OT - Re: food

From: Eric Chomko <vze2wsvr_at_verizon.net>
Date: Sat Nov 10 13:09:20 2001

Iggy Drougge wrote:

> 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?
>

Usually when they tell me their country of orgin. Gievn the melting-post aspect
of the US, why would I assume someone is a foreigner when I meet them here?

>
> >> >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.

Why don't you then?

>
>
> >> 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.
>

Sounds like a local northern brew. I think that there is a reason that Oktoberfest
is
in Munich.

Eric

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