North/South

[ks]

We have been studying the Civil War in History the past few weeks. Yesterday we just took some time to have a 'fun' moment and think of some obvious difference from those who live in the North and those who live in the South. Of course nothing we said was relevant to anything that goes on in the North because everyone in my class is from the South for the most part so...

I was just wondering if maybe you guys could think of any outstanding differences. Whether it be in language or mannerisms. I'm going to turn them in for extra credit cause, well, I need it. Don't worry though, I'll credit all of you for helping my out. My teacher said it'd be ok to get help from friends so I turn to you-aren't I kind:D Whether you live in the North or the South, post away and tell me the obvious differences you have noticed!







ks

[Chocoholic]

People from the North are rooting for the Patriots.
People from the South are rooting for the Rams.
That's the only one I can think of :)

[Warm & Fuzzy]

People in the North are closer to the North Poles, while people in the South are closer to the South Poles. :D

[Max Whittaker]

The North was industrialized and had no dire need for slaves.

[MLB]

Originally posted by WingsFan
People from the North are rooting for the Patriots.
People from the South are rooting for the Rams.

Actually, I live in the south (North Carolina) and I'm rooting for the Patriots, but I'm sure you're right for the most part.

I've lived in the south all my life, but I don't really have a very high opinion of it. I want to go to college up north.

[ks]

There was one that my teacher, who lived in the North for a short period in his life, came up with that I never realized.

People in the South use 'fixxin' as a verb.

I'm fixxin to go now :p






ks

[Meg07945]

Originally posted by ks
There was one that my teacher, who lived in the North for a short period in his life, came up with that I never realized.

People in the South use 'fixxin' as a verb.

I'm fixxin to go now :p




LOL, I guess you're right b/c I've never heard that before in my life!

[FolFanatic151]

Hmm... people in the south use "ma'am" and "sir" manners more than we people in the north. Um, I can hardly understand the southern accents. When we were driving to Disney World and stopped in some southern state (Tennessee maybe?...or maybe Georgia?) we could NOT understand the people there for the life of us. Hehe. Um, that's all I can think of for now. :)

[ISmellFine]

I don't think northerners know what Birkenstocks are...the ones I know don't.

[Chocoholic]

Northerners fight like this :argue: and the Southerners, they fight like this :boxing: and this :smash:

[Truth]

I live in the north and am goin for the rams... LOL

[Cara Oatmeal]

I live in Pittsburgh and we speak pittsburghese so this might not apply to all northerners. We say yunz and the south says y'all and we say hoagies and i think the south says subs. and we say pop and they say soda

[Mossopp]

Originally posted by Cara Oatmeal
...and we say hoagies and i think the south says subs.

So hoagies and subs are the same thing? I always wondered what a hoagie was.
Guess you learn something new everyday! :D

[Kay Scarpetta]

Mmmmmm the northerners obviously use like, a different kinda language. Not many people up here say "y'all" and stuff. And when I was in Boston this summer, some people had like, a totally different vocabulary *shrugs*

[Meg07945]

Originally posted by Nancy McKeon Rox
I don't think northerners know what Birkenstocks are...the ones I know don't.

I know what they are!! You buy them from like LLBean. They're really comfy.

Mmmmmm the northerners obviously use like, a different kinda language. Not many people up here say "y'all" and stuff. And when I was in Boston this summer, some people had like, a totally different vocabulary *shrugs*

Yeah, the south has a pretty uniform accent, but up here, you've got 434293480923849823 accents just in NY!! (The Brooklyn Accent, the Long Island accent (my dad calls it the Lon Gisland accent, cause that's what it sounds like), etc..)

[Babes_Cat]

Sorry double post! :p

[Babes_Cat]

Originally posted by Lisa Whelchel Forever
Mmmmmm the northerners obviously use like, a different kinda language. Not many people up here say "y'all" and stuff. And when I was in Boston this summer, some people had like, a totally different vocabulary *shrugs* '

Yeah. The "Bostonians" don't pronounce their "r". So they say like car, Harvard and yard and other words kinda funny! ;)

[ks]

Originally posted by Meg07945


LOL, I guess you're right b/c I've never heard that before in my life!



