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On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:56:18 -0500, Moe DeLoughan >
wrote:

>Grabbed this quote from Gawker, where a commenter was talking about
>American food:
>
>"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."
>
>All true.
>
>I never understood the widespread practice of adding sugar to bread
>dough, and what corporate food production has done to meat is a crime.


generalizations about the US sell almost as well as stories about sex.
I would like to know where she shopped, at what time of year and what
she looked at.
Janet US