DINNER

Food is good in Iceland, but not inexpensive. Most Icelanders eat all meals at home and leave the restaurants to the tourists, especially in the rural areas. Fish...of course, but MUCH lamb is eaten. And always potatoes, vegetables and good bread. And they love their candy. Alcohol is expensive, and drugs are illegal...but they love their alcohol!
One night we got to eat dinner with a "regular/normal" Icelandic family in a small neighborhood a couple miles away from the hotel.  We had chicken friend lamb chops.....breaded and pan fried...very very common...veggies, pickles, and for drink..."Fanta" type Orange soda, mixed with ginger beer! That wasn't my favorite. Also, after talking a couple of hours with the hostess, she brought out "festival food" she had prepared for the weekend festival of a celebration of the old ways on winter. Sheep testicles, sheep head, and regular sheep meat. 

The hostess was a single mom of 5 kids( not all at home), a school math teacher, And a sweater knitter. Everyone in Iceland knits the fabulous Icelandic wool sweaters. No lie. Even men.  There were 5 of is invited for dinner, and she cooked up a storm, after working a day at the school.  It was a fun evening of really getting to know the normal Icelandic life style.