Kenneth Coble wrote:
>
> Arri London wrote:
> > Kenneth Coble wrote:
> >>
> >> Jenn Ridley wrote:
> >>
> >> <snip>
> >>
> >>>>> That's life at high altitude Charlie. Doesn't bother anyone that
> >>>>> I've noticed.
> >>>>
> >>>> Didn't notice me eh? ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Do you live there? then it doesn't really matter.
> >>>
> >>> FWIW, *I* knew what Anglo means in that context, and I don't even
> >>> live there.
> >>>
> >>> jenn
> >>
> >> Well, for what it's worth, I had some friends of various
> >> Carribean/Central American backgrounds while I was in school in
> >> Miami who called all non-black, non-Carribean/Central American,
> >> non-Asian people "Anglos." I took to referring to them all as
> >> "Mexican" and they got the point and at least stopped calling _me_
> >> an Anglo. Of course, they'd still call my 2nd generation
> >> Irish-American roomate an Anglo, which ****ed him off much more than
> >> it had ever bothered me, and tended to prompt long speeches about
> >> the Sassenach history of oppressing his people, etc...
> >>
> >> Just my $0.02,
> >>
> >> Ken "German/French/Scotch Irish-American" Coble
> >>
> >
> >
> > Some people make a fuss about anything, don't they. I don't get
> > offended when people in the US call me American in a generic context.
> > (hint: I'm not American)
>
> I didn't get offended, I just thought it was funny to point it out what I
> saw as the silliness of the "Anglo" terminology to my buddies. And have no
> fear, I won't call you an American (grin). If it helps, our other roomate
> would have encouraged people to call him an "Anglo," since his last name was
> English...

No fear. The terminology isn't silly, as everyone in the region
understands it. Plus a lot of 'Anglos' aren't white; the term can
include mixed race people as well.
>
> And I'll add this, to be safe... I'm not annoyed at anyone, and I'm enjoying
> this thread.

Glad to have you and we know you aren't annoyed. We aren't annoyed at
you either

I'm one of those lurkers on this group who really like to see
> some good new posts, but don't have the background or the spare time to
> contribute all that often (only once in the past 6 months or so, in my
> case).


Background? What background? My experience/knowledge of New Mexican food
is based on living here. Just as my experience/knowledge of English/UK
food is based on having spent a third of my life there etc (I'm not
English either BTW) That's enough background for this group. Whatever
background you have is sufficient, provided you like to eat, learn about
the historical aspects of food and have a sense of humour.

Although if I don't start making any progress in my current quest
> ('town' food in the U.S. Old West, since I already have some good info on
> 'cowboy' or trail cooking) I might be posting again in a week, hat in
> hand...

That would be interesting. Keep us informed.

>
> Sincerely (and no hard feelings or axe to grind, honest!),
> --
> Ken Coble
>

LOL none here either. You'd know if there were