I did a show at Wonderful Denmark over the weekend and a startling revelation came to me.

I once lived in Copenhagen for about 3 months and have visited there a couple of times since as I feel connected with the place. One thing that had always surprised me was the amount of pickled fish the Danish had for breakfast. I like to try the local food wherever I travel but to have this was always a challenge. I did my best and had them even though it was a little strong for me first thing in the morning.

Imagine my surprise when the good folks at Wonderful Denmark told me the Danish do not eat pickled fish for breakfast! It seems that one of two things had happened. One possibility is that my hosts during my stay in Denmark were playing a little joke on their English visitor in feeding me to see just what I would eat. Alternatively, marvelling at my capacity to eat the most pungent offerings each morning they just shook their heads, smiled and brought more of the same for me the next day as they thought I had an unusual liking for rollmops in the morning!

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