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F1: Administrative, State, Vietnam, Form Letter 17, 1966 - Vietnamese Conflict, bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong (North Vietnam).
F2: Administrative, State, Vietnam, Form Letter 18, 1966 - Vietnamese Conflict, bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong (North Vietnam).
F3: Administrative, State, Vietnam, Form Letter 20, 1966 - No Form Letter 19 was found in the collection. Vietnamese Conflict, bombing of North Vietnam, peace negotiations, Vietnamese National Liberation Front.
F4: Administrative, State, Vietnam, Form Letter 21, 1966 - Vietnamese Conflict.
F5: Administrative, State, Vietnam, Form Letter 22, 1966 - Vietnamese Conflict.
F6: Administrative, State, Vietnam, Form Letter 23, 1966 - Vietnamese Conflict.
F7: Administrative, State, Vietnam, SANE (Bob Pickus), 1966 - Vietnamese Conflict, National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy.
F8: Administrative, Treasury, 1966.
F9: Administrative, Treasury, Coast Guard, 1966 - Apprentice engineers.
F10: Administrative, Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 1965-1966 - Taxation.
F11: Administrative, Independent Agencies, 1966.
F12: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Atomic Energy Commission, 1966 - Proton accelerators.
F13: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1966 - Nuclear weapons of China, Marshall Windmiller (statement).
F14: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Central Intelligence Agency, 1966.
F15: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1966 - Employment discrimination, Southern Pacific Railways, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.
F16: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Federal Aviation Agency, 1966.
F17: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Federal Communications Commission, 1966 - Radio stations in California, American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
F18: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Federal Trade Commission, 1966.
F19: Administrative, Independent Agencies, General Services Administration, 1966.
F20: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1966 - Railroad freight car shortage, railroad passenger service in California.
F21: Administrative, Independent Agencies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1966.
F22: Administrative, Independent Agencies, National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities, 1966 - Wood craft training in Mississippi, Poor People's Corporation.
F23: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1966 - Deferred taxes, Joe L. Evans, Robert Kahn.
F24: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Selective Service System, 1965-1966 - Military draft.
F25: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Small Business Administration, 1966 - Dauvergne Brothers, Inc.
F26: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Small Business Administration, Jean Howden-Goetzl, 1966 - Western Urban Redevelopment Investment Corporation, Educations Securities Corporation.
F27: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Small Business Administration, Oakland Small Business Development Center, 1965 - Financial credit, federal government grants.
F28: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Small Business Administration, Oakland Small Business Development Center, 1966 - Financial credit, federal government grants.
F29: Administrative, Independent Agencies, Veterans Administration, 1966.
F30: Administrative, State of California, 1966.
F31: Administrative, State of California, Alameda County, 1966.
F32: Administrative, State of California, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), 1963 - June 1966 - Mass transit in the San Francisco Bay area.
F33: Administrative, State of California, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), July - November 1966 - Mass transit in the San Francisco Bay area.
F34: Administrative, State of California, Berkeley, 1966 - Public schools in Berkeley (Calif.).
F35: Administrative, State of California, Berkeley, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 1965-1966 - Electrical distribution system in Berkeley (Calif.).
F36: Administrative, State of California, Bob Kahn, 1965-1966 - Life insurance, mid-decade census, taxation, Robert Kahn, Harley O. Staggers.
F37: Administrative, State of California, Community Economic Development Conference, 1966 - Oakland (Calif.) Chamber of Commerce.
F38: Administrative, State of California, Oakland, 1966 - Anti-poverty programs in Oakland (Calif.), employment programs in Oakland (Calif.).
F39: Administrative, State of California, Oakland, Merritt College, 1966 - Tarlac College of Technology (Philippines).
F40: Administrative, State of California, Oakland Interagency Project, 1964-1966 - Youth employment projects in Oakland (Calif.), adult job training projects in Oakland (Calif.).
F41: Administrative, State of California, Thomas T. Rolleri, 1958-1966 - Grazing leases, electrical power service, Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation (Calif.), Los Padres National Forest (Calif.).
F42: Administrative, State of California, Traffic, 1966.
F43: Administrative, State of California, University of California, 1966 - Work-study programs, student protests.
F44: Administrative, State of California, Water, 1966 - Peripheral canals.
F45: Administrative, Agriculture, 1966-1967 - Meat imports, Neal Smith, U.S. Forest Service.
F46: Administrative, Agriculture, Food Stamps, 1967-1968 - Food stamp program in Alameda County (Calif.).
F47: Administrative, Agriculture, Rupperthal/Foremost Dairies, 1967 - Export of non-fat dry milk to Pakistan, export of sweetened condensed milk to South Vietnam, dairy processing facilities in Thailand, Kenneth C. Rupperthal, Bob Sikes.
F48: Administrative, Commerce, 1967 - Softwood standards, Mexican border industrialization.
F49: Administrative, Commerce, Census, 1967 - Pharmaceutical survey.
F50: Administrative, Commerce, Economic Development Administration, 1966-1967 - Federal grants for economic development programs in Oakland and Berkeley (Calif.), Port of Oakland.
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Hi, everyone! I'm sure many of you have spent some time away from home, in places where you couldn't get snacks, sauces, jams, and other such-like things that are available in any market or corner store back home.
I'll start off this discussion by saying that I used to live in Malaysia, and I miss a lot of foodstuffs I used to get there. Some of them just can't travel, like young cashew leaves, and then there's also tapai (sweet fermented tapioca root or rice cakes), which is seasonal, but quite a number are things you can buy in many supermarkets over there, year-round, but can't get easily even in a big American city like New York. Here are just three that come to mind:
Good satay sauce
Kaya (coconut custard jam, and I do know of one or two restaurants that sell them here, but it certainly isn't widely available in stores)
Malaysian-style smoky palm sugar (manisan)
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We lived in the Netherlands for several years. While there, we missed ice. Whenever we go to Europe, we miss ice!
Food wise, I missed winter squash, USDA well marbled prime beef and Italian sausages. For the most part, the Dutch don't consider winter squash edible. I was sometimes able to find butternut in the "exotisch" fruits and vegetables (along with similarly classed sweet potatoes!). They grow winter squashes for seasonal decor and sell them in garden centers alongside shiny gourds. I never new what they sprayed them with but how I yearned for acorn, Hubbard, buttercup...but they were not sold for consumption.
We did not care for the lean, grass fed beef there. And their interpretation of Italian sausage "venkelworst" was truly revolting.
And sharp cheddar cheese. Occasionally we could buy some British cheddar but it was always exorbitantly priced. Access to so many delicious French cheeses made up in that department. After awhile, the Dutch cheeses didn't differentiate themselves enough.
Just came back from Japan, where I lived for years and still visit every year. Off the top of my head, thinking about stuff to buy at stores or order at restaurants:
Fresh tofu, persimmons, wild caught winter yellowtail (buri), cheap tuna sashimi, various types of pickles, items fried with nama panko, most any fish (fresh water and ocean), cheap plump oysters, flavored Kit Kats, good katsuo, kombu, crab from Hokkaido, fresh sujiko, sake, shochu, good eggs, pork chashu, ramen with broths made from fish..... And no fucking tipping in restaurants.
My mom is Singaporean, so I spend a lot of time in that part of the world. I LOVE the food items from there, and always hit up the local market before I leave to stock up on supplies. I usually stock up on spices -- I MUST get my Baba's curry powders! Those are my biggest buy, as we can't get them here. I also pick up various spices, like Nasi Goreng seasoning powders in the little sachets (so hubby can make it if I'm not home), Milo candy bars, Lipton 3in1 milk tea, etc.
I can get several brands of kaya in my local asian markets here - Glory, Srikaya, and Yeo's. I prefer the Glory one, but my kids love the Yeo's one because it's orange.
When I went to India a few months ago, I brought back some indo-chinese spice mixes, and a few bags/boxes of indian snacks and sweets.
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Thanks for your replies, everyone, and keep them coming!
