What's your address? I'm coming over and I'll bring my own plate and fork!
I'll never ever forget my experience in planning a Black History Month celebration dinner while in the Navy. Old saying: "Only one person in the Navy ever did anything original. Everyone else just copied his work." So, of course, I looked at the menu from previous dinners.
Collard greens, hamhocks, etc. etc. This struck me as reinforcing racist stereotypes. Also, those aren't "black" foods... I grew up on that in Mississippi. Anyhow, I researched recipes that were truly African and Carribean in origin. Big thumbs down on that dinner.
The next year, I gave the people what they wanted. Fried chicken, ribs, greens, black-eyed peas, cornbread, and watermelon. Rave reviews.
What's your address? I'm coming over and I'll bring my own plate and fork!
"The next year, I gave the people what they wanted. Fried chicken, ribs, greens, black-eyed peas, cornbread, and watermelon. Rave reviews."
Now you've made me REALLY hungry. Good food is universal.