Actually, I'd like to see this discussed for more cultures and
groupings within cultures too

In other words, which societies *don't* eat principally their own food?

And how much does that just have to do with rural vs. city living, the
culture itself, being a small country and not having rubbed up to many
other cultures with fairly different foods, whether one is in one's own
country or are travelling or have traveled a lot, age, poverty, and
other factors.

For example, the British have eaten a lot of Indian food in recent
years, and I think also food from their other colonies, but are they
open to other cuisines? And what about other countries? Does anything
make the US different, especially when the whole country is considered
not just the large urban areas?


Diane B.