Icelandic food

7-4-10 Eleven days till we leave and we are stoked.

One problem most people never think of is the difficulty of travelling with diabetes. I put that in a search engine and found something called "Travelling with Diabetes - Iceland." The author of that article had been to Iceland and had trouble transporting her diabetic equipment. She never reassured herself with the simple thought that there are diabetics in Iceland.

Iceland is a modern country with modern customs procedures, and I will take what medical equipment and medicines I need with me. To carry needles into Iceland, you need a doctor's letter to indicate that everything is medically necessary, which I have. If I were to need to purchase something else there though, I would need a prescription. Makes you think.

When I travel, I look for appropriate foods in the place visited to maintain my blood sugar level while travelling. In the back country of any region, I don't wonder if there will there be carbohydrates, but will there be anything else. Eating every meal in a restaurant or coffee house limits your choice of foods. Carbs on top of carbs.

Wikipedia's page about Icelandic cuisine says, "Animal products dominate Icelandic cuisine... consumption of vegetables has greatly increased in recent decades". So maybe Iceland will be different.

Iceland is an island, so go fish. And lobster. Seafoods of all kinds. Also free range lamb and sausages.

In Iceland they have "skyr" which is a milk-based yogurt. "Hangikjöt" is smoked lamb. "Kleinur" are fried pastries, that is pastries which are then fried in hot oil. I think it sounds like madness itself, but Berry thinks she'd like it. "Laufabrauð" is more fried bread. I can eat these things, but in small portions and with exercise. "Bollur" are cream puffs. "Þorramatur" is a traditional buffet served at "Þorrablót" festivals. Cured meat and fish are served with "rúgbrauð", a dense dark rye bread, all served with "brennivín", an aperatif.

The Icelanders are supposed to drink the hell out of coffee. Maybe they will offer hot tea, too.

With all the seabirds around, it was only a short time till someone ate one. I love duck and salmon and trout, if you do it well. Blueberries and rhubarb because Iceland has a coolish climate. And somehow they eat Iceland moss, I guess they eat it in a salad. And dried seaweed, I like sushi. Bon appetit.

-Robert