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Originally posted by esnap
...Fried Okra, Peas, chow chow, pintos, Corn Bread, Collards, BBQ, Chicken fried Steak, Tamales, BBQ brisket echiladas etc..
...Texans in exile, a good name might be Texpats.
That sounds like Sunday dinner around here...Mexican cornbread sometimes even.
We alternate Old Glory with the Lone Star and Hawaii colors on the flagstaff.
My hijack was caused by excitement over something in common with so many. It was so blatent that I won't even try a feeble apology. Will attempt to control urges. A Texpats thread - hmmm...might help.
One more comment on the diverged topic: Keawe + BBQ = nô ka #699;oi...and good catch oink, with the mesquite comparison.
Ditto Menehune's MAHALO to esnap's comment re: merits of the individual vs judgement based on exterior appearance. Although culture is something that also factors greatly into peoples' makeup, it is no more impossible to overcome than the matter of race. In fact, cultural differences has always been one of the greatest fascinations to me in my travels.
On what we call each other, I know Buckeyes, Sooners, North and South Carolinians, Mainers, Washingtonians, Texans (and a Tecson who is a Texan), but somehow my mind is wrapped around Hawai'ian referring more to the race than the geographical origin. Inconsistent, but... Again, as esnap pointed out,
people. I do however, think cultural richness should be celebrated and preserved, only not to rack and stack who is better than the next.
Edit - Forgot to say Aloha Tuesday to everyone!
