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To: TobagoJack who wrote (85467)	1/1/2012 9:52:10 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 218057

I surmise you are using fois gras as a metaphor, but I don't think it really is a metaphor. Fois gras is really really tasty, but it's not something Americans have a history of eating. Three or four decades ago rich Americans would have eaten surf and turf, that is to say, steak and lobster. I don't claim to know how many people can afford fois gras today vs. three or four decades ago, but my guess is many more, because I am seeing it on menus now and did not see it then. You might say it's because I am going to pricier restaurants today but for me the tipping point between penury and wealth was 1972. Since 1972, when I was only 20 years old, and got my first real job, that required special training and ability, I have been able to afford to eat anything I desire, be it fois gras or caviar or lobster or the finest champagne or wine or brandy. Anything I desire, whatsoever. In China, perhaps I would feast on shark fin or sea cucumber or bird's nest. Not that I want to. But here in Fairfax, if I wanted shark fin or sea cucumber or bird's nest or fois gras, I could just walk into a grocery store and put it in my shopping cart, along with Tahitian sea pearls. I don't know what it's like to be you, but I do know what it's like to be me.