Regional Differences

[Imzadi]

I'm so confused. You're here. Don't you eat out? Or ... in? Ain't a Jewish grandma in the area can't make you a nice bread pudding. Or go to Zabar's. They make a decent noodle kugel too (but their tzimmes is bleh).

As for what it is think like... somewhat sweeter, baked, a little more custardy French Toast.

Should be made with Challah.

I'm sadly deficient when it comes to Jewish desserts. No Jewish grandma to tutor me.
I go into Zabars and I don't know how to have them.

I love the Jewish bowtie pasta called Kasha Varnishkes. There is a great Jewish diner on the lower east side that makes a huge plate of them.

Word to what people think are bagels. I've seen those 'bagels' they sell in supermarkets, in packages like from the English Muffin co.? Gross roll with a hole.

Also word to whomever mentioned pizza other places. They don't make pizza, they make slabs of fluffy white bread with Ragu and some kind of packaged mozzarella you'd get in a supermarket on it. It's just gross.

It's hilarious the NYers descriptions for what passes as "bagels" & "pizza" in other areas.

 

[badblackpug]

They are HOAGIES not subs or grinders.
You buy your morning coffee at Wawa.
It is the subway or the el, not the metro.
We take cabs, not taxis.
We go "down the shore" not to the beach. (as a matter of fact I'm supposed to go down the shore tomorrow, damn Irene!)
We drink soda, not pop.
We wear sneakers, not tennis shoes.
We shop at the super market, or if you want to be more specific, my mother shops at the Ac-uh-me. (Acme)
Tunafish is the canned stuff mixed with mayo.
Barbecue is pork.
A large pie is a large pizza.
We drive on the highway, not the freeway.
Most people I know eat dinner between 7-8.
I have never heard of covering the price of the plate at a wedding.
Gifts are not brought to the wedding. They are shipped to the brides home. The envelopes with cash are the common thing, and the bride usually has a specially decorated bag for them.
Children are not usually present at wedding receptions.
People RSVP
Thank you notes are the norm.
No one brings uninvited siblings to birthday parties.
Pretty much after the 1st grade parents do not stay at parties.
We have yard sales. My husband is originally from MA, he says "tag sale."
I was also raised to think "wha?t" and "huh?" were rude when you didn't hear/understand someone. We usually say "I'm sorry?" and use "pardon me" or "excuse me" after a social faux pas or if we want to interrupt or pass by someone.


My grandmother was from western PA. She said "warsh" for wash and "deeshes" for dishes, and "youins" (closest I can come to pronunciation is "yuh-ins" kind of her version of y'all") As in "Youins need to warsh the deeshes."

 

[hambirg]

True, I could have been killed by an angry pizza-pelting mob, for that matter.

As for the latter, it has to do with wind patterns and mountains and all kindza stuff, but we get rain rain rain rain and more rain, but seldom any snow except for in the mountains. On THIS side of the state. The other side is different.

As for the push broom. It broke. I tried it. I also tried a hunk of plywood as my own personal snow plow blade, but it didn't work that well and I got splinters, and I also tried making a whole HECK of a lot of snowmen. I thought that one was kinda brilliant, but in the end it takes more than a heck of a lot of snowmen to clear a loooooong driveway. And when my husband got home he was kinda irritated at me for breaking his push broom, too.

Ugh. . snow!

Found these for us Western Washingtonians:

You know you're from Western Washington if:

You know more people who own boats than air conditioners.

You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Enumclaw and Issaquah.

You consider swimming an indoor sport.

You see a person carrying an umbrella and know they must be a tourist.

You know the difference between "showers followed by rain" and "rain followed by showers".

You take a heavy coat and a hat with you for a day at the beach.

You or someone you know works at Boeing or Microsoft.

You use the word "sunbreak" and know what it means.

You know the difference between Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon.

You never go camping without water proof matches and a poncho.

You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.

You often switch from heat to a/c in your car in the same day.

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat.

You expect snow for Valentine's Day, not Christmas.

It's not a real mountain unless it has snow and has erupted within the last 200 years.

You can tell it's summer because the rain is warmer.

