Europe vs. USA Food Fight

[anon94785555]

<p>Swai is like tilapia, not catfish.</p>

<p>I would avoid ANY foods from China, based on problems they have had. I don’t trust their fish farms to not be contaminated, etc. </p>

<p>There are some nice, inexpensive Chilean wines available. And some nasty ones from inferior wineries elsewhere, including California. </p>

<p>It will be interesting to see what happens with Europe and the food label wars. Long gone are the days when Americans found things European to always be superior. Now they have lost many markets to local foods that we like as well or better. It’s kind of nice that Wisconsin can outdo the Italians with their own cheese. So much for the special soils et al that yield the crops the cows eat that yields the cheeses. To me Parmesan is a particular cheese variety. Sweet onions are a variety, Vidalia a special location with distinct soil.</p>

<p>The new world has grown up.</p>

[sorghum]

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Vodka never taste good, no matter the name, brand or whatever eles is on the label. If one wants to drink for taste, vodka is not the drink. People drink vodka to get drunk, not to have a tasting experience. Vodka is about the same as medical alcohol.

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<p>I drink vodka, and not to get drunk. I even worked at a regional testing center that approved vodka (and other alcoholic drinks) for sale in Russia.</p>

<p>If you have an open mind, try reading this:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.russianlife.com/vodka/howto.cfm”>http://www.russianlife.com/vodka/howto.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[DrGoogle]

<p>Of course not all California wines are good but there are plenty of good California wines so why bother.</p>

[LakeWashington]

<p>Bunsen, thanks for the tip.</p>

<p>Emerald, try Mount Gay rum from Trinidad with a touch of Orange Juice (see a pattern here, LOL).</p>

<p>Wis75, I have not heard of Swai being in the same genus as Tilapia, but what do I know? It is certainly marketed like Tilapia, the exception being that Tilapia is generally farmed here in the U.S., while as far as I know, all Swai is imported.</p>

[GMTplus7]

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Long gone are the days when Americans found things European to always be superior.

lol. The Germans are coming to America to learn how to brew beer</p>

<p><a href=“Germans Learn Craft Beers From U.S. to Bring Back Buzz - Bloomberg”>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-30/germans-learn-craft-brewing-from-u-s-to-bring-back-buzz.html&lt;/a&gt;

…making trips to Colorado, New York and California, learning how craft brewers grabbed a sizable portion of the U.S. market. Lemke, who says his American counterparts have taught him to be bolder and experiment with new categories, is now expanding his Berlin brewery…

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[LakeWashington]

<p>Craft brewers grabbed a large share of the market because of the cow **** that the major American breweries pass off as beer, particularly the “light” stuff. And…sad to say, the big boys buy smaller, better producers and then turn that output into dreck. Henry Weinhard for example. They made darn good stuff until they were purchased by Miller (now known as SABMiller).</p>

<p>That brings up an interesting factoid. Don’t know if Anheuser-Busch’s new owners continued with the litigation, but the trademark name “Budweiser” has been in dispute for years overseas. Apparently Budweiser is a Czech name and beer companies over there claim that old man Busch stole it from THEM!</p>

[GMTplus7]

<p>No one one could possible confuse the Czech & American budweiser beers. The Czech original is actually good.</p>

[LakeWashington]

<p>^^^LOL.</p>

<p>50 million American beer (Bud) drinkers can’t be wrong, can they? THEY SURE CAN! </p>