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Arri London

wrote:
>
> 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.

The 'British' do eat a lot of food from the Indian subcontinent. They
also eat food from most European countries, some American fast food,
just about every Asian cuisine, Middle Eastern food, South African food
etc etc.

Even the miserable rural district I had to live in for a while had
'ethnic' takeaways. While the natives of those countries (who ran the
places) wouldn't eat that Anglicised rubbish, it sold to the locals
quite readily.

Nothing makes the US different in terms of the amount or variety of
'ethnic' food available.