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Pappy's is a beloved barbecue restaurant on Olive Avenue in St. Louis. The restaurant has been featured on numerous TV shows, including "Man Vs. Food." The barbecue is so well known, that while their official operating hours are from 11 a.m. <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2cc3c1c1-444d-4402-9b76-4ec009dfc884" id="fb853cfe-ba37-406e-b586-f67a15f203b8">to</span> 7 p.m., in actual fact they are rarely open past 4 p.m. <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="30eb5621-01bc-4da8-8531-47deefa5150e" id="c090420f-836b-4bd0-a2db-6c63e2d8c16d">as</span> they literally run out of food. Like many barbecue places in the south, Pappy's provides bottles of barbecue sauce on the tables for you to add to your meet. They just cook it in their smokers and barbecues and serve it. Above is the line in the restaurant at 11:30 a.m. It only took us about 30 minutes to get to this point.</div>
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This is the line out the door at 12:30 p.m. By 2 p.m., it typically is around the corner and heading down the street. This is how it is at Pappy's practically every day when it isn't raining or snowing. The moment you get out of your car, you can smell the heavy smoke of barbecuing meat. It's pretty magnificent. Another factoid - they moved the front entrance of the restaurant to the back of the restaurant to give the line more room to grow. The line then snakes through the building to the cash registers up front.</div>
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This is what I had for lunch. The top <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="75395a47-a8b9-45d4-a735-57f58a1e9824" id="9487813a-d049-4508-a4c7-56b91b8d35d3">meat</span> is pulled pork, before I added a touch of barbecue sauce. The bottom <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f765c3be-aa10-4259-a897-137ac4d54d47" id="cf27b3ee-b0b2-48b3-8970-20bc90d5748f">meat</span> is sirloin, which I added no flavoring <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f765c3be-aa10-4259-a897-137ac4d54d47" id="67809c99-84b0-4378-a4f3-ea1fbacaba49">to</span>, as it was perfect the way it was. Both were served on bread. Sides were baked beans and mustard potato salad.</div>
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This is what my friend had - a half slab of ribs, beans and seasoned green beans. He said the meat on the ribs "fell off the bone." He also had very high praise for the green beans, which were not overcooked and still had some snap to them.</div>
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Barbecue has become a national past-time <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="feba6577-afd3-4617-b62f-d9d6979a1f39" id="7f9a333a-8a93-468c-97b1-9845185e5a1a">to</span> the south and <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="feba6577-afd3-4617-b62f-d9d6979a1f39" id="fc14833a-36c7-4376-aef4-1e82cc2914ed">midwest</span>, with everyone claiming their own barbecue. <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2ab48c1b-7bd4-4b75-928f-93f1b37fb266" id="07b03c62-1893-4192-bb98-0e3d33e18f79">It's</span> popularity in the past 20 years has become on the level - in my mind - of pizza. Just like <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f355bcab-bba7-4a2b-9fc9-f39567588272" id="f295a1ca-b0ea-4269-8151-ce9ecb39a8af">their</span> is NY, Chicago, St. Louis and California pizzas, you can not find Texas, St. Louis, Chicago, Memphis and Kansas City styles of barbecue. Some claim to use a "mustard" or "vinegar" rub, others claim it's all about the sauce, while others claim it's all about the wood used <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a9725b9f-e353-45c3-9938-afb85ca6376d" id="433f4264-e7b9-4316-892f-34212af0e257">in</span> the barbecue. At Pappy's, their secret is not in the sauce, but rather in how well cooked the <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2f2af76f-19c4-426b-b61a-364e6e15d756" id="5a3d2d4f-9ddb-4b08-9cf4-bfd6029ad911">meet</span> is. It's never dry and has a nice, light smoke flavoring throughout. If you want barbecue sauce, you can add it after it is cooked. </div>
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Food booths at the Scottish Games in Forest Park in St. Louis, 2014. Besides having traditional foods such as Haggis or Shepherds Pie, there were several hybrid foods sold. Spinach and Feta Pasties, deep-fried Twinkies, and "Scottish <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b3e5df61-a276-4715-be38-f3c086cee2ad" id="3cb9de28-de8f-4097-b85f-00de1957c476">Eggrolls</span>," which are <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b3e5df61-a276-4715-be38-f3c086cee2ad" id="f8dd7e2c-8712-466f-ada6-0315eeeb0010">eggrolls</span> with corned beef and radishes.</div>
