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Norway’s secret
The northern passage
It is well known that an important ingredient in Norwegian culinary preparations is chocolate, but what are the origins of this practice?
We have to delve deeply into the oral traditions of the Lapp and Inuit peoples for the answer.
A typical traditional recipe (Finnbiff – Reinsdyrgryte – Reindeer Stew) prepared for the Norwegian palette may be as follows:
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The curious incident of which you have probably never heard
Ils disent que vous savez quand vous êtes arrivé dans la civilisation pour l’eau, puis on vous donne avec votre café. A Vienne, ils servent un verre d’eau avec votre café.
That of course is nothing to do with the following narrative, but it makes an interesting, if not arresting opening. The incident described in the the following notes arose on a bright sunny day in the early summer of 1982°. It is not an original invention.
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Not chocolate orange
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It is with no little trepidation that I stand here, as I know I am among friends who knew David for longer and in a far more intimate way than I ever did. It was my privilege to meet him on only a few occasions but you had many dealings with him and I am sure you can, and would want to, tell me a thing or two about him.
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BusTop
BusTop was first fashioned to adorn the streets of Middlesbrough town early in the twentieth century. Made of cast iron standing aloft on poles of pressed steel, they must have been welcome site to the many tourists who came to that town to admire them.
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