Stinky Foods: 5 Weird Facts About Hakarl

March 28, 2012

2. Hákari is made from basking shark or Greenland shark.

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The fermentation process takes between four and five months, during which time the shark is hung to dry. When fresh, the Greenland shark has too much trimethylamine oxide and urea to eat safely; even after it's processed and is no longer poisonous, it retains an ammonia smell.

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