Silverjay, what kinds of pickles are commonly sold in Japanese supermarkets? By the way, one item I really liked when I was briefly in Japan last year was candied satsuma imo.
boogiebaby, what part of the world are you living in now? Also, do you have a favorite brand of nasi goreng seasoning powder? And any favorite brand of Indo-Chinese spice mixes, or did you buy artisanal ones in bazaars?
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Many types, but I was specifically thinking of nukazuke, which are made from rice bran. These are often homemade by a relative or by restaurants. But you can buy them as well at the store. I also like suzuke pickles, which are rice vinegar. As well as anything misozuke, which are miso aged pickles. I mean, it's not hard to find all these in bags here in NY Asian stores. But I like them home made.
I've lived in or spent a lot of time in a few places:
From the US: I miss heirloom tomatoes, plum tomatoes
From Germany: kefir, white cheese, cream cheese (quark), bread selection, huge array of hering, flavorful sausages, inexpensive pretty good cheese, inexpensive pretty good chocolate
From Poland: some of the same stuff as Germany, cwikla (horseraddish/beet spread), chalka (challah bread), pierogis
From Chile (where I live): empanadas filled with "pino", inexpensive good vegetables and fruit
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Here in New York, horseradish spread with beets is widely available in the Gold's brand (which also sells beetless horseradish spread), and the word we Ashkenazic Jews use for it is chrein, which Poles have told me is the Polish word for horseradish, too. You might check and see whether there is a Jewish store in your town that sells the horseradish and a kosher bakery that sells the challah.
What is pino?
re: Pan
Good to know!
Yes, in Polish horseraddish is "Chrzan" (pronounced "hshan"), in some German dialects, it's also Kren or Krein.
Actually, I could probably make the horseraddish/beet mix--I just haven't done it. I don't know about any kosher shops in Santiago, Chile--though, there is a population of about 15,000 Jews (at least half of them are Sephardic, so other culinary traditions). There is a supermarket chain that gets stuff from Europe, and it is the place I can buy horseraddish.
Pino is a mix of ground beef with onion, a couple of black olives, rasins, and often 1 hard boiled egg in the empanada. It is the quintessential Chilean empanada. Glad to inform! :)
re: Wawsanham
That empanada sounds delicious!
re: Wawsanham
While in the US horesraddish/beet is commonly associated with (Ashkenazi) Jews - it's not wildly available in Israel. However, Russian grocery stores (both those that are kosher observant and those that aren't) carry it. So if there's a Russian community in Chile - that'd be another place to check.
re: Wawsanham
There is a huge Jewish population in neighbouring Argentina (both Askenazi and Sephardic), so if you ever cross the Cordillera...
Butcher shop round the corner from me (here in Montréal) run by a Chilean couple; they make both the Chilean pino empanada and the Argentine kind. Yum.
I'm not really identifiably Australian, and I never eat Vegemite while I'm in Australia, but when I travel I always find myself missing Vegemite as a quintessential taste of home - probably in part because there are almost no other foods/products that are truly peculiar to Australia.
re: mugen
My husband has been known to bring his own little bottle of vegemite down to the breakfast buffet while in Europe when the vegemite cravings become strong.
I tend to miss salad rolls while in Europe - when travelling and eating in resturants all the time I find myself craving a really simple white roll with lots of salad, which has proven almost impossible to find in Europe. Also, cold (really cold) drinks and ice!!!
re: AmyH
Serendipitous - I came across a Sriracha recipe just last night - I'm posting the link just in case it's useful to her:
(The reviews are very positive)
re: ursy_ten
Thank you! Although now she has a bottle that we brought to London for her. But this may be needed for her future travels or just for experimentation.
re: ursy_ten
She is definitely one of those people. But she's only there for another 7 weeks, so she should be ok. Thanks for your concern!
re: relizabeth
Thanks! She's only there a few more weeks, though. But hopefully some other sriracha addicted expat in London will be able to use your suggestion.
In the Czech republic from the US: Ice (I see that mentioned above). I knew that would be the case, so I brought ice cube trays. Missed having fresh fruits and veggies plentiful. And my friends and I would talk about it while drunk--Mexican food.
Returning to the US from Czech, I missed the great beer, of course, smazeny syr (fried cheese) and the great variety of delicious lunch meat.
In Thailand from the US, I missed nothing. Nada. Zilch.
Back in the US, I miss everything Thai. Especially the super fresh seafood, huge cashews, and gorgeous juices that you can buy in little baggies with a straw sticking out the top. Yum.
re: alliegator
I miss the cashews, too. And pineapple shakes! And "real" fruit that is ripe and delicious because is wasnt' picked weeks in advance.
re: arashall
Thai pineapple anything! Moving "back" from Thailand would be a shock to anyone's system.
re: alliegator
Are all the items you're thinking of fresh, or are some packed in jars and sold in markets that way?
I'm from Canada.
When living in Sri Lanka, there was a LOT of stuff I missed. It's only the last couple of years that imported food has really taken off. Prior to that, I missed cheese - there are only two shops in Colombo that I know of that sell imported cheese. Otherwise, you can buy the processed cheese food product or locally made cheese, neither of which I like. Mayo was really hit or miss - sometimes it was available, but mostly not. Which was the impetus behind me learning how to make my own mayo, and can no longer stand the store bought stuff. Sambal Oelik, which is a very nice Indonesian chilli paste that I loved with everything. One year when my sister and her family came for a visit, she brought me a few jars of my favourite brand.
The list goes on, really, but mostly, I made do and learned to adapt. I also learned how to cook Sri Lankan food properly courtesy of the Sri Lankan husband's mother. :)
In New Zealand, I missed being able to get the nice, fresh spices I got in Sri Lanka, and none of the chilli powders were as hot as Sri Lanka's. I also couldn't get a decent virgin coconut oil that I came to love so much in Sri Lanka. Couldn't get decent tamarind, either. On the other hand, we *could* get very very nice dairy products including cheeses and very very nice meats, including lamb which is so difficult to find in Sri Lanka. Good cooking chocolate was difficult to find - mostly it was compound chocolate, which was made with vegetable fat. Anything spicy, like hot sauces, were almost nonexistent - we like our food spicy.
Now we're in Singapore. I bring in some spices from Sri Lanka, like chilli powder - Sri Lankan chilli powder is the hottest I can find. But I can find decent cheese, tamarind, dairy products, meat, spices, and a whole host of other really really good food products. I still can't get sambal oelik, which is weird in a way since we're just a hop skip and a jump from Indonesia. We can get a decent range of vegetables, including a whole lot I'm wholly unfamiliar with, which means more play for me. :D I can get Himilayan black salt. At Mustafa's there's a HUGE range of curry powders and mixes, but I go from scratch for the most part, so that's less of a benefit for me than it is for others. I can get decent baking chocolate, which has me happy.
How and what I cook has changed so much since I left Canada ten years ago that I hardly remember what I can't get. I have this weird thing where my cooking varies considerably depending on which country we're living in at the time. I also cook far more Sri Lankan curries when the husband's parents/family are around, but that's pretty understandable given that's their cuisine of choice.
re: LMAshton
Such an interesting post! You've lived a varied life.
What are your favorite brands of Sambal Oelek? Here in the US, Huy Fong brand (who also make Sriracha Sauce) make a good Sambal Oelek.
Also, do you have a favorite brand of Sri Lanka chili powder?
re: mugen
The supermarket stuff is actually very good quality. It's McCurrie at http://www.mccurrie.net/. Or Ma's. Because chilli powder is used so much, the bags (yes, plastic, just like you'd see in the west) are very fresh. And definitely of export quality.
If you like, you can of course take your own dried chillis to a mill and get them ground for you. My mother in law used to do that, but now buys hers in a bag mostly. She still goes to the mill with her old dried coconuts to get them milled into coconut oil.
