"Javelin SST" wrote in message ...

On 4/14/2016 3:40 AM, Robert wrote:
> "Dave Smith" wrote in message ...
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> On 2016-04-13 2:15 PM, Robert wrote:
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>> Where what? The question was what is the traditional American food.
>> Every Sunday my mom served meatloaf mashed potatoes and a vegetable
>> (either peas and carrots, green beans, spinach, or corn). So I said it
>> was meatloaf.
>
> That would make it a typical family meal for you and your kin. I have
> often advised people that if a restaurant has meatloaf or meatloaf
> sandwiches on their menu you should order it because it is likely to be
> good. Other than higher end places, there aren't many restaurants that
> don't have burgers on the menu. There are a number of fast food
> franchises that specialize in burgers. Most have diversified a little,
> but the vast majority of their meals involved hamburgers.
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> Hamburgers might be a popular menu item. But that does not make them a
> traditions.
>
>
> Robert
>

Oh?

So perhaps you can enlighten us as to what you think is a more
traditional American food?

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Traditional - existing in or as part of a tradition; long-established

Tradition - the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to
generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way

That means you can ask the same question to anyone and get different
answers. Having meatloaf every Sunday during my childhood would make it a
tradition. Cindy said that it was pot roast for her. But the only claim used
for hamburger's it's availability on menu's and the number of burger chains.
So as I said popularity does not equal tradition.


Robert