On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:45:10 -0700, Casa estilo antiguo
> wrote:

>On 1/10/2018 10:31 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> 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
>>
>> Three words: New York pizza
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>
>Two words:
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>Jewish deli.

Ha! You can count the Jewish delis in NYC on the fingers of one hand
and two won't be kosher.