That is just so weird. I use 'fixxin' as a verb instead of about...weird but cool;)







ks

[Czas na Zywiec]

Originally posted by Teddys_Gurl
'

Yeah. The "Bostonians" don't pronounce their "r". So they say like car, Harvard and yard and other words kinda funny! ;)

Yea, my teacher says the same thing about not pronouncing the "r". She grew up in the South, but Now lives in CO, which is not North or South, but she still holds that Southern accent.
For Example, to pronounce Georgia, she say "Jaw-Juh". I always laugh when she says it!!!:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Kitt]

Birkenstocks have been in California for as long as I can remember, which is quite awhile. There are lot of dialects and accents in the south. The Carolinas have at least two alone.Then Louisiana has Cajun and down home southern and Up-town southern. Georgia has a back woodsy accent and an Atlanta accent Texas has, well, Texas. Then Oklahoma, Tennesee, Virginia, Mississippi, they all vary along the way Florida is also different from the others. The cuisine in the south varies from one area to another and certainly varies from the north. Somebody else take a turn. The list goes on and on.

[Kay Scarpetta]

Originally posted by Teddys_Gurl
'Yeah. The "Bostonians" don't pronounce their "r". So they say like car, Harvard and yard and other words kinda funny! ;)

Yeah... I've finally shaken my British twinge thank the laud... anyways now I'm trying to pick up a Boston accent to annoy everyone. It's quite amusing when I say "Mom, can I have a glass of watah?"

*smirks*

[Bootsy Whoosh]

As for Birkenstocks, everyone I know up here knows what they are. They were all the rage a few years back, everyone had a pair.

As for "soda" vs. "pop" vs. "coke"....northerners use "soda" and "pop". Pop is used more in the Midwest, while "soda" is more common near the Atlantic coast. On the other hand, I know many southerners who refer to all "soda" as simply "coke", and I don't think you would ever hear a northerner say that.

As for dialects/accents, I think the North and the South are probably pretty even on those fronts, both have many.

Other things I can think of: well, some southerners like to fly the "stars and bars", which you will basically never see up north, unless it's someone who is originally from the south displaying it.

Southerners eat "boiled peanuts". lol (I need that recipe again....I'll have to do a search for it....lol)

I can't really think of anything else. I am sure there are probably some demographic differences, but I don't know what they are.

[nancysbiggestfan]

I always use "fixxin" as a verb, rather than "about". LOL, neva really noticed that. And as most have said there are quite a few of differences in speaking. Like some sountherners opposed to northerners to pronounce the 'g' on the ends of some words (ex. spending, leaving, etc.).

Just wanted to say to that I say 'pop' instead of 'coke' or 'soda'.

Umm...Lemme think of some more stuff...

Southerners also use "ma'm" and "sir" more often and seem to be more couteous than some other northerners (not to offend anyone).

And that's bout all I can think of for now.

[Babes_Cat]

Originally posted by Lisa Whelchel Forever


Yeah... I've finally shaken my British twinge thank the laud... anyways now I'm trying to pick up a Boston accent to annoy everyone. It's quite amusing when I say "Mom, can I have a glass of watah?"

*smirks*

Tyring to pick it up? :lol: I got it, slightly... lol, I'm not from Mass. originally but I have got the accent a bit

[Kay Scarpetta]

Originally posted by Teddys_Gurl
Tyring to pick it up? :lol: I got it, slightly... lol, I'm not from Mass. originally but I have got the accent a bit

your lucky you got it slightly LOL it doesn't come natural to me.


BUT any kind of NY accent comes naturally to me. It's so amusing when I tawlk like a New Yorkah....

[Babes_Cat]

Originally posted by Lisa Whelchel Forever


your lucky you got it slightly LOL it doesn't come natural to me.


BUT any kind of NY accent comes naturally to me. It's so amusing when I tawlk like a New Yorkah....

