The White Falcon - 02.06.1972, Blaðsíða 4

Now that you are getting out around the island, it might be wise
to have a small pocket English-Icelandic, Icelandic-English Diction-
ary. We use a little black one,
Most any book store will have it.
pretty good supply because this
book is also used in the Iceland-
ic language courses on the base.
It won't have all the words, but
it will help.
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Did you know there is a beau-
tiful lake on this peninsula?
It's a good picnic spot. Go out
the main gate and go towards Rey-
kjavik. Turn right off the main
Reykjavik road when you come to
the aquarium sign. This is the
road to Krysuvik. Travel down
the road, through the mountains
until you come to a big lake cal-
led Kleifarvatn. On the way, you
will pass fish drying racks which
right now are being filled with
cod. They are beheaded, gutted
and two are tied together by the
tail to hang. Many of these are
exported to Russia, Italy and Af-
rica.
The lake is a good place to
camp, picnic and fish. A fishing
license can be purchased at the
taxi stand in Hafnarfjordur.
There are many sheltered areas
where you can picnic or pitch a
tent for an overnight stay. It
is a great place for exploring,
too.
Further down the road you will
find a thermal area on the right.
This has a parking lot and paths
to follow as you walk around the
area. This mud pot emits sulphur
vapors, and one can find crystals
of sulphur throughout the area.
It is a very interesting place as
it is very different from the
thermal area near the Reykjanes
Lighthouse.
"Vasaordabok," by Arnold R. Taylor.
The book store in Keflavik keeps a
dating back to 1857. Just beyond
the church, there is a fork in
the road, bear right and head to-
ward Grindavik on a secondary
road that is sometimes very rud-
dy.
It's a picturesque drive along
the shore. Make sure you have a
camera, as there are many beauti-
ful sights along the way.
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For those of you who like to
try the local produce, we have
noticed that the cucumbers can be
found in the markets now. They
look similar to our zucchini
squash and not our cucumbers.
You will find them packaged in a
long, plastic bag, with a par-
tially cut cucumber pictured on
it. The aquirkir (cucumber) is
very crisp and delicious, well
worth your kronur to try one.
They are practically seedless,
too. The tomatoes will be ripe
soon, so watch for them.
FIRST FLORIDIAN to sign the
state guest log at the new USO
is Vice Admiral Frederick Mich-
aelis, Commander Naval Air
Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet.
Mary Helen Madden assists the
visiting flag officer in one of
the traditions of USOs. The
"state books" help serviceme,
of the different states me
other native sons. Admira
Michaelis was in Keflavik on an
orientation visit, his first
since assuming his present du-
ties on March 1.
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It looked to us like a pony
corral was being erected. In
this area there is a large pony
farm. Maybe when you go, you can
give the children a pony ride.
Don1t return to the Agreed
Area yet, but travel on to Krysu-
vik. It is not a town but an
area of historical importance be-
cause of a little wooden church
Open House
Recipe of the week
BUNUELOS
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tblspoons sugar
4 cups flour
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/4 cup butter, melted
oil for frying
sugar/cinnamon or sugar/
clove mixture
Directions: Sift all dry
ingredients together, set a-
side. Beat eggs thoroughly;
then beat in the milk. Stir
the dry ingredients gradually
into the milk-egg mixture
and add the butter. Turn onto
a lightly floured board and
knead gently until the dough is
smooth.
Divide into about 24 large
balls and press out to approx-
imately 6". Fry in very hot
deep fat or oil until deli-
cately brown on both sides.
Drain on paper towels and then
sprinkle with sugar mixture.
Serve as a cookie; or make
sauce by combining 2 cups brown
sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon,
dash of clove in a saucepan,
bring to a boil; then simmer
until mixture has cooked to a
light syrup. Pour syrup over,
serve hot or cold as a dessert.
June 2, 1972