On 5/26/2021 5:08 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/24/2021 9:39 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> On Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 11:55:03 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>
>> Why in the world would you say that? Plenty of 'mainland type' food
>> places there dsi1.Â* Remember, I lived there.Â* They didn't just all 'go
>> away'.Â* Plenty of sub shops similar to subway, steal places with baked
>> potatoes.
>>
>>
>>> 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.Â* 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?
>>
>>
>> There was a reason why I added the link to the history of grits. Comes
>> from the native Americans.
>>
> It appears the only thing dsi1 knows about food on the mainland is from
> chain restaurants (Denny's - as if everyone eats at Denny's) and fast
> food joints.Â* From the pics I've seen, he seems to seek such places out
> on his "rock", the only difference being they serve whatever it is with
> rice.
>
> Jill

He used to live on the mainland, iirc - why all the hate for the guy?