"Alan Holbrook" > wrote in message
. 3.30...
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in
> :
>
>> This American food thing got me to thinking.
>>
>>
>> So did you have any false conceptions of foods that are eaten in other
>> countries? Or heard of any such things?
>>
>>
>
> To your point, I have a great deal of trouble taking most "Mexican" food
> seriously after being directed to a couple of authentic places in San
> Diego, and I'll go to "Asian" restaurants, but I don't expect the kind of
> food I got during a two year stint in Asia while in the Navy.
>
> But, like your Australian example, it definitely works both ways. I was
> in Amsterdam on business once on the 4th of July, and I was staying at a
> chain hotel, Marriott if I remember correctly. I made the mistake of
> eating what they called "an American 4th of July meal" (it was the only
> thing on the menu that day). Something that was supposed to be hot dogs,
> but wasn't, something that was supposed to be potato salad, but wasn't,
> and something that was supposed to be blueberry pie, but _definitely_
> wasn't.

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