I was just wondering what really wonderful foods come from you r areas. New Jersey is much maligned,

That wouldn't be in Andover would it--I'm just waiting for the strawberry balloon to fly signifying.

the opening of strawberry season in NJ.

 
Deb-in-Mi: growing up in NW Ind, we used to venture up to Mi to pick blueberries and strawberries

and eat till we busted on fried lake michigan perch and smoked "chub"---oh my, that was good eatin' and I was too young and dumb to really appreciate it---until now.
My hometown was in corn country Indiana, and we had a community "corn roast" every summer. The green beans and tomatoes were also superb and I went to university in Valparaiso---home of Orville Redenbacher popcorn. and what about the county fair foods---and market day in Amish country. sigh. I just really didn't appreciate these things back then.

 
I went to college in South Carolina and grew fat on fried chicken, sweet tea, and chopped

salad drowned in thousand island dressing and always served with saltines.

Corn dogs, BBQ'd pork on buns with mustard based sauce, roasted quail with cornbread stuffing.

And bourbon on ice with peanut butter sandwiches at midnight--those were the days.

Doctor pepper and Moon Pies!

 
Haven't done that in years. Did you use cages or did you net them after luring them up with..

chicken on a string.

 
How can I have forgotten NJ's addictive Taylor Pork Roll--when people leave the state this is what

they crave the most. It's fried and served with eggs.

 
About 12 years the first time and 6 the second. Can't stay away, would like to go back now. We

were only in Arlington for about 6 years, but also lived in San Antonio and have lived in Austin twice.

 
There are still sponge divers, just not to the extent there used to be. Yes, Tarpon Springs

has a couple of good Greek restaurants. Louis Pappas, home of the famous Greek salad made with potato salad in the middle is closed now. The recipe lives on, I've have made it often.

 
that was such a popular restaurant. I can't believe it closed. we would wait outside forever to

get a table---but it was so lovely outside we didn't mind too much.

 
These sorts of jobs have always been done by the most recent group of immigrants.

Think about the Irish in the 1800s. They weren't welcomed either and often could only get employmemt at the low end of the economic ladder.

I lived for years in New Mexico which has some of the same problems you're talking about. Trying to blend three cultures (white, Native American, and Hispanic) is certainly difficult.

Hopefully we'll all keep working on the problem. Incorporating groups of people into society always causes growing pains.

 
I love it in a grilled sandwich with cheese. You forgot about salt water taffy at the shore!

There used to be a Taylor's Pork Roll restaurant on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. I'll have to buy some, I haven't had it since I lived in Jersey.

 
Often, but not always. My parents cleaned hotel rooms and mowed lawns...

...when they were just starting out.

Not glamorous, but it paid the bills.

My thinking is that whenever we have been faced with a problem in business, agri-business or the hospitality industry, the American entrepreneur has often invented a new way to bring the product or service to market at a reasonable price. We shouldn't rely on illegal labor to get this done.

Of course that new method or invention has often been at the expense of the immigrant, or the environment, or both. That's what laws are for. Keep everyone honest.

All I ask is that we all play on an even field. Immigrate here LEGALLY, please. Just like my relatives have to do.

Amanda, unless you've been here, in Arizona, in the last 5 to 10 years, I guarantee what you have experienced is waaay different from what we have been subjected to.

Michael

 
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