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The Top 10 Things I Like About Living in the DR (The Reason I'm Staying)
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"They give lousy directions," Oh that is so true. It's laughable really, especially when a taxista pretends to know the way.
"They give lousy directions," Oh that is so true. It's laughable really, especially when a taxista pretends to know the way.
They do, I agree. Maybe a different alcohol content there? Or maybe fresher. Or maybe COLDER. They do know how to serve a beer in DR.
I never buy a case only one or two at a time and I drink Bohemia most of the time. 70 pesos for a large and 90 for a jumbo. That's less than two dollars for a large beer. In a restaurant it 100 pesos for a small. I am buying a case of 24 large at Christmas and it will cost 1550 pesos or 65 per bottle or $ 1.50 per bottle.
Another I like is I can be having a beer with my friend Beba on the street and I can ask any of the neighbourhood kids to go get me a couple of fresh ones and it's done right away and with a smile. Usually good for a Fresca or ice-cream for them anyways, but they'd do it for nothing.
Well it is a lot cheaper here than in Vancouver but I do agree it is very pricey for where we are!
Relative to Canada, relative to Europe, Norway the place Frank likes to Brag about has extremely expensive beer. Beer in the bar is not cheap in USA either.
"Peter" the "Diet" YOU chose to eat in the DR may be "health", but not the "Diet" the average Dominican eats daily.
When foreigners ask me about the typical Dominican diet, I tell them it consists of Fat,Salt, Sugar, and refined carbohydrates!
"Hey Man", They fry Cheese Here!!!!
"Salami"???....."WTF", it's just some pig fat, salt, and "flour"!
You don't even need to refrigerate the stuff!???????
"Pan de Agua", worthless, from a nutritional standpoint!
Fruit juices "Start Out" just great, THEN they add a few cups of sugar,some "Leche Carnation", and it's NOT!!!
There are good choices here for a very healthy diet, Dominicans just don't make them!!!!
AND, Neither Do I"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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When foreigners ask me about the typical Dominican diet, I tell them it consists of Fat,Salt, Sugar, and refined carbohydrates!
"Hey Man", They fry Cheese Here!!!!
"Salami"???....."WTF", it's just some pig fat, salt, and "flour"!
You don't even need to refrigerate the stuff!???????
"Pan de Agua", worthless, from a nutritional standpoint!
Fruit juices "Start Out" just great, THEN they add a few cups of sugar,some "Leche Carnation", and it's NOT!!!
There are good choices here for a very healthy diet, Dominicans just don't make them!!!!
AND, Neither Do I"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I see a lot of folks attacking the OP for his list. Not everybody has the same reasons or likes about living in DR.
Very true, out of 700 kids at the school there are maybe a half dozen that have a healthy lunch. Breakfast is worse.
I think that if these points are the reason for some foreigner to decide he likes the DR , then I doubt if many Dominicans would be too unhappy if he decided to return to the USA
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Dominicans have a long ways to catch up to the average American BMI. My point was more that I eat healthier in the DR than in the US. Whether the *typical* Dominican diet is healthier or worse than the American diet is an issue that is up for debate, even with the fried foods and delicious papaya milkshakes(not regularly available in the US). I always found a batida de lechosa was the cure all for over-indulging the night before. It's loaded with electrolytes and the papaya has dietary fiber in it. Something the American diet is sorely lacking these days~ not enough fiber, and WAY too much fructose.
I avoid most corn syrup in my diet in the US, but it's the cost of produce vs meat and processed foods that's a challenge. I've found the best rule of thumb is if it's in red and yellow packaging, the odds are I shouldn't buy it. I love all these foods, but healthy? Not so much. This is what I get bombarded with every time I go shopping:
I avoid most corn syrup in my diet in the US, but it's the cost of produce vs meat and processed foods that's a challenge. I've found the best rule of thumb is if it's in red and yellow packaging, the odds are I shouldn't buy it. I love all these foods, but healthy? Not so much. This is what I get bombarded with every time I go shopping:
I like EVERYTHING pictured "above"!!!!
They have HUGE bags of "Bugles" at supermercado National this month!
The "Papaya Smoothie" would be great , without all the sugar and "Leche Carnation".
Just eat some fresh Papaya and you'll be much better off.
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They have HUGE bags of "Bugles" at supermercado National this month!
The "Papaya Smoothie" would be great , without all the sugar and "Leche Carnation".
Just eat some fresh Papaya and you'll be much better off.
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Attacking? I read people asking OP to expand and explain his no. 10. some people offered counter points to his points. It was the OP himself who made derogatory statements about an ethnic group in the US and comparing his experience in the DR.
I am interested in conversing with people who have a different outlook than I do. That is how I learn.
addendum: I wasn't able to read the deleted posts. Perhaps you did and that is why you came to your conclusion regarding attacks.
Dominicans have a long ways to catch up to the average American BMI. My point was more that I eat healthier in the DR than in the US. Whether the *typical* Dominican diet is healthier or worse than the American diet is an issue that is up for debate, even with the fried foods and delicious papaya milkshakes(not regularly available in the US). I always found a batida de lechosa was the cure all for over-indulging the night before. It's loaded with electrolytes and the papaya has dietary fiber in it. Something the American diet is sorely lacking these days~ not enough fiber, and WAY too much fructose.
I avoid most corn syrup in my diet in the US, but it's the cost of produce vs meat and processed foods that's a challenge. I've found the best rule of thumb is if it's in red and yellow packaging, the odds are I shouldn't buy it. I love all these foods, but healthy? Not so much. This is what I get bombarded with every time I go shopping:
I avoid HF corn syrup for taste reasons. Sugar is sugar, metabolically. But beet sugar, cane sugar and HF corn syrup have different taste profiles. HFCS makes everything taste like a damn tortilla chip.
This thread has gone as far as it can without people ending up banned, putting my wooden spoon and chancleta away and saying adios.
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