Orange Int'l Street Fair - 8/29-8/31 - Page 2

Kevy Baby · 08-23-2008, 04:22 PM

We'll be at Imperial War, so no go for us.

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Originally Posted by Alex

Screw that! You should take the bus.

Morrigoon · 08-29-2008, 03:21 PM

So who's going tonight? I think there's at least a couple of folks planning on going, shall we meet up?

Disneyphile · 08-29-2008, 03:26 PM

No fair for us this year, sorry.

Sohrshah · 08-30-2008, 01:36 AM

I went, I had guiness, then had karioke. Life is good.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-30-2008, 09:04 AM

I'm sure I mentioned this last year, but the important lesson from the International Street Fair is this the revelation that at minimum, every country in the world has at least two of the following as part of their national food selection: Sausage, fried ball of dough with sugar, beer, kebabs. Acceptable variations include fried circles of dough instead of balls and any meat that has spent time on a stick, whether served in kebab form or not.

Alex · 08-30-2008, 09:16 AM

You can reduce that list to one item.

There was a book I heard being hawked on NPR a few years ago talking about how every culture in the world has some form of fried dough.

JWBear · 08-30-2008, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

You can reduce that list to one item.

There was a book I heard being hawked on NPR a few years ago talking about how every culture in the world has some form of fried dough.

And according to Babylon 5, every alien species has some variation of Swedish meatballs....

Sohrshah · 08-30-2008, 10:06 AM

I think it would be interesting to learn how long each of the cultures has been making fried dough and/or sausages.

Some cultures are known for sausage- namely the alpine and sub-alpine cultures of central Europe. Chorizo is known in a nation once ruled by an Austrian. Is there a connection?

I also find it interesting to note that the honey-soaked fried dough of Greece is uncannily similar to that of India... and I wonder if the cuisine's similarity mirrors those two countries' historical and cultural connections (many plebian Romans went to Romania (Byzantium) and east to what is now the Punjab district of India/Pakistan). If so, then fried dough has been around since at least the Romans. Of course, that's a big 'if', but still.

Morrigoon · 08-30-2008, 11:57 AM

"Whaddya want, ya drunken shyte?!?"

Teehee....

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Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	No fair for us this year, sorry.
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Sohrshah Purveyor of Fine Blue People Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 358	I went, I had guiness, then had karioke. Life is good.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I'm sure I mentioned this last year, but the important lesson from the International Street Fair is this the revelation that at minimum, every country in the world has at least two of the following as part of their national food selection: Sausage, fried ball of dough with sugar, beer, kebabs. Acceptable variations include fried circles of dough instead of balls and any meat that has spent time on a stick, whether served in kebab form or not. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	You can reduce that list to one item. There was a book I heard being hawked on NPR a few years ago talking about how every culture in the world has some form of fried dough.
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08-30-2008, 10:06 AM	#8
Sohrshah Purveyor of Fine Blue People Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 358	I think it would be interesting to learn how long each of the cultures has been making fried dough and/or sausages. Some cultures are known for sausage- namely the alpine and sub-alpine cultures of central Europe. Chorizo is known in a nation once ruled by an Austrian. Is there a connection? I also find it interesting to note that the honey-soaked fried dough of Greece is uncannily similar to that of India... and I wonder if the cuisine's similarity mirrors those two countries' historical and cultural connections (many plebian Romans went to Romania (Byzantium) and east to what is now the Punjab district of India/Pakistan). If so, then fried dough has been around since at least the Romans. Of course, that's a big 'if', but still.
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	"Whaddya want, ya drunken shyte?!?" Teehee.... __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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