You realize no education is required to be a weatherman. Just predict, "Partly cloudy with a chance of rain."

It's not a real windstorm until your lawn ornaments blow away.

You know you better enjoy the snow the first day it falls before the rain washes it away.

You can't imagine living through a tornado or hurricane but you secretly think earthquakes are kind of fun.

You know someone whose house has been partially crushed by a tree.

You own a barbeque that has rusted.

You change your wiper blades more often than your oil.

You prefer one mountain range to the other.

and. . .

You can endure 100 days of rain and wind but an inch of snow means school cancellations!!!

Most of these are sooo true.

I'll add. . .you think seafood is camping food.

 

[cluvsdisney]

They are HOAGIES not subs or grinders.
You buy your morning coffee at Wawa.
It is the subway or the el, not the metro.
We take cabs, not taxis.
We go "down the shore" not to the beach. (as a matter of fact I'm supposed to go down the shore tomorrow, damn Irene!)
We drink soda, not pop.
We wear sneakers, not tennis shoes.
We shop at the super market, or if you want to be more specific, my mother shops at the Ac-uh-me. (Acme)
Tunafish is the canned stuff mixed with mayo.
Barbecue is pork.
A large pie is a large pizza.
We drive on the highway, not the freeway.
Most people I know eat dinner between 7-8.
I have never heard of covering the price of the plate at a wedding.
Gifts are not brought to the wedding. They are shipped to the brides home. The envelopes with cash are the common thing, and the bride usually has a specially decorated bag for them.
Children are not usually present at wedding receptions.
People RSVP
Thank you notes are the norm.
No one brings uninvited siblings to birthday parties.
Pretty much after the 1st grade parents do not stay at parties.
We have yard sales. My husband is originally from MA, he says "tag sale."
I was also raised to think "wha?t" and "huh?" were rude when you didn't hear/understand someone. We usually say "I'm sorry?" and use "pardon me" or "excuse me" after a social faux pas or if we want to interrupt or pass by someone.


My grandmother was from western PA. She said "warsh" for wash and "deeshes" for dishes, and "youins" (closest I can come to pronunciation is "yuh-ins" kind of her version of y'all") As in "Youins need to warsh the deeshes."

I lived in Philadelphia for a short time and wanted a hot chicken parmigiana hero (sandwich). After describing what I wanted for 5 minutes the guy in the shop finally said "Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, you want a a grinder." I knew about hoagies and subs but grinders were new. Philly was the only place I ever heard that term used.

 

[golfgal]

Wow! That is so cool. Drive-ins should really use that as an advertising gimmick. They would really take off again all over the country.


I think one of the last Drive-in movies we saw was the "Dusk-to-Dawn" special where they showed all FIVE Planet of the Apes, movies. We showed up 8pm, at sunset and truly did leave at about 5am, when the sun rose & the movie ended.

I remember thinking it would be so cool when all 3 Star Wars films finally got released, to see a "Dusk-to-Dawn" viewing of that. But, by the time, The Empire Strikes Back, came out, drive-ins were extinct around here.

We still have a few drive-in's here but the problem is that it doesn't get dark enough to show the movies until 10:00PM in the summer.

They are soft and slightly chewy on the inside. There is a substantial thickness and bite to them, without being overly thick, heavy, rubbery or needing to be chewed for hours. They are definitely not thick & DOUGHY as they are in other parts of the country. There is still a puffiness to the insides - but not like a bread roll. The outside has a thin, light, crispy crust that does NOT break your teeth like a French baguette, or pull out fillings as overly chewy bagels from other parts of country do. The crispiness has a nice balance to the inside.

The BEST bagels are actually simmered in WATER first before being finished off by baking. It requires special equipment & extra time. They are called "water bagels."

The reason NY bagels & pizza are different is the NYC area water. It has extra minerals or something. So it makes for a different texture and crispiness that our bagels & pizza crust are infamous for.

Bagels should NOT be refrigerated. That makes them overly-chewy and doughy. If you are already starting out with chewy doughy bagels to begin with, then they are refrigerated, they turn into chewy hockey pucks. never, never freeze a NY bagel. They should be consumed in 48 hours, max, and that is pushing it.

