>I suppose what I noticed most about your list was that, with the possible exception of spaghetti, you didn't include a single non-US 'ethnic' dish. I haven't time right now to construct my own list (it would take a lot of careful thought and best be done when I was not hungry) but I'm sure it would include at least one Thai, Indian, French, Spanish and Scandinavian dish....
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>Uhm....lobster tail can be from other parts of the world. :)
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>Thai food is OK.
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>I admit, I've never had French cuisine.
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>Spanish food is OK.
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>I have zero knowledge of Scandanavian dishes, so I can't say.
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>I've had Indian food several times. I'm not looking to start a debate and I don't mean this in any kind of a bigoted way, but I cannot stand Indian food. Some of it smells like being downwind of a gas station. If JB is reading - he and I worked with a guy who ate Indian food all the time. Made me want to request that they rewrite the employee policy manual.

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