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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:36 AM Original message |
"You can't expect kids to eat Indian food; that's just too weird." |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. My mom always had a rule. |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You can't expect kids to eat Thai food; it's too weird. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I stayed at a friend's house as a teen. |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Ditto -- Mrs. Jang usually cooked when I stayed over, and I remember |
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Donkeyboy75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 12:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
63. Mmmmmm... |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #63 |
82. Oh, I know Chicago Foods well. |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #63 |
90. I'm in Milwaukee, but I should hit Chicago sometime. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 11:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
85. Ah yes, Filipino parties... |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. In the best Girl Scout tradition |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. My mom always had a rule too . . . |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 06:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
57. amen to that shit |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 04:00 AM Response to Reply #33 |
77. Same here! |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #77 |
100. It's not just rude in some countries, |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. My parents' rule was |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. Indian food is the best stuff on Earth |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
84. We didn't do it, the Indian ex-pats ripped off their own food |
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momophile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. I can't wait to feed my baby Indian food... |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I don't know a lot about infant development, but I can't imagine she'd |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That's true |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. My youngest did that with escargot. |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Hee. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. My 16 month old loves it |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
58. Naan bread, rice, a little cucumber riata, get some tandoori |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. Indian children eat it. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. My 3-year-old LOVES Indian food |
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clyrc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. My daughters eat Indian food, although my very picky oldest |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
68. Your kid went into screaming hysterics over food? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. My kids were given a wide variety of foods... |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. My daughter ate Hot and Sour soup when she was a year old! |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 12:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
75. Mine both loved that too. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. I get pissed when I see people bring McDonalds in ethnic restarunts, too. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. They're just children. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Of course, the way I see it... |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 04:03 AM Response to Reply #41 |
78. I have never seen this before! |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 04:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
79. I just can't believe people DO this... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. People really do this? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. If it's for their children I can be adequately tolerant... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. I cannot be tolerant of it at all. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
101. But many ethnic restaurants are more than tolerant of |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I've seen it a couple of times. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. That's actually been illegal every place I've ever lived |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. And probably here, too... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. A seafood place I waitressed at one summer |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. Gotta love ignorance |
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ikri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. My mother ate Indian food when she was pregnant with me |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Yeah exactly |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
56. There's a really good basic Indian cookbook |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. I've wondered if that's why my daughter loves it so much |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. Well, I know plenty of people who love Mexican food but hate |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
69. The tex-mex food we have here in the US isn't real Mexican food... |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. Aside from your co-workers lack of logic |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. My super-picky kids like rogan josh. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. Most little kids I know don't like spicy food |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. My daughter's favorite food: sushi. She's 5 yrs old. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. I rue the day |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. Fucking moron asshole typical american pigbrained fuck |
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4morewars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I love you, man ! |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
36. Indian food is my favorite. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. Well, I guess my kid is weird |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. Oh, how I miss Indian food |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
39. For goodness sakes - my kids have been eating Indian, Viet |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
42. Back in my college teaching days, the ordinarily mediocre cafeteria |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I *loved* the International Dinner |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 04:17 AM Response to Reply #42 |
80. Those people have no soul. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
45. I ate a variety of things when I was little but didn't eat a lot of ethnic |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
48. I ate Indian food day in and day our for almost 20 years. |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
49. Right... kids should eat |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
50. What restaurant allows you to bring in outside food? |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
51. Why not? My kids (even the picky one!) like Chinese food. |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
52. and to think there was a time in North America, when Italian food .... |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 12:39 AM Response to Reply #52 |
62. mine tried chopsticks when she was about 3, well she just couldn't |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. There are times when a third "finger" on the chopsticks ... |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. My SO's three-year-old uses one chopstick in each hand. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
53. I started early with my daughter... |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
54. I didn't like spicy foods as a kid, either, but now I love them. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
59. My 4 year old LOVES Thai food. |
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MiniMandaRuth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
60. My mom worked at an indian resturant while she was pregnet with me... |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
61. My kids eat Indian food regularly.. |
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malmapus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
66. Wow my 2 year old loves it |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
67. 3 year old grandson's favorite food: Sushi |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
70. I think Indian is probably one of the more kid friendly cuisines. |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
71. heh. I'm Anglo, but my idea of home cooking is Indian food |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
72. WHAT! Shah Rukh Khan ate Indian food when he was a kid... |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
73. The rule in my home was always "Eat what I made or go hungry." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #74 |
89. That's Ms. Smartypants, hobo_baggins. |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #89 |
98. Don't ask questions you may not really want answered. |
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hobo_baggins (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #89 |
102. well im not a big fan of grass either |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #74 |
94. That doesn't make an ounce of sense |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
76. People can be so ignorant |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
81. This thread is making me so hungry! mmmmm... Indian food... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
83. That's plain old bigotry |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
86. My kid won't know what ethnic food is, I don't think. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
87. Who Knew? I guess we better knock it off then and tell my son |
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slide to the left (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
88. Try some Arab food |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
91. Am I the only one on DU that doesn't like Indian food? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Spice level is a cultural thing |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. My experience with Cuban food is FAR more limited |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. I know some great Cuban places in LA |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. It works in some strange ways |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
93. My mom is a self-taught cook. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-08-06 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
99. My five year old must be weird. |
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