On 12/6/2019 1:55 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, December 6, 2019 at 1:16:01 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Friday, December 6, 2019 at 7:36:01 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Friday, December 6, 2019 at 12:01:37 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>>>> On Friday, December 6, 2019 at 3:32:47 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>> Agreed. Coconut doesn't belong on pancakes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Only on your plate since you're not willing to even try it.
>>>>> You should know better than to say that.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm always willing to try something new, even odd, once.
>>>>
>>>> I was not aware that coconut syrup was unheard of in the states. Nor did I know that coconut doesn't belong on pancakes. People on the mainland have so many food rules.
>>>
>>> You have rules, too. I can't count how many times you've been gobsmacked
>>> by things that we mainlanders eat.
>>>
>>
>> I try to avoid commenting on the foods of others so you're right that you can't count the times I've been gobsmacked. How does one count zero? My only comments have mostly been that mainland food tends to be bland and mushy. I don't have any problem with that.
>
> My God, man! Have you eaten any mainland food in the last 30 years that
> wasn't prepared by someone 80 years old?
>
> Bland and mushy my ass.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Take into account he orders rice at McDonald's and was surprised a
"white woman" knows what shoyu is... as if you have to live in Hawaii
(or be Japanese) to have heard of it.

Jill