09 Octoberr 1000 - A EUROPEAN VISITS NORTH AMERICA FOR THE FIRST TIME: Son of Erik the Red, young Leif Erikson has exploration in his blood, and according to tradition he and his crew are now the first Europeans to set foot on North American soil, landing at what they will dub
'Vinland.' Scholars later peg the place as L'Anse aux Meadows in
Newfoundland, Canada.

Leif Erikson, Erikson also spelled Eriksson, Ericson, or Eiriksson, Old Norse Leifr Eir+íksson, byname Leif the Lucky, (flourished 11th century), Norse explorer widely held to have been the first European to reach the shores of North America. The 13th- and 14th-century Icelandic accounts of his life show that he was a member of an early voyage to eastern North America, although he may not have been the first to sight its coast.

The second of the three sons of Erik the Red, the first colonizer of Greenland, Leif sailed from Greenland to Norway shortly before 1000 to serve among the retainers at the court of Olaf I Tryggvason, who converted him to Christianity and commissioned him to urge that religion upon the Greenland settlers. According to Eir+íks saga rau+#a ("Erik the RedC╟╓s Saga"), while returning to Greenland in about 1000, Leif was blown off course and landed on the North American continent, where he observed forests with excellent building timber and grapes, which led him to call the new region Vinland ("Land of Wine"). On his return to Greenland, he proselytized for Christianity and converted his mother, who built the first church in Greenland, at Brattahild, Erik the RedC╟╓s estate.

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Title: Viking Goat Heads
Categories: Five, Exotics, Vegetables, Herbs
Yield: 6 Servings

2 Goat heads; skinned
1 Leek
1 lg Onion
Butter
1 ts Caraway seed

Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add 2 whole
goat heads to the pot. Simmer for around 2 hours. Remove
any scum from the surface as it appears.

Remove from the pot and when cool enough to handle,
remove as much flesh as possible from the skulls. Remove
the jaw bones and cut or pull out the tongues. Finely
chop all the meat. Crack open the skulls with a heavy
knife and scoop out the brains.

Roughly chop a leek and peel and chop an onion.

Melt some butter to a pan and add the leek, onion, meat
and brains. Add a teaspoon of caraway seeds and fry for
around 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Serve with flatbreads.

RECIPE FROM: https://eatlikeaviking.co.uk

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