On Nov 13, 1:11*am, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:51:47 -0800 (PST), ItsJoanNotJoann wrote:
> > On Nov 10, 10:18*pm, Cheryl > wrote:
> >> I had a interesting conversation with one of my new teammates at work
> >> who is from India about soup. *The conversation drifted as often they
> >> do. *But the one thing he told me that was interesting is that most
> >> people of India descent, especially those in India, are vegetarian.
>
> > I've yet to meet an Indian who wasn't a vegetarian.
>
> Then you need to live in San Jose or Austin. *We have very few Indian
> restaurants that don't serve meat (about 20% don't, if that). *And
> they don't just serve Americans. *I have worked with too many Indians
> than I would prefer, and very few of them were vegetarians.
>
> I didn't understand the OP's question, if there even was one.
>
> -sw

Shhhh! Don't upset their world view. Despite the fact that they
couldn't possibly fit 50 of their own friends into 5 categories when
it comes to food AND religion, they think it's appropriate to do that
with over a billion people. They're Indians after all.