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What are some quirks of your region?

 
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Kim Wills wrote:.....

6 - Can anyone say Taylor Ham?!? Or pork roll?!? Thank you! Supposedly even NY'ers don't have it! It's round slices of pressed pork, very salty, fried and eaten like bacon; either on a kaiser roll (talyorhameggandcheese, ketchupsaltpepper) or at home on the side.



Had to look this one up along with the difference between those and scrapple and SPAM.  Although all are different in spicing and some of the contents, they appear to share a common 'culinary origin' (as in, "let's not waste these scraps...").   Granted, SPAM has world-wide ...... ummmmm.....'appeal'(?) but it was somewhat local to us as well since a large Hormel plant was positioned in south central Minnesota and robustly influenced the school lunch programs.  Wife's background in Pennsylvania led to her naming of one of her pet pot-bellied pigs 'Scrapple'.  In a vegan nod to these fine delicacies, I recently opted for a tin of un-Meat luncheon meat (photo) which was not too shabby, although I could think of better meat products to emulate.  Speculation now is that early days at boy scout camp saw a lot of SPAM going into the stomachs of those in attendance, although I would be surprised that the cafeteria would spring for top-drawer Hormel cuisine when surely a more fiscally-conservative substitute was at hand.
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Kim Wills wrote:
6 - Can anyone say Taylor Ham?!? Or pork roll?!? Thank you! Supposedly even NY'ers don't have it! It's round slices of pressed pork, very salty, fried and eaten like bacon; either on a kaiser roll (talyorhameggandcheese, ketchupsaltpepper) or at home on the side.



Yaaaaaas!  We have it over here in the Lehigh Valley/ Poconos; we call it pork roll and it's funny, but I never see the actual Taylor brand over here.  The most important question: how many slashes do you make in the side?  I'm partial to five, I like the daisy kind of shape it gets.  
 
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Tereza Okava wrote:

Kim Wills wrote:Taylor Ham?!?


OMG!!! My father used to make it when I was a kid, I have memories of waking up to the smell.
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it's funny how often I'll look at the map and say, ah, Belleville used to be called Nutley when I lived there. It's certainly grown leaps and bounds.



Hats off to all the dads who made breakfast, on weekends at least, giving us those smell-memories! I can picture mine in his saggy "tighty whities", singing or humming; sorry if that's TMI! He'd make up songs on the spot, and I was recently reminded of "Hard to be Humble", which I remember him singing:
"Oh Lord it’s hard to be humble
When you’re perfect in every way
I can’t wait to look in the mirror
Cause I get better looking each day"

As for NJ growing and changing, the latest is not good, for the working class, anyway. Union County & Central Jersey in general, particularly along train lines to the city, are being gentrified FAST since 2020. New Yorkers realized they could work from home, and therefore didn't need to pay $4000/month rent when they could live in NJ and just commute once in a while. Corporate apartment companies jumped on this, and have been building apartments by the thousands, and charging $2400-3000/month, or more. To NY'ers this is nice low rent. But to those of us who were paying $1200-1600 before covid, this is now double. The working people who built these towns are being driven out. My neighborhood is full of NY'ers now, and though I try to be fairminded, most are a pain in the arse; they blast music and race cars, they hang lights in their yard that pierce our eyes, they drive and park all crazy everywhere, like it's "anything goes". I'm sure I sound like an old fart, and sorry to go on about it, but we are literally being chased out and it's really sad and is causing rifts and resentment between people here. Only 5 years ago it was quieter, neighbors were respectful, etc. Now there is increasing crime and car accidents, too. It feels very unfair, and like we're being invaded. We are moving one town over for a while, and transitioning to our rural place, which will be a blessing in the long run, of course.
 
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S Tonin wrote: Yaaaaaas!  We have it over here in the Lehigh Valley/ Poconos; we call it pork roll and it's funny, but I never see the actual Taylor brand over here.  The most important question: how many slashes do you make in the side?  I'm partial to five, I like the daisy kind of shape it gets.  



