I find it very curious how Norwegians approach their animals – they give them pet-names but then they can also eat them…lol. One time when we were on the farm we were eating venison. It was so lovely – and I told Farmor so. She smiled and said ‘Benson would be happy to know that’. [...]

(I must admit, it does make you feel like a kid again, skating around in circles for an hour or so.)

…The least impressive is the gusher – it pushes out all the water it can in the least amount of time, sounding more like a lavatory than a fountain.

Norwegians love sausages – nearly anything that has meat on it becomes a sausage in Norway. Horse, moose and reindeer can all be found minced, dried and wrapped in plastic. Even though smoking and curing were originally just a way to preserve meat for the long winters, the ‘spekepølse’ is now a choice deli product. [...]