webfact Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Thai chips not bland and boring enough for Americans (VIDEO)By Coconuts BangkokBANGKOK: -- Maybe if they had more than five points of reference, Americans could discuss flavor without comparisons to “Lunchables,” “Fruit Loops” and “farts.”In a video series featuring young Americans stepping out of their comfort zone of pizza and chicken wings, Buzzfeed staffers sample exotic “Thai chips” in the latest episode posted Thursday.“Thai chips” being in quotation marks because they’re the flavor-glocalized creations of a U.S.-based snack company owned by PepsiCo.The video shows six Americans trying Lay’s products from Thailand including Seaweed, Cream-cheese Salmon, Hot Chili Squid, and Miang Kham-flavored chips.And the result is what you expect from 20-something Americans who pride themselves on never traveling anywhere not prefixed with “Six Flags.” (Sorry, those 24 hours in Tijuana don’t count.)"I wouldn't buy it with my hard-earned cash," some American girl with bad hair says of the seaweed chips. [read more...] Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co//2014/11/03/thai-chips-not-bland-and-boring-enough-americans-video -- Coconuts Bangkok 2014-11-03 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted November 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) That "news" story was a bunch of idiotic American bashing. I know supposed to be funny, but based on total ignorance of the author. Today's Americans love spicy food and challenging flavors. Hot and spicy Mexican salsa and "Thai/Viet" Sricracha sauce in, ketchup out. They are going on very dated stereotypes that haven't been true for decades. Even the headline is messed up. The taster complained one of the chips was TOO BLAND, not bland and boring enough. As far as international travel, did you know you can easily get much better Vietnamese food in the USA than in Thailand? Odd considering if you look at a map. Americans are NOT provincial eaters. THAIS on the other hand ... Edited November 3, 2014 by Jingthing 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Costas2008 Posted November 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2014 These are not chips, they are crisps. A lesson to my dearest Americans, by a Greek. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted November 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2014 These are not chips, they are crisps. A lesson to my dearest Americans, by a Greek. Wrong. In the U.S., they are chips. Get a grip ... different countries, different usage. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitawatWatawit Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 "Today's Americans love spicy food and challenging flavors." So it's working at last! Keep it up guys and we'll make real people out of these Americans yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualbiker Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) These are not chips, they are crisps. A lesson to my dearest Americans, by a Greek. Wrong. In the U.S., they are chips. Get a grip ... different countries, different usage. Yep. You always have bastardised the English language .. aluminium is a case in point :-D They are crisps. These are chips :-D Also America SHOULD have better Vietnamese food .. you have more Vietnamese people living in the USA than Thailand! Edited November 3, 2014 by casualbiker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zaphod reborn Posted November 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2014 The spin on this story is contradicted by the winner of the Lays 2014 contest for selecting the new chip flavor. This year's winner, wasabi ginger. https://www.dousaflavor.com/ Lays Thailand makes awful chips by the way. The flavors are OK but the chips are terrible. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted November 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) "Today's Americans love spicy food and challenging flavors." So it's working at last! Keep it up guys and we'll make real people out of these Americans yet. Ha ha. Americans have some of the most sophisticated palates on the planet. That's because so many grow up with a great variety of quality INTERNATIONAL flavors it being a country of immigrants. I would include Canadians with that. That makes for a different palate than less multicultural countries. American tastes of course are always evolving: Recently, the general public, especially younger people in the cities, have begun to embrace strong flavors previously thought of as icky, like bitterness, fermentation, funk, fat and umami, which are now all prized flavors. http://www.theawl.com/2014/10/eat-spinach-not-kale Really the author of this piece doesn't have the tiniest clue about American food culture. You know, I don't mind criticism of the U.S. when it is based on reality. But that article is based on ignorance. Edited November 3, 2014 by Jingthing 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) These are not chips, they are crisps. A lesson to my dearest Americans, by a Greek. Wrong. In the U.S., they are chips. Get a grip ... different countries, different usage. Yep. You always have bastardised the English language .. aluminium is a case in point :-DThey are crisps. These are chips :-D Also America SHOULD have better Vietnamese food .. you have more Vietnamese people living in the USA than Thailand! Better Chinese food as well. Better Malaysian food as well. Better Burmese food as well. Better Cambodian food as well. Better Indian food as well. etc., etc. What do Thais like beyond Thai? Fake Japanese food. Fake Italian food. Edited November 3, 2014 by Jingthing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguy30 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I believe that many of the people that often put down American have never been to America. Just talking out their "sun don't shine" place. Surprising that no one has said anything about the douche bag people in the video. Who cares what they think? