On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 12:55:08 PM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 09:33:48 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
> wrote:
>
> >On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 7:09:32 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >>
> >> where do you suppose those Americans came from? They brought all
> >> their favorite foods with them because even here in the U,S,, cattle
> >> have tails, chicken have feet, etc. Sweetbreads was one of my
> >> favorites as a child. I ate pickled pigs feet along with my mom (she
> >> loved them) We ate liver. It is only in recent times that people
> >> decided they should only eat the big muscle parts. I hate it when
> >> sausage advertises that it is made solely with some of the big muscle
> >> parts of the animal. We love bacon, sausage and lunch meats that
> >> were originally devised to utilize lesser parts of an animal. If you
> >> are going to kill an animal for food, you'd better be willing to eat
> >> the whole darn thing. End of sermon
> >> Janet US
> >
> >I never said that people on the mainland don't eat oxtail. I know they do. If you tell me that most people love the stuff over there, I remain unconvinced.
>
> You said 'eating oxtail hardly seems American" I've expressed that
> 'Americans' do in fact eat oxtail In fact, it has become hard to find
> and very expensive because certain restaurants and areas of the
> country make specialties with oxtail. I do not need to show you that
> most (what ever that is) Americans eat it. That's a ridiculous
> statement like asking do most people on the mainland eat grits? No.
> Janet US

dsi1 seems to have a blind spot about the sheer diversity of mainland
Americans. It's only to be expected, given the predominance of
Asians where he lives.

Cindy Hamilton