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J. Clarke[_2_]

In article >, says...
>
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
> eb.com...
> > Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> >>>> I think serving chili over rice is odd too. Or adding macaroni to
> >>>> chili.
> >>>
> >>> What a strange, strange, sheltered life you must lead.
> >>
> >> No. I just think those things are overkill on the carbs. And they are
> >> not
> >> commonly eaten here in the PNW. I think they are more of a midwest
> >> thing.
> >
> > Do you consider Oregon part of the PNW? I saw chili with rice and chili
> > with macaroni countless times when I lived in Corvallis.
>
> Really? At a restaurant? I've never seen it.
> >
> > There's also a difference between thinking something is "odd" and thinking
> > it's "overkill on the carbs." You're more than old enough to remember when
> > carbs were not considered evil.
>
> I'm diabetic so they are evil to me. And actually I am old enough to
> remember that they were in fact evil in the 1950's. Ever seen a diet book
> from then? It is the carbs that they cut. I grew up being told that bread
> was fattening.

Chili-mac used to be a regular feature of school lunches in Florida,
Virginia, and New Orleans. I don't remember if they had it in
California.