What a funny question!!! I'd probably put 4 slits in it, though I might've grown up with people in my family only doing 3. Three is not enough, it still curls up. I've been 99% vegetarian most of my adult life, but the things I'll "cheat" for on rare occasion would be bacon or pork roll (only if they're crispy enough to snap), and tuna salad. Next time my husband gets pork roll I'm going to steal a slice and put 5 slits to make a daisy!!

JOHN - Vegan SPAM?!?!? Yowzers, what a thing for a company to even think of creating! I'm mostly vegetarian (not vegan), and I've been in a few vegan groups hoping for healthy recipes & such. Well. Imagine my surprise when the people in those groups happily exclaim, "I was today-years-old when I learned Oreos are vegan! Hooray!". Well, apparently there's a market for vegan SPAM. Hmm, who woulda thought?
 
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People here are polite to the extreme, it's one reason the Scots Gaelic is dying is that they won't tend to use it in front of non-speakers. Workmen also never say no if you ask for a job doing. It doesn't mean they will do the job though, they genuinely mean to, I think, but will imply they will even if they know they have a full order book.
There is a thing we call "Skye time" which is not laziness so much as working up to something. If the weather is good you go fishing or have a picnic, rather than do an indoor job. You don't push people to get jobs done, if they are going to do it they do it in their own time.

John Weiland wrote:some of the Germanic structure here in the Great Plains differs from that in, say, Pennsylvania.  My wife had grown up in central PA and recalls "the car needs washed..."   or "the lawn needs mowed...", proposed to be a shortening the German "needs ....... to be" where the "to be" was at the end of the sentence.


This is something I've noticed since we've moved here. I'm not sure if it is a Scots versus English thing, or more regional than that, but I found it a bit of an oddity rather than 'the car needs washing' which would be my Southern Englsh terminology.
 
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Suffolk County, Long Island here again.

  Where is the invisible line or at what point does a "hero" turn into a hoagie, grinder, or sub?
  We "call in sick" to work; in when I lived in Philly we would "call out sick".
    Here, "C'mon, you guys" or "you guys" refers to a group of humans, regardless of gender.
 
 So here on Long Island we have, obviously, lots of beach.    Our North Shore beaches are rocky from when the glaciers receded, leaving glacial debris, and have the small, gentle waves of the Long Island Sound. Our South Shore beaches have soft clean sand and big, crashing ocean waves.  
      I remember people saying they were going "down the shore" in Philadelphia. I also discovered that perception of one's nearness to beaches is quite individual.  I lived in Philly for 5 years and when I first got there I was taken aback when someone said "You'll love it here, we're so close to the water!"   Hmmmm, did they mean the Schuykill River?  No, they meant the Jersey Shore, which is a good 2 hours away.   I live towards the North Shore of Long Island, and the nearest beach, Sunken Meadow State Park,  is 10 to 15 minutes away; we consider that to be quite far from the water.  Here, "near the water" generally means that you live within 1/4 mile (or really, a few blocks) of the beach.
     We also describe trips in terms of time, not distance.  For example: "the beach is about 15 minutes away", "the city is about an hour away, in good traffic, but good luck with that", "Southampton will take you 45 minutes", or "it's two minutes from my house".
      In your area, is travel described in terms of time or distance (miles, kilometers) or some other way?
 
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Oh, and we call those bugs "water bugs".
 
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Susan Mené wrote:Oh, and we call those bugs "water bugs".



Huh.  When I was in Baltimore for college, we called the 1-inch-long, black cockroaches "water bugs".  (I was like, no, that is a roach.  I even looked it up in a paper(!) dictionary - I'm old - and it said it was a roach.) I thought they were the worst until I moved into a place with the 1-cm-long brown roaches, which we called "German roaches".  Not as terrifying but occur in the hundreds.  I am pleased to note that in Germany I have never seen a roach.  I'm sure they exist (and actually the climate is pretty similar) but so far so good.  Knock on wood.

