The "Pass as and Icelander" Starter Box
We have no products that can install in you the island mentality of "Þetta reddest" most Icelanders share, though we might be able to procure something that would result in a similar lack of short term memory Icelanders also seem to have, but that would require some changes to the laws and a subsequent permit.
We may question your. motives, but still, here is what we have for you, in case you wan't to dress up, and with some luck, pass, as an Icelander
We begin with some basic knowledge of the Sagas. You don't want to come off as a scholar either, because that in itself would be suspicious, so we give you Sagas and Shit, the perfect introduction to the Icelandic Sagas, and hilarious to boot. Learn about how cheese theft escalated into arson and multiple homicides or how slapping one's boobs on a sword could save you and your friends from waring native Americans.
Next. You should also know how to cook some basic Icelandic dishes. Enter Cool Dishes
Why? Who cares! In here is stuff ranging from the disgusting to the mundane, but in general here are the dishes that most Icelanders above 35+ know and grew up on and are still cooking at home. And some are genuinely really good. Learn how to make that too expensive fish stew you tried on your last visit, and thus realise why it shouldn't have been so damn expensive.
Next up is the dressing part. For that we have two items of clothing that will always (or used to anyway, we're not sure the Gen-Z kids would agree) pass you off as a native of these shores.
First off is the 66°N húfa. Generations of Icelanders working (or simply being) outdoors have worn this exact style of blue and it has survived decades of treacherous fashion assaults and taken its rightful place as an Icelandic classic.
Having minded your head, you'll also have to mind your feet. For that
we've got you in these grey wool socks, that just reek of traditionally, though we believe that their introduction to popular use probably wasn't any earlier than the 70's, whence this colour became available in seemingly all stores across the country, affordable enough to make knitting them by hand seem a waste of time. Remember to pick your size.
Having now dressed you up and made you read a couple of books, it is now time for some produce of the sea.
This is the real deal and doesn't get more Icelandic. 100g of flat, hard yet soft fillets of haddock, air dried outdoors to perfection. Enjoy with salty butter. So healthy, so tasty and so perfect when you need that little something in between meals...
Then there is the need to survive the winter without succombing to a vitamin D deficiency. For that you'll need Lýsi, made from cod liver oil. It also may provide the willpower to get through a dark cold winter and the inspiration to write a saga of your own. Buy we can't guarantee that.
The other thing that keeps almost every adult living in Iceland alive is coffee. From the 90's onwards we've been blessed with decent coffee and one of the trailblazers of that fact are Kaffitár coffee roasters and to fit with this box we've selected their morning brew, aptly named Morgundögg (Morning Dew), pick either ground coffee or whole beans.
Last but not least are two types of essential candy to complete the Icelander kit.
Although the miniature sized Opal's of yore have now gone the way of the Great Auk, the taste is still the same and the "classic-ness" remains intact. As for. the Eitt Sett, that seems to have been the same since the Beatles were still in Hamburg. And what a classic it is.
