QUOTE : From a time even before then, from before James was born, there's a list of frequently requested items in English and Chinese:<br /><br /><br />Egg rolls <br />Wontons<br />Pot stickers<br />Crab rangoons (<i>What are these?</i> Winnie, their mother, annotated in Chinese. Their father wrote underneath, <i>Wontons filled with cream cheese</i>.)<br />Beef with broccoli<br /><br /><br />Following a scattershot statistical analysis, Winnie also compiled a list of things Americans liked:<br /><br /><br />Large chunks of meat <br />Wontons and noodles together in the same soup<br />Pea pods and green beans, carrots, broccoli, baby corn (no other vegetables)<br />Ribs or chicken wings<br />Beef with broccoli<br />Chicken with peanuts<br />Peanuts in everything<br />Chop suey (<i>What is this?</i> Leo wrote. <i>I don't know</i>, Winnie wrote.)<br />Anything with shrimp (<i>The rest of them can't eat shrimp</i>, she annotated. <i>Be careful</i>.)<br />Anything from the deep fryer<br />Anything with sweet and sour sauce<br />Anything with a thick, brown sauce <br /><br /><br />And there is, of course, the list of things the Americans <i>didn't</i> like:<br /><br /><br />Meat on the bone (except ribs or chicken wings)<br />Rice porridge <br />Fermented soybeans