difficulty and deprivation. It's not something that you would eat necessarily if you had other choices, but they catch a Greenlandic shark. These things can live up to, you know, 300 years old and they fillet it basically.

And they hang, it's poisonous if you eat it raw, but they hang it in barns, open air barns with flies and what have you on it for months until the lye or whatever the poison is kind of gets extracted out of it. And And it becomes these like little white, they chop them up into like little cubes and you eat them with a toothpick. And my now wife, my then girlfriend and I went to Iceland.

And they hang, it's poisonous if you eat it raw, but they hang it in barns, open air barns with flies and what have you on it for months until the lye or whatever the poison is kind of gets extracted out of it. And And it becomes these like little white, they chop them up into like little cubes and you eat them with a toothpick. And my now wife, my then girlfriend and I went to Iceland.

It was probably about eight or nine years ago now. And we were like, hey, we just have to try this. We have to try it for the memory. And so we went into a grocery store and we bought this, you know, Hakarl, grabbed the little toothpick and we ate it. And I still remember exactly where on my tongue the piece of Hakarl touched.

It was probably about eight or nine years ago now. And we were like, hey, we just have to try this. We have to try it for the memory. And so we went into a grocery store and we bought this, you know, Hakarl, grabbed the little toothpick and we ate it. And I still remember exactly where on my tongue the piece of Hakarl touched.

It had the consistency of like it was like a gummy bear, I guess, like covered in Vaseline. It was it was really kind of kind of vile. But it's those sorts of memories that are that are memorable, obviously. But, you know, that that help you recall a time and a place in your life and an adventure that you went on. So I was really grateful to have that experience.

It had the consistency of like it was like a gummy bear, I guess, like covered in Vaseline. It was it was really kind of kind of vile. But it's those sorts of memories that are that are memorable, obviously. But, you know, that that help you recall a time and a place in your life and an adventure that you went on. So I was really grateful to have that experience.

And it was it was definitely something unique, something that I will I won't soon forget.

And it was it was definitely something unique, something that I will I won't soon forget.

There you go. There you go. And then my favorite food is probably just, so there's a place in New York on the Lower East Side called Russ and Daughters. The bagels are good, but the smoked salmon is phenomenal. I would argue it's the best in the world. And so they slice it really, really thin. You put capers and you put onions and whatever else on it.

There you go. There you go. And then my favorite food is probably just, so there's a place in New York on the Lower East Side called Russ and Daughters. The bagels are good, but the smoked salmon is phenomenal. I would argue it's the best in the world. And so they slice it really, really thin. You put capers and you put onions and whatever else on it.

And again, it's more about like, you know, the memory or the experience than it is about the food itself. The food is good, but, you know, there's probably like a limit to how good a piece of smoked salmon can be. But it's really just more about like the community or the experience when I'm there.

And again, it's more about like, you know, the memory or the experience than it is about the food itself. The food is good, but, you know, there's probably like a limit to how good a piece of smoked salmon can be. But it's really just more about like the community or the experience when I'm there.

And so I'm either going with my parents, my siblings, my, you know, the family that I grew up with, or I'm taking my kids, giving them that experience too. So it's a great bite of food. It's an even better memory and experience.

And so I'm either going with my parents, my siblings, my, you know, the family that I grew up with, or I'm taking my kids, giving them that experience too. So it's a great bite of food. It's an even better memory and experience.

Well, you're, you're always welcome up here to the Northeast.

Well, you're, you're always welcome up here to the Northeast.

Well, a time and a place for that too.

Well, a time and a place for that too.