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Janet Wilder[_4_] Janet Wilder[_4_] is offline
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On 6/23/2014 10:32 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> 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.

>
> It's NOT true. She just doesn't know where to shop. You don't have
> to shop at upscale grocers to get untreated meat or get bread without
> sugar (I don't even know where to get regular bread WITH sugar). And
> I don't know what she means by "nothing is perishable".
>
> She must be shopping at Walmart. What do you expect from a nation who
> eats haggis 3 times and are always liquored up on whiskey (since we're
> carelessly stereotyping).
>
> -sw
>

The Scotts eat haggis. I don't believe the Irish do.

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