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Local traditions/customs!
hellbent11
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Posted: Saturday, November 19, 2005 - 07:46 PM UTC
What are your all's local traditions/ customs in your area's outside the USA? In Kansas we enjoy football (American Football, Not Soccer) and are known for our Bar-be-que! Most of us are outdoorsmen that hunt and fish for anything that flies/walks/runs/swims!
ShermiesRule
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Posted: Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 04:25 AM UTC
Here in the Motor City we work on cars. We do a lot of hunting and outdoor activities up north.
noublie
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Posted: Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 09:42 AM UTC
Canada (this bit of it anyway):
Winter = Hockey and skiing...ahhh....hockey......
Summer = Patio and cottage
And elections appear to be turning into something of a Canadian hobby.
Winter = Hockey and skiing...ahhh....hockey......
Summer = Patio and cottage
And elections appear to be turning into something of a Canadian hobby.
MEBM
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Posted: Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 11:37 AM UTC
Let's see, we sit around, watch the corn grow, watch the soybeans grow, unfortunately watch the neighborhood additions pop up overnight ( 
to additions!) , play basketball, watch ACROSS INDIANA, "laugh at them city-slickers while their shiny cars get dirty", and compare Strauss to Wagner. 
to additions!) , play basketball, watch ACROSS INDIANA, "laugh at them city-slickers while their shiny cars get dirty", and compare Strauss to Wagner. 
generalzod
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Posted: Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 11:49 AM UTC
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Let's see, we sit around, watch the corn grow, watch the soybeans grow, unfortunately watch the neighborhood additions pop up overnight (
I thought it was Hoosier custom to listen to Bob and Tom on the radio
:-) :-) :-)
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 12:26 PM UTC
Well, it's not an activity that one does to pass the time, except when it's being emplaced, but here in Massachusetts, there are "Bathtub Madonna" lawn decorations.
What you do is take a statue of the Madonna, usually, the icon associated with Lourdes, not the pop star, , and an old bathtub, preferably the claw foot style. Choose a place on the lawn and sink the tub in to the lawn just above the height of the statue so that it form an inverted U shape. The drain end must be in the grownd and this must face the street, not the house. Painting the tub is optional. Finally, place the statue in the "grotto," et voila, an instant shrine!
What you do is take a statue of the Madonna, usually, the icon associated with Lourdes, not the pop star, , and an old bathtub, preferably the claw foot style. Choose a place on the lawn and sink the tub in to the lawn just above the height of the statue so that it form an inverted U shape. The drain end must be in the grownd and this must face the street, not the house. Painting the tub is optional. Finally, place the statue in the "grotto," et voila, an instant shrine!
airwarrior
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Posted: Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 12:47 PM UTC
You know you're in Jersey if "going to the seashore" becomes "going down the shore" :-)
Halfyank
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Posted: Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 03:23 PM UTC
We're very big on all sports out here in Colorado. The Broncos are number 1 in most people's hearts, though there are a lot of K.C and Oakland fans also. Next comes the Avalanche and woe betide the person who has a Red Wings sticker on their car. Nuggets and Rockies fill in the rest. That's just for the pros. College rivals are very big also.
Most everybody here is from somewhere else so it's hard to tell which is a local tradition and which is an import. One that I'm pretty sure is local is roasting chilli peppers. Along about late August, early September stores and road side stands set up big roasting machines to roast the chillis. I've never had any, because I'm not all that big on spicy foods, but the smell is wonderful.
One last tradition is about a mile from my house is a farm, Venetucci Farm. I understand it's been around for a hundred years or so. The owner used to give away pumpkins to all the elementary school kids around town. Then he got too old to carry it on. He died recently. Fortunately his heirs haven't sold the farm to build new houses and they started up the pumpking farm this year. That was nice to see.
Most everybody here is from somewhere else so it's hard to tell which is a local tradition and which is an import. One that I'm pretty sure is local is roasting chilli peppers. Along about late August, early September stores and road side stands set up big roasting machines to roast the chillis. I've never had any, because I'm not all that big on spicy foods, but the smell is wonderful.
