What Forty Rod just said, with a Norwegian twist...
Ten plus years ago I stumbled onto a post from a Norwegian CAS Pard, we traded laughs and suchlike and I said if he was ever in the States to give me a "Hi, Ho!" and we'd find a Shoot to get to so he could experience our style of CAS.
Well, 6 months later he called and said he was heading my way, we got him situated in our cabin out back in our forest and then we proceeded to swap stories and pics of his Norwegian CAS events. The next day my Shooting Pard, our guest & I headed out for an NCOWS event in Northern Iowa, we dressed him in a slouch hat, boots that surprisingly fit, an old shirt and a duster...he was in Pig Heaven! he used our gear and had a great time. That night we went to my Pards house and he fed our guest some Iowa gourmet...fresh garden tomatoes, green beans, late Summer greens, 'taters, Summer squash, steaks and plenty of good libations.
As he started to chow down, he kept avoiding the greens and other garden goodies, only tucking into the meat and 'taters. When asked if he didn't like the veggies, he looked us straight in the eye and said "I don't eat what my food eats!" We laughed as he explained he meant that he didn't eat greens as that was what was fed to hogs and cattle in his country to fatten them up.
Cultural differences are always interesting. He joked as how he wouldn't eat much when he went to England on business either, sticking to sausage or steak sandwiches.
Best regards and good eats!
'Ol Gabe
P.S. Do they use Okra to fatten up hogs in the South?