also related: when Norway accepted refugees from Yugoslavia in the 90s, the smell of garlic on the school bus was overpowering.

we don't use garlic in traditional Norwegian cooking because you can't grow garlic here.

"why do they stink so much?"

later on: ah, the garlic.

one of my cousins is what you might call conventionally attractive, but she eats garlic as part of her self-care routine, so she's quite funky 😆