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| Marc Frisch Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6665 days ago 1001 posts - 1169 votes  Speaks: German*, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Persian, Tamil | Message 113 of 177 16 July 2009 at 9:58pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
It's comparatively harmless compared to other German specialities, like blood sausage, pig stomach (one of the typical dishes in my region, very tasty), veal brain, head cheese (which doesn't contain any cheese, but it sure contains head!)... In Germany we actually eat most parts of animals, including inner organs like kidneys, tripes or liver. I still remember from my childhood that when we had chicken there was always a huge fight about who got to eat the throat, heart, and liver. PS: As a sidenote, pig stomach rose to nationwide fame as the favorite dish of former German chancellor Helmut Kohl. Edited by Marc Frisch on 16 July 2009 at 10:01pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Paramecium Tetraglot Groupie Germany Joined 5712 days ago 46 posts - 59 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Russian Studies: Japanese | Message 114 of 177 16 July 2009 at 10:45pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Mhm I also don't understand at all why it should be disgusting to eat horses.
I see no difference in eating a horse, a pig, a kangaroo or a steak from a cow. But of course everybody has his own taboos about food. I would for example never eat a vietnamese balut (boiled fertilized duck egg with a three week old embryo inside). Edited by Paramecium on 16 July 2009 at 10:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5838 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 115 of 177 17 July 2009 at 1:36pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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All the Americans here seem to come from the West Coast or the East Coast of the US!
Isn't there anyone from some funky state like Kentucky, New Mexico or Alabama? States like these are a more exotic, I think! How many Europeans have visited North Dakota or Missouri...? Nobody I know! Films etc are often from the West Coast, and at work I regularly meet people from the East Coast. Perhaps the coasts are where most people live (?) but it's the I find the bits in the middle more fascinating! Or is it that the people who are more likely to visit a language forum are those on the coasts? In school I memorised the location and capitals of all the American and Canadian states, plus the main facts and attractions in each. I vowed to go to Wyoming and Idaho because there is some cool landscape there. But as of yet, I have not been... ! ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- PS - I don't see what the problem is with horse-meat. I think they use horses who've lived out their lives anyway! The horses have probably had much better lives than the cows that are used for entrecotes and steaks! People should watch the excellent German film "Unser täglich Brot" - available on Demonoid and similar. It's a silent film, very powerful, about European food production. Very helpful if you're starting a diet, lol. Edited by cordelia0507 on 17 July 2009 at 10:35pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| House Newbie United States Joined 5647 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 116 of 177 19 July 2009 at 12:05am | IP Logged | ||||||||
The East Coast is highly populated so that may explain why you seem to meet alot of people from there. This is obviously due to the history and growth of the states and the mass influx of immigrants through New York City in the late 19th and early 20th century. Films and television shows are filmed in the West Coast often because of the excellent climate and presence of Hollywood. There isn't much you won't find in California and many celebrities live there. In my experiences, Midwesterners aren't as culturally sensitive as people on the coasts because of the lack of cultural diversity in some areas. If you live in New York City or Miami or you are more likely to hear a foreign tongue(especially Spanish) than if you live in the middle of the country. I know where I live in New Jersey there is a pizzeria run by Italian immigrants, a sushi place run by some Japanese people, a Polish bakery, a few Chinese restaurants and quite a few stores that although I have no idea what they sell, their signs are written in Hindi/Korean only. This is all within a 5 mile area. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 117 of 177 19 July 2009 at 1:01am | IP Logged | ||||||||
You don't have пача in Germany ;p It's made of pig's ears and all the internal organs cut in small chunks. Because there is gelatine in the ears (a scientific fact; you can try boiling pig ears and you'll see ) the whole thing becomes a big wobbling jelly. Edited by Sennin on 19 July 2009 at 1:04am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| JW Hexaglot Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/egw Joined 6122 days ago 1802 posts - 2011 votes 22 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Ancient Greek, French, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Luxembourgish, Dutch, Greek, Italian | Message 118 of 177 19 July 2009 at 1:12am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Vis-à-vis my homeland: That it is a Capitalist country. It used to be, but now it is Socialist :( Edited by JW on 19 July 2009 at 1:16am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5909 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 119 of 177 19 July 2009 at 1:42am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Good one. One of the infuriating myths about mine: that it being socialist is A Bad Thing. It feels like whenever I talk to Americans about politics in Norway and they hear about the socialism thing, they're all like, "gosh I'm so sorry to hear that, I thought Norway was one of the good countries!" (That's an actual quote, as precisely as I can remember it.) And then I have to explain to them that no, no, it is, more 'because' it's socialist than 'despite'... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| JW Hexaglot Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/egw Joined 6122 days ago 1802 posts - 2011 votes 22 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Ancient Greek, French, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Luxembourgish, Dutch, Greek, Italian | Message 120 of 177 19 July 2009 at 2:22am | IP Logged | ||||||||
You can fit what I know about Norway on the head of a pin so I can’t comment. I’d love to visit there one day but realistically, I probably will never get the opportunity :( I have a huge theoretical problem with Socialism though. I believe that government should only be engaged in keeping citizenry safe from violence, both internal (police force) and external (military). Everything else should be in the realm of the private sector. Government has no motive to do things efficiently so there is always wastefulness (as a matter of fact Efficient Government is an oxymoron). 1 person has voted this message useful |
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