Pre Christmas tradition
Today I will attend the annual sheep's head pre Christmas celebration evening for men. About forty brave men will gather to demonstrate their manhood by eating and enjoying everything on the sheep's head, the skin, the tongue, the eyes, the meat on the cheek etc. The brain is already removed so that is not eaten.
Half a head is placed on the plate with one eye staring at you. It is black because it is burned and smoked before it is cooked. It is quite tasty. The tongue is very delicious as well as the meat on the cheek. Everything around the eye is amazingly good, but we don't eat what we call the eye stone, the small black part in the middle of the eye.
The sheep's head is viewed as a delicious speciality in this western part of Norway. But of cause it is for real men only!