Sweeteners (was Re: Guilt, satiety, calorie restrictio.../tampopo

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> But as I said before, the Japanese _do_ eat wheat, and

> typically every day. Rent the movie " Tampopo " from the

> international section of your video store to learn about

> Japan's national obsession with wheat noodles.

that's a great, funny movie, and the whole thing is about food!

highly recomended! i should watch that again now that i'm food-

obsessed.

> How much do they really eat per day? We westerners

> associate Asians with rice, but does that really mean that

> every Asian eats it by the bucketful? Several times at

> Japanese restaurants I've been served only a small bowl

> with the meal. Also, a good Korean restaurant I've been

> to, specializing in tofu soups, serves one small bowl of

> rice with a large bowl of soup made of tofu and your

> choice of a variety of seafoods and other meats, along

> with the option of a raw egg broken into it at the table.

keep in mind that the bowls are small because they can be refilled

indefinitely, and they often are refilled a few times... very large

quantities ARE commonly eaten.

mike parker