On 2017-01-31 11:47 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 5:18:03 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2017-01-31 6:31 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 1/31/2017 1:12 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> Diets and food traditions change over time, hopefully for the
>>>> better. Italy is famous for pasta and tomato sauce, often
>>>> spiced up with hot peppers. Tomatoes were unheard of in Italy
>>>> before the discovery of the New World. Western Europe thrives
>>>> on meat and potatoes, but potatoes were another discovery from
>>>> the New World.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The difference is that the Hawaiians are not ashamed of where
>>> they came from. There's a renewed interest in taro worldwide.
>>> This is a good thing.
>>>
>>
>> It is not a matter of being ashamed of where we came from. It's a
>> matter of having access to a lot of things that are better than the
>> food our ancestors had.
>>
>>
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> Are you saying that Dom Perignon and Big Macs are superior to the
> diet of ancient Hawaiians?


Show me where I said that and I will be forced to agree that I did.
Other wise, I think it is safe to say that I did not.


>I say poppycock, sir. The ancient
> Hawaiians lived in a food paradise and as far as we know, suffered
> from no nutritional deficiencies. You can make disparaging statements
> about your predecessors but I sure won't.


I made comments about the types of food that were available to them.