tony b Posted August 19, 2015 Report Posted August 19, 2015 I hear yah, PJ. When I first moved to Iowa from Cali, I thought that I'd moved to a culinary wasteland - simple meat and potatoes - no Thai, Sushi, or Indian places and the Tex-Mex and Chinese were horrid! So, I found the one and only Oriental market and started learning to make my own! I still put a lot of that experience to work even today. Gave me a great appreciation for spices and different cooking techniques. But, in the ensuing years, we have "grown up" and have really good Thai, Sushi, and Indian spots, and authentic Mex, but alas the Chinese food still suffers, but it's a far cry better than the original days when I moved here!
bryan Posted August 19, 2015 Report Posted August 19, 2015 Open a chicken ranch to jump start the Chinese food
tony b Posted August 19, 2015 Report Posted August 19, 2015 Not with all the avian flu here. We lost millions of chickens (and turkeys) here this spring. That's why your egg prices have gone up and will likely stay up for another year!
PRippley Posted August 19, 2015 Report Posted August 19, 2015 Oh tony b that is heartbreaking. One of my joys in the fall is going to pick up local organically grown chickens and a turkey. I can't imagine how bad that must be for you Iowans.
jclarkhpa Posted August 20, 2015 Report Posted August 20, 2015 You are welcome to join us in Hawaii! It would be nice to have some more KK'ers all the way out here.
tony b Posted August 20, 2015 Report Posted August 20, 2015 Oh tony b that is heartbreaking. One of my joys in the fall is going to pick up local organically grown chickens and a turkey. I can't imagine how bad that must be for you Iowans. The local, organic, farmers weren't hit at all. It was just the big mega-farms, that produce a very large portion of the eggs consumed in this country. The supermarket turkeys will be more expensive this Thanksgiving, but the smaller producers will be OK.
