FOOD!!!

[foxtobee 1]

ok, but not great. Love the extra large bottles though! I found Baltika only drinkable when already drunk..hahaha!

Baltica 7 is my favorite drink there, #2 would be Carlsburg. In the month I was just there, I only had 2 shots of vodka. I've had 3 in the month we have been home

I spent a few years living in Holland, and I've had enough Dutch beer for a while. There is really no selection there, other than Heineken, Grolsh, Bavaria, and, well, actually that's about it. Most pubs only have one type of beer on draft.

The "heineken experience" is a tourist trap, but at least they give you a few free beers. Probably cheaper than the Leidseplein pubs around it.

Excuse me!!!

No selection?? ( Do I sound offended ?? ) I miss all the good beers back home. Not just the Dutch beers, but the ggod Belgian ones.

Like Hertogh Jan, Palm, Duvel, le Chouffe and many,many more.

You need to know names and if you don't go to a supermarket and grab and try one.

I totally dislike all the Ameriacan beers, except for a Sam Adams. We usually go to Tradaer Joe's to get good beers.

[russ 1]

Yes, his eating habits have changed, but so have mine. I need to read more labels, because I refuse to have High fructose Corn Syrup and they even have it in Club crackers.

The US has import tarriffs on sugar, which make it twice as expensive in the US compared to the world price. This makes corn syrup slightly cheaper than sugar here, which is why it is put in everything.

High Fructose Corn Syrup is made of 2 things - Fructose and Glucose (both sugars)

Cane Sugar (sucrose) is made of 2 things as well - Fructose and Glucose. The difference in sucrose is a covalent bond between the two molecules.

Should the US lower import tarriffs for sugar, it would replace Corn Syrup in most products. Either way though, high levels of either corn syrup or sugar have been shown to cause insulin resistance. The weak bond holding sucrose together is likely to break down before you ingest it, so there should be zero difference between the two sugars in practice. (other than they are both bad for you in large enough quantities.)

It has been known for some time that simple, refined sugars in large quantities contribute to tooth decay, diabetes, obesity, and possibly other health problems. In this way, all of them are "bad." Unfortunately, they all taste good.

[NYGirl 0]

Yes many russians do use a lot of sour cream and mayo. I love sour cream but infortunately i am lactose and do not eat it. Actually milk and sour cream never bothered me back in ukraine and once I came here i can not digest any of it. Fat free sour cream i can have but i never buy it and never have it at home. I also noticed that many of you eat pelmeni with sour cream or butter......try to change it and have it with little bit black pepper and vinigar.......it's delicious! And vinigar doesn't have the fat that sour cream does

Edited July 30, 2007 by NYGirl

[russ 1]

Excuse me!!!

No selection?? ( Do I sound offended ?? ) I miss all the good beers back home. Not just the Dutch beers, but the ggod Belgian ones.

Like Hertogh Jan, Palm, Duvel, le Chouffe and many,many more.

You need to know names and if you don't go to a supermarket and grab and try one.

I totally dislike all the Ameriacan beers, except for a Sam Adams. We usually go to Tradaer Joe's to get good beers.

Sam Adams is one of the few American beers I like. It is basically a German Altbier that you would find in Düsseldorf, with perhaps more hops.

As for no selection in Holland, well, you need to go pretty far out of your way to find anything other than Dutch pilsners in grocery stores. Albert Heijn, even the XL, carried no German beers, an rarely more than a few Belgian ones. Belgian beers are awesome, but most pubs in Holland are selling 200ml Dutch pilsners, usually just one (bars in Holland are financed by the breweries. ) For the most part, in the US, every city I have lived in, has had a bar with over 500 beers. I can't remember one in Holland.

Duvel may be easy to find, but more often than not, I ended up getting Belgian beers in Belgium. There was one store in Eindhoven where I could get Bitburger (which is about as common in Germany as Miller Lite is in the States). Warstiener was also fairly common, but that doesn't say much.

Even in Eindhoven, beer from Maastricht could be hard to find. I really like Wieckse Witte, for instance, but even 80km away it was sometimes not so common. I think Heineken has stopped making it there in the last few years though.

[mountainlover534 0]

Since i am originally from Belgium...have you guys ever tried LEFFE, HOEGAARDEN or my favorite POSTEL.

And yes, i am still trying to get used to the funny tasting "RUSSIAN-SALADS".

Seems they call everything that does not match well together as "SALADS"

Some are great ....

SIE ME

[russ 1]

I love both Hoegaarden and Leffe. Rodenbach Gran Cru is probably my favorite, though.

Since i am originally from Belgium...have you guys ever tried LEFFE, HOEGAARDEN or my favorite POSTEL.

[slim 1,530]

I totally dislike all the Ameriacan beers, except for a Sam Adams.

Absolutely, hands down, thumbs up, the best "OTC" (Over the counter, as in, readily available at most supermarkets) American brew there is. I don't even consider another beer in the U.S. (unless it's free, of course!)

If you would like a uniquely "American" beer experience, you should try any one of our wonderful "Malt Liquor" selections such as Colt-45, Olde English 800, Steel Reserve 211, and so on. They're fantastic, and you will be drunk like you're overseas... for only $3! (I personally recommend the Olde English 800, it's the best!)

