Slátur Slátur Slátur (Icelandic: pronounced slau:tər) or "slaughter", is an Icelandic food made from the innards of sheep. There are two types of slátur; blóðmör (Icelandic) or "blood pudding" and lifrarpylsa ("liver sausage"). The first is similar to Irish and British black pudding and the latter similar to Scottish haggis although neither contain the spices used in British and Irish cuisine. They are also much smoother in texture. Ingredients for slátur are sheep's blood, chopped or minced sheep's fat, chopped onions, oatmeal, nutmeg, cayenne pepper, thyme, pepper, salt, whole milk and sausage skins. Both blood pudding and liver pudding are prepared
Barley The preparatory "kykeon" or mixed drink of the initiates, prepared from barley and herbs, referred in the Homeric hymn to Demeter, whose name some scholars believe meant "Barley-mother". The practice was to dry the barley groats and roast them before preparing the porridge, according to Pliny the Elder's "Natural History" (xviii.72). This produces malt that soon ferments and becomes slightly alcoholic. Pliny also noted barley was a special food of gladiators known as "hordearii", "barley-eaters". However, by Roman times, he added that wheat had replaced barley as a staple. Tibetan barley has been a staple food in Tibetan cuisine since