The topic of race has been a big discussion lately, here in the East Valley, since Sheriff Joe has decided to come to town to do his media whoring/racial profiling/grandstanding . . . oops, I mean law enforcement. Never mind that the towns he comes to already have law enforcement of their own.
And of course, since I work for one of the above mentioned law enforcement agencies, the topic has been big. One of the gals at work thinks we should counteract Joe's evil ways with a culture day potluck. Loosely defined, everyone brings a food that reflects their ethnic heritage.
Those of you who know me know of my limited culinary skills. But I have managed to find one dish that is popular at all the potlucks that I have taken it to, broccoli salad. So when I piped up and offered to bring my famous broccoli salad to the culture day potluck, the suggestion was met with disbelieving laughter . . . "BROCCOLI IS YOUR CULTURE?!?!" I'm Scottish for heaven's sake . . . what do they want me to bring, HAGGIS?
(For those of you not of the Scottish "culture", here is what haggis is: There are many recipes, most of which have in common the following ingredients: sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally boiled in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours. Yum, yum!)
At any rate, this isn't what I intended to write about today, but I was reminded of this whole incident when I clicked on a link provided by my friend Ad-man. It's called http://www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/ and it made me laugh, so thanks to Ad-man for that. I'll keep you posted on how the culture day potluck turns out.
