OT - Re: food

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Fri Nov 9 14:06:09 2001

Eric Chomko skrev:

>Iggy Drougge wrote:

>> Eric Chomko skrev:
>>
>> >Iggy Drougge wrote:
>>
>> >> I find it somewhat interesting how Americans define "foreign". Doesn't
>> >> that require something "indigenous"? =)
>>
>> >Ha! We are accused of being "typical" or "ugly". Those comments make us
>> >indigenous.
>> >(And they say that WE have double standards!)
>>
>> It's such a mess, really. What I did find funny was how Americans define
>> what's foreign, though. Americans are traditionally immigrants, after all.

>Yes we are. And?

So when do you decide that someone is a foreigner?

>> >But guess what? I can go to any large city and even smaller ones and get:
>> >Chinese, Korean, Thai, Indian, Mexican, Greek, Italian, Jewish, African
>> >(and others) food. In fact, all those and more are all within an hour of
>> >my house, with many choices of many. What I lack is good German food
>> >nearby, but that is another story.
>>
>> >Can you get that variety where you live?
>>
>> Certainly. And Mongolian BBQ, too. =)

>I can walk to one.

I can walk to Moscow.

>> There is a great kiosk with German sausages, too. I don't know much about
>> German food, though. When I was on holidays in Germany, all I ate was kebab
>> and Chinese food. But German kebabs are different. They're made by Turks,
>> and called "kebap". They often contain chicken.

>Not German. What beer did they serve?

Berliner Kindl.

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