HAHAHA. I guess I got that too....... lol I got whatever accent makes me say like sorry like "soreie" and tomorrow like "tomoreow" lol.... whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatever!

[ks]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh
As for Birkenstocks, everyone I know up here knows what they are. They were all the rage a few years back, everyone had a pair.

As for "soda" vs. "pop" vs. "coke"....northerners use "soda" and "pop". Pop is used more in the Midwest, while "soda" is more common near the Atlantic coast. On the other hand, I know many southerners who refer to all "soda" as simply "coke", and I don't think you would ever hear a northerner say that.

Southerners eat "boiled peanuts". lol (I need that recipe again....I'll have to do a search for it....lol)





:lol: Soda and pop...I crack up every time I hear that phrase. Everything is a 'coke' where I live. If it has caffeine then it's coke!

Yep, Bootsy, let me know when you try those boiled peanuts;)


There are alot of different accents in the South. I'm not sure how we Alabamians talk. How do we talk, Kaley?
Anywayz, I find it funny how peepz from Florida talk. There words are so drawn out and there's something about their voices that makes me stare and then laugh:lol: No offense to anyone from Florida though;)







ks

[FolFanatic151]

Heh. I've never before in my life heard of "fixin" being used as a verb or whatever. Um, I say "soda", not "pop" or "coke" and "grinder", not "sub" or "hoagie." As far as I know, Massachusetts is the only place where people use "wicked" in saying something like "That roller coaster was wicked cool!" Another difference in the North and the South is that, I think, more Catholics are in the North (especially Northeast.) Um, I don't have a Boston accent, but sometimes I can talk with one on purpose...GO NOMAH!!! LOL

[Ags2000]

Originally posted by Cara Oatmeal
I live in Pittsburgh and we speak pittsburghese so this might not apply to all northerners. We say yunz and the south says y'all and we say hoagies and i think the south says subs. and we say pop and they say soda

We don't say soda. We say coke, at least most of us un Texas do. Then again, we Texans kinda have our own language :)

D
:cheers:

[Ags2000]

Originally posted by Meg07945


Yeah, the south has a pretty uniform accent, but up here, you've got 434293480923849823 accents just in NY!! (The Brooklyn Accent, the Long Island accent (my dad calls it the Lon Gisland accent, cause that's what it sounds like), etc..)

I don't know where in the south you've been to, but the south has anything but a uniform accent.

D

[Cokies]

Well, in California, we say soda. If we say coke at a resturant, we get a Coca-Cola. Of course, if you don't like Coca-Cola,(I hate Coke) you just ask for a Pepsi. Easy enough.
Birkenstocks were all the rage like years ago. Everybody had a pair.

Californians use 'like' a lot. It's like a comma, we don't even notice using it in a sentence. Of course, it's not the 'like' you hear from all the Valley Girls. It's almost inaudible, or at least, just to other Californians. And we say "Hella" or "Hecka", which I admit, is really bad grammar. I try to be better at it. Saying "Hell of" instead.

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Nancy McKeon Rox
I don't think northerners know what Birkenstocks are...the ones I know don't.

I know what they are! German-made sandals.My best friend wears them year round!:lol: Even in the snow!:eek:(with heavy socks of course!):crazy:

[ks]

Maybe the South is a few years behind. Birkenstocks are the 'fad' here now and it seems they were real popular in the North a few years back...


I have never in all my life heard the term 'ginder.' That's a new word by me!


Another drastic thing is the weather. I completed about the 80 degree weather in January all last week and now it's in the twenties and I wish it was back at 80...:rolleyes:





ks

[JoJoJoJoJoJoJoJoJo]

Originally posted by ks
Maybe the South is a few years behind. Birkenstocks are the 'fad' here now and it seems they were real popular in the North a few years back...


I have never in all my life heard the term 'ginder.' That's a new word by me!


Another drastic thing is the weather. I completed about the 80 degree weather in January all last week and now it's in the twenties and I wish it was back at 80...:rolleyes:





ks

OMG i know what you mean about the weather! Like last week we were sooooo hot, i mean the 70's and stuff.....and today we had sleet and it was freeeezing! Ugg!

