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[ladyvenom]

This is kind of a silly question, but if you could have one thing (that you don't have now) from your native country, what would it be and why?

[Shonai Ben]

National Hockey League.
I miss the playoffs.

[Wolf]

COFFEE!

[naturegirl321]

Cheese and butter

[johnslat]

Is " freedom " an acceptable response - being able to speak without guarding your tongue, being able to do so many things that you can't here?
Regards,
John

[curveegrrl]

I miss being able to read. Granted I could work on that, but I'm kinda lazy about some stuff. sigh.

[denise]

I'm doing fine so far food-wise (a vegan in Japan), but what I wouldn't give for...

burritos
falafel
(I miss one particular burrito place and one particular falafel place in California)
vegan treats/cakes/cookies/snacks, just like the ones that I used to bake at home in the States

Oh, and I miss being able to read the labels on the food packages. Give me some time and I will learn...

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[Kent F. Kruhoeffer]

Dear ladyvenom:

hmmm. This might sound strange, but I sometimes find myself dreaming about American breakfasts; you know, the 'fatty' ones with scrambled eggs & bacon, pancakes, sausage, buttered toast and hash browns.

Europeans usually eat a much lighter breakfast consisting of breads and fruits and maybe some cheese, but nothing that even remotely resembles that big plate of yummy, greasy stuff we eat back home on the farmlands of rural Pennsylvania.

And in Asia, they often eat RICE for breakfast. Talk about yuck.

Regards,
keNt

[Roger]

WOlf,
Yunnan produces very acceptable coffee now. At the Canton Trade Fair they were offering Arabica roasted exactly like those Indonesian imports you buy in Hong Kong (such as at Delifrance).
In Guangzhou, you can now stock up on LAVAZZA.

And all other gourmands: Have you ever tried a deli shop? Many five-star hotels in China run a delicatessen. Some have an European chef that prepares cold cuts, bakes German rye bread and prepares beefsteaks. Cheese is increasingly available all over developed China.
I am not missing much in the line of foods and drinks - I am missing old acquaintances, friends, pets and places I used to hang out!

[Irish]

keNt wrote:

[johnslat]

Dear Irish,
Ah Spam - not the junk e-mail spam, but the Hormel ( isn't it ) twist-off can with the key on the bottom Spam. It's also hugely ( and I use that word deliberately since the consumers of Spam are usually - or perhaps I should say, unusually - large ) popular on the Navajo rez in the southwest USA. Go into a supermarket in, say, Shiprock, NM and you'll find GIANT pyramids of the stuff, piled 8 feet high. Most Navajos would slightly alter Popeye's famous line to: I Spam what I Spam. Hmmm, wonder if there's a " Spam gene " shared by Polynesians and Navajos?
Regards,
John

[dduck]

[tjpnz2000]

Grass, definately grass.

I'm from New Zealand and we are really big into grass.

What green is to New Zealand grey is to Japan.

[Kereru]

TPJPNZ2000 - By "grass" do you mean Coromandel green or your more basic Waikato green? (For the benefit of other readers - do you want to smoke it or feed it to cows?)

[scot47]

I missthe cinema. No "movie theaters" as our transatlantic sousins call them in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

I could zoom across to Bahrain but who needs the hassle ?