--- Scott Martens <sm at kiera.com> wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Seay <entheogens at yahoo.com>
>
>
> >> had france or spain predominated in the colonies
> >> would we have had the same
> >> "US of A"? no.
> >
>
> >If only France had predominated...at least then we
> >would have better food in this country. The
> English
> >influence (Yuk) shows in our diet.
>
>
> You'd be amazed how quickly you can get sick of
> overcooked vegetables and
> indistinct sauces in Europe. I've been in Belgium
> for just over three
> months and I'd kill for a good burrito. Yo quiero
> Taco Bell.
>
> Besides, if you want to see what America might have
> looked like if the
> French had taken over, go to Quebec. Have you ever
> had poutine and
> tourtiere, washed down with Labatt Ice? Try it and
> then tell me how
> wonderful French colonial food is. :^)
>
> Actually, food quality in general seems to me to be
> a bit better here, but
> at least half of that comes from fresher food and
> less factory raised meat.
> The real difference between the US and Europe in
> food has - surprise,
> surprise - more to do with the means of production
> than any other factor.
> If food is lower in fat here, it's because it's a
> lot easier to enjoy rabbit
> food when it's fresh and full of taste. Food
> preparation techniques don't
> seem radically better here, at least I can't see
> much difference.
>
> Still, I miss having a whole aisle for Asian and
> Mexican food at the grocery
> store. No one in Belgium seems to have mango
> chutney or even teriyaki
> sauce, and you can forget about finding tortillas.
> But there are
> compensations. There were fresh pineapples and
> lychees at the farmer's
> market this morning - pineapples at 1 Euro a piece -
> from Cote d'Ivoire.
> They're better pineapples than anything I ever got
> in California.
>
> Scott Martens
>
===== "The tradition of all the dead generations
weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living"
-Karl Marx
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