<br />inkyhackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198488218753205196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23238624.post-10977273334268048922014-08-05T10:40:00.001-05:002014-08-05T10:40:51.938-05:00Office Cafeteria in Thailand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a cafeteria in an office building in downtown Bangkok. It offers a wide variety of food, from Thai specialties to America-style fusion food</div>
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This counter is super popular, as it offers a sort of "fusion" between Thai and American cuisine. You can buy "hot dogs" and "grilled cheese" sandwiches here that have the same ingredients, but look nothing like those same items in America. It was awesome.</div>
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Thai food counter.</div>
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Fresh fruit stand, some of which I could not name to save my life. I <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b33e3ae1-e57f-45ab-bbc5-b0aab2a84ee1" id="93ba7868-cdab-48db-ae42-01809ee24869">did recognizes</span> the apples, at least.</div>
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Here's the bakery stand again, with the American-Thai fusion foods. I didn't get to sample all of it, but what I did have was really good.</div>
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Yes, this is a hot dog. The hot dog is baked <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6984f85f-0f8c-4d74-bff6-5256bac01475" id="538717cb-16b8-4c3f-86e9-6d3d2ea228e0">in to</span> the middle of the bun, kind of like a baked pork roll, but this time it's a hot dog with relish and tomatoes, all in the middle.</div>
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The ever ubiquitous Coca Cola. This stand sold shakes, burgers, fries<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3df574a1-b068-4b08-8506-514b9d947f4a" id="eeda0361-8a12-4920-beba-ed3464a7d953">,</span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3df574a1-b068-4b08-8506-514b9d947f4a" id="1d656ff4-6461-4f96-b968-db124d7adac8">etc</span>.</div>
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This was my final dinner in Thailand. Coconut milk, pad <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="990c5bba-57ac-4211-9a03-a7ec96224585" id="cb46d42a-8f80-415e-8829-255989e7eded">thai</span> and Thai-style <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="990c5bba-57ac-4211-9a03-a7ec96224585" id="f8314bbc-fdf9-4869-b7e9-2847bb5b1e4a">shu</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="990c5bba-57ac-4211-9a03-a7ec96224585" id="cd86ada9-0b0a-42aa-a26d-4dbb8945be2b">mai</span> (a fusion food of Japanese and Thai tastes), steamed crab, and grilled jumbo prawns. Way too much food, but worth it. For the record, this was shared with a co-worker, though we probably should have had a third and fourth for this meal.<br />inkyhackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198488218753205196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23238624.post-483071386284000472014-07-18T02:01:00.000-05:002014-07-18T02:01:03.506-05:00Thailand Mall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These are photos taken in a large mall in Cha'Am Thailand (located about 120 miles south of Bangkok, on the southern coast).</div>
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Fruit and vegetable vendors are found everywhere in Thailand. As a result, there are few "grocery stores" as we know them in America. The large food stores in Thailand sell mostly specialty items, such as bakery goods, wines and boxed goods. Meats, fish, fruits and vegetables are easier and cheaper to find on the streets. </div>
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Dunkin Donuts is in Thailand. They <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="988b4031-b170-4800-8281-bdc494a6464c" id="1692dcc4-bd01-4f41-a0e9-eeeaddd577c6">not only sell</span> donuts, but sell pastries suited to the Thai taste. While this one didn't have them, other branches also sell donuts decorated to look like "Hello Kitty" characters, which are popular enough to be featured in television commercials for the chain.</div>
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These are durians, which I had never had before. They are super popular in Asia, but are also banned from most hotels as they start to smell like unwashed feet when they age beyond ripeness.</div>
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These durian vendors knew exactly how to check the fruit for ripeness. The woman on the left (in pink) would hit the fruits with a stick to determine the ripeness by the sound. The woman on the right was an expert durian slicer.</div>
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My co-worker checked the durian for the ripeness that he liked the most.</div>
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She quarters the fruit.</div>
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Here's the center that is edible.</div>
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My co-worker took my photo as I bit into it. The texture was like a banana, while the flavor tasted like tapioca. It was very good and extremely filling.</div>