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post simon43 Posted November 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2014 Americans have some of the most sophisticated palates on the planet. I almost choked on my gway dio when I read that! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualbiker Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I believe that many of the people that often put down American have never been to America. Just talking out their "sun don't shine" place. Surprising that no one has said anything about the douche bag people in the video. Who cares what they think? Are the people in the video NOT American??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) These are not chips, they are crisps. A lesson to my dearest Americans, by a Greek. Wrong. In the U.S., they are chips. Get a grip ... different countries, different usage. Yep. You always have bastardised the English language .. aluminium is a case in point :-DThey are crisps. These are chips :-D Also America SHOULD have better Vietnamese food .. you have more Vietnamese people living in the USA than Thailand! Let a Dutch uncle tell you that the OP is on 'chips', we Dutch call them thus. The stuff in the basket looks like "french fries" (aka patates frites = fried potatoes) rather than English chips as they don't seem thick enough PS WIKI pages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries Edited November 3, 2014 by rubl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aguy30 Posted November 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2014 These are not chips, they are crisps. A lesson to my dearest Americans, by a Greek. Wrong. In the U.S., they are chips. Get a grip ... different countries, different usage. Yep. You always have bastardised the English language .. aluminium is a case in point :-DThey are crisps. These are chips :-D Also America SHOULD have better Vietnamese food .. you have more Vietnamese people living in the USA than Thailand! Those are fries in the picture, not chips. America has some really good Vietnamese food and lots of it. You know not of what you speak. An opinion from anyone that eats a full English breakfast is useless. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted November 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) Americans have some of the most sophisticated palates on the planet. I almost choked on my gway dio when I read that! When was the last time you ate around a major American city with a local American "foodie" guide to tell you where to go, what to order? My guess: NEVER. Some U.S. cities are up there with the top destinations in the world for culinary based travel. Edited November 3, 2014 by Jingthing 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Here's a cute ad from a country where they like chips on a plate and not out of a packet. Potato Chips or crisps, French Fries or Chips who cares, it's personal taste that counts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualbiker Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Americans have some of the most sophisticated palates on the planet. I almost choked on my gway dio when I read that! When was the last time you ate around a major American city with a local American "foodie" guide to tell you where to go, what to order? My guess: NEVER. How could he the ONLY reputable Foodie guide lives in Pattaya. When you going home next??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aguy30 Posted November 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) I believe that many of the people that often put down American have never been to America. Just talking out their "sun don't shine" place. Surprising that no one has said anything about the douche bag people in the video. Who cares what they think? Are the people in the video NOT American??? Only an idiot would think that a few douche bags in a video represent all American. No more representative of all Americans than Mr. Bean and Benny Hill are of all English people, or are they? I'm curious how someone can be a member for 11 months and you posted more than 3000 comments. That's 275 a day and not much that was useful. Edited November 3, 2014 by aguy30 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaddeus Posted November 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2014 These are not chips, they are crisps. A lesson to my dearest Americans, by a Greek. Wrong. In the U.S., they are chips. Get a grip ... different countries, different usage. Yep. You always have bastardised the English language .. aluminium is a case in point :-DThey are crisps. These are chips :-D Also America SHOULD have better Vietnamese food .. you have more Vietnamese people living in the USA than Thailand! Let a Dutch uncle tell you that the OP is on 'chips', we Dutch call them thus. The stuff in the basket looks like "french fries" (aka patates frites = fried potatoes) rather than English chips as they don't seem thick enough PS WIKI pages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries Can I have a second opinion from a Belgian. