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  • From: "Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
  • To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Cross cultural dislikes - (off-topic)
  • Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:54:56 -0700

I corn my own beef. The reason one might find corned beef that improves
with long boiling is that it's not a good product, perhaps. Making your own
is easy, but I'm sure one could find other well-done corned beef. Check the
stuff from the deli, not the stuff in bags..

Stephen

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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of William C. Garthright
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 6:32 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Cross cultural dislikes - (off-topic)


> When travelling through the pacific islands I discovered that they treat
spam and similar salted and tinned pork meat products with an almost
religious reverence. As their economies were based around pig I can
understand why. But this is interesting as it points to both genetic AND
cultural factors that place a food in the esteem of its people.


Hmm,... I can see how this points to cultural factors, but not genetic,
necessarily. Of course, even people in the same culture have different
likes and dislikes in food, to some extent. And some of that could be
genetic, but maybe not directly (if you're a "picky eater," you might
dislike certain foods because of other factors than taste). Or it could
be developmental, not genetic, factors that determine our individual
food preferences.

Note that people who sell fruit have to be concerned about MUCH more
than good taste. In fact, taste might be quite far down the list of
desirable qualities when selling fruit, below such things as appearance
and texture, as well as shipping and storing quality.


> In Australia, we have an appalling product called corned beef. It is a
heavily salted roast that you boil, primarily to remove the salt and thereby
make it edible.


OK, I know this is really getting off-topic, but I had to comment,
because I LOVE corned beef! Salt and fat - both of the really critical
food groups in one delicious whole! How could you not like it? It's
almost as good as bacon. :-)

And you don't have to boil it (certainly not to remove the salt).
Oven-roasting is best, IMHO.

I've got to say that I've had so much fruit this year - and vegetables,
to a lesser extent - that salty beef or pork really, really sounds good.
When I go to a restaurant these days, I try to order something that
doesn't have a single fruit or vegetable in it! Heh, heh. I love fruit,
and I love sweets, but a constant diet of sweet fruit makes me crave
something different.

Ah, if only bacon grew on trees...

:-)

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

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