On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 09:53:38 -0400, Dave Smith
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>On 2020-06-22 8:57 a.m., Gary wrote:
>> dsi1 wrote:
>>> This isn't the 60's any longer that kind of stuff don't fly in the modern world. Back in the 70's, the boomers were king. In the 20's nobody is really interested in what the boomers are having for breakfast because it's the millennials that have taken over the crown. Having a black mammy on a box is viral dynamite that's going to go off sooner or later. It's not personal, it's just business.
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>> In the old slave days, the slaves grew crops and animals. The
>> owners got all the good meat and veggies. The slaves were given
>> the scrap leftovers to eat.
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>> Well, over the years, the slaves learned how to cook very good
>> food from all those scraps. Used to be known as soul food but
>> decendents of slaves kept going and definitely know how to
>> cook excellent home cooked food.
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>> Having a pic of a black person on a box of food was to indicate
>> it was a very good product.
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>On the flip side of that.... French cooking is well known for making
>excellent meals out of cheap cuts and offal.

Those meals only taste good to those who were raised on that type of
cusine. We ate a lot of pickled tongue and savored it... today few
people eat it, most can't stomach the sight.