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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ownedbybear, post: 9616648, member: 29&quot;]I think diasporas tend to maintain tradition more, sometimes. A link with the old country. Although there’s some terrific modern Indian and other sub continent restaurants here, too. </p><p><br /></p><p>The fiercest arguments I’ve heard are between west Africans on how to prepare jollof rice. You should hear what Nigerians say about the Ghanaian habit of adding carrot. And Jamaican views on what some have done to jerk, or rice and peas involve much swearing and shouting. </p><p><br /></p><p>I get called auntie rather a lot by younger people, especially lads, whose origins and heritage are Indian. It’s lovely. And last weekend, an African stall holder addressed me, very respectfully, as mama. Which, thinking about it, might have been Mma.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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