The White Falcon - 25.11.1994, Blaðsíða 4

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By J02(AW) B. Natalie Dias
Milk is something most of us remember drinking from an early
age. Many of us were probably told that we needed to finish
drinking our milk or we wouldn’t grow strong and big. As adults,
we drink milk by choice. We also buy it to bake with or for our
children to drink.
In Iceland, buying milk isn’t as easy as it is in the United
States. Because NAS Keflavik is located so far from the States,
the commissary and mini-mart get their milk from the local com-
munity. For base residents, that means milk cartons with foreign
labels.
There are a couple of hints that make purchasing milk sim-
pler. One is that different milks come in different colored car-
tons. Once you become familiar with which milk comes in which
carton, shopping becomes easier.
The following are just a few of the milk products you might
run across and the color of its packaging:
Undanrenna - is skim milk. Its packaging is pink.
Lettmjolk - is lowfat milk (two percent). Its packaging is yel-
low.
Nymjolk - what most of us would call “regular” or whole milk.
Its packaging is blue.
G-mjolk - is whole milk with a longer-shelf life than Nymjolk’
Its carton is purple.
Fjormjolk- is lowfat milk with Vitamin A & D added. Its
container is white with dark blue lettering.
KOKOmjolk - is chocolate milk. Its packaging is brown, red
and yellow.
Surmjolk - is buttermilk. Its packaging is green.
Kaffi rjomi - is coffee cream. Its container is yellow, red and
brown.
G-rjomi - is a long shelf-life cream. Its container is red, green
and yellow.
Here’s one more hint. If you’ve gotten to the commissary or
mini-mart and forget which milk is which, just look above the
refrigerated shelves. Translations are posted that identify the
milk by the carton’s color.
Less light, more snow next month
December has the shorteset days and
the most snowfall. Days continue to
grow shorter with 5.1 hours of daylight
on Dec. 1 and 4.5 hours Dec. 31.
Average temperature
Average max. temperature
Average min. temperature
Extreme max. temperature
Extreme min. temperature
Dominant wind direction
Average wind speed
Extreme maximum gust
Average rainfall
Maximum 24-hour rainfall
Maximum monthly rainfall
Average monthly snowfall
Maximum 24-hour snowfall
Maximum monthly snowfall
33F/1C
37F/3C
29F/-2C
49F/9C
7F/-14C
Northeast
20 mph
84 mph
4.9 inches
2.5 inches
9.6 inches
20 inches
15 inches
53 inches
Courtesy of the Weather Office
Flu shots administered
at clinic and theater
All active duty mem-
bers should receive
their flu vaccines next
week at Andrews
Theater. The shots will
be administered from 8
a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Mon.
-Fri.
Family members can
receive their vaccines
at the Immunization Clinic.
For more information, call Ens. Michael
Cassidy at ext. 3202 or the clinic at ext.
6127.
Keflavik Scouts make
field trip to U.S. Embassy
Boy Scout Troop 364 from NAS toured
the U.S. Embassy in Reykjavik recently and
met Ambassador Parker Borg (seated).
“They all really enjoyed the trip,” said
Scout Master Robyn Jackett. “They were
especially pleased that the ambassador took
the time to take a photo with us.”
The eight Boy Scouts toured the building
before meeting with Borg. From left to
right: Matt Zimmon, Robby Waring, Matt
Chase, Johnny Creel, Brian Crawford,
Robyn Jackett, Joseph Jackett, Michael
Bailey and Edward Mackel.
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