Does anyone here live in South Carolina?! That's what I live, and we say "for real!" a lot

[Kitt]

Since we keep batting this one around, I looked it up. Birkenstocks were invented in 1897. Birkenstock USA started 30 years ago. They're based in Novato, California and I remember them becoming popular in the early 70's in california, but at that time there were maybe 4 different styles. Now - and this amazed me - there are 400 different styles of shoes and sandals.

[Cokies]

Originally posted by kittflynn
They're based in Novato, California
Cool, I didn't know that! Novato is just a short car drive away from me.

[Sean Snow]

We don't have accents in midGeorgia..at least I never notice lol! I do not have an accent hehehe...cauz I've lived in the Midwest, and it just seems it's a mix of Northern and Southern there, and now I have a magic ear lol jk...I do say 'Y'all' at times...tho everyone I know makes fun ofpeople with accents!

The state of Alabama is only a bridge away from where I live, but we here in Columbus like to make fun of people from Alabama cauz they care more about taxes and not having a lottery then the education of their children and the pay of the teachers. Shame, shame, you Alabamanian tax payers LOL

[Meg07945]

Originally posted by Ags2000


I don't know where in the south you've been to, but the south has anything but a uniform accent.

D

I dunno. I think it's one of those things....To most of us, all British accents sound the same. I bet if you played me a tape of a bunch of different Southern accents, I couldn't tell the difference, nevermind where they came from. BUT people that live or have lived in the South could do it easily. On the flipside, most people can't tell the difference between a NJ and NY accent. Most think it is the same...but growing up in the area makes it really noticable to me.

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by Meg07945


I bet if you played me a tape of a bunch of different Southern accents, I couldn't tell the difference, nevermind where they came from.

I know what you mean. I can't tell the difference. We had a substitute teacher one time who spoke with a Southern accent. Everyone in my class was like, "Are you from Texas or something?" She was like, "No! I'm from Virginia! What, do you think everyone with a southern accent is from Texas? Everyone has been asking me that!" LOL It's all the same to me.

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by ks


I have never in all my life heard the term 'ginder.' That's a new word by me!







ks

Really?? Wow. Hehe. We've always called them grinders. :D I'd never heard of "fixin" as a verb, though, so I guess that's a new word to me!

[Meg07945]

Originally posted by FolFanatic151


Really?? Wow. Hehe. We've always called them grinders. :D I'd never heard of "fixin" as a verb, though, so I guess that's a new word to me!

wait, what does ginder mean?!

[Mossopp]

Originally posted by Meg07945


I dunno. I think it's one of those things....To most of us, all British accents sound the same.

I dunno how you can think "all British accents sound the same". For one thing, there is no such thing as a British accent. There isn't even such a thing as a Scots accent. There are Glasgow accents and Edinburgh accents and people from the islands sound different too. There are different accents all over England. Not to mention the fact that Welsh people also sound completly different.
I can tell the difference between accents in the States so I dunno how you can think that all British folk sound the same. :confused:

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Mossopp


I dunno how you can think "all British accents sound the same". For one thing, there is no such thing as a British accent. There isn't even such a thing as a Scots accent. There are Glasgow accents and Edinburgh accents and people from the islands sound different too. There are different accents all over England. Not to mention the fact that Welsh people also sound completly different.
I can tell the difference between accents in the States so I dunno how you can think that all British folk sound the same. :confused:

I know what you're saying!I can catch a Chicago or Wisconsin accent right off! And I suppose we people in Michigan have an accent too! :lol: Even the Southern accents are varied. I can tell some of them apart.
And the east coast definately have a distinctive (but varied)accent as does the western U. S.
No, the Scottish accents that I have heard are very different from anything British.Or Irish! I love the different accents! So cool!:)

[Lynn]

Originally posted by Mossopp


I dunno how you can think "all British accents sound the same". For one thing, there is no such thing as a British accent. There isn't even such a thing as a Scots accent. There are Glasgow accents and Edinburgh accents and people from the islands sound different too. There are different accents all over England. Not to mention the fact that Welsh people also sound completly different.
I can tell the difference between accents in the States so I dunno how you can think that all British folk sound the same. :confused:

