On 1/10/2018 6:30 AM, 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.(snippage by Jill)
>>>> 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
>
Maybe he should do a little reading before trying to make proclamations
about what hardly seems American.

Jill