We (the husband and I) buy our groceries at the supermarket mainly because there the prices are set. At the little shops, because I'm white, they try charging us 3-20x the price they'd charge locals and we just don't want to pay that. Well, unless we go with my mother in law or to a shop where my mother in law goes to and she previously tells them to give me a fair price. She can be pretty convincing. The husband, on the other hand, hates haggling - so not typical Sri Lankan.
re: LMAshton
That really is odd. You'd think someone in Indonesia would make better Sambal Oelek.
What about the Sri Lanka chili powder? Any favorite brand or vendor?
re: Pan
I think you missed the part where I've had sambal oelik in Canada - Huy Fongs - but haven't been able to buy it in Sri Lanka, New Zealand, or Singapore. I'm sure there are very good sambal oeliks in Indonesia. I have no doubt about that at all. They're just not available where I am.
About the brand - I answered it above.
re: LMAshton
No, I did get that, and thanks for the info about the Sri Lanka chili powder.
re: LMAshton
I definitely have to start cataloging the ingredients I buy. Last time I bought Sambal Oelek i ended up with a tall jar of red soury stuff that wasn't hot at all.
I'll be looking for the Huy Fong brand next.
re: Grunde
It's definitely got chili in it. Let me know what you think of it.
I am from Canada but living in Japan now. Most things are actually available but ridiculously expensive.
I miss cheese. The cheese they use most here is bad processed cheese. Cheddar and Reggiano and other cheeses are available at foreign food sections, but quite expensive. Along these lines, good salami, sausages, olives, etc are all lesser quality and much more expensive.
I miss salmon. Now there is tons of salmon available here, but I miss a large chunk of filet that I can pan fry or grill. The salmon here is tiny chunks of salmon cut at an odd angle. This is because the best part is taken for sushi before the rest is portioned. I have broken down once and bought a chunk of sushi salmon and grilled it. I could go to an actual fish monger and order a side of salmon or whatever, but as my Japanese is not yet good enough and I feel strange doing that and am scared of the price I have not yet done so.
I miss different meat cuts. Most pork and beef are just sliced very thin. I would love a beef brisket or double pork chop or a nice thick steak. I would kill for a pork loin or a chunk of any roasting beef. Again, this is all theoretically available, but I would have no idea how to order it. Eventually I will figure it out.
The one thing I was surprised with was the price of pork tenderloin. Japanese pork tenderloin is still pretty expensive, but I can get a relatively large pork tenderloin for $4, but most people don't buy them so I often am able to snag them for 50% off. I generally have 2 in my freezer at any given time,
Produce is entirely different, but I am mostly ok with it. I miss things from time to time, like beets and brussel sprouts, but only once in awhile, and I have seen brussel spouts once, and I bought all the packages and used them for Christmas dinner :P
I miss cheap fruit. In Canada, areas famous for things are cheap. For example, apples in collingwood are really really cheap. I am living in an area very famous for peaches, and instead of being cheap that means its $10 for 1 peach. It is also famous for grapes. 1 bunch of muscat grapes can be anywhere from $20-$80. Watermelon can be $20-$80 for one as well. Same with other melons. Ouch.
At Christmas I missed eggnog a great deal, so I just made it myself and solved that problem. We were able to order turkey online, and had a pretty traditional dinner.
I miss a large variety of potatos. They really only have a couple here, or only 2 at a given time anyways.
I miss poutine a bit, but its probably good that I have had a break from it, not exactly healthy.
I have found decent Thai and Korean restaurants here as well as a hamburger place and kebab place so I have not been missing anything like that.
Definitely miss pho.
When I go back to Canada in 2 weeks, for 3 weeks, I will miss many things here though. Cheap lunches and convenient 24 hour places like gyudon I will miss. If I am out and want a quick snack or lunch I will miss convenience stores actually being convenient. I will miss not having to tip as Silverjay mentioned. I will miss desserts and bread shops that are not painfully sweet.
I lived in Australia for a year, and from there I miss being able to buy a really quite surprisingly good cappuccino from 7-11 for $1.
I am sure there will be much more, but thats all I can think of at the moment.
re: TeRReT
Where in Japan are you?
I think some of your issues can be resolved with better reading and speaking Japanese and maybe knowledge of your area. Butchers are butchers after all. And cheap salmon filets are pretty ubiquitous. Also, there are different fruit purveyors who specialize in those high-end domestic fruits, usually meant as gifts. But cheaper imported fruit is pretty easy to find and not horribly off in terms of North American value. It took me a couple of years of improved reading and speaking as well as knowing where to shop before I resolved some shopping issues living in Japan....Cheese however, is another story. Although things have gotten better in Tokyo- no doubt spurred on by growing interest in wine.
And most definitely YES, Japanese convenience stores. NYC bodegas often have a similar offering and hours but horrible prices.
re: Silverjay
I am in okayama city in okayama prefecture. Pretty small city so not nearly as much as tokyo, but certainly I will get the courage to go to an actual butcher soon. I know the fishmonger I will target, need to find a good butcher.
re: TeRReT
I knew the moment you described your local fruit varieties that you were in Okayama. I agree about certain vegetables like beets and brussel sprouts. While you're right that cheese is a premium item in Japan, Okayama is known in the Chugoku region for being home to one of the better artisanal cheese makers in Japan.
I'm located just down the way in Hiroshima, and I've been able to find many of those things you say are not available. But first, I'll say that living in Japan has made me more aware of seasonality and the great value of local products. I think living in this region of Japan being close the supply chain of products in the growing region from Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi prefectures, to Shikoku and Kyushu, I think I get more bang for my yen than I did living in NYC, not to mention better taste and quality. But you need to know where to find it. For me, supermarkets are a secondary source. I suppose I am one of the more fortunate ones to have family/relatives who are connected to local growers, or are growers themselves, that I've never had to buy rice, or that I get sackfuls of more great seasonal vegetables than I know what to do with. (I'm trying to convince one of them to grow beets).
I suggest finding a restaurant supply market, like A-Price or a Gyomu-yo chain. I get my big hunks of meat at those places, usually imported and frozen. For better quality stuff, the meat guy online is a great resource in Japan. Since I don't know the markets in Okayama, I'm not sure what to tell you about finding hunks of salmon, but I've been able to find them at the markets that are operated by Aeon, more likely at their discount markets. And if you're more desperate for North American stuff, you can take the short trip to Hiroshima to got to Costco which is opening in March near the Shinkansen station.
re: E Eto
Ah yes I am also lucky, my fiancées family lives on Shikoku and someone is a rice farmer, maybe an uncle, and I have never had to pay for rice. Well, just the couple bucks to remove the husk.
I have been to a-price here but did not look at the meat section at the time, will check out soon thanks.
I will definitely check that Costco out when it opens. The aeon here is old and not so nice, we will get a new one in 2014. Ito yokado has some sort of chunk of beef that looks like I could roast it, I will try that soon too.
Seasonal is definitely important here, and I have ridiculous amounts of citrus always as her family is from ehime. I buy at the grocery store when fruit is 50% or more off, otherwise I go to the local ja market.
What cheese producer is here? I am unfamiliar with it.
I'm from the US and currently live in Jerusalem but for a while was also in Dublin.
The things I miss most at the moment - bagels, parsnips, a range of chilis and Indian food.
For the most part, if you're willing to pay, you can get a really wide range of ingredients in Jerualem and Tel Aviv given the various immigrant populations. And situations like all of the guest workers from the Phillipeans and Thailand have definitely brought down the prices of a number of Asian groceries. Restaurants are more hit and miss, but again - if you can pay it's there. And for a treat it's not so expensive.
To properly make a more diverse range of Mexican food though, there is a real limitation in access to various chilis. And while the ingredients are available to make many Indian style dishes - it's never been a cooking style I've done well. And for all the travel that Israelis do to India - the Indian restaurants that exist here are dreadful.
re: cresyd
Some member of the Jewish community from Cochin who now lives in Israel should open a really good restaurant. It sounds like they could really do well, what with all the Israelis who must miss the great food they ate when they were in India on vacation.
re: Pan
I've mentioned this on another thread - but as most Israelis go to India in their 20s and as backpackers looking to stretch their money as far as possible, the overwhelming attitude towards Indian food is that if it costs "restaurant money" then it's inauthentic/not worth it.
