Crickey! Yeah, there is a stereo-type about chicken and ribs, and collard greens, etc, so what. As a previous poster said, you like what you grew up with, thats why certain foods are popular in certain regions and not others. I eat stuff that some of my freinds shiver in revulsion at, and vice versa. People like what they like, and generally its what they are familiar with. What did they want them to serve?
That’s the real truth of the matter! A week or so ago, my friend asked me to make him some turnip greens (we are white) When I got to Kroger’s, I discovered that for some reason, they were on sale for 33 cents a bunch!! Yes. (I’m a Yankee and prefer collards, but he’s sick and I will cook him anything I think he will eat.) I took the bus back home, and got such a great laugh when I got on - the driver was this heavy set black guy who had been driving the same route for a long time. I always thought of him as pretty cranky (except last year on Valentine’s Day when he handed every woman a heart-shaped piece of candy - what a surprise!) And when I got on, he said, “ooh, you got greens!” To which I just responded about the sale and let it go. But, as you say, we all like what we like. There was certainly nothing racist about that. It was more uniting, because we ALL liked greens, (me, the driver, and the passengers) and now we all knew they were on sale.