Over 90% of Germans speak English. What foreign language do you speak?

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202. I did not realize that Minnesota was so diverse. I thought it was unique to California.

Goes to show how diverse we have become.

I remember when i was a child in school we had so many immigrants, war refugees from Eastern Europe. One of my best friends was from Estonia. That was also in the Midwest. Another friend was from Germany. Her parents immigrated before WWII.

And now we have immigrants from South of the border, from Asia, from the Near East, Africa, everywhere in the world. But I had no idea that so many people were immigrating to Minnesota.

Russian is a good language to know nowadays. Especially during this Olympic season.

And yes, the numbers of ethnic restaurants reflect the diversity we now have. I can remember the first ethnic foods that I ate. A pizza that my mother made from a box. Probably didn't have much in common with Italian pizza. It was an experiment. And then we invited a student from India to our home one Thanksgiving. She made some curry. The funny thing was that she told my mother to make some rice. So my mother, Midwestern farm girl that she was and is, made a tiny bit of rice for our large family and a big pot of --- of course, potatoes, is any meal complete without them? And when our friend from India came, she was quite shocked to see so many potatoes and so little rice.

That was our introduction to the food of the world. And now, curry is common on American tables. Not terribly common. But we all know what it is and have tasted it, I think. And some of us love it and eat it fairly frequently.

Thanks for your post about Minnesota.