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Later in the mall, we found these - they are breads filled with American-style meats. We found bologna, hot dogs, pastrami, etc. This one was filled with bacon and cheese. I didn't try it as I was still stuffed from the durian. Sorry folks. Maybe next time.</div>
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This is from a restaurant in the Hua Hin/Cha' Am area of Thailand. I'm not sure what it all was (a co-worker who has lived there for 15 years did all the ordering) but it was delicious. </div>
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My co-worker at lunch.</div>
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Fruit vendor in Bangkok. I didn't try this fruit, but I was told by a former assistant (she's Hmong) that this fruit is "delicious."</div>
<br />inkyhackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198488218753205196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23238624.post-9590996702954340262014-07-18T01:31:00.000-05:002014-07-18T01:31:00.627-05:00Muslim food<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Vegetarian "Barbecue Sauce." That is all.</div>
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This is the kitchen of the noodle restaurant, which was open to be seen from the eating area. Notice that they are cooking 12 lunches at a time. It was quick and hectic, but amazing to watch. The place had a line out the door. </div>
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More foods found in the Yunan Province. The top photo is fried shrimp, but unlike in America, the "shells and heads" were left on during the cooking process. I was skeptical at first about unshelled shrimp, but after trying it, found it very tasty, as the shells were crispy and soft. I could not, however, get over my phobia of eating the heads, so I left those on my plate. I was told by my host that was perfectly <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6255dfad-fa00-4d97-8782-168b0742e8af" id="47f12712-e448-4954-aa9a-744cc87200b9">acceptible</span> as she also did not eat the heads. The second photo is deep fried shredded <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="933fb667-5651-4589-bbcb-65d10cf06bd2" id="6667fc8d-8037-4f39-bb04-a6ec5b56aa6b">goats</span> cheese <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="933fb667-5651-4589-bbcb-65d10cf06bd2" id="747a7cf6-a57a-4a16-888c-f85dfffd5543">coates</span> in sugar. The third is Kale in a spice broth. And the last is fried green beans and peppers, which I found exceptionally delicious.</div>
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These jugs are on display in a park in Kunming that celebrates the local minority populations in the Yunan province. My daughter (who speaks and reads Mandarin) said the symbols <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ed98034a-5624-4dfd-b74d-52a9f09f0dc2" id="d9d0c135-5bd9-4353-84cd-dac7823b3c3e">are</span> Chinese for "alcohol." Just posting for amusement.</div>
<br />inkyhackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198488218753205196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23238624.post-45342436340826049742014-07-18T00:58:00.002-05:002014-07-18T00:59:01.600-05:00Yunan Province lunch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These are foods that are usually only found in the Yunan province. The top photo has locally-grown mushrooms (black stuff on the plate), chicken on the bone and cubes of fried rice (right plate) and flash-fried red beans in <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="551260a2-c023-49db-a3c3-57a8ece1862d" id="c02db324-2f39-4efa-9cf4-852f58d90dcc">spicy coating</span> (left). The bottom photo shows locally-produced fried <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a9799c4a-d34e-4e62-9eee-5e665c11d126" id="f795456f-7eba-4d9b-a00c-5b8307b94c9e">goats</span> cheese with salt and sweet-and-sour fried chicken (the only dish I have ever found in America). It was all amazing.</div>
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This was a breakfast I purchased from a "western-style" bakery in Kunming, China. The top roll is filled with red-bean paste, the roll on the right is filled with mango pudding, and the roll on the left has a hard-boiled egg yolk surrounded by red bean paste in the middle. All were delicious. The drink is coconut milk and mango with a popular sweet jelly in it. The drink had an <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="fa070d69-e293-4dbd-a462-054986755098" id="11b74370-8838-42fd-889e-194fbce4d163">after taste</span> that I didn't like, but my daughter couldn't detect it, so I think it was just my taste buds and may not have been anything wrong with the drink. My daughter loved the drink.</div>
