Janet Bostwick wrote:
> Doug Freyburger > wrote:
>
>>I like the fact that they have foods I have never tried or never heard
>>of. It reminds me that I should try new foods more regularly and it
>>gives me ideas of what to look for when I'm shopping - Aynthing I have
>>not heard of before or have not tried yet.
>
> On any of the cooking shows, I enjoy learning about foods or ethnic
> menus that I haven't tried and know nothing about. I'll make a note
> of them and something in the future I will plan on adding a new item
> to our dinner. I realize now that my mother was always bringing home
> something new to try. I never recognized it because my father never
> made a stink about anything new and we just ate whatever it was. There
> are many foods that I can't find around here or can't afford anymore
> that were part of my everyday life.

I figure that's why I'm not a picky eater. My Dad brought home food
from the gardens of relatives or from farms or hunting. Then I ended up
at a college where it was so ethnically diverse I keep expecting
students from other planets to arrive - I especially liked it when a
group of Cantonese speakers met a group of Mandarin speakers and they
would switch to English to understand each other.

And so I end up in a state where goat meat is okay (well my favorite
actually) but it's so normal. I should try some other sort of critter
or plant or whatever.