language or a food thats distinctive to your area

[bookgirl]

Y'all for technically stands for you all but we use it for a singular person as well.

We also eat Egg Custard Pie, which I have to explain to people from out of town.

 

[scrapquitler]

I'm pretty sure that here in Vermont is the only place on earth you can get a maple creemee. For those uniformed, it's a soft serve (yeah, not ice cream!) mixed with real maple syrup and served in an ice cream cone. I'm eagerly waiting for our local creemee stand to open next weekend since I've not had one since October.

And please, for goodness sake, stop putting that vile corn syrup mixed with maple extract from Mrs. Butterworth's on your pancakes and get some real actual maple syrup that comes from out of a tree.

 

[tvguy]

Y'all for technically stands for you all but we use it for a singular person as well.

We also eat Egg Custard Pie, which I have to explain to people from out of town.

Never heard it called Egg Custard Pie, it's just Custard Pie at the big pie shops like Marie Calendars and Bakers Square.

 

[porschegrl]

I'm pretty sure that here in Vermont is the only place on earth you can get a maple creemee. For those uniformed, it's a soft serve (yeah, not ice cream!) mixed with real maple syrup and served in an ice cream cone. I'm eagerly waiting for our local creemee stand to open next weekend since I've not had one since October.

And please, for goodness sake, stop putting that vile corn syrup mixed with maple extract from Mrs. Butterworth's on your pancakes and get some real actual maple syrup that comes from out of a tree.

I watch a ton of food-related tv, and I'm familiar with a lot of regional foods, but I've never heard of a maple creemee before. It sounds delicious!

And I totally agree about "pancake syrup"!

 

[Miskey]

DF is from Louisiana and puts Potato Salad in his gumbo... I thought he was the only one and that he was full of crap when he said everyone did it. I was wrong, apparently it's pretty common. lol

Where else would you put your potato salad??

Etouffee, jambalaya, shrimp creole, pralines, and of course, crawfish (or crawdads, but NEVER crayfish)

 

[fly girl]

Oh, no...it must be heavenly if you can eat it out of that yucky container!

GO BLUE!!!!!!

It's that good! I didn't know Brutus was on the pint containers until I saw it in the grocery store. By then it was too late, I already loved it. Had no other option but to turn a blind eye to his ugly mug.

And sorry, this girl is a Spartan.

GO GREEN!!!!!

 

[whitney250]

Where else would you put your potato salad??

Etouffee, jambalaya, shrimp creole, pralines, and of course, crawfish (or crawdads, but NEVER crayfish)

I have eaten more crawfish in the 4 years we've been together than I had in my entire life before him haha! I won't complain though, he's an excellent cook I had the same reaction about the ketchup/mayo/tony's sauce he makes for his crawfish, etc. as I did the potato salad haha!

 

[khertz]

I have eaten more crawfish in the 4 years we've been together than I had in my entire life before him haha! I won't complain though, he's an excellent cook I had the same reaction about the ketchup/mayo/tony's sauce he makes for his crawfish, etc. as I did the potato salad haha!

As a kid, I always wondered what people in other parts of America did to season their food if they didn't have Tony's. And what other people use to drink out of at home if they didn't have Mardi Gras cups.

 

[bookgirl]

Never heard it called Egg Custard Pie, it's just Custard Pie at the big pie shops like Marie Calendars and Bakers Square.

Mostly egg, so Egg Custard here. Maybe it's just what they called it on the farm, a lot of people here who grew up on farms call it egg custard as well. Probably just a regional thing.

 

[whitney250]

As a kid, I always wondered what people in other parts of America did to season their food if they didn't have Tony's. And what other people use to drink out of at home if they didn't have Mardi Gras cups.

We use Tony's for EVERYTHING haha! Tony's is pretty common in south Texas, so I have used it my whole life, I have even looked for the mini packets on Amazon so we can have it for when we go out to eat, etc... lol

 

[khertz]

We use Tony's for EVERYTHING haha! Tony's is pretty common in south Texas, so I have used it my whole life, I have even looked for the mini packets on Amazon so we can have it for when we go out to eat, etc... lol

I used to use Tony's on everything, but then we were given some Slap Ya Mama in a gift basket at a wedding and I have converted. lol

 

[whitney250]

I used to use Tony's on everything, but then we were given some Slap Ya Mama in a gift basket at a wedding and I have converted. lol

I've heard that one is good, too! I may have to try it out

 

[Kimberlyann11]

In the Mitten State, everyone whips out their right hand to show you where they live, and where they vacation "Up North". Which as any good Michigan girl knows, is anywhere north of Flint and west of Lansing

The first time I showed people here in IL where I came from on my hand-map, they thought I was crazy.

Lol - we always considered up north to be north of the Standish line, either east or west - but that's because we do sunrise side for our up northing most of the time. You can use a hand-map for the U P too. Just turn it sideways.

 

[Lilacs4Me]

Lol - we always considered up north to be north of the Standish line, either east or west - but that's because we do sunrise side for our up northing most of the time. You can use a hand-map for the U P too. Just turn it sideways.

I never thought of that! That works too!

Someone here tried stealing our concept - saying that they can do the hand map for Illinois, by turning their hand downward and I was like "no. Just no."

I'm originally from the Detroit area, so we secretly start feeling like we are already a good ways Up North once we get out into the 96/US23 part of the far western suburbs (Brighton...Hartland....it doesn't take much LOL) But we used to go to "Up North" to Silver Lake (on the west side north of Muskegon) as a kid, so we were technically mostly just going west, not north!

 

[Kimberlyann11]

I never thought of that! That works too!

Someone here tried stealing our concept - saying that they can do the hand map for Illinois, by turning their hand downward and I was like "no. Just no."

I'm from the Detroit area, so we secretly just start feeling like we are already a good ways Up North once we get out into the 96/US23 part of the far western suburbs (Brighton...Hartland....it doesn't take much LOL)

I had someone tell me once that their grandmother lives up north. I'm like - yeah? where? Turns out it was Flint. I was like

 

[Lilacs4Me]

It's that good! I didn't know Brutus was on the pint containers until I saw it in the grocery store. By then it was too late, I already loved it. Had no other option but to turn a blind eye to his ugly mug.

And sorry, this girl is a Spartan.

GO GREEN!!!!!

Well, we still agree on one thing at least! Beat Ohio!

 

[powellrj]

Custard Pie use to be big around here, but you very rarely see it anymore. Sometimes at a church dinner, but thats about the only place.

 

[fly girl]

Well, we still agree on one thing at least! Beat Ohio!

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!

 

[barkley]

Custard Pie use to be big around here, but you very rarely see it anymore. Sometimes at a church dinner, but thats about the only place.

it seems like in recent years true custard is almost impossible to find. oh you can find things that say they have custard in them but it's more like vanilla pudding.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

We have feeders. They are called frontage roads in other areas and some places don't have them at all. It is the road right next to the freeway.

That's the "service road" or "outer road" here.

Toasted Ravioli (deep fried, actually) is our local dish.