Anyone recognize this Mug? Kinda Surfing Bastardish - Collecting Tiki

R Rattiki Member Key West, FL Joined: May 03, 2003 Posts: 422	R Rattiki Posted posted on Tue, Jul 8, 2003 11:16 AM Well actually I have read Sven's book. Being 4th generation Navy brat raised as a kid living in such places as Pearl, Guam and Okinawa. I can appreciate the romanticism of the region. I am also a chef by trade and trained in San Francisco, so I understand the cultural culinary developments in this country, especially in the Pacific region (I also ran restaurants in Australia). What I didn't know is that Thor H's. theory had been disproven, so that makes a difference when looking at the similarities that there seem to be between mesoamerican artifacts and Polynesian. Had this not been the case, I think my question would be quite valid. Anyway, sorry to ruffle your feathers. I am now off to the Philippines and Bali as I write this. So maybe I will find some Tiki there :P

Well actually I have read Sven's book.

Being 4th generation Navy brat raised as a kid living in such places as Pearl, Guam and Okinawa. I can appreciate the romanticism of the region. I am also a chef by trade and trained in San Francisco, so I understand the cultural culinary developments in this country, especially in the Pacific region (I also ran restaurants in Australia).

What I didn't know is that Thor H's. theory had been disproven, so that makes a difference when looking at the similarities that there seem to be between mesoamerican artifacts and Polynesian. Had this not been the case, I think my question would be quite valid.

Anyway, sorry to ruffle your feathers. I am now off to the Philippines and Bali as I write this. So maybe I will find some Tiki there :P

Post #42106 by Rattiki on Tue, Jul 8, 2003 11:16 AM