On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 03:30:33 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>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

There are probably more Asians in NYC than in Hawaii