Chinese folk outraged that the donkey meat they purchased is actually fox meat

[minionofmidas]

Fox? As donkey?

There are not words.

There's a market for dog meat in parts of Asia, wouldn't that be presumably somewhat similar to fox?

[minionofmidas]

It's another reason why traveling to exotic places is not very high on my to-do list. The food that is consumed in some of these places is generally disgusting enough to nearly put me off of mine. Ugh.

If I took a vacation to the islands I assume they have fish and coconuts and pineapples and normal things, so that's still on the list. Just haven't made it yet.

Visiting a place where people eat food that one finds strange or disconcerting doesn't necessitate eating that food oneself, you know. Especially these days, pretty much anywhere on Earth has at least some elements of its cuisine that Americans would consider more or less 'normal', or at least interesting and worth trying out if not.

There's a hell of a lot of standard European fare that you cannot get even an approximation of in India for love or money. Indian cuisine is wonderful and I love it, but after a few months in India I dreamt of black bread and decent cheese and my mother's potato salad (no mayo in that).

[minionofmidas]

and my mother's potato salad (no mayo in that).

I'm intrigued. Details?

Oil, vinegar and vegetable stock.
Potatoes.
Gherkins, spring radishes, onions, eggs (optional), Fleischwurst (optional), corn salad (optional)
Salt and pepper and all that. Far more pepper than salt.