>My Grandmother (1880-1942) complained if we ate all our >potatoes, then all our beans etc. She said we were eating >like an "Indian" and we should take a bite of each food in >rotation. It seems to me that taking a bite of each food in rotation is simply a matter of (Euro-American) etiquette and that those who lived during 1880-1942 used the term "Indian" to mean "uncivilized person". I don't know of any reason why it should be better to eat around your plate (my half-Mohawk grandmother calls this "eating like a bird" and considers the practice to be very rude) than to eat all of this, followed by all of that. Stacie _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com