In Jerusalem there used to be two Indian restaurants that I knew of (now just one) and both followed the model of being vegetarian and having a range of dishes they made every day, with minimal to no variation. Light on spices (as spicy food is not all that popular), and clearly cooked by someone who came back with a love of India more than a knowledge of an Indian cuisine.
Tel Aviv has recently seen some growth of restuarants featuring dishes from Vietnam/Thailand - so perhaps the travel bug and the restaurant bug will one day properly cross over for a good Indian restaurant. But I don't have my hopes up.
I work in S.Korea and miss a few things when I'm away from home/US:
Summer corn (corn on the cob in Korea is very starchy/chewy; not as sweet, crunchy as back home)
Bacon - in particular, Applewood smoked
Tomatillos, green salsa, etc.
Craft beers (Korean beer is notoriously insipid)
Cliff bars
Cheese (sliced provolone, asiago)
When I'm back in the US I miss:
Triangle Kimbap
Pork belly
Quail eggs - in any store, you can pick up a pack of boiled, shelled quail eggs simmered in a soy sauce marinade.
Myulchi bokkum - these tiny dried fishes sauteed in a gochujang sauce
Kabocha squash - they're everywhere in Korea all year round. Hard to find back home
re: tamagoji
I forgot about tomatillos - need to add that to my list!
re: tamagoji
I love kabocha.
Do you have a favorite green salsa brand? I spent a week in New Mexico a few years ago and absolutely loved New Mexican food. I bought some good products in Santa Fe, but unfortunately, they are used up. That was in a store that specialized in all things chili - all kinds of spicy sauces, bags of different kinds of chilis. Any of you have any idea which store I'm talking about?
re: Pan
I think I've been to a similar type of store (Latin/South American foods), in Pittsburgh though. They made tortillas right there at the store and sold lots of little bottles of chili/hot sauces. I remember I was able to get a particular kind of corn flour to make arepas.
My favorite salsa verde was from Rick Bayless (Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Verde). I found it in my supermarket (Wegmans) before I moved to Korea. Holy smokes, it was really good. It looked super fresh and was delicious.
re: tamagoji
My daughter moved to SK in September. She misses baking ingredients; apparently in her town it has been hard to find vanilla or vanilla bean, baking powder, and some spices. She mentioned that chocolate is cheap but of poor quality (we sent some).
When I am traveling for long periods in Italy, France, England I tend to miss a good burger. Not a McDonalds/FF burger but more the kind you get at an average american restaurant. A *thick* juicy medium rare burger topped with american or cheddar cheese, sliced tomato and iceberg lettuce. Heinz ketchup a must. For some reason the European burgers I have tried when the craving hits just don't taste the same.
re: foodieX2
Have you tried Hippopotamus or Buffalo Grill? I'm just not a burger person (even at McDo) but these two put out a burger that looks as American as anything I've seen at Chili's or similar - -sometimes even with cheddar cheese.
I had a bite of the burger one of my dining companions ordered at Hippopotamus - it was tasty and juicy, for sure.
re: sunshine842
I have had a burger at Buffalo Grill in Paris and while a good burger it is not American. I have never been to Hippopotamus- my local friends refuse to go, saying that it is the worst service anywhere.
I pretty much have given up on finding a truly American burger because, well it's not America! I really think it has to do with the fact the ground beef tastes different and European Heinz doesn't taste like *my* Heinz. But that doesn't mean I don't miss it…
re: foodieX2
I think that's the biggest thing -- the beef tastes much different here.
Hippopotamus isn't ever our first choice, (but we all make choices out of necessity -- Sunday afternoon on the way home from vacation, etc., etc.)....but the service at our local one is very warm, friendly, and efficient. Like most chains, I think it swings wildly depending on which location and who happens to be working.
I honestly don't notice a difference in Heinz...but then I go through one bottle a year....but it has to be Heinz.
As an American living in Moscow, there isn't much that can't be found for any price with diligent searching, although timing can be iffy, e.g., American cranberries have a knack for appearing the week _after_ Thanksgiving (the local ones are smaller and don't pop). Things I routinely wish were more cheaply and readily available include sweet potatoes, black beans, leafy greens, peanut butter and asparagus. I also love to bake, and a few distinctly American ingredients have to be lugged from the States -- corn syrup, sweetened coconut and molasses.
Things I would miss if I left: after several years, I have learned to love Russian food, but most of my favorites would be easily replicable anywhere with beets, buckwheat, mayonnaise, etc. -- although the local McDonalds make ridiculously good wedge fries that I don't eat often, but I like knowing they're there. The bigger blow would be the loss of restaurants serving Caucasian (esp. Georgian khachapuri, a type of cheese bread) and Central Asian (esp. plov, a lamb-based version of paella) cuisine. I would also terribly miss markets heaped with fresh and fairly inexpensive dried fruit and nuts, and expensive but quality produce (pomegranates, persimmons) from the same regions.
re: Grechka
Thanks for that great post! Do you have any favorite dried fruit or nut vendors? Do you get those mostly at supermarkets or farmers' markets?
re: Pan
There are a couple of big indoor markets in central-ish Moscow (I go to one called Danilovsky) that are more expensive than most places, but I generally find the quality upgrade big enough to justify it to myself, and I can sample before deciding whether to buy. Moreover, I do have a handful of favorite vendors who certainly put on a good show of giving me discounts, and at least I know and like them well enough that if they are ripping me off, I'm okay with it as long as they're keeping the extra for themselves and not passing it to some shady middleman.
While there are definitely vendors who show up only when they have something local and seasonal (the pumpkins are particularly impressive -- I always half the sugar called for in my Thanksgiving pie recipe), there's a permanent crowd (although I suspect a very limited number of underlying distributors) that increasingly sells imported produce alongside stuff from the "near abroad." (This morning, for example, my buddy offered a choice of persimmons from Azerbaijan, Israel and Spain.) Other things at the market that I buy less often include meat, fish, spices, an array of Georgian products about which I could write a whole separate rhapsodic post, pretty much any pickled vegetable or fruit you can imagine, etc. Oh, and if you ever find yourself there (or in Central Asia), be sure and try the highly addictive cashews covered in honey glaze and sesame seeds (another thing I'd have to learn to make if I leave).
I have another favorite fruit & vegetable seller whose stand is much more convenient and offers a good price/quality tradeoff, except that we've built up such a good relationship over the years that she insists on giving me ridiculous discounts, and I can't in good conscience continue to buy from her when I'm sure she must lose money on the transactions. So now I just stop by to talk and trade her my American baked goods for the Russian/Georgian food her sister makes for me....While Moscow generally earns its reputation for dourness, its produce sellers are an almost universally friendly lot.
re: Grechka
I am an American living in Moscow too!
Although I do appreciate being able to find almost everything here that I miss back home, I hate the prices! For example, mangoes, which are my favourite fruit are 400 rubles a kg! I still buy it though...just rarely.
I like to bake too and was wondering....have you found pure vanilla extract here? I have only found vanilin or vanilla sugar and I really dislike it.
I adore Russian food but I absolutely love the Georgian and Uzbek food here. Plov is perhaps one of my favourite foods ever. I really like Russian fast food as weird as that sounds. Kroshka kartoshka and teremok will always have special places in my heart.
re: bringmeback
I tend to bring enormous bottles of Penzey's vanilla extract from the States, but I once saw it in Eliseevksy on Tverskaya (which means other branches of the Alye Parusa chain may have it as well). Vanilla beans are a lot easier to find -- I've seen them at Perekrestok Zeleny, among other places -- so you can also go the DIY route....Agreed on ghastly prices and on Teremok, although I haven't had a Kroshka Kartoshka in about 10 years. (Back then I had a friend who loved their Korean cabbage potato so much she kept ordering it even though she got food poisoning every time.)