Here is how I see it. I can easily tell the difference between a British accent and a Scottish accent but there is no way I could tell the difference between a Glasgow accent and an Edinburgh accent. :confused: They sound too similar to me. It's the same over here. I have no trouble recognizing a Southern accent but I couldn't say where in the south it is from. And I can't tell the difference between NY and NJ accents. I know there are differences, I just have not been around them long enough to pick up on them. I think the main accents are pretty easy to distinguish from each other. It's the little variations within those that are difficult to tell apart if you don't live there. :crazy:

[Kay Scarpetta]

Originally posted by Mossopp


I dunno how you can think "all British accents sound the same". For one thing, there is no such thing as a British accent. There isn't even such a thing as a Scots accent. There are Glasgow accents and Edinburgh accents and people from the islands sound different too. There are different accents all over England. Not to mention the fact that Welsh people also sound completly different.
I can tell the difference between accents in the States so I dunno how you can think that all British folk sound the same. :confused:

And Irish accents. People always say they sound the same. I know a buncha Irish people with a Gaelic accent and people always say they sound like they are from Britain. I keep thinking, "How can they not tell the difference?"

[Rockapella722]

Well, I dunno if you guys care, but in Wisconsin, we say "bubblers" instead of "water fountains" or "drinking fountains."

It's kind of funny.

You're in Milwaukee or Green Bay, you ask someone "Where's the bubbler?" and they point ya in the right direction. You go to Chicago or Minneapolis, and you ask "Where's the bubbler?" and they'll look at you like you got corn growin' out of your ears.

I know of no other place that does it... so, yeah.

[ks]

Originally posted by SpinalTap101747
Well, I dunno if you guys care, but in Wisconsin, we say "bubblers" instead of "water fountains" or "drinking fountains."

It's kind of funny.


I know of no other place that does it... so, yeah.



:lol: I've never heard of that term before. "Bubblers" LOL






ks

[FolFanatic151]

To Meg07945: A grinder here is the same thing as what people call "subs" or "hoagies".

Heh. We say bubblers too. I think the only two places are, like, here and Milwaukee. LOL Even around here though, not everyone uses it because I think now it's become an older term. Last night, I said I was going to get a drink at the bubbler, and one of my friends had never heard that word before! I dunno.

[Love The Facts Of Life]

well in the South we call shopping carts "buggies" and no one from the north that I now(which isn't that many people)know what white beans are they call them nancy beans.

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Originally posted by Love The Facts Of Life
well in the South we call shopping carts "buggies" and no one from the north that I now(which isn't that many people)know what white beans are they call them nancy beans.

I have never heard of nancy beans or white beans, lol!

My roommate, however, is from Pittsburgh, and he calls the shopping carts buggies. No one else I know though does.

[Kay Scarpetta]

Originally posted by Love The Facts Of Life
they call them nancy beans.

HAHA I bet all the FOL fans like that.....

[Hollow]

Originally posted by Love The Facts Of Life
well in the South we call shopping carts "buggies"
We.......DO?

[Hollow]

My school made up stuff

kinkalinker=calculator
trash=@--
koinkadink=coincedince
skience=science
skissers=scissers
confuserating=confusing
horse=d--k

LOL

[ks]

Originally posted by goddess936

We.......DO?


I do...I never use shopping cart. It's buggie around here!






ks

[Meg07945]

Another thing is stores and whatnot. I know NJ and PA are some of the only places you would EVER see a Wawa. And diners. The town I live in is soo small: it doesn't have a movie theater, it doesn't have any retail stores (besides the supermarket), it doesn't have fast food. It does, however, have a diner. I don't think I've ever seen a town around here that does NOT have a diner. As for the shopping carts, around here they are just shopping carts. LOL but a lot of younger people have been calling them California Bobsleds (you know, like in that Jackass episode! LOL) We tried California bobsledding once, but it was too icy and we just skiided around. :( It was fun though

[ks]

LOL...diners is another thing. There is no such thing as a diner around here. It's either a resteraunt or a drive thru.





ks

[Hollow]

Originally posted by ks
LOL...diners is another thing. There is no such thing as a diner around here. It's either a resteraunt or a drive thru.





ks
Are you talking about south cause i live in the south and i've never heard anyone call a restaurant a diner

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Originally posted by ks
LOL...diners is another thing. There is no such thing as a diner around here. It's either a resteraunt or a drive thru.
ks

But there's a difference between a restaurant and a diner...at least in my mind.

