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Re: 15 Things Americans Eat That Foreigners Hate
« Reply #15 on: November 13, 2014, 06:13:34 PM »
I was in a market in Viet Nam a couple of summers ago and became aware of a horrible smell. I thought there must be a dead rat someplace that was decomposing.

It was the durian.
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Re: 15 Things Americans Eat That Foreigners Hate
« Reply #16 on: November 13, 2014, 10:09:02 PM »
>> durian

don't like it alone, but I do like it ccovered in white chocolate.  I hate white chocolate. No idea why putting two nasty things together makes them both ok.
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Re: 15 Things Americans Eat That Foreigners Hate
« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2014, 07:59:26 PM »
The funny thing is, aside from strawberry-rhubarb pie about which I have no strong feelings etiher way, that looks like the list of foods *I* hate.

Jello. Yuck! Of course the most disgusting meal I've ever had was "aspic" everything in Switzerland which was basically like clear jello with things like broccoli and asparagus in it.
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Re: 15 Things Americans Eat That Foreigners Hate
« Reply #18 on: November 26, 2024, 10:20:01 PM »
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>>>collards

"Since moving down south I have eaten a LOT more collards than when I lived up north." --Doc Cool

I've mentioned here that I eat at restaurant on a nearby farm.  The owner told me that he raises 80-100 thousand pounds of collards a year and that the Friday before Thanksgiving would be the biggest sales day.  I happened to be there Friday.  He harvested 20k pounds for Friday alone.  Trucks came in and picked up 3k loads. One truck came back and picked up a second 3k load that afternoon.  Today, they told me that sales were good and they didn't know if they had enough to cover christmas. To use Rupert's lingo, I'm gobsmacked!  I mean, I know the South likes collards but watching thousands of pounds evaporate off the lot was pretty impressive.

Oh, and they sold 180 pounds of pigtails last week. 
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Re: 15 Things Americans Eat That Foreigners Hate
« Reply #19 on: November 26, 2024, 11:54:34 PM »
>>collards

Every time I cook a big BBQ meal I always cook up some collards. Most people here are dumbfounded and are apprehensive to try them even though I reassure them they are delicious when cooked right. In a week or so I am doing a bbq/Christmas dinner for some friends and will definitely have collards on the table.
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