In Baltimore, people would say they were going "down'y'ocean" to mean Ocean Shores MD.
 
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It seems that with radio, television, and the net we are becoming more homogeneous as a country and world.  When I was young the phrase “I will have to study that.” Was in common use in southern Illinois.   I have not heard it used in the past 30 years or so.  Another term was “youuns”.  As in you ones …or you people.
 
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Trace Oswald wrote:People here call traffic lights "stop and go lights".   It took me going into the military and enough people making fun of me to break me of that.  Also, people here eat breakfast, dinner, and supper instead of breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  We also drink "pop", not soda, and water is heated with "hot water heaters".  Shouldn't they be cold water heaters?



I have a friend who is a plumber and one of his biggest pet peeves is the phrase "hot water heater". He'll stop whatever he's doing to explain to someone that "its not a hot water heater; it makes water hot, there's no need to heat already hot water." haha
Then again, I do the same thing with people who say "Unsweetened tea".
 
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Here in northern Nevada we have a sub sandwich place called Port of Subs.  There are a few locations scattered around the surrounding states. But here in the Reno area they're more common than Starbucks. And there's one in any NV town you can get to using a highway.
 
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Christopher Weeks wrote:People don't take the last of something communal. At a potluck, you can expect to see many dishes with tiny little portions left, no matter how popular because no one is allowed to take more than half of what's left. It's the Minnesotan version of Zeno's Paradox..



Interesting the potluck was original called the Potlatch and it started here in the PNW as a result of Alaskan natives raiding down the coast into the PNW in winter when food was hard to find. It started as the locals realized the were after food so they literally started throwing food at them. Later as it progressed they started trading and exchanging. Potlatches were an honor to see who could give away the most.


Nicole Alderman wrote:I think one of our weird linguistic things in the pacific northwest is that we call land isopods "potato bugs." Most places call them "woodlice" or "rolly polly" or "pill bug"



I call them woodlice or woodlouse, but that is due to me actually knowing what they are. BTW they are good eating when cooked and taste a little like shrimp. That said I have noticed in my travels and living all over the country that YES they call them different things in different places. Though I have noticed that there are outliers who call them differently than the people of that area.
 
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Having lived all over the country something I noticed about the difference between coast was, as a man people on the West coast would trying to talk to you at urinals while on the East coast they would ignore you.

On that point I actually knew a guy for 3 years on the West coast, even living with him. Only to find out that he never liked me. While on the East cost within 3 days of knowing someone you know if you like them and you WILL tell them.

What I have figure is that the West coast tends to be polite, even if it ends up rude in the long run. While the East coast tends to be very forward even if it is rude in the short term.


Neither I find better, just a. different way of behaving.
 
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We drink ‘coffee milk’ in New England which is a beverage made from coffee flavored syrup. I didn’t know it was a NE thing until I went to Florida and requested it. They were very confused and so was I. Iced coffee is another one that’s popular all year long here and most people get them from a store called Dunkin’ Donuts. It’s common to have several of these stores within a mile of each other and even across the street from each other. The weather here is notorious for being wacky.
 
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Nick Mick wrote:Iced coffee


I think nowadays Dunkin (if that's still what they're calling it) is almost everywhere, and iced coffee isn't so local, but about 25 years ago I was teaching high school and took a community service group from Rhode Island down to Albany, Georgia to work with Habitat for Humanity over spring break. The kids (and I) were desperate for iced coffee driving from the airport up to Albany, and we stopped at a Waffle House-- just as ubiquitous down there as Dunkin is up north. The look on the waitress's face when our order included 15 iced coffees was priceless. "Honey, I can give you coffee and I can give you ice, how about that?"
 
