What is America? A melting pot? A stew? A hash? A gumbo? A bouillabaisse? What?

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I dunno, call me cynical.

how can that be wrong :)

It's high in fat, largely comprised of the excess parts from various other dishes, it doesn't really melt together (though it does blend a bit, and the flavors seep into one another), and it's pretty damn tasty.

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MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...HAGGIS.

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You can keep haggis. Do Not Want, thx...

Whether to apply the term “melting pot” or the term “salad bowl” to the American multiethnic conditions brings about a large discussion and controversy. In a way, both serve as an effective and successful metaphor, despite their slight difference. Anyone who is accustomed to an extremely homogeneous society would be simply astonished after recognizing many faces with different physical features in America, and might praise the country by employing those two terms in topic. The ideas of the “melting pot” and the “salad bowl” in America both connote somewhat of an ideal to many people and are often admired. Having a close look at the reality of the country, such as the existing ethnic segregation, the fact of the white population fleeing away from the minority poverty, and the trend of the minority group forming an enclave, however, one can see that the “melting pot” theory is merely a myth, and despite its long fame, it is rather more suitable to label America as a “salad bowl.”

http://cc.kzoo.edu/~k03hk01/melting_pot_or_salad_bowl.html

but you go to those high falootin restaurants and they just administer like a demitasse of dressing on the leaves & what not, and toss it like once JUST ONCE, what's that!?! just enough to lightly flavor the salad over all so i'm all like dang it!! are you sure that sneeze guard was clean?

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I had a teacher in high school who called it a salad bowl.
She explained: There can be dozens of different ingredients in a salad, each retaining their own flavor, and yet they all mix up to become one thing: a salad.

I always liked that...

moot question

to stand & deliver = moot/moot :shrug:

:shrug: ... or fruitcake. :silly:

So whatever the filling is, it should be wrapped in a flat bread.

But dat's my stomach talkin'. :D :9

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Run over by Bush/Cheney/PNAC/Neocon fascists.

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going down very quickly!

i like it!! :bounce:

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From my dear old Irish granny's recipe.

try to blend in, and adopt the local customs.

The more bread you got, the less shit you have to eat.

You will adopt our customs, learn our language without an accent, pledge allegiance to our flag, and act as "white" as possible.

In return we will take your customs, keep the ones we can "sanitize" and "Americanize" and discard the "icky" ones; we'll provide jobs which will pay you enough for food and housing, maybe. We will allow you to vote in our elections and fight our wars and contribute to our gross national product. We will even allow you to speak dissent; within certain boundaries.

You will learn you "can't fight city hall", to toe the corporate line, and that you are nothing but part of the hive.

We are Borg. Resistance is futile.

Welcome to the United States.

I love soup in the fall.

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we have been thrown away

do some deep knee bends, a little tai chi

in a land where money = monarchy :patriot:

I wouldn't feed what's left to a dog.

remember, Bush** referred to the place where gumbo originated as "that part of the world" :grr: :banghead: , so I guess it isn't part of America after all :sarcasm:

bouillabaisse, indeed.

Some taters,
Some sausages
Some cobs of corn
Some shrimps
Some water and lots of seasonings....

A big pot full of flavor

Which dish is the one where scum rises to the top?

Mainly oil and vinegar.

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The La Brea Tar Pits covered with a thin layer of potable water, the better to entice suckers into getting swallowed by the myth.


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