MS>> In Asia they eat more rice instead, that is understandable...

 CS> The rice is also very different here.  It's not all that much
 CS> pre-processed (polished) and tends to medium-short grains.  It's not made
 CS> 'fluffy' except by accident.  It's eaten with every meal like you would
 CS> have bread.  You have access to such rice probably, but may not be used to
 CS> it nor are you apt to eat it often enough to note any subtle differences
 CS> we do here.

When you mention it it did taste a bit better in Thailand then here unless we
buy unpolished rice.
After a month in Thailand we just *had* to have potateos and a steak and that
wasn't bad either but when we ate Thai food, it was half the amount of the
potatoe and steak but we became just as full so that must mean that their food
is somewhat better then ours.

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