Incidentally, I am moving back to the US in a few weeks after 4 years of accumulating all sorts of miscellaneous kitchen stuff that's not worth it to take with me. If you might be interested and if we can figure out some non-sketchy way to exchange contact info, I'd be happy to bequeath some of it to a fellow Chowhounder. (Especially since there's a decent chance we already know each other!)
re: Grechka
I've seen vanilla beans (I love Perekrestok Zeleny and go there wayyy too much!) but I have no clue how to make vanilla and am lazy, so I'll buy some extract when I make my way back to the States.
Lol, when I mention Kroshka Kartoshka to my American friends or my mom, they don't understand what the big deal is about a potato and some toppings.
And that would be great if you want to give some of your stuff to me! I'll be here for awhile (my visa just got renewed for 3 years). I guess there is no private message function on here, at least i didn't see one...so if you want, you can email me at terminallyvain[AT]gmail.com
Well, I feel down-market here, because what I missed when I lived in Okinawa were red bell peppers and big fat, thick- walled stuffable green bell peppers. The only peppers we could get were small and thin walled. Now, of course, I wish I could buy those here in California.
Also, Mentos (which don't even come from my country). When we came home on leave, I bought a bunch at LAX.
Also, for some reason, there we couldn't get white wine vinegar. However, we did have coin sized oreo wafers without the stuffing. We loved those, for our tea parties, but no such thing is available here in Hmmurica.
And now that I am home, I miss Orion (The Beer of Beers)
re: RosePearl
Some of the things I miss are down-market in Malaysia, too. I haven't checked lately, but I believe sauces you can buy in jars in stores are not expensive there.
re: jpc8015
I can understand that!
re: jpc8015
My friend has to travel to Dubai and Saudi all the time and all he talks about, or rather complains about, is not being able to drink beer. However, he seems to be smitten with camel meat as a replacement for pork. Although, according to him, it tastes like moist turkey.
re: Silverjay
I find smoked goose to be a "less objectionable" bacon replacement. Though where I am, there are enough Christians and Russians to keep various pork traditions easily available.
re: cresyd
It is just not the same. The first morning after getting home from these trips I always fry up a bunch of extra thick cut bacon with some eggs. Often times I will eat my breakfast with a great beer...I love America.
re: jpc8015
No, it's definitely not the same. In Jerusalem there's enough of a Christian/foreign population to make bacon available, but a few years ago I found a Russian butcher who basically breaks down his own pigs/makes his own bacon - and that was a revelation.
I'm Canadian, was living in India for a year and a half and now the Czech Republic for almost 2 years. From Canada I miss:
Bagels, Sockeye Salmon; Good cuts of beef (in CZ you only get goulash cut, Svitskova (ie: translates to "good cut", not really) or short ribs), Lamb, Seafood in general, Kraft Dinner (guilty pleasure), and Clamato juice.
From India I miss: truly flavourful dahl dishes, but we make them at home often, samosas, chat that's safe to eat for whitey, and peshwari gobi.
What I'll miss when we leave: oustanding CZ beers, Moravian Punch @ Christmas (hot mulled wine based on a local recipe), Medvedi Cesnek (Bear's Garlic, the best spring green in the world), extremely well priced Austrian white wines (30 mins drive away), Austrian asperagus in the spring and the explosive selection of pork products available everywhere and in every form known... except bacon, go figure.
re: vanderb
Beef. In Canada I could get really really good quality meat, pretty much any cut I wanted. In Sri Lanka, when you go to a beef stall, you see a hunk of beef hanging by a hook from the ceiling coated in flies. And you point to the beef, they cut off a hunk, and at home, you have to wash it so thoroughly before you cook it. The quality is just terrible compared to the beef in Canada. And New Zealand and Singapore. I missed good quality meat in Sri Lanka.
I'm from the US but spent most of the last 3 years in Beijing. Things I missed the most:
Big, fat roasting chickens – Most chickens in Chinese markets are much scrawnier and tougher. They seem intended for making soup.
Beef cuts - China is a pork-eating country so the beef selection at the market is limited. You could always find beef shank and questionable-looking ground beef but no pot roast, short rib, or any of the steak cuts.
Ovens – I baked bread and roasted meats in a tiny countertop toaster oven for three years. That thing gave good service, size notwithstanding.
Cheetos – Cheetos in China are a cruel trick. The bag looks the same but the texture is all wrong, much airier than the real thing. That orange cheese powder is replaced by weird seasoning blends with anise and five spice flavors
Peas - Chinese peas are starchy and hard. If I had had a bag of Green Giant frozen peas I would have hoarded it like gold.
Spaghettios – I have no defense or explanation for this one
Creamy things – soups, gravies, pot pies, etc.
Taco Bell – There were nights when I would have lucid dreams about eating a crunch wrap supreme.
Lunch meat – Boring old sliced turkey… they don't have it.
re: RealMenJulienne
The peas in India sound about the same as the peas you experienced in China. We smuggled in small amounts of immediate use veggies from Kuala Lumpur when we visited, the quality was much higher IMO.
No oven in our place in India either, tried a weird microwave convection contraption that caused no end of grief. Ended up buy a cheap BBQ and grilled up lots of food on the weekend for use throughout the week. We are very happy to have an oven in the Czech Republic.
re: vanderb
What's it like buying meat and other groceries in India? Are there a lot of religiously segregated markets?
re: RealMenJulienne
The western style stores in Bangalore did not have any religious affiliations that were obvious. We had Spar which carried most all types of animal protein and a couple of higher end expat places that sold pork products, but not any beef. The only butchers selling beef were obviously either Muslim or Christian owned but the quality was so poor it was not worth buying. We stuck to chicken and goat, from time to time fish; but that was also quite hit and miss.
Meat in general was a gamble as the cold chain is not well maintained in the places we visited in India. Definitely a good place to veer towards the vegetarian end of the spectrum. Or do as neighbours did and smuggle beef in their luggage as a part of any/all trips to Europe.
re: vanderb
Worst food poisoning in my life was after a hamburger in India! In fact, became vegetarian shortly thereafter, for the next 25 years. Even now, when we return to India, I revert to vegetarian, unless eating at a family member's home, where I trust the food chain and refrigeration chain.
re: RealMenJulienne
What is it about the siren song of Taco Bell.....sigh. I do miss that.
re: cresyd
I have no idea, but I've always missed it when living abroad, and no here in the US, I almost never eat there. Figure that out.
During my first tour in Germany, I severly missed potato chips, sour cream, Doritos, tossed salad, and beef steak.
Upon my return to the States, I missed potato dumplings, veal, white asparagus, blue trout, whole deep fried carp, and beer. Especially the beer. Decent tasting beer that did not cost an arm and a leg.
In Japan, I missed coffee. To the extent where I went through caffine withdrawl. And the cost of european wine was prohibitive. Which explains my intro to the wonderful wines of Australia.
What do I continue to miss? German beer, nigiri sushi in pairs, drinkable cheap wine and champagne, restaurants that don't rush you, Weinerwald chickens, and all styles of european baked goods.
re: Turmericginger
I used to think the mangoes I had in Canada were terrific. Then I experienced Sri Lankan mangoes. Same with bananas and papayas and pineapple. The ones I had in Canada were fine at the time, but after experiencing the really good stuff in Sri Lanka, I realize that the Canadian ones are completely flavourless by comparison.
re: LMAshton
Malaysian bananas are wonderful, but they just don't export too well. Bananas are a fruit that really has to be picked ripe to be really good. The bananas we get in the US, outside of banana-growing areas, are awful. They pick them when they're weeks and weeks underripe, so they have a fighting chance of not rotting in transit by sea, but they never really ripen, have a mealy texture, and upset my stomach.
re: LMAshton
Every year from May to July I live off Pakistani mangoes bought by the crate. Pure bliss.
