On Friday, April 21, 2017 at 8:09:49 AM UTC-10, Sheldon wrote:
> "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

Holy smokes! Who knew? You have got to get this data to the White House pronto!