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ICELAND: BEER DAY
National Beer Day celebrates the end of a 75-year-long prohibition of
strong beer on this day in 1989. (For most of the century, national
laws only allowed a 2.2 percent brew.) Pubs are filled in the capital
of Reykjavik as people celebrate Bjordagur (as Beer Day is known
locally).

I bought fresh strawberries and I want to make this now

2 cups confectioners sugar
2 cups water
1/2 lemon, sliced
1/2 orange, sliced
1/2 cup Cointreau
3 pints fresh whole strawberries, sliced
Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream

Begin by making a simple syrup. Combine sugar and water and cook over low heat until the mixture is clear. Remove from heat, add sliced lemon and orange. Let stand for one hour to cool. Strain through a fine sieve and chill. Add the Cointreau and stir well to distribute the liqueur evenly throughout the syrup. Pour the syrup over the berries and allow to marinate for an hour. Serve berries with a few tablespoons of syrup and whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

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The U.S. number 1 on the 27th May 1980 was "Call Me" by Blondie .
Good to know something good was on the radio that day.