Diet Coke. Coke Lite just doesn't do it for me. I don't make it to Europe much, but when I do I would gladly kill for a Diet Coke.
re: NonnieMuss
The firs time I found diet Coke in a grocery store in India, I danced in the aisle, bought every single can, hoarded them in the hotel room and drank one, warm, each day. Bliss.
re: pine time
Did the same thing in India the first time we found Diet A&W Rootbeer... hoarded it like a precious metal and kept it locked in the pantry. Good times, good times.
re: vanderb
A&W Rootbeer! I haven't had that since I left Canada. You've just reminded me how much I miss it. :(
re: LMAshton
Sorry didn't mean to do that to you... but if it helps I can't get it here in the Czech Republic at all, so I'm in the boat with you.
re: vanderb
*laughs* No worries. It's not like I *need* it. :D
re: LMAshton
Found Canada Dry ginger ale on a trip to Prague last week... manna from heaven, haven't had it in ages.
Many restaurants/bars will show Canada Dry on the menu here but they never actually have it and I get suckered every time. Schweppes and Kinley ginger ales are available but they are not the same as Canada Dry for a homesick Canuk.
re: vanderb
Have you ever had ginger beer? It's not actually alcoholic. It's similar to a ginger ale but with way more kick. It's ruined me for ginger ale.
re: LMAshton
It's hard to find good ginger beer in Atlantic Canada, another thing to add to the miss list.
re: LMAshton
I had ginger beer with lunch today and have enjoyed it the past 3 years living abroad, but it doesn't replace ginger ale for me.
re: pine time
When my husband and I travel, the topic of what foods from home we're craving always comes up, no matter how great the foods abroad are. We live in Canada, in a small city that has substantial Italian, Lebanese and Vietnamese communities. Accordingly, we often crave pho, noodles of all kinds, wood oven fired thin crust pizzas and assertively garlicky Lebanese mezes. Personally, I am a lover of chiles. Bland dishes beg for a little heat. We often bring along a black pepper grinder on vacations, but I don't bring hot sauces or chiles, because I want to appreciate the cooking styles from around the world. Condiments I crave are black pepper, Dijon mustard, cayenne pepper, fish sauce and Sriracha.
re: pine time
In Ireland, I missed good, red tomatoes. Also wanted to make potato salad since my Irish relatives had never tried it. Had to substitute yogurt for the sour cream.
re: Bill Hunt
Two more items came to mind, though I cover one, when I travel:
Unrefined, raw turbanado sugar (I now carry that in checked baggage). The UK is offering this in many more places, than ten years ago.
International Delight "French Vanilla" coffee "creamer." Tried flying with those in the little canisters, but it did not go well, and for whatever reason, they do not taste the same in the little canisters, as opposed to a larger, refrigerated bottle.
re: Bill Hunt
ugh, Bill, you disappoint me -- I know there's nothing wrong with your palate, but yet you use that stuff? *shudder*
We all have to have our vices, I suppose....
re: sunshine842
Actually, I do.
Half-n-half will do in a pinch, but I really like the French Vanilla - something just clicks for me.
Sorry to disappoint.
Born and raised in the UK, but a couple years ago I moved to Canada for love. It's a lot of the silly things I miss and every now and again I get my parents to post me it.
Jaffa cakes, hobnobs and most recently, chip shop curry sauce.
The chocolate just isn't as good here, at least not without paying through your teeth for it.
Ribena. By far my favourite cordial (or squash as I always called it). I used to hoard a bottle in my room so my sister couldn't drink it.
And I realise this is not a particular food, but I greatly miss a brit style pub. I've been in one since I moved and that was in Charlottetown on PEI during a visit.
re: Musie
I'm not even British, and have never lived there -- and I miss Jaffas and Hobnobs (plain chocolate, please)
And Branston pickle, and HP sauce, and good tea...and a rather inexplicable addition to prawn crisps.
(It's probably better for my health, however, that Jaffas and Hobnobs and Crunchie bars are an occasional treat, rather than something I can have to hand every day...)
re: sunshine842
Before I moved to Canada I posted a bag of prawn cocktail crisps to my now husband. He didn't much like them! I do think I should have sent him a brand called Skips... I now want a bag of them.
I wouldn't mind a bag of pizza flavoured cheetos, but I've only ever seen them in Greece.
re: Musie
Have you looked about a bit? In Denver, just up from my house, there was a great British shop - sort of a tea shop, a birck-a-brack shop, but also a grocery - in Denver, CO, USA.
Along with Jaffa cakes, they had maybe three "clotted creams," orange barley water, and so much more. Did not look for Hobnobs, so cannot say. Plus, it was run by the two most charming, and very British ladies, who were the most gracious and welcoming people, with whom I have dealt. Very proper, but such ladies.
Good luck,
re: Bill Hunt
what's painful is having to cough up US$5 for a box of tea that says "Special promo price -- just 80p!"
(that was about 10 years ago for a box of Typhoo...but that's a pretty normal markup, by the time you count duties, taxes, freight, and profit for everyone in the distribution chain)
re: sunshine842
Now, I never promised a "great price." I never bothered to look at my Robinson's Orange Barley Water. I knew that I wanted it, and had it available (only about 8 blocks away too), so I bought it. Same for the clotted cream, and then, the little Bulldog statues. The ladies knew that if they had new Bulldogs, I would buy them...
Of course, if in London (not the cheapest place on Earth), I never figure in any exchange rate. I pretend that the little £'s are but $'s, and let AMEX figure it out, a month later...
re: Bill Hunt
where you find that you were off by 60% and it wasn't in your favor.
re: sunshine842
I am missing something important here, but not sure what it is.
I just buy, what I want, where I find it, and do not fixate on any exchange differences.
Help me out, please,
I just got back from 3 weeks in Ecuador. By the end I was really missing whole wheat anything--bread, cereal. I got sick of corn and rice.
I live in Tokyo now (originally from the U.S. -California) and I seriously miss In-n-Out Burgers!
thick cut applewood smoked bacon
dry Spanish chorizo
thick meat cuts - like someone else said, you can request it from the butcher, but I don't speak enough Japanese to have tried ordering it yet!
tomatillos (to make chile verde - also the pork butt, see above)
half & half
good cheese that doesn't cost an arm & a leg ;-)
re: curlscj
<<thick cut applewood smoked bacon>>
I still live in the US, and all too often miss that, as well. We purchase it on-line, so that we have it in our home, but with our travels, well... let's just say that we are more often disappointed, than pleased.
re: curlscj
Spanish chorizo is available now in the U.S. It comes in a Criovac bag and that makes it usually able to pass thru customs in many countries. Check into someone in the states sending you some. It's not expensive, so if you lose it, not that big a deal....
In the UK, I miss:
Tomatoes - UK tomatoes are invariably the 'Moneymaker' strain. They are described by my Spanish buddy as 'pool balls' - perfectly round, perfectly red and perfectly tasteless.
Ice cream - real ice cream is comparatively rare outside of the specialty freezer in the supermarkets. Most ice cream served up is all wind and water - but things have improved a lot in the last 10 years.
Ice - in most pubs, only a sliver of one or two ice cubes will be found bobbing in water in a plastic pineapple-shaped ice bucket at the end of the bar.
Good coffee - again, things have improved a lot in the last 10 years, but instant coffee is still common in diners
Fresh Soft fruit - peaches, cherries, strawberries, raspberries blueberries etc. are available but are expensive. Lots of diners still serve tinned fruit - but again, things are getting better
Fresh fish and shellfish - if I ever get served crabsticks, instead of real crab again, I will scream.
In the US I miss (and if you come across them you might find them interesting to try)
Marmite - you either love it or hate it
UK baked beans - same as the US version but without pork fat and masses of sugar
Good bread - again, its difficult to find without masses of sugar in it
Teapot-made tea - my Mexican pool guy didn't know what my teapot was. No tea from bags for me thanks.