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Devin Lavign wrote:On that point I actually knew a guy for 3 years on the West coast, even living with him. Only to find out that he never liked me. While on the East cost within 3 days of knowing someone you know if you like them and you WILL tell them.

What I have figure is that the West coast tends to be polite, even if it ends up rude in the long run. While the East coast tends to be very forward even if it is rude in the short term.


reminds me of a joke I heard 25 years ago:

In Los Angeles, when a stranger says "Hey, how's it going?" it means 'fuck you!'
In New York, when a stranger says "fuck you!" it means 'hey, how's it going?'
 
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Kim Wills wrote:
JOHN - Vegan SPAM?!?!? Yowzers, what a thing for a company to even think of creating! I'm mostly vegetarian (not vegan), and I've been in a few vegan groups hoping for healthy recipes & such. Well. Imagine my surprise when the people in those groups happily exclaim, "I was today-years-old when I learned Oreos are vegan! Hooray!". Well, apparently there's a market for vegan SPAM. Hmm, who woulda thought?



I am long time vegan, and for most of that time I eat the very healthy way. Bacon, sausages and such things are not healthy but for protein, which can be had in much healthier ways. I could spend time giving my simple ways of having tasty healthy meals I make, but I will refer you to the site https://www.forksoverknives.com for good recipes.

I would be where I can grow all that I can for having everything for the meals and food that would be desirable, along with medicinal herbs and useful materials. There can be good independence from cities and transportation using fuel this way.
 
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Christopher Weeks wrote:


reminds me of a joke I heard 25 years ago:

In Los Angeles, when a stranger says "Hey, how's it going?" it means 'fuck you!'
In New York, when a stranger says "fuck you!" it means 'hey, how's it going?'



yep pretty much

 
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Devin Lavign wrote:

Christopher Weeks wrote:


reminds me of a joke I heard 25 years ago:

In Los Angeles, when a stranger says "Hey, how's it going?" it means 'fuck you!'
In New York, when a stranger says "fuck you!" it means 'hey, how's it going?'



yep pretty much



You might imagine my surprise, even at my age, learning after a questionable response to me, that "Bless you" is a negative thing to use, when I looked it up. It is not what I expect, from being among others in church.

 
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Born and raised in Arizona, the Valley of the Sun. I laughed at the gardener who found out even plants that like sun still need shade. Everybody and everything loves the shade in Phoenix.  We also have a mark on foreigners (any one east of Arizona) it’s red burn marks on the back of the thigh from sitting down in hot a car with shorts. You always have a towel to sit on. As a kid we were always getting foreigners moving in to school (usually from Ohio). One time a new kid asked me why I wore western shirts. All my nice shirts had perl snap buttons. I didnt know they were western shirts. They were just shirts! Texans seem to know better.
 
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Portlandia is essentially true but way exaggerated.  People here go out to eat at food carts, which are conglomerations of food trucks.  Don't dress up.  Lots of people buy their clothes at thrift shops and yard sales. Not very churchy. Liberal politically.  People aren't that ambitious about getting rich because they'd rather play music, ride bikes, go kayaking, fishing, to the beach, go hiking, gather mushrooms, garden, go skiing, or go out to eat and one of many good cheap restaurants. Lots of vegans here, rated #1 vegan city in USA.  Coffee, books, beer. Walk their dogs.  Accent is kinda nasally. I can't hear it until I've been away a long time.  Similar to Seattle but less time/money focussed.  Lots of Scandinavian culture, even if it's not stated outright.  You've got to figure out fun things to do in the drizzly months-Nov to April.  
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Eino Kenttä wrote:

Christopher Weeks wrote:
People don't take the last of something communal. At a potluck, you can expect to see many dishes with tiny little portions left, no matter how popular because no one is allowed to take more than half of what's left. It's the Minnesotan version of Zeno's Paradox.


That's actually an extremely Swedish thing, to the point that that tiny leftover bit of food is known, in Sweden, as svenskbiten, meaning "the Swedish bite"!


