Somali population of Lewiston (unemployment, restaurant, shop)

[OutDoorNut]

Originally Posted by brava4

Wow, that sounds like it might be a bit rough... whew!! I grew up in New York City... eating tongue... loved it. Haven't had it for years but have fond memories. And I'm not Russian.

The recipie I have in a book around here somewhere, says--if I remember aright--that when it comes time to add the brains, you stir them in until the mixture thickens.

Mmmmm . . . . good!

BTW, sweetbreads are wonderful.

I like brains a lot too--but I'm wary of eating them these days because of mad cow disease.

Hearts and lungs are good too. So's cow stomach, and tongue, of course.

Beef and kidney pie is also great.

Norhing wrong with a good steak, btw, I like steaks, too.

[brava4]

Originally Posted by OutDoorNut

The recipie I have in a book around here somewhere, says--if I remember aright--that when it comes time to add the brains, you stir them in until the mixture thickens.

Mmmmm . . . . good!

BTW, sweetbreads are wonderful.

I like brains a lot too--but I'm wary of eating them these days because of mad cow disease.

Hearts and lungs are good too. So's cow stomach, and tongue, of course.

Beef and kidney pie is also great.

Norhing wrong with a good steak, btw, I like steaks, too.

That there is mighty hearty eatin'. Had a patient who ate brain in Morocco and died a very horrible death from it. It was terrible to see. Don't eat BRAINS!!

[OutDoorNut]

Originally Posted by brava4

That there is mighty hearty eatin'. Had a patient who ate brain in Morocco and died a very horrible death from it. It was terrible to see. Don't eat BRAINS!!

That's why I mentioned mad cow disease.

Fact is, I don't eat any beef anymore, until I feel more certain it's safe from mad cow.

[mainerwoman]

Originally Posted by Clarissa2010

The migration to Richmond was quite a while ago - 50"s? not sure. Their young people mostly moved away.
In more recent history a small nursing home was built because of the problem of Russian elderly not having a place to go. But the last I knew there was only one Russian in the home.

Jobs? I don't know that either. It's possible that they came when they retired.

The majority of the Russians came after the overthrow of the Czar in 1918. They were skilled craftsmen who were hired throughout the local communities. (having a skill was a requirement for immigration at one time)

[flycessna]

Originally Posted by Clarissa2010

Interesting.
The business of the secondary immigration is something I read about in the Maine Sunday Telegram before they arrived. It was known that they were coming and there were going to be about 1000 people.

Are they all, or most of them, getting gov't subsidies?

The huge majority are getting assistance.. My "guess" would be 95% or more. And there were thousands that moved here.. not just a thousand. It has been a huge drain on the local economy. One only needs to look at the schools to see the increase cost associated with them. There was a recent article (discussed here on the forum linked below) written from a Somali elder to dispell rumors but one could cleary see where there was no real factual and valid stats to support it.

Lewiston is a poor town already with limited jobs, IDK know how they expected to come here and survive.. that is where sisters of charity got involved in helping them relocate here and assisted them in how to use the system.

its all been discussed before.

//www.city-data.com/forum/maine...l#post16423583

[dmyankee]

Every night I pray Governor LePage and the Rebublican Legislature will put an end to this migration!

[flycessna]

Originally Posted by dmyankee

Every night I pray Governor LePage and the Rebublican Legislature will put an end to this migration!

SO EASY! 6 plus month Residency requirement for any assistance..

[afarah00]

Originally Posted by flycessna

Catholic charities had plenty to do with the Somali Immigration. I wish them success too but the reality is most of them do not work and support themselves.

Hey flycessna, I am a somali and i don't appreciate your discrimating comment toward somali. It one thing to say some somali don't work therefor they can't support themselves, but to say all somali don't work and can't support themselves is generalizing all somali.

I believe you are among European immigrants that think America is their country and get jealous when they see new immigrants coming into their neighbourhoods and starting new businesses. For your information somali people got business everywhere they live...whether it is cafe shop, restaurant, grocery store... they are true entrepreneur and if it wasn't for somali the economy would be doing alot worst so watch what you say.

p.s. if you need a job, just let me know, I think you mad because you are jobless?

[afarah00]

Originally Posted by OutDoorNut

That's why I mentioned mad cow disease.

Fact is, I don't eat any beef anymore, until I feel more certain it's safe from mad cow.

You know what else kills you...Pork...its got so many disease that haven't been discovered by scientist nor the health department. They don't care about you they want to make money.

but brain is good....I eat it all the time. people who eat brain get more brain...lol

[corgis]

Originally Posted by afarah00

Hey flycessna, I am a somali and i don't appreciate your discrimating comment toward somali. It one thing to say some somali don't work therefor they can't support themselves, but to say all somali don't work and can't support themselves is generalizing all somali.

I believe you are among European immigrants that think America is their country and get jealous when they see new immigrants coming into their neighbourhoods and starting new businesses. For your information somali people got business everywhere they live...whether it is cafe shop, restaurant, grocery store... they are true entrepreneur and if it wasn't for somali the economy would be doing alot worst so watch what you say.

p.s. if you need a job, just let me know, I think you mad because you are jobless?

You say in other posts that you want to move to either Nigeria or Canada, neither of which has anything to do with Lewiston, Maine.