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Originally posted by Yshania
I miss...a proper *pint* glass - regardless of your poison - a real pint glass that allows for a head of beer - the Southerners are tight and want their glass full...the Northereners appreciate a good head (shut up!) and will measure their allowance...the Southerners want their flat pint filling to overflowing - not the way to drink a true pint IMO....

My house mate also complains about that, because she's from the Tee-side.

Originally posted by HighLordDave
Having moved out of the deep south a few years ago, I discovered that there is nobody north of Virginia who knows how to correctly make grits. Even transplanted southerners seem to have forgotten.

LMAO


My sister moved to Virginia Beach for a couple of years then moved back to Alabama, sadly it didn't improve her cooking.

I would miss Hoover Gravy.

This surely is not my kind of food

I've just remember a food which I conisder not appealling at all. It started when I travelled to Lake Toba with 5 buddies of mine. FYI Lake Toba is in Indonesia on Northern Sumatra Province. Acording to a friend of mine there's an exotic food made by Bataks (a native of Lake Toba) called Saksang.

Curious for this kind of food while also plan to spent a good weekend upon a view of Lake Toba - as seeing on travel magazines, we finally manage to safe our salary to affort the travelling

We try to ask what is that "Saksang" on the locals, apparently one of small food stall employee generously show us the "thing" and told us what it is made of.

Basicly Saksang is made using dog meat or pork meat. The meat is minced and fried. After it's done, fresh dog or pig blood (depend of the meat being used) is poured upon the fried minced meat and stirred so the blood is mixed completely with the meat.

One thing I'm telling you, the food looks horrible to me. And i can't stand the smell - even after they told me what it's made of

I would miss "frikadeller med brun sovs og kartofler" if I moved abroud

No, really, I would miss all the food that I eat here which I couldn't get abroad, and if I should list it all the list would be extremely long

(Yeye, you can actually see me posting some meaningless words once in a while )

Bordin ! WB you Ol'Drunkard ! How've you been ?

Originally posted by Minerva
GRITS.COM!! Why haven't I thought...

(BTW, I wish there's yellow in the colour list. It could be handy...)

Yellow is possible, you just have to type it in!
Just like you do black.

Foods I miss: I can answer this question already, since I've been on a diet for almost two months. I miss hamburgers with chiles, hot dogs, thick-crust pizza, breakfast burritos made with choritzo and egg, deserts, biscuits and gravy, jambalaya, sloppy joes, carne seca burritos (elnchilada style), italian subs, massive quantities of spaghetti and meatballs, eating out, and chocolate.

I haven't been to El Salvador in several years, and I miss the pupusas. I hear you can find Pupusarias in Los Angeles, so if I ever am able to brave a big city, I'll try to find some, diet be darned!

Originally posted by Bordin_Steelaxe
I would miss "frikadeller med brun sovs og kartofler" if I moved abroud

You must be Danish or Norwegian, Bordin I am Swedish, but I have never missed the "köttbullar med brun sås och potatis", on the contrary I'm happy to get rid of it *translation - the food we are talking about is "meatballs with brown sauce and potatoes"*

Typical Swedish food is generally boring and tasteless compared to Mediterranian, Arabic and Asian food. I never miss Swedish food when travelling. When I'm in the anglosaxian world though, I miss drinkable coffee. @Aussies, Yankees, Brits and Kiwis - what the hell do you do with your coffee? Do you air it for 10 years after roasting to get rid of the aroma? Even a latte on double expresso tastes like dishwater, it's amazing!

@Gwally: You poor lad, you're on a diet? I admire the character of all people on a diet, I doubt whether I could do it myself, so I hope I will never need it. Good luck!

I don't think there's any particular British food I would miss if I was abroad. I don't eat traditional British dishes very much. I might miss cheddar though

Originally posted by C Elegans
@Gwally: You poor lad, you're on a diet? I admire the character of all people on a diet, I doubt whether I could do it myself, so I hope I will never need it. Good luck!

Thanks! So far so good! I've lost about three years of weight accumulation so far, and feel pretty good! The lack of heavy lunches is making me much more productive at work. My main motivation for this is a desire to be around longer for my girls, so the sacrifice is well worth it!

Re: Yankee coffee: You've just voiced the same complaint that I hear from everyone who ever moves from Seattle!

