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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How in the world would an AP know if she is going to like American food or not before coming? Sure she can get some American type foods in her home country, but you truly have no idea how much you will / will not like the food until you get here (just like I would not be able to judge how Chinese food would taste in China based on my love for PF Chang’s one America :). So yes, your AP should be open to trying American foods, but she should not be forced to eat American food 4 nights a week (this does *not* mean that you have to cook something different for the AP, she is an adult and can manage cooking on her own. This also does *not* mean that she can’t eat dinner with you guys - it simply means that her dinner might include a mix of American and Asian foods, or some nights all Asian foods).

I’m a 5th year HM, and some of you sound extremely difficult and ridiculous. I feel sorry for your AP’s. Try to extend a little empathy, and look at them as if they were your niece or daughter. If my child went to Hong Kong to live a family for a year, I would expect her to be gracious and try a ton of the native foods, but I would never want someone to force her to eat those foods every night if she truly did not like them. This is not an “eat your vegetables” type of situation (like when you’re dealing with kids).

[b]Lastly, you do not have to learn how to cook Chinese food (or Thai, etc) - though that would be nice, but you can suggest that one night a week she cooks an Asian meal for the family. [/b]

Please stop being so rigid :/. [/quote]

PP here who did not want to learn to cook Asian food. This discussion is pure academic for me at this point, because we have not hosted an asian AP yet, but let me tell you, I'd be thrilled if my AP made dinner one week. No matter how simple and how different from what I cook, I'd be SOOOO happy. In 3 years of hosting, this happened once. And boy was I grateful.  [/quote]

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