On Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 10:43:01 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 07:15:59 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >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
>
> You haven't been to NYC recently, Asians have taken over whole
> neighborhoods, even those that for many decades were predominently
> Italian/Jewish, etc.
> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...hoods-map.html
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yo...thnic_enclaves

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Cindy Hamilton