Single malt whisky - blended whisky is the norm
Biscuits - the US range of cookies is superb, but I still have yearnings for McVities digestives, custard creams and ginger biscuits.
Good hard cheese - bring on the Stilton, Wensleydale, Caerphilly and cheddar
So, I've not spent much time abroad, but even two weeks in China was sufficient to get addicted to Jian Bing. Seriously, I think I'd camp out at a restaurant if they served it here. They're really not well suited for being made at home, but I still might try eventually...
Rugalach from Marzipan bakery in Jerusalem. I've only had them once, but they made a very strong impression.
When I was in LA, I missed good Jewish deli food (corn beef, rye, blitzes. Yeah, LA has them, but even the famous delis were horribly disappointing). Now back in Cleveland, I miss good Boba (we've got it, but it's just not been as good...), the ridiculous variety of Asian food (we've got good asian food... but only some regions), and the Persian food (haven't seen that at all here).
re: celesul
The Marzipan rugulah is the only food product people from the US ask me to bring home when I visit.
re: cresyd
Are they really that good? I've had Marzipan's challah a couple of times and found it almost nauseatingly sweet and vanilla flavored -- although that might work in a rugeleh, I guess. Maybe I will go pick one up when I walk the dog.
re: almond tree
It's a very rich/dense consistency and flavor opposed to a more cakey variety that I grew up with. So if rich sticky gooey chocolate isn't how you like your rugulah - then these won't fit other cravings.
I get that their sweet challah is quite sweet - but it's my favorite to use when making stuffing.
re: cresyd
Well, looks like I'll have to try one in the name of scientific research :).
re: almond tree
Of all of the times "try it, you might like it" has been said - I think this has the potential to be one of minimal pain. :)
re: celesul
Which jian bing did you have: the kind that's stretched out of dough and shallow-fried with egg, or the one that's made of batter spread onto a griddle and filled with stuff?
Your post also reminded me of rou bing, fried pork and cabbage filled pastries sold in the street in Beijing. They were a surefire way to induce a stomachache but they sure were tasty.
re: celesul
Went to school for a semester in Prague and often travel to Europe..... when there I miss Rootbeer sweet/sour/bitter rootbeer! Canadian Cadbury bars! In Prague, living on student wages I couldn't afford Soya Sauce or Brown Sugar - God I missed those!
Here in Canada - I miss great bread - flavor buns that have texture and give with fresh cultured butter, proper pretzels - not the crap they sell here, although a little sandwich shop has opened up here with European pretzels and soup, real wonderful amazing soup proper swiss soups made fresh daily. Fried Cheese Czech style with real tartar sauce (not the jarrred crap), Yoghurt that does not slosh but thick creamy yoghurt with tart cherries, cream that has flavor, the European torten with lots of nuts and narry a sight of shortening or lard. I can go and on. Can't wait for my trip to Zurich and Berlin this summer!
re: Leofric
In Berlin you'll find a lot of those things, but also more foods from the "Global South" - certainly soya sauce!
Hamburgers for sure. Most of them here are dry, deep fried and/or come from a weird box boldly proclaiming something like "20% meat patties". Over ten years and I still have yet to find a proper one.
Certain basics - baking soda, cream of tartar (can occasionally find some of both).
Lime. Anything lime flavored, except limes. Just not a popular flavor, I guess.
What I'd miss - maybe Rivella.
re: burlgurl
I hate ice; suppose a lot of people in European countries feel the same, or feel they are being cheated paying for it.
Wonder if there are any good bagels nowadays in Europe? I've seen very few good ones outside Mile End in Montréal; evidently there are similar good ones in Brooklyn?
Why on earth Tim Horton's?
re: burlgurl
Good bagels can be found in Prague, Vienna and Copenhagen based on recent visits, although they tend to be lighter in texture compared to real Montreal bagels.


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Add on: Yes I know there were other shows that showed the same thing but everyone always points to the Cosby Show for being the best example. No offense to the other shows.posted @ Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 09:38
Seriously? Pulling a thirty year old show? One of the few (if any) that showed a positive and successful black family and their values?
Yeah, good move TV Land.posted @ Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 09:34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYx4SH5wMb4posted @ Friday, November 14, 2014 - 14:29
Where's the link to all the write ins? I always get a kick out of reading those?posted @ Friday, November 14, 2014 - 11:07
Am I to surmise the crash itself is now open?
Can't anyone at the ABH buy a grammar lesson???posted @ Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 12:48
Not knowing too much but basing this off the picture, I bet I know exactly what happened:
Bus was coming off the Inner Loop toward North Ave heading downtown. Bus thought it had a merge lane. Oops!! Yield sign. Oops! Car in the lane it wanted. Bang! Crash.
This happens more times than I care to admit. It's safer to drive in the left lane than to risk the speeders blowing off the Yield sign.posted @ Monday, October 20, 2014 - 10:06
This sums it all up.posted @ Saturday, June 14, 2014 - 14:00
[filtered word] and moan all you want, but that stretch of road from Gaines School to the redlight by Firehouse and Keba is another accident waiting to happen. Not a day goes by I see someone heading towards Gaines School sneak around and drive the wrong way down the turning lane to get in line to turn left.
Heck, I've seen school buses run the lights. Wonder if they will get the tickets? School time will be the best time.
Here are the solutions:
1- park a cop there and give out so many tickets, it ends, only to have it come up again and then have another cop sit there. Rinse and repeat.
2- ban left turns into the curb cut to Firehouse from Barnett (and also ban right turns out of it) and have everyone turn left into the road leading to Publix (or right, as the case may be)
3- not do anything and watch the demolition derby commence.
I've a feeling #3 will win.posted @ Friday, June 13, 2014 - 14:24
The Athens ZIP Codes do creep into Oconee. The Epps Bridge area, while in Oconee, is an Athens ZIP Code.posted @ Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 11:46
[quote][b]CharlotteLadyGardner[/b] - The "smiling mugshot" of the teen who was arrested speaks volumes. [/quote]
What mugshot? We can't find it.posted @ Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 12:27
[quote][b]crankyyankee[/b] - To grade their education level I would like to see a copy of the note.
According to the AJC,
On Tuesday, a student found the words "Thursday there will be no more Gainesville High School. And I'm going to bring my gun! And kill everyone!" written on a boys bathroom wall, authorities said.
"The second one said 'we have explosives and will blow this place up,'" Dyer said.
All told, I'd give an 80. Spelled there correctly, but the starting of a sentence with And (twice!) sorta killed any chance of an A.
Second sentence: No first word capital and no period. I say 75- those are kindergarten errors.posted @ Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 09:42
That link takes us to the Morris email login. Fix! It! Or just go here...
Judges? Worth the bad haircut?posted @ Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 11:21
"We've got to get our hands on some balls," Kentucky coach Mark Stoops said."
Does that constitute targeting?posted @ Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 11:46
We need to get 842 the next go around. 842 is UGA on the keypad.posted @ Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 08:45
[quote][b]The Oracle of the Athens Banner Herald[/b] -
Classifications have always been based on enrollment, that's why classifications exist. Given the equal enrollment, I don't know the reason for putting CS and Clarke Central in different classes.
Maybe because GHSA set the bar at 1450? CS can ask to play up if they want. If they're smart, they'll take the dorp and add CC as a non-region game. Lose and it's no harm no foul in region play.posted @ Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 16:25
How can Athens petition for an 842 area code? 842 is U-G-A on the key pad. Knoxville got 865, which is V-O-L.
Add on: Apparently Lockheed-Martin runs the area codes or something? Who knew?posted @ Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 11:43
[quote][b]crazy8golfer[/b] - That a boy Reed, go ahead and tear it down. No telling how many millions still owed on it. The good ole tax payers will cover it. That's a Democrat for you !!! [/quote]
When ACOG built the Olympic Stadium, they said they would pay for the conversion and give ATL a state of the art paid for stadium. They kept their word. Debt free since 1997.posted @ Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 13:20
[quote][b]Heisenberg[/b] -
So since there was a tragedy in Boston they deserve to win? That is ridiculous. Reminds me of the Super Bowl right after 9/11. The Patriots vs. The Eagles. Two symbols of American freedom so that no matter who wins America wins. What a joke.
