On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 12:09:25 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 12:21:01 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> dsi1 wrote:
>> >
>> > jmcquown wrote:
>> > > 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
>> >
>> > That would be correct. If you go into your local restaurant and ask for some shoyu, it's highly unlikely that the server is going to know what you're talking about.
>>
>> Pay no attention to Jill. She's just trying to sound worldly.
>>
>> I've personally never heard of shoyu until you started talking
>> about it here in RFC. I'm willing to bet most ppl around here
>> would be clueless too. Just known as "soy sauce" here.
>
>You're not the most cosmopolitan foodie here. I heard the term
>"shoyu" years ago.

Gary finds sushi wildly exotic. He prefers mashed potatoes and peas.