9 Nov
2001
9 Nov
'01
6:06 a.m.
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?
> >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.
> 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.
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