I've flown on a number of international airlines. Although it's true that the food on most of them is vastly superior to domestic American flights, it's still pretty average food at best. Just look at that Cathay Pacific video segment... Is this industrial line the way you've seen good food being produced in a restaurant?

I'm always more forgiving when I'm flying into a new country... Say, you fly to India and get a curry for lunch, that's exciting. But by the time I've had ONE meal in the country, it's over: I have a point of comparison, and I know the airline food is very average at best.

The point is, the constraints of air travel (namely, having to cook food that will stay good after being heated for hours) means I'll never get a great meal. It's ok, though. I fly for the food where I'm going, not the food on the way there.

So... The US is now basing its societal model on Mexico? Sad to hear the country went from aspiring to be the best democracy in the world, to being on even ground with Mexico.

"Give me your poor, your huddled masses, but in a light shade of pink, please, if you may."

This article is 2 years old, by the way.

Little-known superhero fact: Jesus Christ the Savior is a rip-off of the earlier Vedic deity Mithra.

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Shows how Canadian I am... When I read this article, my first reaction was, 'Wait, what information does this contain?' Hehe.

Maple sap is actually pretty nice... Mostly water, but with just a touch of sugar.

As for Aunt Jemima, to contrast it with maple syrup, in Quebec we call this type of syrup "telephone pole syrup". I actually ate maple syrup for YEARS before I tried Aunt Jemima-style corn syrup... My initial reaction was disgust.

This video is both absolutely hilarious, and totally painful to listen to.

TwoDragons: Most of the shows we loved have either been canceled, turned cheesy, or the host was killed in a freak stingray accident.

Oh, amen to that! You made me smile and sigh in sadness at the same time.

I have a HDTV. I don't have basic cable. It kinda freaks the Internet cable guys when they see that: they think I'm pirating something.

I have a TV for two reasons: videogames, and the occasional movie or TV series. I don't watch TV because my two main purposes for watching it are fulfilled by other sources: namely, information and entertainment.

I have the Internet and countless alternate information sources both mainstream and fringe. Why do I need Fox News?

I have videogames and movies. Why do I need commercial break-laden cut-for-TV movies or assinine sitcoms? Or reality TV?

@CalvinTheArchitect: They're not using dyes... This is a duck egg, so it has a different color from a chicken egg even before fermentation. The "white" is jelly-like, possibly holds together less than normal jelly. The yolk is what freaks out some people: it's very creamy. When you're used to it, it's a pretty nice texture.

Kit: Stinky Tofu is definitely less, ah, Westerner-friendly... I dunno, though, I got used to it, and ended up loving it. Maybe it's because I'm French Canadian and I'm used to smelly French cheese... Stinky Tofu is just that, fermented protein.

Anyway, in Hangzhou, my spouse and I used to walk around playing 'Is it stinky tofu or an open-air toilet?' The smell is that bad. But the taste is fine... With some spicy sauce, I find it to be quite a treat.

I've eaten Thousand Year Eggs many times. The author of the blog post is being... well, melodramatic.

They're actually pretty good. Yes, the color is weird the first time you try it... The texture is definitely different. Thing is, it's fermented food, so you're not meant to eat a lot of it at once. In small bits in congee, they're actually very flavorful and they do NOT taste of sulfur or rotten egg, as the blog author implies.

The best way to eat it is chopped to small pieces, on soft white tofu, and Chinese vinegar, with some garlic and cilantro. It's simply heavenly.

I feel the music was the most creepy thing about this video... Watching it on mute makes it look like a retarded children program.