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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Erm, there's a LOT of western / european foods that are NOT celebrated for good reason.
No one EVER talks about English cuisine because it's really pretty terrible (clotted cream, mincemeat pie, fruitcake anyone?)
Likewise, no one talks about Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Belgian, Swiss foods either. Because they are pretty uninteresting.
Some people like German food - once in a while. But German food isn't known for vegetables and fruits. Like English cuisine, it's meat and potatoes and not particularly flavorful preparations of them. Don't even get me started on Czech and Polish food. Even more starch and meat with even less flavor.
I feel like France, Greece and Italy actually appreciate vegetables and knows how to include them in their dishes. Maybe that's why their cuisine is more popular?[/quote]

Wth: have you ever been to Belgium? Let alone left the US?[/quote]

NP. I lived in Belgium for a year and agree with this person. Generally really heavy food and not a lot of vegetables. It wasn't awful, but got old pretty quick. [/quote]

Pp here. I lived in Brussels for 4 years and they had really good salads. Were you eating frites and steak Americain every day or something? Maybe you didn't live there long enough to get to know actual Belgians and what they eat but only saw the tourist food.[/quote]

I was living with host families and attending a local public school, so no, not tourist food. I've since lived in 22 other countries and Belgium is in my bottom 5 for food and...everything.[/quote]

You lived on 22 other countries? Are you like 80?

Yep, totally lived the full Belgian experience with one year and one family.  I totally judge all Americans by that one family who eats spray cheese and vienna sausages.[/quote]

It was 3 families and many friends, but ok. I maintain, the food is heavy and vegetables are more of a garnish than anything. That's fine! It's not a focus of the cuisine. I'm not 80, I've just spent most of my life since 15 outside of the US. I don't think Belgian food is great compared to so many others. [/quote]

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