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KoopaFanatic · 03-20-2003, 02:42 PM

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Originally posted by Harumi
It is said that Westerners...well, Americans, have weaker stomachs than everyone else in the world.

So why is that?

Nah. Americans are parochial -- most people know what foods they like, and don't want to try anything different. And we "can't handle" spicy food because restaurants always water it down for the gringos, and so we just aren't used to it.

I used to buy into that whole thing about weak stomachs, but that was before I had to deal with a passle of Japanese exchange students who couldn't handle rich foods. Vomiting from eggplant parmagiana? Heh heh heh.

missus_gumby · 03-20-2003, 03:43 PM

There is nothing quite like a slice or two of fried Black Pudding with a traditional English breakfast.

Yum yum!

Martin

alek0 · 03-20-2003, 07:13 PM

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Ps - I am not sure if this riddle has been circulated before. But why can't Adam and Eve be Chinese ?

Because if they were Chinese, they would have eaten the snake and not the apple

B. H. Manners · 03-20-2003, 07:19 PM

Hee Hee

Loren Pechtel · 03-20-2003, 09:01 PM

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Originally posted by alek0
Because if they were Chinese, they would have eaten the snake and not the apple

She says she would eat the apple.

Benjamin Franklin · 03-20-2003, 09:19 PM

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Originally posted by Loren Pechtel
She says she would eat the apple.

There are slightly different variations in the answer to the riddle but my version would have been if they were Chinese they would have eaten the snake as well.

BF

Secular Pinoy · 03-21-2003, 02:17 AM

I'm a filipino that eats filipino and chinese food. Pretty much nothing disgusts me anymore.

Secular Pinoy · 03-21-2003, 02:21 AM

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Originally posted by Lamma
That and pigs blood soup that I tried due to the urgings of a Philipino girl I once dated.

Wow! That's dinuguan, a Filipino specialty. Very yummy, it's one of my favorites. You mean you don't like it? Eat it with rice, and you'll see.

Vorkosigan · 03-21-2003, 03:55 AM

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Originally posted by Harumi
It is said that Westerners...well, Americans, have weaker stomachs than everyone else in the world.

So why is that?

The rest of the world is pretty clueless about what Americans eat. They think we eat hamburgers three meals a day and pizza on sundays. Actually, in my experience, the most conservative food eaters I've met are the Chinese in general. They'll eat anything as long as it is packaged in a Chinese culinary idiom. Just try to get them to eat Indian food, though, or some other non-European cuisine.

Vorkosigan

Celsus · 03-21-2003, 04:14 AM

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Originally posted by Vorkosigan
Actually, in my experience, the most conservative food eaters I've met are the Chinese in general. They'll eat anything as long as it is packaged in a Chinese culinary idiom. Just try to get them to eat Indian food, though, or some other non-European cuisine.

Not in Singapore.

Joel

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missus_gumby Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: UK Posts: 1,898	There is nothing quite like a slice or two of fried Black Pudding with a traditional English breakfast. Yum yum! Martin

03-20-2003, 07:19 PM	#84
B. H. Manners Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,213	Hee Hee

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Secular Pinoy Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Quezon City, Philippines Posts: 1,994	I'm a filipino that eats filipino and chinese food. Pretty much nothing disgusts me anymore.

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