@zigguratmonk I have to say that I was sorely disappointed when a late, lamentable election put the kibosh to the dream of a taco truck on every corner. I can't imagine anything more wonderful!

@Flowermob Excellent point. Yes, as Ta-Nehisi Coates has great fun saying repeatedly in his book Between the World and Me, some folks need to believe they're white — and that need and belief show us so clearly that race is a social construction designed by some folks to benefit themselves and denigrate others.

@SordidAmok I very much agree. It's a sign of mental health when people can laugh at themselves — and of serious mental disturbance when (see: Donald Trump) they are unable to do so. I well remember my developmental psychology teacher in college saying one day, "I want to give the women in this class some advice: never marry a man with no sense of humor. That's a sign he's mentally disturbed."

@jztusk 😀

@MotherEarth 😀 There definitely are regional differences in palates, aren't they? Because I have deep roots in the US South, where early on a culture of fusion-cuisine developed, my palate has always welcomed what some other regions think of as "spicy." The Southern colonies were frontrunners in welcoming African foods like okra, eggplant, and field peas, and items used by the Spanish that had made their way to Africa like hot peppers and tomatoes.
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