On 2016-04-14 5:40 AM, Robert wrote:
> "Dave Smith" wrote in message ...
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> On 2016-04-13 2:15 PM, Robert wrote:
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>> Where what? The question was what is the traditional American food.
>> Every Sunday my mom served meatloaf mashed potatoes and a vegetable
>> (either peas and carrots, green beans, spinach, or corn). So I said it
>> was meatloaf.
>
> That would make it a typical family meal for you and your kin. I have
> often advised people that if a restaurant has meatloaf or meatloaf
> sandwiches on their menu you should order it because it is likely to be
> good. Other than higher end places, there aren't many restaurants that
> don't have burgers on the menu. There are a number of fast food
> franchises that specialize in burgers. Most have diversified a little,
> but the vast majority of their meals involved hamburgers.
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> Hamburgers might be a popular menu item. But that does not make them a
> traditions.
>
They are a popular menu item because people like them and order them.
Just everyone in the US and Canada eats hamburgers, and they have been
for a long time, and that makes them a traditional food.