Reykjavík Grapevine - 13.11.2015, Page 52

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We take the go
od old traditi
onal
recipes and th
e best iceland
ic
ingredients to
create fun and
tasty food.
Let tradition
surprise you!
Moooh..!
Baaah..!
...!
You may not know this, but Icelan-
dic ketchup is made with apples. You
heard me correctly. I wanted to write
an article just on the ketchup they
use over at Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur,
Iceland’s most famous hot dog stand,
but I was told that their ketchup guy
doesn’t talk to the press. Somewhere
in Reykjavík, there is a reclusive
ketchup genius, and I will discover
his secret recipe. One day.
For now, I’ve made a tomato soup
that incorporates apples. The soup
complements the condiments. It is a
philosophical enigma: is it a hot dog
with soup? A soup with a h otdog?
Or hot dog soup? I think it’s hot dog
soup. It’s something both restorative
and magical, yet incomplete without
all the components.
Enjoy.
I love Icelandic hot dogs. I love their snap, their strange brown mustard, and their
absurd addictive quality. I wanted to make a soup that not only incorporated hot dogs,
but became almost a garnish to them—or vice-versa. The Icelandic version of a Bloody
Mary—actually, this soup is good with a couple shots of vodka tossed in.
Photo York Underwood
Words York Underwood
Soup Tuesday:
Icelandic Hotdog Soup
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EST 2006
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Mon-Sun 12:00-21:00
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WOW, ANOTHER SOUP TUESDAY!
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