Like diners are always like mom and pop type places...not like a chain like Red Lobster or something. They're usually smaller too.

I have heard of Wawa, though we don't have one around here. The big grocery store around here is Kroger. I've heard of Piggy Wiggly...isn't that a southern grocery chain?

[Meg07945]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh


But there's a difference between a restaurant and a diner...at least in my mind.

Like diners are always like mom and pop type places...not like a chain like Red Lobster or something. They're usually smaller too.

I have heard of Wawa, though we don't have one around here. The big grocery store around here is Kroger. I've heard of Piggy Wiggly...isn't that a southern grocery chain?

Yeah. Diners can't be chains. I dunno how to describe them. They usually have diner in their name, lol. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, but you can usually get breakfast anytime.

[Kitt]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh

I've heard of Piggy Wiggly...isn't that a southern grocery chain?
Piggly Wiggly was a southern grocery chain. Someone please step in if I have this wrong, but I think Piggly Wiggly closed their doors about a year ago.

[Hollow]

Piggly Wiggly? :confused:

[Meg07945]

Originally posted by kittflynn

Piggly Wiggly was a southern grocery chain. Someone please step in if I have this wrong, but I think Piggly Wiggly closed their doors about a year ago.

LOL When I was visiting my grandmother in CA, I saw some supermarket chains I never heard of. I remember Lucky and Vons. Here we have Kings, but that's only in like this part of NJ...we have Shoprite too. And in Morristown there's an A&P

[ks]

Goddess, yes I am speaking of the South.

The Piggly Wiggly chain of grocery stores is still open...






ks

[FolFanatic151]

I think I've seen a Piggly Wiggly in Wisconsin. :confused: I've never heard anyone call a shopping cart or grocery cart a buggy. Wow. Hehe. How do you people use the word "fresh". We use it for, like, anyone being rude or disrespectful and stuff, but my sister's friend from Oregon said that they only use it when a boy is being, you know, rude to a girl. I was just wondering.

[Czas na Zywiec]

Well, i live in CO now, and We only have a Wal*Mart, but we all just call it Wally World. I dunno if that's just an intown thing or eveyone. I just moved here so.....i dunno. :D

[Hollow]

I know a FEW people that call Wal*Mart Wallyworld

[ks]

Originally posted by FolFanatic151
I think I've seen a Piggly Wiggly in Wisconsin. :confused: I've never heard anyone call a shopping cart or grocery cart a buggy. Wow. Hehe. How do you people use the word "fresh". We use it for, like, anyone being rude or disrespectful and stuff, but my sister's friend from Oregon said that they only use it when a boy is being, you know, rude to a girl. I was just wondering.


:lol: Fruit,vegetables, and meat are either fresh or spoiled. Never heard it used the way you mentioned it. To quote Natalie Green however, "Fresh as a daisy" ... so I guess flowers can be fresh too;)







ks

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by ks



:lol: Fruit,vegetables, and meat are either fresh or spoiled. Never heard it used the way you mentioned it. To quote Natalie Green however, "Fresh as a daisy" ... so I guess flowers can be fresh too;)







ks

Really? Wow. Heh. Your mom has never told you, "Don't be fresh" when you were being disrespectful or anything like that?? I never knew there were so many differences in our dialects. Wow. LOL :D

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Originally posted by FolFanatic151
How do you people use the word "fresh". We use it for, like, anyone being rude or disrespectful and stuff, but my sister's friend from Oregon said that they only use it when a boy is being, you know, rude to a girl. I was just wondering.