And it's a Dutch thing too! But I do my best to change that tradition, by taking that last small leftover!
 
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Nina Surya wrote:Kisses on the cheek.
In the Netherlands we give three.
In Finland: no kisses, but a hug.
In the Combrailles in France: two cheek kisses.
Our Parisian neighbors: four cheek kisses.
And yes, you always begin with the left cheek. Unless you want to have an accident.

Guess the amount of confusing situations


Hi Nina. For how long are you living in France, and not in the Netherlands?
Since about 2022 (for some people already 2021) it has changed. At least it has in my surroundings...  Now everybody here wants to hug! No more kisses on the cheek (or in the air).
 
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This is a fun thread to read. But it's hard for me to react.
If I want to mention regional words or sayings, they'll be without any meaning to you ... Not only the language here in the Netherlands is Dutch, but this region (Drenthe) has a dialect. In fact all the North-Eastern part of the Netherlands has this kind of dialect (Saxon dialects). Of course this is a quirk of this region. That's all I can tell you about that.
I am born and raised at the other side of the Netherlands, close to Rotterdam. I live here in Drenthe now for 38 years. I didn't learn to speak dialect (I don't want to), but I understand it fairly well.

Another quirk here is:  when the born-locals talk about those who came to live here from other parts of the country (like me), they call them 'import'. Most of my friends are 'import'.
 
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John Weiland wrote:
Curious about one other thing....don't know how universal or regional.  The types of acknowledgement shown to the oncoming driver on a rural road.  If you know the driver, you might often slow down roll down window (yes, even in winter) and engage in banter.  But if you don't know the driver, you....

a)   roll down the window and wave as you continue driving,

b)   leave one hand on the wheel and wave with the other hand,

c)  leave both hands on the wheel and raise the fingers of one hand in greeting,  

d)  leave both hands on the wheel and raise only the little pinky of one hand. or

e)  leave both hands on the wheel with no hand movement and only raise your eyebrows or give slight nod  in acknowledgement of the passerby.

Around here, c and d appear to be equally employed with occasionally e being observed.

....


When a car is coming my way I can not see who's in that car (if you didn't know: I'm a bicyclist). If they know me and want to greet me, they need to roll down the window and call me.
As far as I know here in the Netherlands car drivers are not used to greet others on the road. When it's in a street in town/suburb, in a village, or a quiet road in the countryside, then it's possible they stop to have a chat with the windows rolled down, if they know eachother. Or they could 'greet' with the headlights of the car.

As I said: I'm a bicyclist. I have about 60 years of experience riding bicycles (and using public transport if needed, or being in someone else's car as a passenger). In the Netherlands that is possible. This is one of the most bicycle-friendly countries in the world! When I'm on my bicycle and I meet someone (who's on a bicycle too, or walking) I greet by nodding my head and saying 'hallo'. In town I only greet people I know, but on bicycle paths through nature or in the countryside I greet everyone who's riding there too. They do not always greet back ...

 
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Inge Leonora-den Ouden wrote:
Hi Nina. For how long are you living in France, and not in the Netherlands?
Since about 2022 (for some people already 2021) it has changed. At least it has in my surroundings...  Now everybody here wants to hug! No more kisses on the cheek (or in the air).



Hi Inge,
After 20 years of the Netherlands we moved to France begin of January in 2021. I didn't know the Dutch are huggers now!
Thanks for the update
 
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Another 'quirk' in the Netherlands in general: we don't go out to eat. We cook at home, or we order at a take-away and take it home and eat there. Restaurants are for festive occasions.

Someone from the USA was visiting Rotterdam and stayed in a hotel. She thought to go out in the morning to have breakfast somewhere in town ... she did not find a place that served breakfast! Dutch people eat their breakfast at home.
(if you want a breakfast: search for a McDonalds, they serve breakfast).
 
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