On Monday, July 24, 2017 at 1:11:04 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> dsi1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > On Monday, July 24, 2017 at 6:16:20 AM UTC-10, Jill McQuown wrote:
> > > On 7/24/2017 9:43 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > On 2017-07-23 11:35 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > > >> On Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 12:25:41 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> The idea of two scoops of rice with a mac salad on a plate is a
> > > tough >> concept to swallow for mainlanders. What I find hard to
> > > swallow is a >> $13 plate with 1 oz of fish.
> > > > >
> > > >>
> > > http://www.tastyislandhawaii.com/ima...ay/zippys_spag
> > > hetti_chix.jpg
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Wow. Starch, starch and more starch, and then something deep
> > > > fried to make it healthier.
> > >
> > > How adding some fried Spam? LOL
> > >
> > > I love the way he talks about "mainlanders" as if Hawaii isn't part
> > > of the United States. That meal looks like pretty much anything
> > > I'd expect to see at a cafeteria. Not that I'd buy all of those
> > > things.
> > >
> > > Jill
> >
> > As it goes, we ain't like people on the mainland. You only believe
> > that to be the case.
>
> Maybe, but take a good look. Hawaii is special but so is New Orleans
> and other parts of the USA.
>
> --

I'm well aware that New Orleans' cultural history differs from most parts of the country. OTOH, NOLA is not a state and the most common last name in the state of LA would be Williams, Smith, and Johnson. The most common last name in HA is Lee, Wong, and Kim.

Some people might feel threatened by a state that's so culturally different from the rest of the US. I think it's silly to be so defensive. As I have said before, we're different but have made no claims about being superior or better. I mean, I ain't stupid.