Possibly in feral conditions. Our current State Treasurer wants to be Governor so bad he actually told an audience in Lumberton that he never heard of bagels or egg rolls growing up in Oxford, NC in the 1960s.
What a load of crap. Pander much? Hi, I’m Richard Moore and I’m so Down East I don’t even know what a bagel is — if it ain’t barbeque or Brunswick Stew, I ain’t eatin’ it. Egg roll? More foreign food! That ain’t ‘cue!
Trouble is, America has long been exposed to foreign dishes.
Here’s a cookbook from 1918 offering Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them. That’s WWI. Among the items — Tamale Pie (conserved wheat), Chinese Mutton (conserved meat, used rice), and Hindu Salad (used leftovers).
If Moore really wants to argue he lived under a rock until 12 or so — and worse, he’s proud of that — he should be removed from office at once.
Via Under the Dome.
Update: The good folks at General Mills confirm that frozen egg rolls and their close cousin, the pizza roll, reached US supermarkets in the 1960s. But evidently not Oxford, NC.