I'll give honorable mention to Yuengling. It's no Sam Adams, but it's pretty good American beer. It's also the oldest brewery in the U.S., so that should tell you something about thier quality standards. Unless you live East of the Appalachians, you're probably not going to get this. And if you're really pressed for something besides the piss water that is typical Anheuser Busch (Butt-Light or the Diesel, a.k.a. Budweiser) or Miller, (although I do like some High Life... it's the "champagne of beers" afterall) AB makes a nice little brew called AmberBock that's palatable.

I haven't had much "other" beer since I started on the Sam about two years ago. There are some good beers out there, and here in Cincinnati, we're lucky to have a place like Russ described called the Beer Sellar where they have 120 bottles, 60 taps, and one jukebox. If I'm ever too pressed, they have just about everything I'm looking for. (Except Baltika!) But I never go there because about 400 yards away there's a place called the Hofbrauhaus, and they have some of the best beer in the world. It's just like the Hofbrauhaus in Munich, so you know the beer is good! http://www.hofbrauhausnewport.com/

[Thomas-n-Elena 0]

I totally dislike all the Ameriacan beers, except for a Sam Adams.

I haven't had much "other" beer since I started on the Sam about two years ago. There are some good beers out there, and here in Cincinnati, we're lucky to have a place like Russ described called the Beer Sellar where they have 120 bottles, 60 taps, and one jukebox. If I'm ever too pressed, they have just about everything I'm looking for. (Except Baltika!) But I never go there because about 400 yards away there's a place called the Hofbrauhaus, and they have some of the best beer in the world. It's just like the Hofbrauhaus in Munich, so you know the beer is good! http://www.hofbrauhausnewport.com/

Have you ever tried any of the Bells brews. I know they are regional but you might be able to find them in Ohio. Comes our of Kalamazoo Michigan, they have an Oberon(summer wheat beer) awesome. But they are a growing Microbrewery. Cool thing to do is go there for a tour of the brewery and they let you sample stuff. Reminded me of college days at Michigan State, lots of cool information and drinking but at the same time.

[russ 1]

It's also the oldest brewery in the U.S., so that should tell you something about thier quality standards.

Important distinction, as Molson is the oldest brewery in North America.

(although I do like some High Life... it's the "champagne of beers" afterall) AB makes a nice little brew called

It is actually the "champagne of bottled beers." At 6$ for a 12 pack, it is also the cheapest around here. MGD is considerably better. My friends from Germany would drink this in the US when we were in college.

I have been known to knock back a few Coronas here and there too. On a fishing boat in FL, for some reason the fish don't bite until you start opening the beers...

In fact, I think I'll head to the fridge and crack open a beer now.

I haven't had much "other" beer since I started on the Sam about two years ago. There are some good beers out there, and here in Cincinnati, we're lucky to have a place like Russ described called the Beer Sellar where they have 120 bottles, 60 taps, and one jukebox.

A friend just opened a beer place down the street. He has about 150 now, plus 10 on draft (all imports). I'm about three quarters on the way to getting my pewter mug there for drinking them all, but at $15/beer, it may take me some time.

[Blues Fairy 0]

How does one get a Scotsman accustomed to drinking bordeaux? My man drinks scotch like water but two glasses of rouge sec seem to upset his system. Is he hopeless?

[slim 1,530]

Did you just say the word "man" and "bordeaux" in the same sentence?

Ugh! That upsets my stomach. There are three types of "men" that are allowed to drink something rouge....

1. Frenchmen

2. Artists/Musicians along with Doctors/Lawyers/other professional types

3. Other than heterosexual men

If your guy isn't in one of these categories.... don't make his stomach hurt!

[russ 1]

Did you just say the word "man" and "bordeaux" in the same sentence?

Ugh! That upsets my stomach. There are three types of "men" that are allowed to drink something rouge....

Easy. Red wine goes down better with a 2lb prime rib or NY strip.

This goes along with the theory: http://www.steakandbjday.com/

[*JG* 2]

My husband works at Jack in the Box and has no issues sampling anything and everything there. I do try to stay away from that stuff.

If he's cooking (cause I usually don't) we eat lots of traditional Jamaican foods. I probably wouldn't eat oxtail, chicken gizzards, goat, saltfish, so much coconut or white rice if I weren't married to a Jamaican.

[Blues Fairy 0]

Easy. Red wine goes down better with a 2lb prime rib or NY strip.

This goes along with the theory: http://www.steakandbjday.com/

Thanks for the tip Russ, but I fear I'm being tricked into something which is not a proven solution to the bordeaux problem.

[Thomas-n-Elena 0]

Did you just say the word "man" and "bordeaux" in the same sentence?

Ugh! That upsets my stomach. There are three types of "men" that are allowed to drink something rouge....

1. Frenchmen

2. Artists/Musicians along with Doctors/Lawyers/other professional types

3. Other than heterosexual men

If your guy isn't in one of these categories.... don't make his stomach hurt!

What about the metrosexuals?