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This is Salvador's Restaurant in Kunming, China. It's owned by an American ex-patriot who has lived in the city for about 13 years and it served American food and drinks only. The food is mostly purchased by other American ex-pat's and is, to be honest, mediocre by our standards, but for those in China, it's "heaven" (as was described to me by another ex-pat). Drinks include staples such as gin and tonic, rum and coke, whiskey, and tequila sunrises. That said, Chinese folks do come here often, not for the meals of <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f1040f78-2490-401a-9817-cbd3258577b1" id="3627fa6a-1a00-4e90-9b70-9a957b36eba5">drinks but</span> because Salvador's sells something else the Chinese are crazy about - he sells ice cream out of a case in front. The Chinese love ice cream, and Salvador's <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="62d8f024-bb43-4ac0-980d-ce5ea79afd9b" id="5bf273f8-7afe-4239-aa57-9ce323faa712">sells</span> peanut butter, snickers, chocolate chip, and other flavors. It's a huge success. </div>
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In fact, ice cream is so popular in China, that McDonald's has set up stand-alone booths like the one above where they sell nothing but ice cream. For McDonald's, ice cream is their biggest seller, far <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="899846e6-a929-49fb-9a0a-997caeecbd3d" id="b0145af6-489b-4a38-9bc3-2c5ca5499c61">outpacing</span> their burgers or fries. If Ben and Jerry's ever expanded to China, they would become multi-billionaires, easily.inkyhackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198488218753205196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23238624.post-16149451192770969502014-07-18T00:40:00.000-05:002014-07-18T00:40:42.805-05:00Chinese Dumplings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my daughter's favorite dumpling restaurant in Kunming, China. It's literally a hole in the wall. My daughter likes it because she hasn't gotten food poisoning from it, which she has gotten three times in the past year from eating from street vendors. The buns were filled with red bean paste, while the pot stickers were pork. It was delicious.</div>
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These photos were taken at a traditional tea house in the Green Lake park in Kunming China. The tea was great!</div>
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Before spending 4.5 days in <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="95e60c24-67b2-4ccf-8768-eeedea3a9306" id="dc795333-8744-45ef-b30a-623158f12732">Kunming China</span>, I also spent five days in Thailand, and during both trips, I saw no American-style grocery stores. I'll clarify - I saw one grocery store in Hua <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="64b5fab7-8851-4401-b3ee-0d82857de230" id="520655fd-dc94-4be6-8759-efec84fea87a">Hin Thailand</span>, but it wasn't what we Americans think of as a "grocery store." Instead, it was solely stocked with specialty items such as bakery goods, chocolate and candy, alcohol, ice cream, etc. Day-to-day grains, vegetables and fruits were not found because they are commonly sold on the streets. In both countries, citizens do not buy one to two weeks worth of groceries like we do in America, instead they buy one to two days worth of ingredients when needed. This got <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e1f6ad92-ed88-4fba-904e-fa3496a1219c" id="80bddfd9-f9b9-41f5-b556-e2f33575cb31">my</span> thinking - is this why America has a diabetes and obesity problem? I'm just throwing that out there. </div>
<br />inkyhackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198488218753205196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23238624.post-89782772831629853442014-07-18T00:13:00.002-05:002014-07-18T00:14:50.620-05:00KFC in ChinaI had the honor of going to <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f9ac922f-ce2a-4ff4-8fdf-449d80227427" id="67e860b5-72de-42e6-b84a-a8de2f1dccf0"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="90ac7056-5ef8-4e9f-8d6e-6930a8fdae9c" id="d639e19f-e5c4-4a91-bb73-e824ace5b474">Kunming China</span></span> for a week, and learned a bit about fast food in China. For example, despite what the American media <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="30aa95f9-5666-40d3-8f5a-38f7ebb61e18" id="11d5f02c-cd1d-4d2d-9d91-7ce95d53ee20"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b099785e-b45b-4c68-9055-2b28e2e46fa0" id="2644ab78-5c48-4f20-afd8-de18ab8f2c17">says</span></span>, McDonald's is not the number one fast food joint there. McDonald's was the first American fast food chain in Beijing, but the first fast food joint was Kentucky Fried Chicken. KFC still is number one, outselling all other fast-food joints in the country. They do this because unlike McDonald's or Burger King, KFC completely redefined its menu. The chain doesn't sell any fried <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="386493fb-ee3a-45e9-81bf-8d8c68f6b7bc" id="28eef443-58b9-4f11-b4dc-5ae0d1b2f58b"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a0d483e1-dc31-4335-b7ad-4c1b68f8c7f1" id="a03b5423-f2d7-4d3d-8734-e04f2b01ba94">chicken but</span></span> rather sells Chinese-styled foods. As a result, it's super popular.<br />
