On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:55:13 -0700, Mark Thorson wrote:

> I think this may be a European thing. I once had
> neighbors who were a Dutch man living with an
> American woman, and the man absolutely refused
> to eat anything with any type of corn in it.

My family loves fresh sweet corn during the Summer, bought and cooked
almost daily. Whenever my German niece comes to visit she just looks at
us like we're weird as we chow down. It should be noted, however, that
she'd be happy to have a box of Kraft macaroni & cheese for every meal,
every day of the year. Yes, the stuff with the cheese powder.

I also remember a time when I was stationed in the Philippines and my
wife's niece came up from the province to visit. I had one of my days
where I absolutely had to have a steak, baked potato and a salad for
dinner no matter what my wife had planned. The niece, who didn't speak
a lick of English, looked at me in horrified silence for about five
minutes before finally asking my wife why I was eating grass (salad).
There's lots of vegetables in Filipino cooking, just not a lot of raw
vegetables.

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