I was told that it's more a case of the English being able to consume the fatty food in reasonable portions, and not super-sizing every single thing.
I've tried to march in the Slayer Pride Parade ...
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Madrigal Costello - Jul 01, 2003 4:10:27 pm PDT #5443 of 9843
It's a remora, dimwit.
evil jimi - Jul 01, 2003 4:28:36 pm PDT #5444 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
That sounds about right, Madrigal.
Australia/New Zealand/England vs USA has more to do with portion size than anything else. We basically all eat the same thing but yanks seem to eat more (or at least, are served more) than the rest of us.
Madrigal Costello - Jul 01, 2003 4:30:43 pm PDT #5445 of 9843
It's a remora, dimwit.
American restaurants are notorious for huge portion sizes, and making the primary part of any meal the one with the most fat. Any vegetables are either garnish, or in ketchup form.
evil jimi - Jul 01, 2003 4:36:44 pm PDT #5446 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Yeah. A friend, who travelled through the States for 3 months, said she got desperate for just an ordinary salad with her meal. Every time she ordered one, there seemed to be bacon pieces and all sorts of other saturated fat products. :(
erikaj - Jul 01, 2003 4:38:31 pm PDT #5447 of 9843
Always Anti-fascist!
Not always, but often enough.
Burrell - Jul 01, 2003 4:57:29 pm PDT #5448 of 9843
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Do not dis the bacon in the salad. Unless of course you are a vegetarian, in which case return said salad to the server.
Hil R. - Jul 01, 2003 5:11:22 pm PDT #5449 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Un-baconed salads are much easier to get outside the South. I once went to a restaurant in Louisiana and tried to find something vegetarian on the menu. I went through every possible option on the menu and was told that every one of them had meat in some form. So I ordered a salad, and had to go through the whole list of dressings before finding one with no meat.
As for portion sizes, yeah. When I go out to eat here, I usually end up with enough leftovers for lunch and dinner the next day.
§ ita § - Jul 01, 2003 6:17:47 pm PDT #5450 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You eat the salad, I'll eat the bacon.
Salad gross. Bacon nummy.
bon bon - Jul 01, 2003 9:33:08 pm PDT #5451 of 9843
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
So I ordered a salad, and had to go through the whole list of dressings before finding one with no meat.
There are salad dressings with meat in them? This just makes me think of Python. FWIW, in defense of this poor humble land, I never have a problem with meaty salads.
Emlah - Jul 01, 2003 10:43:38 pm PDT #5452 of 9843
To every idea a shelf...
I think it may be possible that any savoury food is improved by bacon. Possibly some sweet foods as well.