No fuckn waaaaaay
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- i_monk0
I've heard rabbit isn't nutritious at all.
- monospaced0
This whole generalization of America(ns) used to really piss me off (nod to scarabin) because I simply didn't agree with it. This, I now understand, is a direct result of my upbringing. My knowledge and understanding now, from world travel and the places I've lived, has opened my eyes to how the world views Americans and our culture. And still, I find myself separate from most of it, like many many individuals on this site.
I was in the airport yesterday in Orlando, FL and I got to see a juicy slice of middle America waddling by (yeah, they waddle because they're fat) with their Disneyworld souvenirs and Walmart attire. Seeing this it's easy to make the assumption that Americans are ALL fat and uncultured, and it's hard to blame the rest of the world for stereotyping us like that. I wouldn't be suprised if any of the people I saw yesterday would refuse to try rabbit meat from any restaurant.
I also realized during my travels that when a native in a foreign country asked me where I was from, the reaction to my answer was very different if I said "southern California" vs "USA," which means the rest of the world seems to have some understanding that not ALL of America is part of this general stereotype. My hometown had no mega stores or major chain restaurants, we ate organic/local foods because they were readily available and we interacted with people from all corners of the planet. I don't think this happens much in middle-America. It really is a shame, but I'm proud to say I'm not exactly lumped in with them.
Who's with me?
- except I am kinda fatmonospaced
- pork chops and apple sauceutopian
- I had that dish a handful of times. Pretty good, and nutritious. What's your point?monospaced
- whenever I hear Americans talk in the berlin subway, especially girls, it goes like this:pressplay
- and he was like, like, I don’t, like, care, like, what, you, like, say, like, you know, like, I just, like, huh huh, do like, you know, like, LIKE LIKE LIKEpressplay
- Lol @ press play.pango
- Nahh mono is only slightly over weight. Not too far from average.pango
- if that make you feel better...pango
- i hear you monomoldero
- arthur0
I've had rabbit here in Portland. No biggie.
Get yer facts straight.
- lumedia0
I people would just stop obsessing over what americans do or eat. yes, there are some people who eat a lot of fast food in america. if you think that fast food is every americans staple diet you are an idiot.
- MHDC0
I found myself saying I was from New York.
- Llyod0
Rabbit is too bland.
- vaxorcist0
why?!? hmmm...Bugs Bunny!
Many TV-minded americans won't eat animals they've seen in cartoon form.... but many rural hunters probably eat rabbit... My grandfather told me of hunting jackrabbits in Kansas in the depression... lots of stories like that... my mom ate all sorts of things growing up on a farm....
Not all rabbits eaten are eaten by cosmopolitian internationalist epicurian experimenters,.... lots of shotgun pickup truck rabbit eaters too I can assure you....
YES...There's a million stereotypes... especially regionally.... I grew up moving a lot,east coast, south, midwest, long visits to California.... and then we lived in a VW van in Europe for 4 months I was a kid with my family, so I heard quite a few of these stereotypes from the kids I met and/or many adults...
Yes, I had a Boston accent when I moved to the south, yes, I had a southern accent when i moved to Wisconsin, yes, I was used to every insult possible based on these accents... whatever....
The rabbit meat... I'd try it.... why not!?!?
- I can confirm the bit about your mum is correct.WhiteFace
- uan0
I'm with mono.
and also for all countries.
- ukit20
"I wouldn't be suprised if any of the people I saw yesterday would refuse to try rabbit meat from any restaurant."
So eating rabbits is the dividing line between high and low culture?
- monospaced0
Aside from rabbits, I love a good Bison burger ...
... and rattlesnake ...
... alligator is VERY common in the south ...
... squab (pigeon?) is a regular thing ...
http://www.pinkpignyc.com/.a/6a0…... I could go on
- all look delicious,
missing rattlesnake and alligator in my listgeorgesIII - the reptiles are good!monospaced
- bison is fucking good!moldero
- all look delicious,
- georgesIII0
It was't a critic about the US,
just had chat with a friend and when I brought up that I ate rabbits,
he was digusted that I would eat such a cute animal,
so I told him to fuck off (not true)
and logged into the bastion of food connaisseur to confirm this,- with a sensationalist title: "No fuckn waaaaay"monospaced
- this is actually what I said ehehehgeorgesIII
- monospaced0
If/when I get a chance to go to an Asian country you can bet I'll eat just about anything the locals eat. I have no presumptions that would keep me from enjoying something different. Food is food, and the cuteness of the animal shouldn't be a factor (at least it isn't for me).
I have close friends who refuse to eat lamb, but they struggle to give me a reason why. I ask them if they've tried it, and they say no, and that they won't even try. I find this frustrating beyond words.
- Yeah, I found a lot less lamb around in North America than in Australia.Amicus
- 20020
What do you mean by "Asian country"??
GeorgesII, you going just sit there take this racist comment toward you?
- Asian country: country on the continent of Asia.monospaced
- georgesIII, seriously this dude is just now mocking your intelligence.2002
- meet me at park barmonospaced
- Well depends on where you are in "Asian country". Like monosaid about US. Some place do and some place dont cuz their food looks cute.pango
- ...Food looks cute.
Can't really catagorize them by country.pango
- ukit20
The moral of this story is that anything looks cultured and delicious when you take a nice picture of it.
- monospaced0
There's more than one way to do it, but here's one: