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[bassexpander]

I'm back in the US on vacation.

I used to love chocolate chip cookies sold at gas stations (the big soft kind). They now taste salty and horrible.

I can't stand the pizza here. I like what's sold down the street in Korea.

I had a steak at an Applebee's restaurant, and it was terribly salty.


The list goes on.... I guess I'm getting used to Korean versions of things.

[sojourner1]

Yes, the Koreanized western foods seem to be sweeter and less saltier. Even butter garlic french bread like you would eat with spaghetti is a sweet dessert as they associate western food with being sweet. I did notice that Korean food such as bibimbop, jigae, kimchee, and gamtatang are very much too salty, but very low in fat which are probably still not healthy unless eating only tiny meals like they do. Uh, I mean like we do as I'm eating it everyday too.

American food is extremely salty and fatty with that hydrogenated shortening crap and in enormous qualities. Worst stuff ever invented to replace butter, lard, and grease. I wonder if Koreans use shortening in their bakeries? I prefer real butter in my cookies and pastries.

I did notice that the general quality of food and service has been on the decline in the states over the years due to low pay, low employee morale, discontent, and a lack of pride we once had so you might be just getting shitty food service. When home, I noticed too much salt on the fries, too much sugar in the ice tea, crap quality, too much quantity, and rude unhappy people everywhere.

[PeteJB]

I often found that in my hometown too, I was almost throwing up from the use of sugar and/or salt in foods. Some things I used to eat regularly I could barely get through.

And I even used to have sugar with my tea. Now I don't

[The Grumpy Senator]

Hey Bassexpander,

Can you go grab an Arby's Melt so I can vicariously live through your experience? Don't leave out any details!!!

Enjoy your vacation,

Grumpy

[KYC]

applebee's steaks are always too salty...

hmm olive garden....i cant wait to go back.

[Hobophobic]

...that sux...

First thing I did was go to my favorite greasy spoon all day breakfast dinner, and order:

2 eggs sunny side up
Extra crispy bacon
Homefries w/ onions smothered in gravy
and whole wheat toast...

I found it was a flavor explosion...and the only problem I had was not the taste, but the evil squirts (like some experience with Kimchi here) about 30 minutes later...

...kinda like TBS (Taco Bell Syndrome) when you eat 3 half pound bean beef burritos and the jumpin beans turn ugly on you and suddenly you feel like a someone is stabbing your abdomen repeatedly...and yes, I never learn from my mistakes, I just tell others about them....

[Yu_Bum_suk]

Grrr - five days to wait before I can endulge in the salty North American cuisine and stroll through supermarkets filled with aisle after aisle of food I actually want to eat. You guys are really making me hungry!

[sargx]

I hereby hate all of you for:

Mentioning Arby's, Taco Bell, and diner breakfast food.

Korean food is almost murder to me, since i don't eat vegetables.

[Rutherford]

If you don't eat any vegetables, all food is almost murder to you, healthwise.

[knee-highs]

[Oreovictim]

When I was between contracts, I had quite a few beef & cheddars from Arby's, some Frisco melts from Steak & Shake, and quite a few bacon cheeseburgers from Culver's. (I'm from the Mid West, by the way.) Perhaps that's why I gained several pounds when I was home.

Korean pizza? I'll never get used to that sh!t.

[esetters21]

2 weeks and counting til my first visit back to the States in a few years. I hope that I am not disappointed. I have been craving certain things and want to make sure that I get my fill before I come back.

Anyone want to live vicariously post what you want me to eat for you when I'm home .

[knee-highs]

[Oreovictim]

[cdninkorea]

One thing I miss from home is Ben and Jerry's ice cream. The cafes especially (waffle cone sundaes- yum!) but also the half litre containers of Half Baked ice cream.

I went home for a week at Christmas and went through 4 containers; 2 litres of ice cream in 8 days.