What is your heritage

Mrs_McFadden

@elcyclista I do have some Hispanic people on my FL here on MFP

re: traditions we might follow..
I second LoopyToucan in that I do not ever wear shoes in my home....this just seems like a good practice for cleanliness anyway!

strandedeyes

I am Indian as both of my parents are from India and moved here in 79 and my brother and I were both born and raised in New Jersey.... (ya ya let the jokes out now)

elcyclista

@elcyclista I do have some Hispanic people on my FL here on MFP

oooh. XD Good to know I'm not alone haha.

trinityxoxox

pure bred Aussie here, so I love my seafood. Which is bad for my waistline, I only have it... on the odd occasions. lol. Other then that sometimes pizza, but I like to make my own these days, and since being at my parents place its a variety of foods. Tonight its Chicken Curry yummo

ahsongbird

We are native american but my mom was just american when it can to cooking lol, cuts of meat, hot dogs, mac n cheese, tons of potatoes and pasta dishes (they feed more ppl lol).

tifanieb

I am a classic american mutt.....Dutch Irish Polish and American Indian (cherokee). I love to cook and am always inventing new recipes....downside is they are never the healthiest....good tasting.....but go straight to the waistline....i do chineese, american, southern comfort, and mexican food the best!!! and there in lies the problems with my weight!!!

CorydonCutie

I am mostly German with a little Irish thrown in. I don't typically do anything but wear something green on St.Patrick's Day so that I don't get pinched.

nadiakim

All the muts in the house say Hey!!! They call me heniz 57. My dad is Arabic from Syria, so I also grew up with a lot of rice and bread at the table and some healthy foods, but carbs carbs and more carbs. My mom is a mutt,scottish/irish/black/native american (Occeneechi) just say she is black though, cause it makes it easier. But as speaking earlier a lot of my upbringing was around my dads family, mom is an only child and didnt have much family around, but we did go visit family in the country who prepared fried chicken potato salad, and greens. Mom makes those from time to time as I was growing up.

My husband is Korean and my aupair who takes care of my kids is Thai, so these days we eat a LOT of Korean and Thai food. Yum YUM, I have to really portion my rice though so I can keep within my calories. The most middle eastern items I will have are more on the healthy side though like hummos and lebne(yougurt) but not much. : )

appleshells

Ukranian/german. I could live on pirogies.

lesley1981

Northern Irish.... supposed to have a staple diet of spuds, soda bread and alcohol!

I dont' drink at all now, although 2 years ago I could have drank anyone under the table, and I HATE potatoes unless chipped or roasted! I do, however, love soda bread :laugh:

FearAnLoathing

scottish german mexican norwegian mutt basicly

jules0516

I'm just going to say Southern..fried chicken, fried potatoes, sweet tea, fried pork chops, red velvet cake w/cream cheese frosting, fried bologna sandwiches, biscuits and sausage gravy, fried eggs...um-did I mention fried foods?? lol
We've even perfected deep fried twinkies and oreos

Jain

Japanese and German... Both sides hate me, I am considered an abomination and none of them ever let me forget that when I was growing up.

That's horrendous! Unfortunately the old saying 'You can choose your friends but you're stuck with your family' is all too true.

I had a difficult childhood thanks to being more or less rejected by my Father due to being the 'wrong' sex and being 'damaged goods' (I have a heart condition). Ironically the heart problem is genetic & comes from his side of the family!
But at least my Mum's side of the family made up for it.

Ethnically I'm a mongrel, part Norwegian, part French and the rest English (which is a real mix anyway). I still make a stew recipe that has been handed down from my Mum's side. Each generation has tweaked the recipe and made it their own, my change is it's now veggie.

Carl01

Mostly Scottish.

WillPillageYourVillageForFood

I am a first generation American. My dad is from Germany and my mother is from Ireland. I guess I got the drinking gene because I sure do love my booze. Not overly fond of Irish or German cooking though....it's too bland for me. :grumble:

Kcham817

Caribbean girl here. First generation American, I grew up on rice and so many other traditional foods that are a no-no for me now

melodyg

I'm going to have to go with Southern too... which means I grew up on biscuits and gravy, pinto beans, macaroni and cheese, and veggies soaked in butter.

Though somewhere back in there is an English/Irish/Scottish/Cherokee mix (okay, the Cherokee isn't *that* far back... I think a great-great-grandmother was 1/2 Cherokee or something like that?)

Barelmy

I wish people would stop describing us (mixed racers) as 'mutts'. It's such a derogatory word, even if you use it about yourself.

FearAnLoathing

I wish people would stop describing us (mixed racers) as 'mutts'. It's such a derogatory word, even if you use it about yourself.

I dont think its a derogatory word at all....I will continue to use mutt when describing myself because thats what I am.

Tree72

I'm another mixed-up Southern American. From Dad's side I'm 1/4 Scottish, 1/8 French, and 1/8 Choctaw. Mom's side is a bit murkier, but consists of mostly Irish with a bit of German thrown in.

Most of our food traditions have more to do with Dad being raised in Baton Rouge and with Mom being raised in a very country/Southern tradition. Growing up all vegetables except salads were either breaded and fried or cooked to mush. I much prefer lightly steamed or stir-fried veggies. I do have a serious fondness for the traditional biscuits and southern style (no sugar) cornbread. And I don't even want to think about what a good bowl of chicken and dumplings would look like on my food log.