One last tradition is about a mile from my house is a farm, Venetucci Farm. I understand it's been around for a hundred years or so. The owner used to give away pumpkins to all the elementary school kids around town. Then he got too old to carry it on. He died recently. Fortunately his heirs haven't sold the farm to build new houses and they started up the pumpking farm this year. That was nice to see.
kiwibelg
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2005 - 07:28 AM UTC
Hey,
Coming from New Zealand,our country's backbone is RUGBY.To become an All Black(N.Z rugby rep.) is the highest honour you could achieve in N.Z sport.Just before kick off,a challenge is introduced to our rival team called 'The Haka'.The following is the new version,which differs to our traditional 'Haka'Check this link out.This is enough to make your spine tingle!!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1263399859472240677&q=new+haka
Cheers,Shay
Coming from New Zealand,our country's backbone is RUGBY.To become an All Black(N.Z rugby rep.) is the highest honour you could achieve in N.Z sport.Just before kick off,a challenge is introduced to our rival team called 'The Haka'.The following is the new version,which differs to our traditional 'Haka'Check this link out.This is enough to make your spine tingle!!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1263399859472240677&q=new+haka
Cheers,Shay
3442
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2005 - 07:49 AM UTC
Quebec:St-Jean batispt(lots of beer and fireworks and fun)
Paté chinois(great meal, hamburger steak, potatoes, corn)
Winter: hockey, skiing, snowboarding,. frostbites, snowplowing etc.
spring and fall, everyone has a cold.
Frank
Paté chinois(great meal, hamburger steak, potatoes, corn)
Winter: hockey, skiing, snowboarding,. frostbites, snowplowing etc.
spring and fall, everyone has a cold.
Frank
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2005 - 09:30 AM UTC
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Paté chinois(great meal, hamburger steak, potatoes, corn)
Our version had hamburg and mashed potatoes, covered with a layer of cream corn then sliced carrots and sometimes a layer of biscuits.
hellbent11
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2005 - 06:23 PM UTC
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Quoted TextPaté chinois(great meal, hamburger steak, potatoes, corn)
Our version had hamburg and mashed potatoes, covered with a layer of cream corn then sliced carrots and sometimes a layer of biscuits.
Do you have a recipie for that? It sounds like it would be pretty good and I'd like to give it a try!
HONEYCUT
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2005 - 07:40 PM UTC
Here in Melbourne, we love our sport (ie. Sporting capital of the world 
) Too much sport is barely enough (Notice that 'sport' is plural;)
So summer brings CRICKET! Boxing Day Test at the MCG,(Melbourne Cricket Ground-seats about 100K)
5 days of beer and sunburn...
Playing some poor muppets; though the boxheads could give us a run in the 1 dayers
[auto-censored]e telly
We love barbecues too!
some of us would use the barbie more than the stove for nosh ups
Winter has us watching Aussie rules football(I prefer English football, but don't tell anyone down here I said so;) [auto-censored]e weather, pretend snow, cold n 'flu abounds
4 seasons in one day
Brad
) Too much sport is barely enough (Notice that 'sport' is plural;)So summer brings CRICKET! Boxing Day Test at the MCG,(Melbourne Cricket Ground-seats about 100K)
5 days of beer and sunburn...
Playing some poor muppets; though the boxheads could give us a run in the 1 dayers
[auto-censored]e telly
We love barbecues too!
some of us would use the barbie more than the stove for nosh ups
Winter has us watching Aussie rules football(I prefer English football, but don't tell anyone down here I said so;) [auto-censored]e weather, pretend snow, cold n 'flu abounds
4 seasons in one day
Brad
sgirty
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2005 - 10:25 PM UTC
Hi, You know I'm sorry to say that even though I lived around the general area of SW Ohio most all of my 56 years, I'm really not all that aware of any of the local traditions or customs that go on here that relate to this general area of the nation. Of course there sports, cars, shopping and the general trying-to-impress-one's-friends-and-neighbors routine that we Americans seem to excell at, but other than that........
