Saturday, July 09, 2005

Ukraine: How to Eat American

How to eat American in Ukraine:

Step One: Buy beef and grind it.

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Step Two: Wash, peel and chop potatoes.

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Step Three: Fry.

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Step Four: Make Pepsi. This requires carbonated water, corn syrup, caffeine... Actually it sometimes feels like making Pepsi would be easier than finding it in Zhytomyr. I have found four different stores that sell it, but understanding which store has it in stock when would require some algorithm that would make Einstein babble. I've been known to spend an hour walking around Zhytomry to find Pepsi.

Step Five: Toast bread, slice tomatoes, slice cheese and, viola:

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An all-American meal!