[Sca-cooks] OT San Antonio de Bexar was Food and racism, and colonialism

[Marcha Daffin]

suey, that's just the Canerios here in San Antonio.
My poor husband's Mother was very prejudiced and taought mark to be ashamed 
of his ancestor. How sad but I eventually set him straight and taught him to 
be proud of who he was.
Bert
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From: "Suey" <lordhunt at gmail.com>
To: <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] OT San Antonio de Bexar was Food and racism, and 
colonialism


Marcha Daffin wrote:
> Also my Aunt Dorothy Preston was mariied to a Canary Islander.. do Not,
> repeat, do not call them Spanish...they are to this day Canary Islanders.
That struck me as very funny.
One time walking home, a Canario caught up to me and in desperation
asked if I could please direct him to the nearest metro station and he
would promise never to return to Madrid. - The Canarios have a lovely
sense of humor and a love for tranquility. Madrid is not for them!
Just before that I was in Tenerife. Approaching the main square in Sta.
Cruz at midday there was a traffic jam. I honked my horn. The Canarios
all shouted - What gives with the Madrileña?
I had to laugh. The Canarios are in general laid back, never in a hurry.
One year the main road into Sta Cruz had a deep huge hole because a rock
slid off the side of the mountain next to it killing two men traveling
in a car. The repairs were done at midday just as everyone was going
home for lunch. Traffic was backup for kilometers. As we walked back to
where we were staying, we saw some people in their cars reading
newspapers. Other cars were empty. The bars were full. No one honked
their horn. If that had happened in Madrid sound waves would have been
broken as Madrilenos are not all that patient.
My husband is Valenciano and proud to be so. We are all proud of our
birth place or that of our descendents but as my husband is Valenciano
and I Madrileno we are Spaniards. I have never heard of a Canario
renouncing his nationality. You may ask a Canario if he is Spanish. All
the ones I know say yes, I am a Canario.
For the record the Canary Islands became part of Castile during the
reign of Henry IV (1454-1474) so if Aunt Dorothy did not recognize the
fact that Canarios are Spanish nationals, I must say she is a little
behind the times!
Suey

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