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Can't really say one way or the other. Guess my interests just do not coincide with the general public's. But that's okay, I can live with it.
Take care, Sgirty
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Can't really say one way or the other. Guess my interests just do not coincide with the general public's. But that's okay, I can live with it.
Take care, Sgirty
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 05:56 AM UTC
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Quoted TextQuoted TextPaté chinois(great meal, hamburger steak, potatoes, corn)
Our version had hamburg and mashed potatoes, covered with a layer of cream corn then sliced carrots and sometimes a layer of biscuits.
Do you have a recipie for that? It sounds like it would be pretty good and I'd like to give it a try!
Can you believe recipe swapping at a modeling site?
What I do is whip up four servings of instant mashed poptatoes, replacing the water with milk. Brown a pound of hamburg and drain thoughroughly (or use a pound of hamburg substitute) then mix these together and pour into a pie plate. Pour a can of cream corn over this, and place drained sliced carrots to cover the corn. I then add a few dabs of butter and toss it in the over at about 300 for 20 minutes or the butter is fully melted. I have never successfully added the buiscuits, though. That was something my mother did a few times and I don't know how they succeeded. This will serve 2 or 3 hearty appetites.
PLMP110
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Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 06:48 AM UTC
College football is really big here where I live. To live in Alabama, you have to make a very important decision early in life; your choice will affect you for your entire life. That decision is whether you are for Alabama or Auburn. I know that each school in every state has a rival, but the week of the Alabama/Auburn game is unbelievable. There where six people stabbed on the Auburn campus after the game last Saturday because somebody yelled "Roll Tide" in front of a fraternity house. For those who don't know, Alabama's cheer is "Roll Tide", and Auburn's is "War Eagle".
Hunting, fishing and NASCAR are really big here too. We will also cook anything on the grill. Any occasion where people come to visit is a reason to fire up the old grill and toss some steaks on.
Patrick
Hunting, fishing and NASCAR are really big here too. We will also cook anything on the grill. Any occasion where people come to visit is a reason to fire up the old grill and toss some steaks on.
Patrick
3442
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Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 07:57 AM UTC
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Can you believe recipe swapping at a modeling site?
What I do is whip up four servings of instant mashed poptatoes, replacing the water with milk. Brown a pound of hamburg and drain thoughroughly (or use a pound of hamburg substitute) then mix these together and pour into a pie plate. Pour a can of cream corn over this, and place drained sliced carrots to cover the corn. I then add a few dabs of butter and toss it in the over at about 300 for 20 minutes or the butter is fully melted. I have never successfully added the buiscuits, though. That was something my mother did a few times and I don't know how they succeeded. This will serve 2 or 3 hearty appetites.
Add some hashed ognions in the potatoes, its pretty good :-) and ketchup once its in your plate
Frank
inopia
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Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 10:34 AM UTC
Derek..
, existing down in sunny Essex now, round my way the "local" customs seen to be fitting inappropriately large exhausts to crap cars and fulfilling every stereotype about this otherwise fine and cultured county. Nationally, us "Britons" (insert Monty Python "Holy Grail" dialogue here..)seem to make being constantly surprised by the weather..its icy in the winter, hot in summer, leaves fall off in autumn..at any point the whole country grinds to a halt .., queueing for any/ everything.. mostly f!#*$*g roadworks 
:-) ..can you tell I drive a lot??..and complaining, tradition. We also drink a lot . Well at least we play to our strengths.. :-)
edit..having posted and read this, I have a strange urge to listen to " Fiddler on the roof".."TRADITION"..
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:-) , mate, if you could batter and deep fry that lot and move to Scotland you would make a killing....literally! Being a Sweaty myself, I naturally joined up and got the hell out of there as soon as I could.. Pies are top of the gastronomic list and quite a few local delicacies have been invented such as the Wigan Kebab (4 pies on a stick) and the Wigan Mixed Grill ( a steak pie, meat and potatoe pie & chicken pie).
