ICELAND

ICELAND Large flag with markers by William. Smaller flag made in Paint by Zachary.   Icelandic Stories We read "The Seal Woman" from "Through the Grapevine" - a great collection of world tales. Sweet story with real photographs of puffins and their young on an island off of Iceland.  Our Iceland Dinner  Our Icelandic dinner consisted of fiskibollur (fish balls), red potatoes and salad. We had plans to make lace like Icelandic flat breads but the 100+ degree temps and our overworked and underworking A/C made for a minimal dinner experience.  This picture is so entirely unappetizing! Ew. Fiskibollur - Traditional Icelandic fish balls

Fish balls are one of the many ways in which Icelanders like to cook fish, and the recipes are numerous. When I was little I loved to eat fish-balls in pink sauce (see recipe below), mostly because of the colour of the sauce!

1 large fillet white fish (cod, haddock or saithe are traditional), skinned and de-boned 1 medium onion 150 ml. flour 50 ml. potato flour 1 1/2 tsp. salt 2 eggs as needed milk

Finely chop or grind the fish fillet and onion. Mix together in a bowl (or just throw both ingredients into a food processor and let it do the work). Add the dry ingredients, mixing well. Add the eggs and then the milk (the fish-dough should be just thick enough to stick together when you form it into balls). Form small balls with two tablespoons or use your hands. Fry in oil or butter over low heat, until done. Serve with fresh salad and boiled potatoes. Ketchup also goes well with fish-balls.

-If you must have some sauce on your fish-balls, serve with melted butter, brown gravy or cocktail sauce,  or make pink sauce.

The family liked these. I wasn't a big fan, although it was fun to say we were eating 'fish balls' for dinner! Jo's Icelandic Recipes http://www.isholf.is/gullis/jo/index.htm was a wealth of Iceland information!