My question is racial in nature, but think about it- as stereotypes go
Black folks are claimed to be fried chicken, collard greens and watermelon eaters.
Hispanic (specifically Mexicans) are claimed to be big bean eaters, people I guess you can associate most mexican food with them: tacos, burritos, chimichungas.
Asians: well first thing that comes to mind is fried rice, chung pao chicken, pu pu platter. I guess whatever sounds funny and derogatory to the antagonist.
Now I know I left out Indians and mixed people, but I’m sticking with hardline stereotypes.
So, my question is:
What is a stereotypical “White” food? When people make fun on white people what foods are associated with them? Crackers? Captain’s Wafers? snicker white bread maybe?
Need your sterotyping help folks, what’s the word on white people?
Potatoes, I’d say. I haven’t done a survey, but I don’t think of other ethnic groups eating potatoes as the standard starch. I also haven’t anything with which to back up that assertion.
Also maybe fois gras, caviar, cucumber sandwiches, brie. You know, the type of food they serve at those rich white dude clubs that Mortimer and Randolph Duke attend.
The essayist and food writer Calvin Trillin used to joke about upper-class white Anglo-Saxon Protestants (such as his mythical prep-school roommate, Hatcher Baxter Thatcher III, and his sister Baxter Hatcher Thatcher) eating the most boring, un-culinary food in the world.
Velveeta cheese slices on day-old Wonder bread with the crusts cut off. Chicken a la king. Iceberg lettuce with Green Goddess dressing. The fancier the party and the more socially elite the guests, the worse the food.
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Also maybe fois gras, caviar, cucumber sandwiches, brie. You know, the type of food they serve at those rich white dude clubs that Mortimer and Randolph Duke attend.
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The Duke brothers? I haven’t heard of them since the FCOJ bust back in the mid 1980s…
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I kinda know what you eat…vegetables. But I know what you drink. Surprise! You didn’t think I knew, but I’ve been following white people. I’m writing a paper. Not for school or nothin’, just to do it. White people love some juice. Black people don’t have juice, we have “drink.” Grape drink. It’s purple. These are the ingredients: water, sugar, and of course, purple. "I want some apple drink. It’s green.
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The Duke brothers? I haven’t heard of them since the FCOJ bust back in the mid 1980s…
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I heard that they made a comeback after that Zamunda royalty affair in '88.
My vote would be for Lutheran food; casseroles, covered-plate dishes, pot roast, potato salad, and Jello. Really, food that looks like it’s out of a 1950s cookbook.