On Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 9:44:02 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> 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

Yes, but they have a smaller impact on NYC's culture. Arguably,
the Italians have had a greater impact.

Cindy Hamilton