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Hellobee Boards Topic: When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!" https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:05:17 +0000 lavender on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-148024 Fri, 04 May 2012 10:45:01 +0000 lavender 148024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No food comments when I tell them I'm chinese, but I get alot of "ni hao ma?" ("how are you"-mandarin) I just smile politely and say fine. SugarplumsMom on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-148020 Fri, 04 May 2012 10:42:36 +0000 SugarplumsMom 148020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Matzo ball & kreplach soup! Mmmmm! dc yoga bee on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-147914 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:56:12 +0000 dc yoga bee 147914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Arden: whhaaa lmao. Can you just imagine that? I'd be like um.....turn and leave turn and leave! Arden on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-147910 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:55:01 +0000 Arden 147910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @dc yoga bee: Hahaha! Arden on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-147909 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:54:42 +0000 Arden 147909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, but Scottish brings up... what, haggis? Hah! I don't think people have a food association with Scots, so they just go "Oh, that's why you have red hair and freckles." daniellemybelle on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-147886 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:47:59 +0000 daniellemybelle 147886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm Cuban, so I have gotten that a lot. I didn't really grow up eating Cuban food though, so I actually don't love it! dc yoga bee on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-147882 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:46:58 +0000 dc yoga bee 147882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm Black. Soooo no. If I got an, "oh I love fried chicken!" we'd have problems! volksgirl64 on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-147855 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:35:46 +0000 volksgirl64 147855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @redsmarties: OMG I LOVE shwarma - sorry, just had to. But I seriously do! I used to live in Detroit and they had a huge population and I fell in love with shwarma and the garlic sauce they use. I have never been able to figure out how to make it! DillonLion on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-147779 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:13:47 +0000 DillonLion 147779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Another Jewish person here...and Jewish food isn't that great, so I never get the food comment. chopsuey on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-147771 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:12:21 +0000 chopsuey 147771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MamaMoose: Mmmmmmm I LOVE GREEK FOOD! :D hahaha MamaMoose on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-147681 Fri, 04 May 2012 08:48:06 +0000 MamaMoose 147681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @chopsuey119: Hahaha I just saw this! I actually don't get a whole lot of this.. until I make Greek food for them. Spanikopita from scratch is a big favorite. Once people have eaten my spanikopita, then I get constant requests to make it again and again : ) mrsjyw on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-147670 Fri, 04 May 2012 08:45:14 +0000 mrsjyw 147670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yup or about their travel experience to Korea (aka my boss' boss at my interview) Alivoo01 on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-147666 Fri, 04 May 2012 08:44:14 +0000 Alivoo01 147666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I don't get the food comment as much as people asking me if I've ever gone to China or they tell me about their travels to China. cupcakemama on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146875 Thu, 03 May 2012 19:05:08 +0000 cupcakemama 146875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Boring white girl here, too! Love the doll story @mrbee! Mrs. Sunglasses on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146871 Thu, 03 May 2012 19:03:44 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 146871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes. I think it's an automatic when you say your Italian. PBandBaseball on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146869 Thu, 03 May 2012 19:03:31 +0000 PBandBaseball 146869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I've never had anyone say this to me but I've wanted to say it to others before. I love trying new foods! Mrs. Yoyo on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146840 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:52:24 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 146840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think my husband (Thai) has gotten this a couple of times. As a pasty white girl, I haven't experienced it, EXCEPT for in college, when a weirdo who lived in my dorm found out I was from Ohio and was convinced that I ate a lot of stew because of that. I have no earthly clue where he got that. SAHM0811 on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146836 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:50:32 +0000 SAHM0811 146836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @joyjoy: I get a lot of... "Oh, I love lumpia!" Haha joyjoy on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146829 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:49:06 +0000 joyjoy 146829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LOL. I think that's only happened a couple times with Chinese food, but never for Filipino food. I don't think many people try Filipino food in general, though. prettylizy on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146790 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:34:57 +0000 prettylizy 146790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @redsmarties: mmmmmm mujaddara! Lol! How do we always end up talking about food? I don't have pregnancy as an excuse for wanting food randomly anymore...... mediagirl on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146775 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:29:27 +0000 mediagirl 146775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I don't say that to people. Though... my co-worker is Indian and when she brings in Samosas I make sure to tell her she makes the best Samosas ever. She does! MsLipGloss on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146758 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:23:53 +0000 MsLipGloss 146758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @SorryCharlie: I am 1/4 Irish and 1/4 Cherokee (and French and Dutch), and I get asked about alcohol tolerance, too, but not about potatoes (or french fries, for that matter!). Andrea on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146746 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:21:00 +0000 Andrea 146746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ HAHA, I don't think so. That would be so funny. I would tell them that "sesame chicken" is not real Chinese food. HAHAHAHA! sorrycharlie on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146744 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:19:49 +0000 sorrycharlie 146744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Lol! I'm Irish and people generally think its hilarious to ask about alcohol tolerance & if I like potatoes. Rubies on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146741 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:19:34 +0000 Rubies 146741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When I tell people I'm Korean, they always bring up kimchi at some point. heffalump on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146711 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:10:47 +0000 heffalump 146711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @redsmarties: Gross, I hate gefilte fish.. The juices always ruin my Passover plate. Yuck. We only have big chains like Pita Pit. Sometimes I'll get it just because, but it's never the same as the good stuff I got in Israel! chopsuey on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146710 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:10:28 +0000 chopsuey 146710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrbee: HAHAHAHHA I LOVE JAPANESE FOOD! ;) mrbee on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146704 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:08:06 +0000 mrbee 146704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Haha, too funny! The other thing I get all the time is people wanting to take me out for Japanese food. In a similar vein, someone gave me a doll of a geisha once for my birthday. I was 30 at the time. Mrs. Oatmeal on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146701 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:07:22 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 146701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @artbee: I'm in a tiny town right now, so there's no good ethnic food at all. But when I visit Ottawa or Toronto, I load up. So GOOD. And my hubby's dad was Jewish, so he's got the basics down pat. Can't wrap my mind around gefilte fish, however. heffalump on "When you tell people your ethnicity, do they say "I love ____ food!!"" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-you-tell-people-your-ethnicity-do-they-say-i-love-_-food#post-146693 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:06:08 +0000 heffalump 146693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @redsmarties: Yum, I love falafel! I've been craving good falafel, we don't have any great places here for it.