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualbiker Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) I believe that many of the people that often put down American have never been to America. Just talking out their "sun don't shine" place. Surprising that no one has said anything about the douche bag people in the video. Who cares what they think? Are the people in the video NOT American??? Only an idiot would think that a few douche bags in a video represent all American. No more representative of all Americans than Mr. Bean and Benny Hill are of all English people, or are they? I'm curious how someone can be a member for 11 months and you posted more than 3000 comments. That's 275 a day and not much that was useful. So their NOT American? Ok thanks for clearing that up.As for the post count. I sometimes have conversations with other posters. Strange huh! Edited November 3, 2014 by casualbiker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOC Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) I believe that many of the people that often put down American have never been to America. Just talking out their "sun don't shine" place. Surprising that no one has said anything about the douche bag people in the video. Who cares what they think? Are the people in the video NOT American??? Only an idiot would think that a few douche bags in a video represent all American. No more representative of all Americans than Mr. Bean and Benny Hill are of all English people, or are they? I'm curious how someone can be a member for 11 months and you posted more than 3000 comments. That's 275 a day and not much that was useful. Hope you are not representative for all Americans when it comes to math!! From Alaska by any chance?? Edited November 3, 2014 by JOC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post simon43 Posted November 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2014 Americans have some of the most sophisticated palates on the planet. JT, I am 100% sure that you have a very sophisticated palette. But judging from the attitude of hundreds of US citizens from all walks of life who have ate at my hotels over the past 10 years, I have zero confidence that your statement above is anywhere near the truth. The USA sure has plenty of excellent restaurants, but that doesn't mean the diners have sophisticated palettes... BTW, I'm not saying that the Brits have sophisticated palettes, (I don't think they do). But when I was in New York last time, (granted a few years ago), I was 'knocked' off the 'sidewalk'; by the girth of the average American. Did they get that fat as a result of their sophisticated palette??? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templedog Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Makes perfect sense that Yaya is on the chips with cheese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) I believe that many of the people that often put down American have never been to America. Just talking out their "sun don't shine" place. Surprising that no one has said anything about the douche bag people in the video. Who cares what they think? Are the people in the video NOT American??? Only an idiot would think that a few douche bags in a video represent all American. No more representative of all Americans than Mr. Bean and Benny Hill are of all English people, or are they? I'm curious how someone can be a member for 11 months and you posted more than 3000 comments. That's 275 a day and not much that was useful. So their NOT American? Ok thanks for clearing that up.As for the post count. I sometimes have conversations with other posters. Strange huh! You're too kind with him. Myself I would have averaged 11 months into 330 days and do a mental calculation of 3000/330 coming to a result of approximately 9.090909 post per day. But then, I'm known to be nasty at times Edited November 3, 2014 by rubl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templedog Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Americans have some of the most sophisticated palates on the planet. JT, I am 100% sure that you have a very sophisticated palette. But judging from the attitude of hundreds of US citizens from all walks of life who have ate at my hotels over the past 10 years, I have zero confidence that your statement above is anywhere near the truth. The USA sure has plenty of excellent restaurants, but that doesn't mean the diners have sophisticated palettes... BTW, I'm not saying that the Brits have sophisticated palettes, (I don't think they do). But when I was in New York last time, (granted a few years ago), I was 'knocked' off the 'sidewalk'; by the girth of the average American. Did they get that fat as a result of their sophisticated palette??? If you think New Yorkers are fat, go to Texas!! Houston especially!! America has by far the fattest people. Fact. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Best explanation of the crisps or chips debate. http://www.propercrisps.co.nz/2009/01/the-origin-of-potato-crisps/ They were called crisped chips, the Brits shortened it one way and the Americans the other (the one that was easier to spell ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post worgeordie Posted November 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2014 All these new flavours of crisps.yes they are crisps, are made in laboratories from who knows what chemicals, with far too much salt on them,for my liking,they need to go back to the little blue bags of salt in every bag. regards Worgeordie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 These Thai companies have a real cheek 1. They blow the bag up with air so you cannot tell what is actually inside 2. When you open the bag (not an easy task) and look inside it is 90% empty 3. The flavours aren't that bad. But seriously they are the biggest rip off in this country - a bag full of air for 30-40 baht..........never again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Some grammar and language police nonsense posts and replies have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjag Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) All these new flavours of crisps.yes they are crisps, are made in laboratories from who knows what chemicals, with far too much salt on them,for my liking,they need to go back to the little blue bags of salt in every bag. regards Worgeordie Remember in the cinema , bag of crisps munching away until you realized you were chewing that blue salt bag...555555 ha . In England at the time I think the company was Smiths. Good really because they gave you the option of salting or not. Edited November 3, 2014 by ginjag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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