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Why didn't they have a food challenge?         


Author: Joe
Date: Jan 13, 2008 22:16

They really should've had a food challenge. I mean what's the first
thing that comes to mind when it comes to Taiwan? Well Thai food of
course!
;)
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Re: Why didn't they have a food challenge?         


Author: G
Date: Jan 13, 2008 22:41

"Joe" here.org> wrote in message
news:Xns9A25CEA251DBnoemail@127.0.0.1...
> They really should've had a food challenge. I mean what's the first
> thing that comes to mind when it comes to Taiwan? Well Thai food of
> course!
> ;)

I was thinking that myself
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Re: Why didn't they have a food challenge?         


Date: Jan 14, 2008 09:09

"Joe" here.org> wrote in message
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> They really should've had a food challenge. I mean what's the first
> thing that comes to mind when it comes to Taiwan? Well Thai food of
> course!
> ;)

Yeah, I would have liked to see the racers eat stinky Tofu,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinky_tofu

oyster omelettes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_omelette

or even squid thick soup
http://public.fotki.com/apjung/vacations/2004/taiwan/taipei/near_my_house/02/dsc00821...

and shaved ice topped with mung beans, azuki beans, boiled taro, grass
jelly, sugar syrup and condensed milk for dessert. I hear that Americans
aren't too fond of eating sweetened beans.
http://public.fotki.com/apjung/vacations/2004/taiwan/taipei/near_my_house/09/dsc01639...

Oh, just thinking about some of these Taiwanese dishes that I can't get here
in New Orleans is making me hungry and I just can't wait to go back in March
or April.
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Re: Why didn't they have a food challenge?         


Author: alooo
Date: Jan 14, 2008 10:03

"Andy P. Jung" <@.> wrote in message
news:DHMij.5835$M24.2041@newsfe17.lga...
> "Joe" here.org> wrote in message
>> They really should've had a food challenge. I mean what's the first
>> thing that comes to mind when it comes to Taiwan? Well Thai food of
>> course!
>> ;)
>
> Yeah, I would have liked to see the racers eat stinky Tofu,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinky_tofu
>
> oyster omelettes
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_omelette
>
> or even squid thick soup
> http://public.fotki.com/apjung/vacations/2004/taiwan/taipei/near_my_house/02/dsc00821...
>
> and shaved ice topped with mung beans, azuki beans, boiled taro, grass
> jelly, sugar syrup and condensed milk for dessert. I hear that Americans
> aren't too fond of eating sweetened beans. ...
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Re: Why didn't they have a food challenge?         


Author: Seerialmom
Date: Jan 14, 2008 10:18

On Jan 13, 10:16 pm, Joe here.org> wrote:
> They really should've had a food challenge. I mean what's the first
> thing that comes to mind when it comes to Taiwan? Well Thai food of
> course!
> ;)

Umm....is "Thai" food from Taiwan? Or is it from the country known as
"Thailand"?
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Re: Why didn't they have a food challenge?         


Date: Jan 14, 2008 10:37

"Seerialmom" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Jan 13, 10:16 pm, Joe here.org> wrote:
> They really should've had a food challenge. I mean what's the first
> thing that comes to mind when it comes to Taiwan? Well Thai food of
> course!
> ;)

Umm....is "Thai" food from Taiwan? Or is it from the country known as
"Thailand"?

My ultimate wish is that Thailand would just revert back to their old name
of Siam to stop this American ignorance once and for all.

--
Andy P. Jung
Metairie, Louisiana U.S.A.
(on the Western side of the now infamous 17th Street Canal)
http://www.JungWorld.com/

To reply via e-mail, please visit my web site.
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Re: Why didn't they have a food challenge?         


Author: Steven L.
Date: Jan 15, 2008 07:45

Nancy2 wrote:
> You think the rest of the world should make it easy for Americans who
> don't know their geography? That's funny. Maybe we should make it
> easy for foreigners who don't know their geography --- oh, wait!
> Other countries' inhabitants are better at it than we are!

Are they?

Maybe a future TAR Asia will have the Asian racers race through Boston,
Massachusetts. I would love to see if they can figure out the traffic
patterns there, negotiate the traffic circles (rotaries), etc.

Or figure out how to get around New York City via the subway.

There are almost certainly parts of America that would be quite
confusing to foreigners.

--
Steven L.
Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net
Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me.
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Re: Why didn't they have a food challenge?         


Author: Invid Fan
Date: Jan 15, 2008 08:24

In article , Rich Piehl
NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote:
> Andy P. Jung wrote:
>>
>> "Seerialmom" yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:b86ac2d4-6b7e-4668-ad5f-32c651458fd3@j78g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
>> On Jan 13, 10:16 pm, Joe
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Re: Why didn't they have a food challenge?         


Author: Loren Pechtel
Date: Jan 15, 2008 12:15

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:15:22 -0600, "Andy P. Jung" <@.> wrote:
>I just feel insulted when somebody thinks that Taiwan is Thailand. Doesn't
>anyone remember when many items used to be made in Taiwan before it went to
>China? Or how about identifying the flag of the Republic of China? Wasn't
>there an episode in a previous TAR where the clue was just a flag
>identifying the racers' next destination? Tom Cruise in Top Gun wore a
>flight jacket with the ROC flag on the back. Anyone remember the time travel
>show Time Trax? The protagonist in the series Darien Lambert also wore a
>flight jacket with the ROC flag on the back.

Taiwan is still independent. It's Hong Kong that went back.
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Re: Why didn't they have a food challenge?         


Author: Loren Pechtel
Date: Jan 15, 2008 12:15

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:45:18 -0500, "Steven L."
earthlink.net> wrote:
>Maybe a future TAR Asia will have the Asian racers race through Boston,
>Massachusetts. I would love to see if they can figure out the traffic
>patterns there, negotiate the traffic circles (rotaries), etc.

Boston? The city where my father once asked for directions and was
told "You can't get there from here"---by a *FIREMAN*!
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