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Big Mac eats Pattie Young people abandon traditional cuisine for fast food. The pattie is under attack from the Big Mac - and it could be the end for ackee and saltfish. Shocking new fixtures show African-Caribbean people are abandoning their culinary culture in flavour of fast food. Almost half of our youngsters hardly ever touch curried goat or rice and peas, preferring to much through a flame-grilled whopper. It seems McDonald's and Burger King, so long accused of cultural imperialism in the developing world, are causing a reduction of traditional Caribbean food consumption in Britain. Almost half of the people between 18 and 65 surveyed by international money transfer company Moneygram do not eat popular Caribbean dishes, like jerk chicken, ackee and saltfish or curried goat. Instead it's burgers, kebabs and fish and chips. Young people are turned off by the culinary traditions cultivated by their grandparents, preferring Kentucky Friend to jerk chicken. 39% - prefer other foods Of the 200 Caribbeans between 18 and 25 surveyed, 39 per cent preferred British or convenience food over Caribbean recipes. 47% - hardly ever Almost half, 47 per cent, said they rarely or never ate Caribbean dishes. 17% - too lazy get to take away However, many of those surveyed were defensive about not eating Caribbean food. A quarter of young people said there was just too much choice, blaming the wide variety of food on offer in supermarkets. But 17% admitted they were just too damn lazy to get to the local Caribbean takeaway. 83% - don't want to learn It also seems that if young people are going to eat the dishes they will have to visit their takeaway or get their parents to cook. That's because almost half of them don't know how to cook traditional dishes. In fact, a shocking 83 per cent have no desire to learn how to cook them either. Moneygram commissioned the survey to learn more about their customers, most of whom are from the Caribbean. Moneygram's commercial director - Leon Isaacs said: "Food is an important part of any culture. It's sad to see young African-Caribbean people ignoring this part of their heritage and not embracing it like many Asians living in Britain. We would like to see Jerk chicken or rice and peas become an integral part of the British diet, like curry now is." Despite the unhealthiness of British food, many of our youngsters are embracing the indigenous culture and forsaking all others. A typical Sunday roast contains 92g of fat, while rice and peas by comparison contains only 18g. Source: Danielle Weekes - The Voice Newspaper 12 August 2002
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