BTW, I can't stand chewy, doughy, soggy, flaccid pizza crust from elsewhere either.

Yes, I am a NYC bagel & pizza snob.

Bagels bought at "bagel" places here are close to that. Grocery store bagels are nasty.

Really? All the women in my neighborhood meet monthly to play Bunco. I figured it was our generation's version of bridge.

Bunco here is played by women in their 30's and 40's

We don't say "warsh" here.

It's more of a Kansas/Nebraska deal...

We played Gray Duck here, as well as Red Light, Green Light, Kick the Can, Polly May We Cross Your Bridge, No Ghost out Tonight...

 

[cornflake]

I'm sadly deficient when it comes to Jewish desserts. No Jewish grandma to tutor me.
I go into Zabars and I don't know how to have them.

I love the Jewish bowtie pasta called Kasha Varnishkes. There is a great Jewish diner on the lower east side that makes a huge plate of them.

It's hilarious the NYers descriptions for what passes as "bagels" & "pizza" in other areas.

No friends with Jewish grandmas either? This *is* sad!

Also *whisper* kasha is the buckwheat, kasha varnishkes is the buckwheat with the pasta. Zabar's, actually, sells both kasha and kasha varnishkes (prepacked and made by them, kasha in the middle thingy and kasha varnishkes in the back opposite the deli counter).

I wonder whether Zabar's is open today.... hmm.

 

[golfgal]

I forgot--Corn Hole here is Bean Bag Toss.

 

[Liberty Belle]

We still have a few drive-in's here but the problem is that it doesn't get dark enough to show the movies until 10:00PM in the summer.



Bagels bought at "bagel" places here are close to that. Grocery store bagels are nasty.



Bunco here is played by women in their 30's and 40's



It's more of a Kansas/Nebraska deal...

We played Gray Duck here, as well as Red Light, Green Light, Kick the Can, Polly May We Cross Your Bridge, No Ghost out Tonight...[/QUOTE]


In Michigan (SW), we played Duck Duck Goose, Red Rover Red Rover, Red Light Green Light, Mother May I, King of the Mountain.

 

[SaraJayne]

That's because you're from WisKAHNson, masters of the "ah." My dad was from Wisconsin and my mom is from Nebraska. Her "worsh"ing machine pronunciation drove my dad nuts.

It's WisKAHNsin.

 

[Minnesota!]

How many of you still have Drive-in theatres? We still have one (used to have 2 when I was a kid). It's open year-round because it's always warm here.

I have 2 within about 20 minutes of me. one is "family movies" one is "adult movies".

OT for my new MN friends, look for my post on the Dismeets board.

Pertaining to this thread and games, did you play Duck, Duck, Grey Duck or Duck, Duck, Goose? We played Grey Duck.

Grey Duck, Red Rover, Kick the Can, Mother May I, Ghosts in the Graveyard, Ding Dong Ditch

We don't say "warsh" here.

We don't either..

A popular one here (outside of Boston) is a MEAT SHOOT or a LOBSTER SHOOT. Sometimes around Thanksgiving, it is a TURKEY SHOOT.

I haven't been to one yet. We keep getting invited, but can never make it. Apparently, you buy raffle tickets and win different cuts of meat (or lobster). No shooting involved.

I'm sure I never saw this living in NJ.

That's a MEAT RAFFLE around here. Love them

 

[powellrj]

