On 17/04/2012 1:42 PM, BubbaBob wrote:
> > wrote:
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>> On my wife's return from a recent trip home to Vietnam, she complained
>> about the poor quality of fruit and vegetables available there. Said
>> it was impossible to create dishes as tasty as the ones she creates
>> here.
>>
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> Your wife obviously didn't visit the same markets that I did.

Spent most of her time with her relatives in district 7. That's the area
where people are quite wealthy and can demand the best produce.

She also compared produce in Vietnam to produce in Thailand. Said that
Thai produce was an order of magnitude better than that available in
Vietnam. She compared produce from Jatujak Market in Bangkok to produce
from HCMC. It was disappointing for her really as she hadn't been back
for some time and was looking foreward to really good meals.

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Krypsis

Michel Boucher wrote:
> Doug Freyburger > wrote:
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>> The food ingrdients are better in the US than in most of the
>> rest of the world.
>
> Boy, that's a can of worms if ever there was one.

Sure, especially if you're from another part of the minority of the
developed world. I've visited Germany and thought it appeared to be in
that even smaller minority where the food ingredients across the span
of all of them average better than in the US. Plenty of people say the
same about several other countries in the EU. I've been to Japan and
they seemed to average about as good as the food available in the US
hard as it is to compare with that many differences. It still leaves
most of the world in the category of "be sure to get extra vaccinations
before going there and take plenty of Immodium with you".

It's also true that plenty of places in the world have specific
ingredients that are better than anywhere else. Still doesn't address
my generalization that the country with the most food in the world is
also near the top of developed countries for total average quality.