SC - roasted garlic

[Stefan li Rous]

I lived in Germany for many years (as a non-military American) and the worse case of
Touristism (new word- don't look it up) that I ever saw was a couple that complained -
loudly and rudely-
to the owner of a small village restaurant because He did not accept US dollars.  HOW DARE
HE NOT!!!!   I could not believe it.  The restaurants around me here in Arkansas won't
even take Canadian coin.  Could you imagine if I offered to pay in DMarks or Lira????  I
LOVE being an American.  I believe in pride in one's country.  I am a disabled Vietnam Era
Vet, but I almost felt ashamed to say I was one while overseas.  The food over there was
different and strange to me.  Only the animals ate corn, the lettuce wasn't iceberg and
the pastry looked sweet, but wasn't.  The fish smelt like FISH and the bologna was white.
Still I learned and I loved it over there.

Rayne

Mike and Pat Luco wrote:

> Whilst walking the streets of Sienna a few days after the Palio I heard an American
> tourist exclaim how the stalls of the fish monger smelled, and their general digust
> about foods in open markets.  I thought that the smell was not offensive, just fishy.
> I really wanted to BASH the tourist, I almost felt ashamed to be from the same
> country.  The markets in Italy are clean, and the produce is fresh.  I never worried
> about eating their food.  They have a deep pride in their food.  I wish that stores in
> the USA carried such FRESH food, only a day or so from picking and in prime
> condition.  Instead we get produce at odd times of the year shipped in from an unknown
> Latin country, sprayed and douced in chemicals, picked green and tasteless.  Just so
> we can have fresh strawberries at Christmas...I could go on, but I'll save the
> bandwidth.
>   --
>
> Henri and Antea
> Kingdom of Ansteorra, Barony Stargate
> Purveyors of fine herbs and spices
> http://www.hypercon.com/naturalhome
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