RE: [CH] some like it hot
Lorraine Heidecker (lheid@saclink.csus.edu)
Sun, 19 Jul 1998 11:56:55 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Sharen!
Growing up in Minnesota anytime during the past 150 years doesn't count
in terms of one's preference toward including chile in the diet.
Us 'Mericans are such a delightful blend of food traditions (Thank you
whoever controls these things that I was born here and now!) that it is
hard to connect food with environment nowadays.
My personal belief is that most folks like a varied diet and will embrace
new foods and foodstuffs when introduced to them. Look how the Brits
brought curries and chutneys back from "Injah" and made them standard
table fare alongside of bubble and squeak. I am an avid fan of "Two Fat
Ladies" (anyone else? ) and am frequently surprized and delighted by the
quantities of hot peppers they include into otherwise standard English
fare. (I am also impressed by the quantity of bacon they use in damn near
everything except desserts! Those women should be cannonized!)
Soo conversations on the causality of the characteristics of specific
cuisines cannot, I think, include the ethnographic present!?!
Peace, love and peppers
Lorraien