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In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Arthur writes:
> I could claim that you assuming (correctly) that I was a haggis muncher was
> nothing more than a ethnic stereotyping as very few people in Scotland
> actually
> eat it other than on a certain day each year and even then it is probably
> eaten
> in only a minority of families.
Really? How odd. In my experience you can't be in Scotland for more than 12
hours without *seeing* a haggis, and more than 48 before someone corners you
into eating it. Secretly, I beleive that none of you eat it at all when
tourists aren't around, but are willing to stomach it to see if we will, too.
Keeping a straight face in those situations must be hard.
> BTW : What is the national dish in the US? I assume it must be turkey in some
> form. Please don't say it is a hotdog.
That's a good question. I wouldn't say turkey, we only eat that once a year
for sure. Hotdogs would be a fairly American choice, I guess, but entirely too
disgusting.
Not to get all "manifest destiny" or anything, but I think we're too big to
have one "national dish", although regions have their own thing. Boston has
baked beans (which, now that I think about it, I haven't had or even seen in
several years), Philadelphia has cheese steak subs, Chicago has deep-dish
pizza...
The closest thing I can think of to a national dish of any kind would be apple
pie.
eric
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