"Ophelia" wrote:
>"Cindy Hamilton" wrote:
>Bruce wrote:
>>dsi1 wrote:
>>
>> >notbob wrote:
>> >>jmcquown wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > This is just another attempt by dsl1 to make anything non-Hawaiian
>> >> > sound awful.
>> >>
>> >> As if everything Hawiian isn't. Rice, Spam, poi? Foodstuffs I
>> >> wouldn't eat with yer mouth!
>> >> nb
>> >
>> >Whether anyone likes it or not, the stuff we're eating here is going to
>> >have a big influence on the food trends over there. I'm not a big fan of
>> >poi but my granddaughter is. My guess is that taro and poi will be
>> >trending on the mainland.
>> >
>> >Obviously the young folks ain't interested in the stale foods of the
>> >previous generations. They will be looking towards Asia for new ideas.
>> >Practically everything from Asia passes through here first. We change it
>> >a little to suit us and it gets passed in an Easterly direction. Expect
>> >that to happen.
>> >
>> >That is, of course, assuming we're not a glowing pile of nuclear rubble
>> >in a short while. Let's face it, when Mr. Un talks about a "super-mighty
>> >pre-emptive strike" he's talking about sending a nuke in our general
>> >direction. Maybe he'll miss.
>>
>> Do you really think that a big country like the US accepts new food
>> influences from a huge continent like Asia only via the little
>> ******** that is Hawaii?
>
>We generally get them direct from Asian immigrants, who we
>generally get direct from Asia. We get about a million
>new immigrants every year, of whom 46% are from Asia.
>I believe those are the figures for legal immigrants.
>
>Cindy Hamilton
>
>===
>
>Famine is not the only reason people can have an interest in new food from
>other places.
>I think many cooks here can be interested in new foods.
>
There are probably more Asians living in NYC than in all of Hawaii.
http://gothamist.com/2011/06/24/nycs...idly_incre.php
Ah, so. . . there are more Asians in NYC than the entire population of
Hawaii... gotta scroll down a wee bit:
https://suburbanstats.org/population...live-in-hawaii
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...=nyregion&_r=0