On Mar 26, 10:52=A0pm, john_k...@... (John Kulp) wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:30:07 -0700 (PDT), grusl
>
> wrote:
> >> >(Just not food)
>
> >> Never tried a good bushel of steamed clams and lobster?
>
> >Of course - I used to work at the Cape Cod Times. They're just better
> >elsewhere (of course tastes in food, like art and music is hugely
> >subjective). This is more information than you need but after a dozen
> >years in Asia, I find a lot of American food (and British and
> >Australian and Canadian) gives me constipation. I suspect I'm eating
> >the wrong foods but I miss the herbs and spices - not insanely hot
> >spice, but tasty spice.
>
> Lobster and clams are better elsewhere? =A0Where? =A0I prefer Asian food
> too, though not because of constipation. =A0In general, it's healthier
> and lighter as well as very tasty. =A0Leaving out most Filipino food,
> that is.
Well, for clams, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Malabar coast of
India.
I'm not a big lobster fan: too much work for too little reward.
And have a guess at one reason why Filipino food is a dismal island of
snot and ketchup surrounded by some of the world's greatest cuisines -
possibly certain colonial influences. (Although my limited experiences
of the food in the bits of Philippines close to Malaysia were not
bad). I was just in Guam and there are similar issues there.
Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore
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