America and Britain.

[falcon3624]

How do you deep fry a Mars bar? You are talking about the chocolate bar??? I would think it would melt.......

[Tom Yum]

The snickers bar is covered in a thick batter and doesn't take long to deep fry in the oil. I can see you are intersted - in thickening the arteries...

[Toudiyama[NL]]

Originally posted by falcon3624


That is the first time I heard this.......In case you don't know south Louisiana is inhabitted almost entirely by cajunfrench...there descendants came from France so it would stand to reason that if cajun food is imported than it would come from france.........French people don't eat cajun food........very interesting.

Sorry but they came from what is now called nNova Scotia Canada to the US
see http://www.acadian-cajun.com/hiscaj2.htm

Tom Yum:
Haven't been there, sounds like the perfct place to take someone out without having to "go Dutch"

[salamat po]

In minnesota they have deep fried cheesecake. No wonder the U.s is getting fat. Cheesecake is already fattening enough.

Hey tom yum Where you train?

By the way tom yum soup is the bomb

[falcon3624]

Originally posted by Toudiyama[NL]


Sorry but they came from what is now called nNova Scotia Canada to the US
see http://www.acadian-cajun.com/hiscaj2.htm

Tom Yum:
Haven't been there, sounds like the perfct place to take someone out without having to "go Dutch"

Alot of the Acadiana people came from there but that is not where the food comes from. I have spoken from several people that have came from Canada and France to work in the oil feild industry and none of them have seen any of the foods that we label as "cajun".

[Tom Yum]

Think about the climate difference between Canada and LA. That lends itself to a different diet. I've been to Paris and did not see cafe au chickory; then again my French is not fluent enough. They do have soups that if you replaced the ingredients with stuff from wet hotter climates, would taste a lot like Gumbo.

LA has a lot of multi-ethnic influences. British Navy passed through during their parades in the early 1800s and someone left a horn. When a guy picked it up, he took the influences of Haitian/American/French music and started playing around with it on the streets. An American musician heard these musical improvisation groups, transposed it into sheet music and created rag-time (a predecessor to Jazz music). From the development of music in LA, I imagine the diet has been influenced the same way.

its impossible to say that any culture in LA is of pure French influence much less any culture. If you didn't know and took a trip to parts of LA, you might guess that its Vietnamese...lol. Some of my friends got lost in a Vietnam-town and had difficulty getting directions.

[falcon3624]

In the earlier days of New Orleans it was entirely french. The english put them there because they thought the place was almost uninhabitable. The musquitoes and diseases were deadly and many people died. It wasn't until later that the english realized that New Orleans was a "cash cow" and decided to move in. The french and the english refused to get along with each other and were constantly fighting.....they fought so much and so many people died that they eventually had to name Canal St. as the divider between the english and the french. It was the street that was neutral that runs right next to what is now called the "French Quarter". Most of the dishes that we call "cajun" came from the French Quarter. I am not saying that all Louisiana was inhabitted by french but in the begining most of the settlers that came into New Orleans were french. Later on when the english started taking over New Orleans alot of the french moved to the more southern parts of the state and still to this day most of these regions are inhabitted by the descendants of the french. Most people in the region I live speak both english and french although the french is called "cajun french" and has obvious differences from that of the people from France. Some of the reason for this is because the french known by the "cajun french" is the french that was spoken in France at the time the settlers moved to the United States. Obviously there have been words that have been added to french peoples vocabulary since this time and the "cajun french" just addapt old words for new things. If you ask someone that speaks cajun french for example how to say car they would tell you what real french people would say for carriage being that there were no automobiles when the settlers moved here.

[Tom Yum]

Cajun French as a language is possibly similar to the French spoken in Quebec.

The French in Quebec strive to keep things "French" even though the French themselves use english based words- they try to use French words for everything even though native France refers to a car as auto or automobile. The Waloons (Belgian French) speak modern French, but I've been told its a funny accent.??

Waiting for the day to order "French" Fries again...

[Tom Yum]

Originally posted by Toudiyama[NL]

Tom Yum:
Haven't been there, sounds like the perfct place to take someone out without having to "go Dutch"

Regarding the 8 Euro - Dim Sum buffet, I agree! Febo too.

Have you been to The Warehouse Resturaunt (t' pak huis?) Good eating there too; my recommendation - biefstek met pommes frites and Wittbier! Oh man you guys have some good eats - too bad most tourists don't leave the beaten path.

[Toudiyama[NL]]

Well not o lot of the "natives"go there either, sounds like you had a couple of dutch students telling you where to go

From US perspective service in Europe sucks, but I think europeans might find US service over the top
Maybe it's easier to give service with a smile when you know a tip will be paid ( or aren't you expected to pay a certain percentage in tips?)

[Cain]

I prefer Vikings anyday..

[Toudiyama[NL]]

Originally posted by Cain
I prefer Vikings anyday..

Must be my f***k up mind but that sounds the same as Trojans

[mr. bond]

England is a really cool country. the US is more boring, but it's ok.

the people in both countries, of course, range from great, fun, friendly people, to, well, George W. Bush. i guess that's the same in any country.

love all sorts of English accents, and though a lot of regions get hard for me to understand, they're cool anyway.

[falcon3624]

Originally posted by mr. bond
the people in both countries, of course, range from great, fun, friendly people, to, well, George W. Bush.

You trying to say something about George Bush??

[Ghost]

Yeah I think he is trying to say he does not like the president.