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Food and drink
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Although Iceland's food is unlikely to be the highlight of your trip, things have improved from the early 1980s when beer was illegal and canned soup supplemented dreary daily doses of plain-cooked lamb or fish. The country's low industrial output and high environmental conciousness - the use of hormones in livestock feed is forbidden, for instance - means that its meat, fish and seafood are some of the healthiest in Europe, with hothouses now providing a fair range of vegetables and even some fruit.
While in Reykjavik and Akureyri the variety of food is pretty well what you'd find at home, menus elsewhere are far less exciting - with sheep outnumbering the people by four to one, there's a lot of
lamb
to get through. You'll often find some variety to the standbys grills or stews, however, even if
salads
have yet to really catch on; otherwise fast food or cooking for yourself will have to see you through. Other useful information
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