Like the proverbial boiling frog, all these countries are just completely Americanized. Look at their clothing, look at the store, no wonder they’re adopting quasi-holidays that are an excuse for a retail sales blitz, too. What’s next, Cinco de Mayo in England? It wouldn’t be any less odd or ridiculous.
And yet, all these utterly Americanized countries retain a virulent anti-Americanism. What a strange affectation that is, imitate but excoriate.
Mexican restaurants and Mexican recipes are already in London and in the food magazines. I can’t believe how many Mexican recipes there are in their newspaper food columns. So I wouldn’t be surprised if that holiday did catch on. Somehow I doubt the 4th of July will catch on...