On Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 8:43:00 AM UTC-5, wrote:
> On 10/22/2020 9:02 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 6:50:57 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> >> On Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 12:22:04 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>> On Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 12:37:59 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> >>>> On Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 1:57:03 AM UTC-10, Jason Evans wrote:
> >>>>> I've been living in Prague for the past 5 years. I'm originally from the
> >>>>> midwest US with a 15-year stint in NC.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> There's a lot of "American" or "American-ized" foods that I miss that I
> >>>>> can't get here. Don't get me wrong, I've learned to love Czech goulash,
> >>>>> svÃ*Äková, sausages, and rizek (schnitzel). My wife is Ukrainian and I get
> >>>>> my fill of holupsy (cabbage rolls) and kotlets (mini burgers without
> >>>>> bread). However I can't find real fried chicken unless I cook it myself,
> >>>>> smoked BBQ (aka pulled pork) or briskit, black-eyed peas, chicken and
> >>>>> dumplins, and especially not biscuits and gravy or deep dish pizza. I
> >>>>> also can't find "American-Chinese" food like General Tso's chicken which
> >>>>> I crave every now and then.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Even some ingredients are hard to come by. There's no shortage of the
> >>>>> staples: bread, milk, flour, eggs, salt, or sugar, etc. but canned good
> >>>>> for example, Cream of chicken soup or cream of any kind of soup is
> >>>>> unheard of. It's the same with canned broth and a dozen other things
> >>>>> unless I order it from overseas and that's really expensive.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This article isn't to complain, it's just to talk about some of the
> >>>>> differences that I see here that I didn't have in the US. On the plus
> >>>>> side, it's amazing that I can walk out of the subway in almost any part
> >>>>> of the city and buy a hot slice of decent pizza or a box of hot gnocchi
> >>>>> for less than $2 (at least I could before covid). Knowing a little of the
> >>>>> local language, I really can go to restaurants where beer is cheaper than
> >>>>> water.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> My question to the group is, does anyone here live away from home and
> >>>>> what food changes do you see any what do you miss? If you have any
> >>>>> questions for me about food here, please let ask.
> >>>> When people from Hawaii visit the mainland, they're at a loss for finding/eating Hawaiian kine food. Their search for this food pretty much starts as soon as the airplane wheels touch the landing strip. If we can't find local style food, Japanese food, would do in a pinch. The first time we were on the mainland, we were delighted to find a place called "Hawaiian Barbecue." As it goes, it wasn't Hawaiian at all - it was pretty much a standard Korean restaurant. My wife liked that since she was raised on Korean food.
> >>>>
> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilhyv5MmoJU
> >>>
> >>> Why on earth do people travel and eat the same stuff they can get at home? It's different if
> >>> you're living in a foreign place (like the OP). But it seems like a wasted opportunity to
> >>> visit a place and not take advantage of regional specialities. You may as well just
> >>> stay at home.
> >>>
> >>> Cindy Hamilton
> >> Regional specialties are fine with me. My favorite place to eat on the mainland was the IHOP or chain restaurants. They serve popular American cuisine. I've gone to Denny's in our little town because they serve stuff that's different from the local food. Stuff like biscuits and gravy and chicken fried steak and grits. I'd like to try some Southern regional foods without actually going down South. East coast specialties would be great but I've yet to reach that side of the country.
> >
> > Oh. My. God.
> >
> > Nothing at chain restaurants remotely resembles the real, regional cooking of the U.S. It's homogenized
> > slop that comes right from the food service supplier.
> >
> > It may be "popular", but it's like a Waikiki luau compared with the real thing.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> Yeah, likely Sysco. No wonder he has such a poor opinion of food on the
> mainland.
Using Sysco products is no worse than using jarred mayo and condensed
"cream of" soups.
>
> Jill
--Bryan