Date:  Sat, 1 Apr 1995 12:54:24 GMT+1200

From:  Tim Behrend <t.behrend[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AUCKLAND.AC.NZ>

Subject: Re: Ambrosia?



I'm beginning to wonder about Wayne Glowka and his ongoing diatribe

against American basse cuisine. He has in recent days attacked:



    meat in general (I forget the details now, but the discussion

      of some flesh product was making him sick)

    s'mores in all their gooey varieties

    jello salads and ambrosia (sans jello -- only FROZEN coolwhip

      in my family, plus sliced bananas and apples, chopped

      walnuts and maraschino cherries, heaps of shredded

      coconut, and a fortifying splash of almond extract)



What will be next? Chocolate chip sprinkled pigs-in-a-blanket? Dump

cakes? Peanut butter and bologna sandwiches? Pork crackle? Fish

sticks? Goosewhiz lunchtime spread? American cheese? Polish Boys?

French hamburgers? Boston coolers? Ice-cold shandies? A six-pack of

those "full-flavored" Buds? At what point does culinary patriotism

kick in? What American foods *do* you eat, Wayne Glowka?



Tim Behrend

University of Auckland