, existing down in sunny Essex now, round my way the "local" customs seen to be fitting inappropriately large exhausts to crap cars and fulfilling every stereotype about this otherwise fine and cultured county. Nationally, us "Britons" (insert Monty Python "Holy Grail" dialogue here..)seem to make being constantly surprised by the weather..its icy in the winter, hot in summer, leaves fall off in autumn..at any point the whole country grinds to a halt .., queueing for any/ everything.. mostly f!#*$*g roadworks :-) ..can you tell I drive a lot??..and complaining, tradition. We also drink a lot . Well at least we play to our strengths.. :-) edit..having posted and read this, I have a strange urge to listen to " Fiddler on the roof".."TRADITION"..
Halfyank
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Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 11:56 AM UTC
This isn't a Colorado tradition but have you folks heard of Turducken? Don't know quite how to spell it but it's a turkey stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a chicken. It sounds pretty wierd to me, and I havent' tried it, but friends of ours swear by it.
Another tradition all over the country is deep frying a whole Turkey. That's one I want to try. They sell large kettles with a oversized burner that is fueled by propane. You need to do it outside so it doesn't splatter. The trick is to slowly lower the turkey into the hot oil. It's supposed to cook fast enough to seal the juices in, and the grease out. Sounds pretty good to me.
Lastly one that have tried is to smoke a turkey. I've a small charcoal smoker that I'll add wood chips to. It takes a good while, at least as long as it does in the oven. It comes out with a great smokey flavor to the meat. Great stuff.
Another tradition all over the country is deep frying a whole Turkey. That's one I want to try. They sell large kettles with a oversized burner that is fueled by propane. You need to do it outside so it doesn't splatter. The trick is to slowly lower the turkey into the hot oil. It's supposed to cook fast enough to seal the juices in, and the grease out. Sounds pretty good to me.
Lastly one that have tried is to smoke a turkey. I've a small charcoal smoker that I'll add wood chips to. It takes a good while, at least as long as it does in the oven. It comes out with a great smokey flavor to the meat. Great stuff.
PLMP110
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Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 02:14 PM UTC
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Another tradition all over the country is deep frying a whole Turkey. That's one I want to try...........Lastly one that I have tried is to smoke a turkey.
I tried fried turkey last Thanksgiving: delicious. Next time you smoke a turkey, add a bottle of your choice of peach wine cooler to the drip pan. It gives the turkey a really good flavor.
Patrick
MEBM
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Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 02:42 PM UTC
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Well, of course! After comparing Strauss to Wagner, though. Thanks for your time. I thought it was Hoosier custom to listen to Bob and Tom on the radio :-) :-) :-)
HONEYCUT
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Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 05:22 PM UTC
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hehe are you sure they weren't taking the piss?!?! Sounds like the live animal version of those hollow wooden Russian doll inside a doll :-) This isn't a Colorado tradition but have you folks heard of Turducken? Don't know quite how to spell it but it's a turkey stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a chicken. It sounds pretty wierd to me, and I havent' tried it, but friends of ours swear by it.
Easy_Co
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Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 08:38 PM UTC
Hey Roger thats a medievil recipe, a bloke did it onthe telly the other night but he used about six different game birds, the whole lot was boned out and stuffed inside a boned out Turkey looked rather yummy when it was cooked and served to the local peasantry. Localtraditions round our way are going to work and watching telly and getting drunk , me Im a rebel I make models and get drunk. :-) :-)
Drader
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Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 09:25 PM UTC
Martin (Inopia) is right about the love-affair Essex people have with the car. Never seen so much roadkill as I see here Or accidents for that matter, when we working on the A130, the number of cars we used to see in hedges, upside down in fields as we went to work on a Monday morning was always a talking point.
And the road where my office is has 2 Chinese and 2 Indian restaurants, 2 kebab shops and 1 pizzeria. So lots of traditional cooking
Oh and then there's Burberry...... but don't go there
Or accidents for that matter, when we working on the A130, the number of cars we used to see in hedges, upside down in fields as we went to work on a Monday morning was always a talking point.And the road where my office is has 2 Chinese and 2 Indian restaurants, 2 kebab shops and 1 pizzeria. So lots of traditional cooking
Oh and then there's Burberry...... but don't go there
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