On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 11:55:03 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>
> > On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 8:23:59 AM UTC-10,
> > wrote:
> > > On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 8:41:38 AM UTC-5, bruce bowser wrote:
> > > > On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 6:30:26 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> > > > > Well, I finally bought some Thursday and honestly, first time
> > > > > in at least 18 months.
> > > > >
> > > > > I did Burger King this time.
> > > > > 2 Whoppers
> > > > Here they have the BOGOF deal, too.
> > > >
> > > Yesterday I used the BK app to get a 70 cent cheeseburger, then 3
> > > more $1 bacon cheeseburgers. They ended up putting bacon on
> > > the 70 cent one too. We were 130 miles from home. This morning
> > > I made breakfast on the Coleman stove. Pix to come soon. Man,
> > > the place we camp is going to have thousands of blackberries in 4
> > > weeks or so. I've never seen that patch that loaded with berries.
> > > >
> > > --Bryan
> >
> > Food is really cheap on the mainland. I can't make a cheeseburger for
> > 70 cents. I have been making cheeseburgers - boy, does that make a
> > mess. These burger places and franchises are practically the only
> > places where I can get white people/mainland food because the Denny's
> > in our little town caught covid-19 and did not survive. If I want
> > biscuits with gravy or grits, I have to make my own. That's kind of a
> > shame.
> dsi1, you have a sad habit of getting the mainland and 'white people'
> really wrong.
>
> Here's a basic primer. Grits aren't 'white people' derived. It's
> American Natives.
>
> https://theculturetrip.com/north-ame...tory-of-grits/
Indeed I do equate Denny's with white people food and mainland food. The reality is that I can only get white people/American food at places like Burger King, McDonald's, KFC, et al. Denny's was the only place in this town that has mainland food in a restaurant setting. My wife would say that eating there makes her feel like going on a trip across the mainland. I know exactly what she means. It is like being in a different place and time. A mainlander probably wouldn't see it that way. To them, it's just another greasy-spoon dive.
You've lost touch with the local food scene on this rock. It's not like the mainland anymore. My guess is that grits are mostly eaten by white folks in the South. What's Indians got to do with it?