a couple of questions about oriental food

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  • Paul Pless
    pinko commie tree hugger
    • Oct 2003
    • 124805

    a couple of questions about oriental food

    Anybody ever wonder why there are no oriental cheeses?

    And,

    Why are there never oysters on sushi menus?
    Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.
  • Keith Wilson
    Trying to be reasonable
    • Oct 1999
    • 64114

    #2
    Re: a couple of questions about oriental food

    This is why no cheese:

    Lactose intolerance by region:

    "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations,
    for nature cannot be fooled."

    Richard Feynman

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    • Paul Pless
      pinko commie tree hugger
      • Oct 2003
      • 124805

      #3
      Re: a couple of questions about oriental food

      well that makes sense
      Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.

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      • Horace
        Senior Member
        • Feb 2007
        • 2620

        #4
        Re: a couple of questions about oriental food

        Oyster answer is buried in here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi.

        A matter of taste when coupled with rice as sushi, apparently.

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        • James McMullen
          老板
          • Apr 2007
          • 12054

          #5
          Re: a couple of questions about oriental food

          Smoked oysters are good as gunkanmaki, but fresh ones are best eaten straight.

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          • Keith Wilson
            Trying to be reasonable
            • Oct 1999
            • 64114

            #6
            Re: a couple of questions about oriental food

            Interesting that there is no data for the Netherlands.
            That's just the one map. It's very low, much like Scandinavia. More complete data for lactose intolerance in Europe

            OTOH, pizza is popular in Japan and Korea. Go figure.
            "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations,
            for nature cannot be fooled."

            Richard Feynman

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            • huisjen
              innocent widdle bunny
              • Jun 2001
              • 8689

              #7
              Re: a couple of questions about oriental food

              The Funnelbeaker culture is believed to be the origin of the gene allowing adults of Northern European descent to digest lactose. In the area formerly inhabited by this culture, prevalence of the gene is virtually universal.[2]


              This imperfect map of European culture from 3500 BCE shows the Funnel Beaker Culture (German: Trichterrandbecherkultur) in green.

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              • seanz
                Resilient?
                • Nov 2006
                • 23662

                #8
                Re: a couple of questions about oriental food

                Trichterrandbecherkultur
                Sounds more plausible in German....otherwise I just think of The Muppets.
                We don't know how lucky we are....

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                • Keith Wilson
                  Trying to be reasonable
                  • Oct 1999
                  • 64114

                  #9
                  Re: a couple of questions about oriental food

                  The lactase gene present in the herding peoples of Africa is somewhat different. Apparently the same trait (the ability of adults to digest cows' milk) appeared twice at least, and later spread.
                  "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations,
                  for nature cannot be fooled."

                  Richard Feynman

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                  • PeterSibley
                    Senior Member
                    • Dec 2001
                    • 70993

                    #10
                    Re: a couple of questions about oriental food

                    Regarding oysters , outlawed by Leviticus weren't they ? A good carrier for cholera in effected areas .
                    '' You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know. ''
                    Grateful Dead

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                    • elf
                      opinionated crone
                      • Sep 2006
                      • 19257

                      #11
                      Re: a couple of questions about oriental food

                      There's no "and" in German. The word is "und".

                      They mean the same thing.
                      A society predicated on the assumption that everyone in it should want to get rich is not well situated to become either ethical or imaginative.

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                      • seanz
                        Resilient?
                        • Nov 2006
                        • 23662

                        #12
                        To Sum Up........

                        1. Two food questions
                        2. a reference to food intolerences
                        3. Reply accepted
                        4. An answer to the second question
                        5. Questions the data in second post.
                        6. A recipe recommendation
                        7. Offers more comprehensive data
                        8. Back to the Bronze age....
                        9. A lame TV reference
                        10. Don't forget Africa
                        11. The Bible
                        12. Now it's a German spelling bee
                        We don't know how lucky we are....

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                        • Paul Pless
                          pinko commie tree hugger
                          • Oct 2003
                          • 124805

                          #13
                          Re: a couple of questions about oriental food

                          >
                          Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.

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                          • paladin
                            Senior Senior Member
                            • Dec 2000
                            • 26476

                            #14
                            Re: a couple of questions about oriental food

                            My Asian Children are Lactose intolerant, my middle European children are not
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                            • Noah
                              Senior Member #3500
                              • Jun 2001
                              • 2189

                              #15
                              Re: a couple of questions about oriental food

                              Hey Dude, I don't believe that Oriental is the preffered nomenclature.

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