@Georgi: I agree about the cheddar I haven't tried all the 17345239 sorts of cheddar, but so far the deep yellow, almost orange, creamy Orkney cheddar is my favorite

@Gwally: Three years accumulated weight, that's really an achivement And I think you are absolutely right in thinking of hanging around for you girls, and presumably their children one day
Heavy lunches is death - I never eat a heavy lunch, it makes me sleepy. Instead, I eat a fairly heavy breakfast, which is fine since I have a 20-25 min brisk walk to work. I eat lunch but not a lot, during the day I eat sandwiches, fruits etc to keep a constant flow of energy rather than one big peak. This way I've found I am much more efficiant Then I enjoy a heavy meal with friends or the hubby in the evening

I'll remember that about Seattle next time I'm looking for coffee in the US

@CE: Yeah, eating small amounts almost constantly through the day is the best way to keep your metabolism going strong. I have salads. Lots of salads. It's just hard to pass up the donuts that people bring in to work on Fridays, and having to say no to the ones who all gather at the local Mexican place for lunch! I'll live, though. That's the point.

@Gwally: Eating small amounts constantly certainly works for me, I have a high metabolism, but I don't know what's cause and effect, or if there is an interaction.

Re salads, did you see the reports from geneticists that they now believe "paleolithic diet" to be the most healthy for humans? There are so many different hypothesis around, and dietary stuff also always has a high commercial findings, so one has to take such reports with a grain of salt. However, an increasing number of geneticists claim that a diet based on protein, with a lesser amount of carbohydrates and a moderate amount of vegetables and fruits, is what our genes are adapted for.

re salads: some vegan parents had their baby taken away for malnutrition, all they were feedign it since it was born were nuts and leaves, not even breast milk or formula.
@CE - i'm glad you mentioned that research is now pointing that direction. i am so sick of propaganda spread by vegetarians thathumans are genetically meant for no meat. do they not realize that the majority of any plant eaten cannot be digested for nutrients? and the whole cancer argument i constantly hear, which as far as i know has zero founding. i trust your scientific knowledge, do you know of anything that concretely backs the constant P.E.T.A. bombardment of propoganda saying beef causes colon cancer?

here's the article...16 months old, weighed 10 pounds! that's how much i weighed when i was born!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,51494,00.html

@CE: “Paleolithic Diet” Hummm. Eaton and Konner? That idea has been around for a while, hasn’t it? Their book is even out of print, according to my wife

I’m not sure what the Paleolithic Diet consisted of in Europe, but I’m sure many aspects of it have been worked out by archaeologists. Pollen, macrobotanical, and (sometimes) phytolith sampling are standard procedures at US sites, and I’m sure that they use similar methods in the Old World. I think they’ve even found Neanderthal coprolites. All of this can provide tons of data on ancient diets. Here, pre-agricultural diets were not entirely reliant on hunting for meat. Gathered foodstuffs provided a large quantity of vegetable calories. Here in the desert, you would be surprised at how much edible food there is just lying around. Gary Nabhan (a local archaeologist) just published a book where he reports on his efforts to spend a year eating nothing but locally available foods.

There is a current trend among archaeologists and anthropologist who talk about living populations to use the term “Gatherer/Hunter” instead of “Hunter/Gatherer” as being a more accurate reflection of the lifeway.

I would not be very quick to downplay the importance of fruits, veggies and carbohydrates in the human diet. Evolutionarily speaking, we evolved from frugivores and omnivores more so than carnivores, so I would want to wait for more evidence before going the high protein route.

What was the life expectancy of the average paleolithic person as compared to today’s average? This may be a more telling statistic than anything in the genetics.

[Did you see where Dr. Atkins of the Atkins diet (high protein diet) recently had a heart attack? Go figure.]


@Nael: Yikes! It’s horrible when parents’ fanaticism jeopardizes their children, and you bring up a very good point.

My wife is something of a nutritionist, and we are very careful to make sure that our children have a well-rounded and nutritious diet. Fat, for example, is very important for the human body, especially for growing bodies. There are many vitamins and such that cannot be metabolized without fat.

Originally posted by C Elegans
When I'm in the anglosaxian world though, I miss drinkable coffee. @Aussies, Yankees, Brits and Kiwis - what the hell do you do with your coffee? Do you air it for 10 years after roasting to get rid of the aroma? Even a latte on double expresso tastes like dishwater, it's amazing!

You have just stumbled upon one of the worst aspects of living in Australia; the terrible coffee. I went ravelling in France and Italy a few years back, and every time I remember the French coffee it almost makes me cry .

I dunno if you've heard this kind of food but I used to go to my buddy house on Chinese New Year. His mom have one special dish - which sadly I have no idea what's the name; it's a soup made of abalone and pork meat. And it's only cooked on Chinese New Year. I really love the taste of abalone on that soup

Marmite, is that like vegemite? I can't stand the taste of it. *Yuk*

@Kid01: Was it shark fin soup?

Originally posted by josh
@Kid01: Was it shark fin soup?

@josh : That's it ! I knew I've forgot one ingredient ! Thanks josh !

@ KidD01: Glad I could help. Its regarded as a delicasy.