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Skriven 2011-05-23 12:05:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Jim Weller
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 GJ> Unfortunately, many USAns tip in Australia as they do in USA, which
 GJ> currupts the minds and morals of our waiters.

 JW> I have never forgotten the one and only time I was offered a tip. I
 JW> was 14 and a stock boy in a grocery store. I was seldom called
 JW> forward to the cashier's station to do bag carry out as country
 JW> farmers and their wives were pretty sturdy and self-sufficient folk.
 JW> But occasionally I was, usually to assist a little old lady. One
 JW> time I got paged and came up to find an American mother and daughter
 JW> (cottagers from a nearby lake) and two small bags. The girl was
 JW> heading for the door empty handed and the mom was touching up her
 JW> makeup while ignoring her groceries. After a few seconds it dawned
 JW> on us she expected me to take care of them. So I did. The daughter
 JW> was my age or just a little bit older, cute, and wearing the
 JW> skimpiest halter top and shortest shorts that had ever been seen in
 JW> my conservative part of the world. As I was working on my opening
 JW> line to hit on her, she gave me a quarter (rather generous as my
 JW> wage was 50 cents an hour). Was I pissed! I refused, she insisted, I
 JW> refused, she said her mom insisted, I got mad at her and said a few
 JW> rude words as I stomped off. Yes, I felt they were treating me
 JW> like a serf. She didn't look so cute after that. 

The proud ni-Vanuatu people would completely agree with you, and
understand, even if those tourists didn't.

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  The cuisine of Vanuatu, formerly the New Hebrides, incorporates fish,
  root vegetables such as taro and yams, fruits, and vegetables.
  Papayas, pineapples, mangoes, plantains, and sweet potatoes are
  abundant through much of the year. Coconut milk and cream are used to
  flavor many dishes. Most food is cooked using hot stones or through
  boiling and steaming; very little food is fried.
  
  Influences:
  
  The climate and terrain is sub-tropical rain forest.
  
  Demographics: predominately Melanesian. In the late 19th century the
  islands were controlled by the British and French people. Before that
  Vanuatu was under Japanese occupation. The cuisine is a mix of
  traditional Pacific, Asian and European.
  
  Specialties:
  
  Coconut crab usually served with garlic, chilli, curry or coconut
  sauces. Some other local specialties are escargots made with snails,
  natou, rousette, which is a flying fox or fruit bat, mangrove oysters
  and nems.
  
  One of the most famous dish is called Laplap and is considered to be
  the most representative dish for Vanuatu. Generally it is made by
  pounding yam or taro roots into a paste and after that the whole
  mixture is placed on spinach or taro roots and left to soak in
  coconut milk. Sliced pieces of pork, chicken or fish are added and
  this mixture is placed on a grill. The preparation methods for this
  dish vary from one island to another. One other delicacy that can be
  served on any of this country islands is made in a Tahitian way and
  it's called Raw Fish salad or poissin cru. To increase the taste and
  the flavor this dish is garnished with lime juice and coconut milk.
  From: Wikipedia
 
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