Svio (pronounced svee-ya) is a traditional Icelandic dish made from the head of a sheep that is cut in half and boiled. It was invented during a time when people could not afford to waste any part of an animal.
Svio is typically eaten during Thorrablot, a mid-winter festival in Iceland. It is often served alongside other traditional Icelandic dishes such as blood pudding, wind-dried fish, seal flippers and fermented shark.
Culinary uses
Svio (Icelandic for sheep’s head) is a traditional dish in Iceland. It is a whole sheep’s head that is cut in half, singed, and boiled. It is often paired with mashed root vegetables, such as potatoes and turnips. It is popular during the mid-winter festival of Thorrablot. You will often find it at buffet-style servings during this time, but you won’t typically see it year-round.
While most Icelanders don’t serve or eat Svio on a regular basis, it is still worth trying for the unique experience of eating a whole sheep’s head. It can also be used as a garnish on dishes, such as smoked haddock. In addition to its culinary uses, Svio is also a good source of protein. It is also an excellent source of vitamin E.
Availability
Svio can be found at a handful of Icelandic grocery stores, but it’s rarely available from restaurants. The best place to get it, however, is at Fljott og Gott, a cafeteria located in Reykjavik’s BSI bus terminal. The cafe serves a buffet-style svio topped with a number of other Icelandic dishes, from salmon to potatoes.
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Market trends
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Health benefits
Svio is a sophisticated and profound energetic medicine system that incorporates electro-dermal screening, stress testing and biofeedback. It can transmit over 50 different corrective energies to aid in locating and unblocking energy pathways, zapping pathogens, promoting repair processes, stimulating detoxification, reducing stress, balancing emotions, calming a fever and other cool stuff like that. Its health benefits are surprisingly long lasting and include improved sleep, reduced stress and anxiety, and more energy. Its benefits can be augmented with the appropriate lifestyle changes.
Concerns
There are many sustainability issues surrounding the harvesting and consumption of Svio. It is harvested by peasants in remote areas and can be a challenge to transport. As a result, there are often shortages during the festival of Thorrablot, which is held every year in September. In addition, Svio is difficult to source year-round for restaurants and grocers. In this Build, Buy or Partner episode of Predicting the Turn, Nestle’s Mark Brodeur and Dave Knox discuss these challenges.