[HPFGU-OTChatter] American "health" food

[Jen Faulkner]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, yael-pou wrote:

> I tried my luck in one of Santa Clara's diners. Refusing the
> eggs-benedict and the three-eggs-in-grease-with-a-huge-cake
> and-fried-potatoes-that-are-nothing- like-chips, I ordered the
> "health dish".

Two mistakes right there: a diner in CA, and something omniously called
a "health dish."  *g*  Diners suffer dreadfully when transplanted out of
the mid-Atlantic states (i.e., NJ!), and you never, ever try to
get healthy food there.  It is as likely to consist of a bed of iceberg
lettuce with a dollop of cottage cheese as anything else.  OTOH, the
Greek specialties are usually fabulous, since most diners are still
owned by (immigrant) Greek families.  And if you're looking for greasy
traditional American food, a diner is far and away the best place to
go. :)

I think Anna was thinking more of so-called "Californian cuisine," and
of course, of the belief/stereotype held by the rest of the country that
everyone there eats nothing but tofu.  Californian cuisine is actually
quite good, and usually much healthier than traditional American (or
Continental).  More fun, anyway.

--jen :)

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