First off it was the Patriots and the Rams, dingbat.
Second, I dare you to go to Boston and tell them what you just said.posted @ Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 10:57
After what Boston endured this year, they deserve this. Party on but party safe, Beantown,
Oh and any self respecting Braves fan doesn't recognize the 91 Twins, cheaters of the AL.posted @ Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 09:56
[quote][b]hardrocker[/b] - I would love to know the whole story concerning this event... [/quote]
Uh...I'm sure there are a few books about it.
[quote][b]Shawn[/b] -
At least not in government "education" lol
There are still great opportunities for true teachers and mentors in the private sector.
Yep Full time job with part time pay.posted @ Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 08:52
During "The Miracle Worker?" There's a Helen Keller joke just itching to come out.posted @ Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 09:52
[quote][b]Humbucker bob[/b]Kids at school should not be allowed to use phones at all during the school day. [/quote]
Good luck with that. That would eat into the Bring Your Own Tech initiatives schools are trying to implement. Can't have that.posted @ Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 14:23
[quote][b]E.J.[/b] - If I bother to go to a park, the last thing I want to do is have anything to do with technology, the internet, computers or connectivity. A cell phone is all I would want and it would be off until I had a need for it.
"Oh....excuse me sir, let me turn my phone on before you rob and mug me....crap no signal. Can we move to here?" Said no one ever.posted @ Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 12:24
[quote][b]Okra[/b] -
Wrap your brain around what? They are tunneling under the current roadway of the loop. The loop will be a bridge and Olympic / Peter will go underneath it.
Okra...go fry yourself.
Thanks MPD! I heard originally they would bridge Olympic OVER the loop and that layout didn't jive with the terrain. This makes more sense. Either way, it'll be better than what we had.posted @ Monday, October 14, 2013 - 10:07
Summary: I'm not saying it's lonely to be a movie critic, but we often find ourselves seated alone in an empty theatre when we're watching new stuff. I know people who say they won't go see anything unless they have at least one other person to go with, but I've always enjoyed having the place to myself. I'm not saying it's lonely to be a movie critic, but we often find ourselves seated alone in an empty theatre when we're watching new stuff. I know people who say they won't go see anything unless they have at least one other person to go with, but I've always enjoyed having the place to myself. read more
As you might imagine, the vast majority of the editorial cartoons available these days for publication through the syndicate which supplies cartoons to the Athens Banner-Herald/OnlineAthens are addressing the situation in Ferguson, Mo., where the fatal shooting of a black teen by a white police officer has touched off a number of demonstrations -- some peaceful, but many not at all peaceful, with tear gas fired by police officers and gunshots fired by some protester. read more


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Nilofar Bakhtiar, Pakistan's federal minister for tourism, is in hot water with clerics in her home country for hugging a skydiving instructor who guided her through a tandem parachute jump for charity last month. Now, after striking such an "obscene" pose, she's had to resign from Pakistan's Cabinet.
A religious court set up by the clerics at a radical mosque in Islamabad issued a fatwa, or religious edict, against Bakhtiar when the photographs first appeared in local newspapers last month.
They urged the government to punish her and fire her from the Cabinet. Bakhtiar failed to win the support of Cabinet colleagues and the government appeared to cave in to the demands of the militants.
Taking the plunge: In this "before" shot, Nilofar Bakhtiar prepares to skydive for a charity—an unlikely setting for a career-busting faux pas.
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NA is a server for North Americans
The lack of communication between players of different regions is prevalent on the NA server, but it cannot be blamed on either party (as many are blaming the non-english speakers for this).
Telling the non-English speaking NA players to GTFO is extremely rude, and reporting them for not speaking English is even more ridiculous.
Please tolerate diversity in the League of Legends community
If there was a Brazilian server no one would be complaining.
its called NA severs, not English severs.. look at a map and you can see that north america is not just the united states.. wow come on people 3rd grade social studies!!
It could be the Non-Applicable server, its for everyone who doesn't have their own server. So if you arent from Europe, join the N/A server, all are welcome. A majority of this server is made up from citizens from the United States of America, a country founded on freedom and immigration, so there shouldn't be any issues with a little extra culture on this server
Im from new zealand. An english speaking country.
But if we were a french speaking country, and I didnt speak english, I would still use the NA servers, because they have the best ping.
I am sure I would learn functional english for the game if I played long enough, but this would take time and in the man time I would be ahrd to communicate with.
And I would expect to be treated with respect throughout the process.
How would you guys feel if the shoes were on the other foot?
That is, if 3/5 of the players are talking in Spanish but know English and the other 2 players only speak English, the team chat should be in English.
Continuing to not communicate with the remaining players even though they could is a very solid case for refusing to communicate with the team.
The majority of players on the NA server know, understand, and can speak English, and it is a very high percentage. In the relatively unlikely case where all 5 players speak a different language, by all means, go ahead. But it is understandable that players would get angry if their teammates aren't communicating and the game is going badly.
Look at SK Ocelote. He is a great example of a bilingual player (even though he doesn't usually play on NA, this is non important).
We migh as well talk about sexism now too huh?
Yeah, this was terrible. Last night, I had a game where two of the players were basically unable to participate in any of the team chat, and were limited to some basic pings for communication. The language barrier was a real problem early, but we eventually managed to get around the fact that two of our players couldn't understand the strategy discussion, and rallied to win the game, but it was tougher than it should have been.
Really, it would have been much easier if Wukong and I had bothered to learn Brazilian Portugese, I mean, that's just laziness on our parts. And I'm not even North American (though the absence of either South American or Oceanic servers gives us few options if we want to play this game). I'm in Australia.
Also, while two of the others spoke English, the third barely did, and were a three-man premade. We got advice in English when it was needed, but most of the chat was in Portugese. It was a very fun game, and we wound up ading each other in the end, despite the language barrier.
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Police found the remains of a Petersburg man who disappeared from a hike last year. Just days ago, 2 hikers got lost in the same woods and survived on the contents of their backpacks.
Hiking is especially popular in our area and there are some things you should know that could save your life.
When heading out, you should pack more than just food and water.
"First Aid kit, a map, a compass, something to keep you dry in case it rains," said Matt Rosefsky of the Outdoor Adventure Social Club.
"You need a good pair of hiking boots. Hiking boots are both for ankle protection and to keep your feet both dry and warm on cold days," said Jon Mellor of the Outdoor Adventure Social Club.
Don't go hiking alone, and let people at home know where you are going.
"It's best to let people know when and where you're going and when you expect to be back so they know to look for you and know to call for help if you don't show-up. You can always leave a note on your car saying when you'll be gone and when you're coming back," said Rosefsky.
If you do get stuck in the woods it's best to make a shelter.
"You can put up some sticks against a big rock against a tree and maybe put some leaves over that to create a rain shelter," said Rosefsky.
You don't have to look far away. Local hikes are within minutes. The Rivanna Trail is a 20 mile hike throughout Charlottesville and Albemarle.
"The trail meanders through neighborhoods, it meanders through all of the green places that you don't see everyday," said Mellor.
Whether it's a national park or inside Charlottesville, outdoor adventurers find the best in every spot.
"I started hiking because I like going to pretty places and to see things that not everyone gets to see in a day to day life," said Mellor.
"I just love being out in the wilderness where it's beautiful out there, there aren't many people around, and you can get back to nature," said Rosefsky.
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House, Bedrooms, 1.5 Baths, (Sleeps 5)
This house is simple and sophisticated with beautiful water views from every room, decks in the back and front, privacy but central in this charming small community.
It is a happy, sunny wonderful home.
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There is a distinct Italian feel in the little streets and Venetian houses of Izola, a fishing village next to the Adriatic. An island until the 19C, when it was attached to the continent by a stone bridge. Artists' studios make for a lively town centre. There are a few Roman vestiges facing the sea.
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