On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:37:51 GMT, Dimitri wrote:

> "Scotty" > wrote in message
>>
>> "Scotty" > wrote in message
>>> There seems to be quite a few posters here that get their knickers in a
>>> knot when an American poster refers to a food, spice, currency, quantity,
>>> or location that doesn't identify his country of origin. I, myself have
>>> been the victim on occasion. I have had to (gasp!) type a store name into
>>> Google to find out its location! On that note, I invite any and all to
>>> post the name of the country from which tou are posting. I'll be first.
>
> The problem is that for many of us the "food experience" may be all over the
> nation(s) and a local reference is very limiting.

If you narrow "food experience" down to, for example, "grocery shopping and
cooking at home within the past year or so," the list of places can narrow
down considerably.



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