On Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 6:30:16 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 11:48:04 AM UTC-10, Jill McQuown wrote:
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> > dsi1 always tries to assign race to food preferences. Doesn't make any
> > sense to me.
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> > Jill
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> There are many things in this world that you just don't get. There's no reason to brag about being ignorant.
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> The idea that food preferences and race/culture/history are not related is a very odd notion to me. Why is it that Asians don't have a very long history of drinking milk or cheese production? Why is it that white folks tend to shy away from spicy foods? My guess is has to do with race and culture. Why are people afraid of this idea? Beats me.

In the case of Asians and milk, it's because they have lactose intolerance.
(I'll never forget the look on Iron Chef Chen Kenichi's face when the secret
ingredient was yogurt.)

YMMV may vary on white folks and spicy foods. I've loved spicy foods since
I was a kid. I didn't get much spicy food at home, but I loved the pork
rinds that came with a little packet of Tabasco-type sauce in them. I
would expect "old white folks" would be more accurate, although only a bit.

People everywhere tend to prefer the foods they grew up with. What else
would you expect?

Cindy Hamilton