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On Monday, June 23, 2014 7:56:18 AM UTC-7, Moe DeLoughan wrote:

> Grabbed this quote from Gawker, where a commenter was talking about
> American food:
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> "She says that compared to food in Ireland (where she lives) US bread
> is sweet, nothing is perishable, fresh fruit and vegetables are really
> expensive, and the meat is full of water and has a weird texture."
>


Of course, to Irishmen, US meat seems weird. Flying Aer Lingus, I had
a beefsteak, presumably grass fed, which the most amazingly chewy bit
of beef I had ever eaten. Then there was the chicken dish that tasted
so strongly of fish that I was never quite sure what I had eaten. Turns
out that instead of feeding chickens on corn, in the British Isles they
prefer fishmeal.

And fresh fruit and vegetables in Ireland come from Spain and Israel.

But I would advise her to stop buying her groceries at Walmart.