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**Qdkczrdi** · 12-13-2006, 11:49 AM

i seriously hope you are joking.
Even McDonalds taste better outside USA. Go ask anyone that's been anywhere.

Well, the main inspiration for my statement originates from several trips to India and to the Middle East (I really don't have an opinion re: European cuisine outside of Italy, nor would I know about the difference in McDonalds as I'm vegetarian).

I've been to supermarkets in USA, Europe, and the Middle East and it seemed to me that we Americans have a consistantly wider variety of ingredients available to us year round. But then again, it wasn't something I was actively curious about while traveling, so I might have missed something.

In India, 90+% of my culinary experiences were in very cheap places like 2nd class railway cars or austere ashrams, so of course, the corresponding ethnic restaurants here in the US would be more palatable.

So yeah, I know I should probably go on some more "normal" trips abroad before making sweeping culinary statements.

12-13-2006, 11:49 AM	#16
Qdkczrdi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 505 Senior Member	i seriously hope you are joking. Even McDonalds taste better outside USA. Go ask anyone that's been anywhere. Well, the main inspiration for my statement originates from several trips to India and to the Middle East (I really don't have an opinion re: European cuisine outside of Italy, nor would I know about the difference in McDonalds as I'm vegetarian). I've been to supermarkets in USA, Europe, and the Middle East and it seemed to me that we Americans have a consistantly wider variety of ingredients available to us year round. But then again, it wasn't something I was actively curious about while traveling, so I might have missed something. In India, 90+% of my culinary experiences were in very cheap places like 2nd class railway cars or austere ashrams, so of course, the corresponding ethnic restaurants here in the US would be more palatable. So yeah, I know I should probably go on some more "normal" trips abroad before making sweeping culinary statements.
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