Concepts of Food (#2)

     Hey, all Americans! I wish you could try "borshch" and "varenyky"...(Stephen Legge, you know what I'm talking about:)...Don't worry, I'll come to SC and make you some "dyrunchikov")
     As I had already mentioned, I had "plastic" food in the plains on my way here. It was not too bad, I was not starving, I must admit. Although it was definitely not my type of food.
     Ukrainian cooking traditions have been supporting by families for centuries. It takes at least 30 minutes in restaurants there to make some food for the client. You know why? The answer is genius - FOOD IS BEING PREPARED in Ukraine. But...then next question arises - "is there any different way to get food"? The answer is "Yes" and America proves it to me every single day...
    I'm really sorry, guys, to tell you this, but you have no idea, what "food" is. Mexicans have Mexican food, Italians have their Italian food, in France they cook and eat frogs and other weird creatures, but it is called French food. How many times in your life you have heard a phrase: "Hey, let's go to some Mexican restaurant. They make great nachos", or "I'd like to order pizza tonight for once", or "Chinesse stuff is great and I'm going to have some now"? I can bet you hear or say it at least several times per week. Even Erik from the ESL services asked me if I tried Mexican food when he heard my impressions. Even you, dear Sarah, advice me to try real Mexican food! Is not it strange? I think it is. I have not ever heard something reasonable about American food. Does it really exist?
    I saw many pictures from the historical event in the lives of USSR people. The first McDonald's restaurant appeared in Moskow in 1989, if I'm not mistaken. The huge crowds of people just got totally crazy! Line to the fast-food restaurant was way longer the the other line ... to Lenin's Mausoleum, which had been like a Mecca for soviet people during last 60 years.

I'll finish soon....