[WayneC24416]

Two things here. 1) As the other respondent noted, this is regional cuisine, not just Black. Many of the foods thought of as Black are actually Southern, and are eaten by Whites as well as Blacks. 2) All of it isn’t greasy fried food. Collard, Kale, and Turnip greens are part of this traditional cuisine. It seems that Whites in the northern part of the US prefer broccoli (spelling) or brussel sprouts or whatever. The funniest thing that happened to me was when I first moved to Minnesota back in 1985. I was discussing grocery shopping with a co-worker (White) who was into what was apparently called ‘health food’ back then. I mentioned trying to find some good Kale, and he asked me when I ‘got into health food.’ Huh? This was just the normal things I ate growing up. Not health food, just ‘food.’ I considered health food something totally different.

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Name : WayneC24416, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 41, City : Parsippany, State : NJ, Country : United States, Occupation : Marketing, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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