On Thu, 27 May 2021 02:52:07 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 10:41:16 PM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 9:54:00 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> > On Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 2:42:40 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>> > > songbird wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > dsi1 wrote:
>> > > > ...
>> > > > > Indeed, without the great native tribes of America, we would not
>> > > > > have Cracker Jacks, Kellogg's Corn Pops, and 10% ethanol gasoline.
>> > > > > Without the native Americans, life as we know it, would not be
>> > > > > possible.
>> > > >
>> > > > life without tomatoes, beans and squash would be a very
>> > > > sad state of affairs.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > songbird
>> > >
>> > > Native Americans like every other culture, contributed a great deal to
>> > > all of us. Human selective crop propagation to make a 'wheat like
>> > > sheath' into the corn type we know today, Chocolate anyone?
>> > > Pineapples? Potatoes?
>> > >
>> > > I'd say they have added their share along with tomatoes and quite a few
>> > > other vegetables.
>> > >
>> > > Hawaiians addition. Poi maybe? Didn't catch on.
>> > What great contributions did your state make to the American culinary scene? Lipton Onion Soup? Kool-ade? We gave you guys on the mainland sugar and pineapple and loco mocos and poke and Hawaiian Sweet bread and poi. Yoose guys are so proud of eating healthy but are totally ignorant about poi, which could be considered a true superfood. That's the breaks.
>> Who brought sugar and pineapple to Hawaii? White men.
>>
>> What is "Hawaiian Sweet Bread" called in Hawaii?
>>
>> That leaves you with poi. A bland paste from an agriculturally impoverished
>> island isn't much of a contribution.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
>Poi is sometimes a bland paste but it is a superfood and could be the most important food on this planet. As usual, you guys talk about foods you know nothing about. Better stick with grits - that's more your speed!

Many things are a superfood. Cabbage is a superfood. Just not a trendy
superfood.

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