Yep, I've heard this too - my boyfriend has been to China and said all the authentic food was just unappetizing. I think that the food has just been "Americanized" to appeal to the market here. I'm also pretty sure that the popular takeout product of Chow Mein doesn't even exist in China.

He also said that Serbian food here is pretty damn close to the real thing, which is good I guess because then he can eat stuff that he really likes.

Unknown Soldier, WTF! The greasy, goopy, salty mess of fish and chips is the absolute best thing ever. Throw in some tartar sauce and a lemon and you have yourself a real treat!!

That should be against health and safety.

I loves me some Chinese food as well. A trip to the local Chinese buffet is one of the best way to cure some munchies.

I always find that after eating a big Chinese meal, a few hours later I'm hungry again, whereas with Indian it has done the job and I'm full for several hours.

Now I'm really craving some foreign cuisine... I think the best ones here are:

Serbian
Indian
Chinese
Middle Eastern/Arab
Japanese
Italian
Greek
French
Thai
Mexican

Alright, pretty much everything lol.

Pretty much the same as mine. The Middle Eastern Arab is going to be similiar to Turkish based on what I've tried. Serbian I have no idea, but Greek I'm not a huge fan.

Serbian food is similar in a lot of ways to Greek - of course they are both Balkan and have a long history together with the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, so there are similarities across the board. And of course there are also similarities with Turkish food as well.

I like burek, I recommend the cheese filled kind. Its really good phyllo pastry that is usually always eaten with yogurt. I also like Proja, which is just a simple bread but it tastes great, and desserts like Krempita (like a custard pie) and Sampita (which is like a marshmellow type of filling on a phyllo crust).

I just seen a massive spider/small mouse run across my room. I'm seriously hoping it was a mouse. ****ting myself.

At least she's not eating them with custard! ;)

I'll save you!
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What, no love for the Polski food? I go to a little Polish deli up the street at least once a week and get some things I can't pronounce but taste incredible.

**** that ****. I don't do spiders. I seem to remember seeing a huge wolf spider in my room when I was little, and running outside in my underwear in near panic to tell my mom to kill it. I was young, but certainly not young enough to justify running out in public wearing only my tighty whities.

I've never had Polish food, at least not any authentic stuff. I just eat a lot of that stuff listed because the restaurants and bakeries are close by. More Serbian than anything else right now, I guess because of my boyfriend.

I guess it would be hard to like if it's not available. I'd like to buy you a small dinner and send it your way. Only $5 for your choice of meat and two sides, but I can't pronounce any of it.

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I think he's trying to spank your booty, Burning Down. He must think you're a sexy personnel. ;)

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I could simply just send you some Serbian food in exchange for the Polish food, but I don't think either one would make the journey :(

I better watch out then.

I dig anything with cheese and yogurt, so i'd be sure to like it.

Never had Polish food, but it should be easy to get here, with all the Polish immigrants.

I walked in my porch and caught my mom smoking out of a homemade aluminum bowl. Ghetto, I know. I told her it's definitely not healthy and let her borrow my bowl. Love my mom

Gave my extremely pessimistic political views to a lot of people I work with today, cheerfully discussed the inevitable destruction of the world as we know it. It was a good day.

I nerded out on my computer, watched the election, watched some movies, ate some food, took a shower, brushed my teeth, bought a new shaver, worked on some ideas, etc

Just marked forums read, worst ever.

Is this post included in the nerding out?

Got my new tattoo today. Charlie did a great job with the colours. Better than I expected, but man does it still sting.

Also going to Oasis today. Hopefully I'll find a place in two weeks. All the time I have left. Fingers crossed.

What'd you get tatted?

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: D

You need to get out more. ;)

Today was my History Aptitude Test for University, which I completely flunked. Guess I can forget about having any kind of decent future now. Well, I can try anyway. I've attempted consuming enough caffeine to OD my brain for a few weeks and it doesn't seem to be working.

You could move to a third world country for a year and work in an orphanage, taking care of the poor. It will be more fulfilling, and you will learn more there than from whatever university you were going to.

Or go to a community college on the cheap and try a different major.

Or start a small business. If it fails, start another. If that fails, start another. Learn from your mistakes.

****, people act like going to college is the only possible future for a person. Take some control over your life, don't let a grade tell you how to live.

Well, regurgitating knowledge of History is the only skill in life I actually have so not being able to go to Uni for it kind of limits my options.

:laughing: idk about you man but that doesn't sound like a great reaction to flunking a test.

Don't I know it.

Not to sound harsh, but if you flunked your test you're not quite as good as you thought you were, and there is absolutely no way I will believe that you have no other skill/gift/talent/whatever. I'm sorry, but I get rather annoyed when I see people being down on themself so much. I'm sure you are a lovely person with a lot of worth. Seriously, go do something about it. Learn to do something else.

I need to leave before I get mad. I'm sleepy and am probably not making sense.

Just suggestions. I'm personally taking my first suggestion, so I don't see that as such a bad idea.

So in the US you still have aptitude tests that will tell you whether or not you're fit to go to university or college? I'm assuming that these are separate from the SAT or the ACT.

I'm from the UK...

I just spent half an hour looking for a download of an album online I know is in my CD rack.

Thats exactly what it is an aptitude test. They generally call them college entrance exams.

Oops sorry! I had no idea :o:

Oh ok! See I have no idea because we don't have any sort of tests like that. To get into university or college here you just need a high school diploma and the minimum grade in 12th grade classes that are required for the major you want to pursue.

The SAT and ACT are completely optional and only necessary if you're applying to schools in the US - I took the SAT, got a good score, but did not end up selecting an American school. At least it goes on my transcript.

Its basically a test to determine where you will be placed in your college courses. If you score at a much higher rate you will be placed in classes with a higher curriculum and also in some instances be placed ahead of the 101 introductory courses. Its similar to AP classes in high school.