{"id":936,"date":"2009-10-21T18:20:24","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T18:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocobeam.me\/playground\/2009\/10\/usfr-food\/"},"modified":"2009-10-21T18:20:24","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T18:20:24","slug":"usfr-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/2009\/10\/usfr-food\/","title":{"rendered":"US\/FR: food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"Arial\">   <\/p>\n<p>There is definitely a difference.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Food pyramid\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/18828270@N00\/4019831535\/\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"Food pyramid\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3498\/4019831535_1864c6024c.jpg\" \/><\/a>       <br \/><em>This is pretty much the diet of CA people for what I saw. I\u2019m almost kidding.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After a couple of months living in LA, here is what strikes me about food.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Calories <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Belgians For Breakfast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/15923063@N00\/3919755171\/\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"Belgians For Breakfast\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2662\/3919755171_e109d34b93.jpg\" \/><\/a>       <br \/><em>Over <a href=\"http:\/\/encyclopediadramatica.com\/IT'S_OVER_NINE_THOUSAND!\" target=\"_blank\">nine thousand<\/a>!!!!!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It seems like everybody is counting that. Calories. I know what it means from a scientific point of view but when actually eating, knowing how much I need per day, knowing where the calories are.. They are in my belly and I don\u2019t give a shit about these numbers (when I do care a lot for them everywhere else!). I subconsciously know that a waffle is heavy, I don\u2019t need to know how much. People can have conversation on how much thousand calories they are aiming through diets, it\u2019s like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Klingon_language\" target=\"_blank\">Klingon<\/a> to me. Having the chance to have parents cooking everyday for every meal, doing it myself since forever, it seems like it helps to know what my body needs. My mind is bypassed. Then if I go to a restaurant, I just enjoy, knowing that next days have to be light on food. I feel quite alone on this behavior. Here the Now is strong. Enjoy the Now. And then regret it watching your body getting fat. Whatever. Maple syrup, sodas, peanut butter are almost banned from my diet anyway. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vegan <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"nutrition\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/80594525@N00\/4028886985\/\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"nutrition\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2486\/4028886985_ef151ed324.jpg\" \/><\/a>       <br \/><em>I don\u2019t know what it is, but there&#8217;s no meat in it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My first trip in the US showed me how much vegan food is developed here. From store to restaurants, there\u2019s vegan food almost everywhere in LA. I like it, it\u2019s just that I feel I need to eat more often and being used to the classic three meals per day, sometimes it bothers me to eat four or five times a day. The good thing is when I get back to meat it\u2019s sort of a fiesta for my taste buds. It\u2019s great to have this choice though. And healthier of course (I mean compared to 3.99$ meals with two big macs, fries and a taco) and overall <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.seanbonner.com\/2009\/03\/19\/changing-the-world-go-vegan\/\" target=\"_blank\">better for the earth<\/a>. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quantity <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0153.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/51636307@N00\/2922794181\/\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0153.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3109\/2922794181_53ef3fab01.jpg\" \/><\/a>       <br \/><em>For one<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In restaurants, all meals are heavy. Like, ridiculously heavy. I almost never finished one. Good thing that the doggy bag exists but now I know that if it doesn\u2019t in France, it\u2019s because we don\u2019t need it. Here it\u2019s just an obligation. I always feel bad not finishing my plate so I\u2019m happy to get the leftover home. Still, it\u2019s really too big for me and dare I say, for anybody. I\u2019m not the only one not finishing what I order.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Waste <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Portland Metro Transfer Station 2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/32123311@N00\/3648984449\/\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"Portland Metro Transfer Station 2\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3325\/3648984449_af39d893f7.jpg\" \/><\/a>       <br \/><em>Wasteland<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is a lot compared to what I know in France and it\u2019s of course related to quantities of food. As food is pretty cheap, people don\u2019t feel the need to save it as much as we do in Europe I guess. At first it was shocking for me. I try not to focus on it. Sort of America Waste Of Life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bacon <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/briankusler\/2337430825\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2016\/2337430825_715f1e1c7e.jpg\" \/><\/a>       <br \/><em>Flickr comment: \u201cMy two favorite things in the world.. &#8230; &#8230;.. with BACON!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bacon is a religion here. You just have to watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CaK9bjLy3v4\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Gaffigan stand up<\/a> about bacon to understand what it means to the US culture. It\u2019s everywhere, I even ate some chocolate tablet with bacon. Of course it\u2019s <strike>pretty<\/strike> bad for the health to eat that everyday. In a sandwich one time I had four slices of it. Four, between a salad leave and massive bread around. This day I realized I could not eat that more than once a month. If I can escape it.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, eating in the US is not really different than it is in France. Sure, having a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheesestoresl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">cheese store nearby<\/a> selling Pont L\u2019\u00e9v\u00e8que and Vouvray helps a lot :)<\/p>\n<p> <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is definitely a difference. This is pretty much the diet of CA people for what I saw. I\u2019m almost kidding. After a couple of months living in LA, here is what strikes me about food. Calories Over nine thousand!!!!!! It seems like everybody is counting that. Calories. 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