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This is the breakfast my daughter insisted I try. Apparently, KFC is seen <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e5a5ccc0-3501-4a22-9739-0ec25c6ed9ff" id="8e04c086-f304-463f-a640-7aeac5387884"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="48b8e242-6861-488a-a691-9305012876e3" id="864bfacc-6bb2-4611-8057-31501a93eea6">as</span></span> a breakfast restaurant in China, and now I know why. Here, I had the popular and very traditional rice porridge with vegetables, a steamed egg, and an <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2841cf92-54b8-4229-bd94-5843c72d51e4" id="439931b9-fc83-416d-8768-53a2f9d838e0"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bf3d3cad-d0da-4c15-925e-3b9ed518bf6e" id="5d25d9ee-bc4e-4108-9363-2169e082a75a">organge</span></span>-mango drink. It was very satisfying.</div>
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This is my daughter who is studying Chinese culture in the Yunan province explaining why KFC has done so well in China.<br />
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Here is a look at the inside of KFC. While it still has its American red and white color scheme, the employee uniforms are yellow and blue, which is more China friendly. Notice that the menu has no fried chicken. </div>
inkyhackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198488218753205196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23238624.post-45001766603797681692013-07-06T01:01:00.001-05:002013-07-06T01:01:10.925-05:00St Louis Fair 2013-33<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/9221635524/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2871/9221635524_9c177997fd_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/9221635524/">St Louis Fair 2013-33</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/">Inkyhack</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>Everytime I read the ingredients for "loaded fries," I get chest pains.</p>inkyhackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198488218753205196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23238624.post-56282631188031029782013-07-06T01:00:00.001-05:002013-07-06T01:00:34.897-05:00St Louis Fair 2013-35<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/9218860129/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3693/9218860129_fcf3f9242c_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/9218860129/">St Louis Fair 2013-35</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/">Inkyhack</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>The perfect meal - turkey leg, pulled pork, "curly" potato chips and lemonade.</p>inkyhackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198488218753205196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23238624.post-58157373312457776702013-07-06T00:56:00.001-05:002013-07-06T00:56:04.013-05:00St Louis Fair 2013-34<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/9218859949/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3821/9218859949_beee968e18_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/9218859949/">St Louis Fair 2013-34</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/">Inkyhack</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>I just wanted to say "brats."</p>inkyhackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198488218753205196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23238624.post-29334407620273415802013-07-06T00:54:00.003-05:002013-07-06T00:54:57.122-05:00St Louis Fair 2013-37<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/9221636138/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2868/9221636138_9e394f8043_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/9221636138/">St Louis Fair 2013-37</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/">Inkyhack</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>I have one question - which is healthier, the 1/4 pound hot dog or the 1/2 pound Italian sausage?</p>inkyhackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198488218753205196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23238624.post-5905845692869114872013-07-06T00:54:00.001-05:002013-07-06T00:54:01.872-05:00St Louis Fair 2013-38<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/9221636336/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/9221636336_6dfbc40378_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/9221636336/">St Louis Fair 2013-38</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkyhack/">Inkyhack</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>The 'Merican taste bud. While most of these folks in MIssouri scream about "immigrants" and share Facebook posts calling for "English to be America's official language," they have no problems buying corn dogs, crab rangoons and burritos from food booths.Oh, the irony.</p>inkyhackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198488218753205196noreply@blogger.com0