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>> 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.
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>>> Robert
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>>
>> Oh?
>>
>> So perhaps you can enlighten us as to what you think is a more
>> traditional American food?
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>> Take all the screens you need:________________________________
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>> Traditional - existing in or as part of a tradition; long-established
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>> Tradition - the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to
>> generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way
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>> 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.
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> But that's only a tradition for your family. The rest of us likely didn't
> eat that once a week. As I said, my family had it 2-3 times a year. And
> it's still the same. But we had burgers quite a lot. Usually with no
> bun.
> Hamburger patties and canned peas was probably our most commonly eaten
> meal
> when we ate at home. In the summer, my dad made the burgers on the BBQ.
> We
> did have buns then.
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> My answer was meatloaf but Cindy said hers was pot roast. That is why I
> said you can ask the same question to anyone and get a different answer.
> They claimed hamburger solely on the fact of availability not tradition.
>
> Robert

Well, our family has no tradition. And I don't think of pot roast as
American at all.