I am from the Midwest. I have never heard "fresh" used as a term for general rudeness. Here, if someone is being "fresh" it's almost always a boy who is being overly amorous towards a girl. However, I think it's kind of seen as an archaic term. Everyone knows that's what it means, but people don't use it much. The only time I use it is like if I'm joking with a friend or something, if they are play-flirting with me, I'll call them "fresh".

[luvinjuan1980]

Winn Dixie is another Southern Food Chain I think? or is that just Florida. I noticed alot of them down there. Also what about Food Lion is that a southern chain?

Up North we have
Price Chopper
Hannaford
Pathmark (Still around)
Walbaums
Stop and Go
King Kullen (Long Island, still there)
Grade A (Stamford)

[Mossopp]

"Wally World"?? Isn't that where the Griswalds were going in 'National Lampoons Vacation'?

"You're gonna have so much fun you'll be whistling "zippy-dee-doo-daa" outta your a$$holes!" :lol: :lol:

[Meg07945]

Originally posted by luvinjuan1980

King Kullen (Long Island, still there)


LOL, the only grocery stores I ever see on LI are IGAs!! And about the fresh thing.....here it has a bunch of different meanings.
-it can mean the fruits, vegetables, etc...
-it can mean the whole guy getting rude w/ a girl thing
-it can mean when you are rude to someone, but usually someone you should respect. and mostly only kids. example: if somone insults a friend, it's not fresh, it's just rude. if you say the same insult to your mother, it would be fresh.

[luvinjuan1980]

:lol: Yes it is, and now you can do your grocery shopping there too.


:)

[Czas na Zywiec]

Well, out west, we have a couple of other stores too that I think are pretty much just confined to the West.

City Market - Grocery
Albertson's - Grocery
Safeway - I think this is pretty much everywhere now, but in Chicago, there are no Safeways. They have Dominick's (anyone remember this store, or know it?) Safeway is somewhat of a spinoff, so to speak, of Dominick's. They even except our Dominick's member card here too! They decided to change all the Dominick's to Safeways, but they never did in Chicago!
Jewel - It's not here, but I think they only have it in Chicago and the Midwest now. Someone tell me if I'm wrong about anything! I've been here for a year and don't know what's going on anymore!:lol:

[Meg07945]

OT...but kinda still on topic!!! I dunno mostly OT though....anyway

THIS IS WHY NJ ROCKS MY SOCKS!! (http://greyhound.loyola.edu/issues/091101/opinions/opin4.html)

:)

[FolFanatic151]

Wow, lotsa ways to use the word "fresh"! LOL Anyways, what kind of restaurants do you guys have? How many of you have Friendly's or Papa Gino's?

[Lynn]

Originally posted by EricMatthews
Well, out west, we have a couple of other stores too that I think are pretty much just confined to the West.

City Market - Grocery
Albertson's - Grocery
Safeway - I think this is pretty much everywhere now, but in Chicago, there are no Safeways. They have Dominick's (anyone remember this store, or know it?) Safeway is somewhat of a spinoff, so to speak, of Dominick's. They even except our Dominick's member card here too! They decided to change all the Dominick's to Safeways, but they never did in Chicago!
Jewel - It's not here, but I think they only have it in Chicago and the Midwest now. Someone tell me if I'm wrong about anything! I've been here for a year and don't know what's going on anymore!:lol:

I live in Colorado and you are correct. Our grocery stores include City Market, Albersons, and Safeway. There are also King Soopers which are the same thing as City Market. The King Soopers are usually in the bigger cities and the City Markets are usually just in the smaller mountain towns. There are no Jewel stores here as far as I know.

[Hollow]

I have a safeway.

[Czas na Zywiec]

Originally posted by Lynn


I live in Colorado and you are correct. Our grocery stores include City Market, Albersons, and Safeway. There are also King Soopers which are the same thing as City Market. The King Soopers are usually in the bigger cities and the City Markets are usually just in the smaller mountain towns. There are no Jewel stores here as far as I know.

