On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 2:03:20 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 8:32:30 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 1:42:26 PM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> > > On Sat, 25 Mar 2017 17:36:44 -0400, Dave Smith
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >On 2017-03-25 2:33 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > > >> On 3/25/2017 2:04 PM, Roy wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> There was a time when pork hocks were fairly cheap but not any more.
> > > >>> In fact
> > > >>> they were considered a poor man's food.
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> So were short ribs. baby backs, and chicken wings. Those cheap foods
> > > >> have been discovered by the masses and now are way too high.
> > > >
> > > >Yes sir. We have discussed this many times. What I have to ask is who
> > > >are these masses who discovered them? I know that chicken wings are a
> > > >very popular bar and restaurant item around here. It is the shirt ribs
> > > >and ox tails that I have to wonder about. I rarely see them on a menu.
> > > >As much as I love both short ribs and ox tails, I am not going to spend
> > > >that much on a cut of meat that takes so much preparation, so much time
> > > >and the addition of other ingredients when I can buy a steak for less
> > > >and cook it in minutes with minimal work.
> > >
> > > go to an ethnic restaurant or one that specializes in soul food or the
> > > like
> > > Janet US
> >
> > We have a lot of ethnic restaurants but over here, they're called "restaurants." A soul food restaurant gives me pause though. Oddly enough, the only place I can get real barbecue is at Whole Foods. We don't have very many black folks. I can't say why that is.
>
> They weren't needed for slave labor in the islands. The indigenous
> population sufficed.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Hawaii is indeed comprised of the descendants of slave labor but the native population could not provide enough fodder for the fields. The Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Filipino, Korean, et al., had to be imported to these isles. Our belief in social equality probably stems from the fact that we are descendants of such lowly stock.