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1. katry Says:

   
   October 23, 2017 at 1:31 pm

   Orson Welles quote
2. minicapt Says:

   
   October 23, 2017 at 6:39 pm

   https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/exploration-encounter-and-exchange-of-chinese-cuisine

   Cheers
   • katry Says:

     
     October 23, 2017 at 6:50 pm

     minicapt,
     I would never have guessed the first Chinese restaurant was so long ago, but if I gave the dates of the immigration of Chinese workers any I would have figured out the timing.

     I was always told Chop Suey is an American concoction. I haven’t eaten at a Panda Express but my sisters have, and they sing its praises.

     My best!
     • Bob Says:

       
       October 23, 2017 at 7:13 pm

       Panda Express is fast food Americanized Chinese food. Their orange chicken is very popular along with fried rice and chow mein noodles.
     • katry Says:

       
       October 23, 2017 at 7:38 pm

       Bob,
       There isn’t one on the cape, and I don’t go to Boston enough, but even if I did, I’d probably choose other than Chinese food.

       I’m not a chow mein fan.
3. Bob Says:

   
   October 23, 2017 at 7:20 pm

   The only good thing about the Vietnam war was the influx of refugees that improved the quality of Chinese food all over the country. In 1982 I flew a trip to Ft.Smith Arkansas. I was saying in a hotel and noticed a Chinese restaurant across the street. The food was fabulous and I complemented the owner. I asked how an Asian person would wind up in Ft.Smith. He was a refugee from the war and he and his family were integrated into this country at the closed Ft, Chafee nearby. When he left the camp he thought that Ft,Smith looked like a nice town which didn’t have a Chinese restaurant and he opened one.
   • katry Says:

     
     October 23, 2017 at 7:43 pm

     Bob,
     The refugees were mostly Vietnamese but their food does share ingredients with the Chinese. The biggest is noodles as both cuisines widely use noodles.

     The Chinese use soy sauce while fish sauce is more widely used in Thai food. I always keep fish sauce in the house. I love Thai food.
     • Bob Says:

       
       October 23, 2017 at 10:03 pm

       Although Vietnamese food is different than Chinese many Vietnamese opened Chinese restaurants after discovering what the Americans liked. Who would have thought that good Chinese food would flourish in small town middle America prior to 1975. When I lived in Big Spring Texas in 1980 the only Chinese restaurant was terrible because it was owned by a U.S. Air Force veteran and his Vietnamese wife. They tried to cater to local taste such as serving dinner rolls with the meal and every dish was a version of sweet and sour.

       Big Spring was formerly home to the Webb Air Force Base. We operated the oil company airplane out of the former air base which became the municipal airport. Having the concrete contract when building an Air Force base is a gold mine. 🙂
     • katry Says:

       
       October 23, 2017 at 11:25 pm

       Bob,
       New England was never the bastion of foreign foods when I was growing up, but my town had a Chinese restaurant, the China Moon, which is still there. It was the before prom spot for dinner and the after dances spot. Now the town has 2 Thai, one Indian and a few Italian restaurants. I would never have guessed that when I was growing up.

       The China Moon used to send a van into Boston’s Chinatown every day to pick up their waiters.

       I can totally understand the gold mine of that concrete contract.

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