Date:         Sat, 20 Apr 2002 23:40:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Katherine Lee <katydid@TELUS.NET>
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From:         Katherine Lee <katydid@TELUS.NET>
Subject:      Re: What the Chinese will eat (was Overseas Travel,
              esp. for Britain)
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Thanks for the responses, private and public, re: travelling overseas.

I knew it was probably too late to post the comment about the Chinese eating
everything that keeps its back to the sky. I've probably violated some
cardinal code of list participation by being so slow.

This comment was only my very late response to the original messages that
were posted re: camping food and what people would eat. And just to avoid
any further misunderstandings, the ancient saying can be interpreted thus:
that the Chinese will eat almost anything except human beings.

So there. The comment was not meant to imply anything about discrimination
(and especially not discriminating taste buds) ...

Sorry for any confusion.

Katherine

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Date:    Sat, 20 Apr 2002 23:56:40 -0400
From:    alan barber <barb2375@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject: Re: Overseas travel questions, especially for Britain

>>And just one last point ... sorry to dredge up this silly topic again, but
my ancestry IS Chinese ... there's an ancient saying that the Chinese will
eat anything that keeps its back to the sky ... including, snakes, seafood
and fish as well creatures with legs ...<<

I'm not even sure what you're talking about here. Are you considering
racial discrimination? Around large cities, there are huge Asian
populations, mostly British citizens from Hong Kong and other British
colonies. Racism exists, but it's very rare. If you're talking about food,
English food sucks canal water through small straw, but luckily in most
major cities, there are plenty of Indian, Chinese, and Italian restaurants.
I even found a Mexican restaurant in London.

Have fun!

Az
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AH#56

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