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Jack Peterson
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15 minutes ago, Tommy T. said:

Lay's potato chips and so much more..

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hk blues
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12 minutes ago, Tommy T. said:

HK... sorry, but I will take a slight exception to that, but mostly I agree with you...

When travelling through so many island countries, one thing that was standard fare almost everywhere was canned corned beef and lamb products. These were culls of the lesser quality beef and lamb available in their home countries of New Zealand and Australia. Try opening a can of Hereford corned beef or lamb... I did and it really was - to my palate - disgusting. It was mostly fat and gristle with some meat. Compare that with the commonly available here - Brazil or other South American beef products... 

Yes... of course, there are tons of foods (?), literally, coming from USA, but the rubbish is not all coming from USA. I am not being defensive here, just explaining. Look at the labels of so many junk foods and they are made here, Indonesia, Malaysia and, of course, USA.

But also, of course, USA was the birthplace of Coca Cola, Sprite, Lay's potato chips and so much more... That's why I only disagree with you a bit in degree, HK... With all due respect...

I know my post was a little rude but mostly tongue in cheek, Tom.

I wasn't talking about foods from the US, rather the fact that a relatively high %age of Americans are a little on the big side and it seems like this is catching on here too.  I have noticed this is particularly true for the under 14s.  A mixture of too much rice, soft drinks and a sedentary lifestyle I suppose.  

 

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Tommy T.
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1 minute ago, hk blues said:

I know my post was a little rude but mostly tongue in cheek, Tom.

I wasn't talking about foods from the US, rather the fact that a relatively high %age of Americans are a little on the big side and it seems like this is catching on here too.  I have noticed this is particularly true for the under 14s.  A mixture of too much rice, soft drinks and a sedentary lifestyle I suppose.  

 

No worries, HK...

Absolutely... I remember - sort-of - reading some articles about Americans being among the most obese in the world by population. Don't forget the french fries, burgers, canned foods, chips, all the rice derivatives, cookies, and on and on... I can personally attest that it is sometimes difficult for me to not indulge in some delightful foods here ...hahaha... mostly what I cook here!!! Then there is the cheap beer too...

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1 hour ago, Jack Peterson said:

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Yes had me thinking as well, yes  Lays was bought by Walkers but are all owned now by Pepsi co.

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2 hours ago, Tommy T. said:

No worries, HK...

Absolutely... I remember - sort-of - reading some articles about Americans being among the most obese in the world by population. Don't forget the french fries, burgers, canned foods, chips, all the rice derivatives, cookies, and on and on... I can personally attest that it is sometimes difficult for me to not indulge in some delightful foods here ...hahaha... mostly what I cook here!!! Then there is the cheap beer too...

I agree mostly, till you said cheap beer. :cheers:

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49 minutes ago, Gary D said:

Yes had me thinking as well, yes  Lays was bought by Walkers but are all owned now by Pepsi co.

I thought Frito-lay bought Lays (hence the name change) and that Walkers was a sister company under the Pepsi Co. umbrella but not at all sure.  

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2 hours ago, hk blues said:

I thought Frito-lay bought Lays (hence the name change) and that Walkers was a sister company under the Pepsi Co. umbrella but not at all sure.  

Walkers is a British snack food manufacturer mainly operating in the UK and Ireland. They are best known for manufacturing potato crisps, and other, non-potato-based snack foods. It holds 56 percent of the British crisps market.[4] Walkers was founded in 1948 in Leicester, England by Henry Walker, and in 1989 was acquired by Lay's owner, Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo

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