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PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 03:23 AM Nov 2017

Aaahhh, jeez.

The food is different in different parts of the country. And if you decide to relocate, you ought to find out something about the food and the local culture. If, for instance, you only want totally bland food, then stay where you are. Wherever that may be. If you move to, say Texas or New Mexico or anywhere that is simply not your original home, then get used to it. Or figure out what to order when you eat at a restaurant.

I do have a lot of sympathy, because I moved from Kansas to New Mexico some nine years ago. I'd already lived in other parts of the country and have had plenty of experience with regional differences, but I will say that I absolutely do not get the local obsession with chili. But I've learned to negotiate my way around a menu, and try hard (maybe not hard enough) not to complain about what I don't like.

I've joked for several years now that I'm pleasantly surprised that I have not been escorted to the border and asked not to return to this state ever again.

However, I LOVE a peppery cream gravy. The very best chicken fried steak can be found in Texas.

My personal problem is with cilantro -- tastes like soap to me -- and I've learned to ask about it. If it's in a dish and can't be removed, then I order something else. Easy solution. If you can't find something you like on the menu, then you are impossibly picky and perhaps shouldn't ever eat out.

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