You Know You're From Indiana If...
You know several people who have hit a deer.
You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Terre Haute."
Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
You know what the phrase "Knee-high by the Fourth of July" means.
You've seen a running car, with nobody in it, in the parking lot of the grocery store no matter what time of year it is.
You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at? or "If you go to the mall I wanna go with."
Detassling was your! first job. Bailing hay, your second. Or you could stack hay, swim in the pond to clean off, and then have the strength to play a couple of games of hoops all in the same day.
You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day OR "Stoke the fire" and "fling open the windows" for the older version.
You say things like "catty-wumpus" and "kitty-corner".
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
You carry jumper cables in your car regularly.
You drink "pop".
You know that Bailin' wire was the predecessor to duct tape
You think nothing of it in spring and fall to be stuck behind a farm implement driving on the roads.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on 1 page, but requires 6 for local sports.
"Getting caught by a train" is a legitimate excuse for being late to school.
You know several different definitions as to what a Hoosier really is.
People at your high school chewed tobacco.
Everyone knows who the town cop is, where he lives, whether he is at home or on duty.
To get to school you had to drive on a gravel road, a road with several right-angle turns in it, or if you were really lucky, over a covered bridge.
People in your neighborhood, really, REALLY like Nascar.
You've been to the Covered Bridge Festival.
You took backroads to get there - why sit in traffic?
To you, a tenderloin is not an expensive cut of beef, but a big, salty, breaded piece of pork served on a bun with pickles.
In the fall, one of your favorite pranks was corning cars.
You know what corning is.
Wal-mart is the most exciting place in your hometown.
Technically, you don't even live in a town.
You know what FFA and 4H stand for and how to spell them.
A typical party at your high school consisted of a bunch of people driving trucks into the woods or an empty field, lighting a bonfire, and staring at it while drinking a few beers.
You have all the same teachers in high school that your parents had.
You know what chip-and-seal is, and your high school was located on just such a road.
You think that Notre Dame is a college in South Bend, and not a cathedral in France.
You know people who own belt buckles with their initials on them. These buckles are the size of a dinner plate.
You go to the county fair every night of it's week-long duration.

 

[cornflake]

Wait, hold up - there are filthy drive ins?!

Grey Duck, Red Rover, Kick the Can, Mother May I, Ghosts in the Graveyard, Ding Dong Ditch

I have heard of Kick the Can. I've never seen it nor have any idea what is actually done but I've heard of it. The rest...

That's a MEAT RAFFLE around here

That could not sound grosser if it tried. MEAT SHOOT is right up there too. I actually couldn't figure out what that and LOBSTER SHOOT (people shoot lobster?!) were until I got to turkey shoot and then pondered and went 'ooooh.' It sounded like launching meat...

 

[golfgal]

I have 2 within about 20 minutes of me. one is "family movies" one is "adult movies".



Grey Duck, Red Rover, Kick the Can, Mother May I, Ghosts in the Graveyard, Ding Dong Ditch



We don't either..



That's a MEAT RAFFLE around here. Love them

Adult Adult movies or just rated R movies?

I have heard of Meat Raffles but I have never been to one.

I forgot all about Mother May I

We had a lot of kids in our neighborhood and every evening we had a HUGE game of something going, Kick the Can, etc. Our kids were fortunate enough to have the same growing up. When we go back to our old town there is still a huge gathering for "Night Games" .

 

[Liberty Belle]

You Know You're From Indiana If...
You know several people who have hit a deer.
You've seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.
You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Terre Haute."
Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
You know what the phrase "Knee-high by the Fourth of July" means.
You've seen a running car, with nobody in it, in the parking lot of the grocery store no matter what time of year it is.
You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at? or "If you go to the mall I wanna go with."
Detassling was your! first job. Bailing hay, your second. Or you could stack hay, swim in the pond to clean off, and then have the strength to play a couple of games of hoops all in the same day.
You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day OR "Stoke the fire" and "fling open the windows" for the older version.
You say things like "catty-wumpus" and "kitty-corner".
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
You carry jumper cables in your car regularly.
You drink "pop".
You know that Bailin' wire was the predecessor to duct tape
You think nothing of it in spring and fall to be stuck behind a farm implement driving on the roads.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on 1 page, but requires 6 for local sports.
"Getting caught by a train" is a legitimate excuse for being late to school.
You know several different definitions as to what a Hoosier really is.
People at your high school chewed tobacco.
Everyone knows who the town cop is, where he lives, whether he is at home or on duty.
To get to school you had to drive on a gravel road, a road with several right-angle turns in it, or if you were really lucky, over a covered bridge.
People in your neighborhood, really, REALLY like Nascar.
You've been to the Covered Bridge Festival.
You took backroads to get there - why sit in traffic?
To you, a tenderloin is not an expensive cut of beef, but a big, salty, breaded piece of pork served on a bun with pickles.
In the fall, one of your favorite pranks was corning cars.
You know what corning is.
Wal-mart is the most exciting place in your hometown.
Technically, you don't even live in a town.
You know what FFA and 4H stand for and how to spell them.
A typical party at your high school consisted of a bunch of people driving trucks into the woods or an empty field, lighting a bonfire, and staring at it while drinking a few beers.
You have all the same teachers in high school that your parents had.
You know what chip-and-seal is, and your high school was located on just such a road.
You think that Notre Dame is a college in South Bend, and not a cathedral in France.
You know people who own belt buckles with their initials on them. These buckles are the size of a dinner plate.
You go to the county fair every night of it's week-long duration.[/QUOTE]

