I'm not even out of the airport and I've already passed a bunch of mouthwatering international options—fast slow and in between—including dim sum and three (three!) different Japanese restaurants. I don't think there's any place in Madison that serves dim sum, and here they have it in the friggin' airport.
So why, why, why, I ask you—why are there a bunch of people eating at Burger King?
Not just any Burger King, but Burger King in the airport . Same thawed out crap, now available at twice the price!
Why???
Actually, don't answer that. I can't think of a single possible answer that doesn't depress the hell out of me.
Or would, if I weren't in SAN FRANCISCO!!! Yay! (not for long—most of my time here will be in Oakland—but it's still a thrill to be in a real city).
*(Hey—those posts from last year are better than anything I've written in a while! What's wrong with me??? —don't answer that!)
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enjoy it while you can, lovey! :)
They do it because it's familiar and feels safe. You wouldn't believe how many of the old people I take on university tours won't eat anything "foreign" - meaning anything not prepared on the ship.
We had one lady on the last tour who went a step further and brought her own food (instant powdered soups) with her. She didn't have health problems or religious dietary restrictions, she just refused to eat food not prepared in the US because she was convinced that foreign chefs put horse and/or dog meat in everything.
And yes, she actually told me that, and yes, she was serious.
yup, that's exactly the kind of answer I had in mind when I said "don't answer that," except I'm glad you did b/c those are some great stories.
You shoulda asked "what's wrong with horse and dog?" Heh.
Loopy had a phase of being a "dumb-itarian": she would only eat animals that were dumber than dogs, i.e. no horse or dog (should an opportunity have arisen), and more frequently, no pork or octopus. (sushi)
I'm still a dumitarian! No horse, pig, octopus, squid, or parrots :)
dumb animals = sheep, cows, chickens, insects, and fish
see, all better for you than those smart animals. you wouldn't eat a dog because you've trained dogs and love dogs and dogs love you back. a pig is just as smart (smarter, actually) so why do that?
i'm just saying...
Maybe they all go to the airport to slum it!
Hah. Yeah. Uh-huh.
I don't understand why people get so upset about their meat. Meat's meat, and it comes in two categories: carnivore and herbivore. I can almost understand not wanting to eat dog, because dogs'll eat anything and probably taste weird, but horse? Horse is just another large, vegetarian herd animal. Get over it.
Horses aren't smarter than dogs. Loopy should eat one. ;-) Chickens are about as smart as broccoli, if even that much!
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