I'm not from Indiana, but being from Michigan and Kentucky got a lot of these covered.

 

[aprilgail2]

You carry jumper cables in your car regularly.
.

who in the world drives a car anywhere without jumper cables in the trunk???? Or in my case the back of the mini van.....

 

[SaraJayne]

who in the world drives a car anywhere without jumper cables in the trunk???? Or in my case the back of the mini van.....

I regularly get asked for a jump in parking lots...so lots of people don't carry them.

What's even funnier is when they see I know how to use them.

 

[Mandychelle79]

# You walk carefully when it is "slippy" outside.
# You often go down to the "crick".
# You have to "red up", before company comes over.
# You've ever gotten hurt by falling into a "jaggerbush".
# You know that Ahia is a river, a boulevard, and a state.
# You've ever "warshed" or "wershed" the laundry.
# You know where Beer Falls is. (Beaver Falls)
# Mr. Webster is wrong. You know full well that "ain't" is correct English.
# You know you can't drive too fast on back roads, cause-udda-deer.
# "Gumbands".. need I say more?
# You've ever drank an "Arn"
# You've ever told someone to "quit jaggin around".
# You know that Clinton, Monaca, and Beaver, are actually names of towns.
# You've called someone a 'jaggoff'.
# You hear "you guyses", or "yins" and don't think twice.
# You know the three rivers by name and can pronouce them correctly, but refer to them as... da Mon, da Al, and da O.
# You hate Cleveland, although you've never been there.
# You know where KerNEGgy is, and you like his museum and 'liberries'.
# You drink "pop", eat "hoagies", pierogies, and gyros (jy-rows)
# You drink melk.
# You didn't have IHOP's or Waffle Houses.
# You know what a still mill is.
# You cheer for the Stillers.
# You know where Picksburgh is,
# You expect temps in the winter to be record breaking cold and temps in the summer to be record breaking hot.
# You go Dahntahn to da-Strip District, and take your wife wtih you. Be sure to get a Permanee's sammich while yins guys are der hangin' out an nat.
# You can find Zillionopal on a map.
# You go 'food shoppin' at 'Jine Iggle'.
# You don't have a spring break in high school.
# You beleive that "Ize" is the abreviaton for "I was".
# You know someone from 'Sliberty, E-sliberty, or Wesliberty.
# You've played with a dekkacards..
# You know the Pittsburgh Zoo is in 'Hilinpark' and have been there for school field trips.
# You say "McConnell's Mills", although you know there is only one mill there.
# You know what is meant by "The Point".
# You love Pensivanya.
# Chipped ham was always in your refrigerator when you were growing up.
# If you've ever been "ascared" because that "nebby" old lady across the street saw you do something bad, and you know she will "tell on you".
# No matter how hard you try you can't stop speaking Pittsburghese.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

It is very easy to spot the tourists - they wear sneakers/tennis shoes with jeans or khakis. Sneakers are only for the gym/exercise - they are not part of an everyday wardrobe.

 

[SaraJayne]

It is very easy to spot the tourists - they wear sneakers/tennis shoes with jeans or khakis. Sneakers are only for the gym/exercise - they are not part of an everyday wardrobe.

They are here.

 

[SaraJayne]

I'm thinking Chicago is an island unto itself when it comes to Midwest regional stuff.