Yea, I live in Montrose (you know where that is?), so we have 2 City Markets. We don't have an Albertsons, but Grand Junction (I'm sure you know where this is!) does. I've never heard of King Soopers (neat name!) But you are probably right, Montrose isn't exactly big city material! And I think Jewel is just a Midwest thing. Did you ever hear of Osco? It's a part of Jewel everywhere now, but they do have some stores where they aren't together with Jewel. (But Jewel always has an Osco) I hope you understand me! :lol:

[Lynn]

Originally posted by EricMatthews


Yea, I live in Montrose (you know where that is?), so we have 2 City Markets. We don't have an Albertsons, but Grand Junction (I'm sure you know where this is!) does. I've never heard of King Soopers (neat name!) But you are probably right, Montrose isn't exactly big city material! And I think Jewel is just a Midwest thing. Did you ever hear of Osco? It's a part of Jewel everywhere now, but they do have some stores where they aren't together with Jewel. (But Jewel always has an Osco) I hope you understand me! :lol:

I know where Montrose is – about halfway between Grand Junction and Gunnison. I don't think I've ever been there but I have driven through it several times. :D

There used to be an Osco drugstore here about 10-15 years ago but it no longer exists.

[Meg07945]

Originally posted by FolFanatic151
Wow, lotsa ways to use the word "fresh"! LOL Anyways, what kind of restaurants do you guys have? How many of you have Friendly's or Papa Gino's?

Diners, lol. but that was already discussed. Not many chain resturants....none at all..there's a Friendly's in Florham Park I think....I dunno

[Babes_Cat]

Originally posted by FolFanatic151
Wow, lotsa ways to use the word "fresh"! LOL Anyways, what kind of restaurants do you guys have? How many of you have Friendly's or Papa Gino's?

HAHA! TONS OF EM EVERYWHERE! LOL! But I'm a Baystater just like you! :D

[Jinny Girl]

Well I live in NJ... This state suck and we have lots of diners millions of malls and lots of shopping centers.

Out grocery stores r:
A&P: Theres 2 or 3 around here..
Shoprite: Its everywhere poor people are
Kings: Its the shoprite for the overpaid and the millionares.
Stop and Shop: I still havent figured out where exactly it is but my foods from it..

Theres others I 4 get about... We have a somewhat abnormal way of talking. We talk really fast... faster than any of you southerners can, trust me. We say:

Water; wooder
talk: tawk
walk: wawk
For the hell of it: Fer tha hellaf id.
How the hell are you gonna do that?: How tha heller yeh gonne do tha( u cant hear the T when we say it.. comes out an ih shound.)?
Oregon: Oregone
Dog: dowg.
Tuscon: Tus-con.
the other day: the othaday.

It sounds hick like but if u say everything really fast it sounds different than its spelled. We have this like enunciation problem. The closer you get to newark the worse you talk... I live 19 miles out of newark. People here are very very mean. And new yorkers dont know how to drive. Some dude in a jeep almost ran me over. Crime rates are higher and smog is more common. Also we have more drugs... I dont know about ALL of the south but more than most places... The High School is ecstacy central. I mean everyday I hear someone telling me how I have to watch out for myself because all of the pot, ecstacy and heroine going around. And its true. There are drug dealers who go there and they used to hide in the woods until they were lceared out to sell drugs. I'm not going there anyway. But like everyone I know is. So lets just leave it at this. Nj sucks dont ever move here and half of this state is gpnna die of heroine overdose and I'm moving when I turn 18.

[Meg07945]

Originally posted by Jinny Girl
Well I live in NJ... This state suck and we have lots of diners millions of malls and lots of shopping centers.

Out grocery stores r:
A&P: Theres 2 or 3 around here..
Shoprite: Its everywhere poor people are
Kings: Its the shoprite for the overpaid and the millionares.
Stop and Shop: I still havent figured out where exactly it is but my foods from it..

Theres others I 4 get about... We have a somewhat abnormal way of talking. We talk really fast... faster than any of you southerners can, trust me. We say:

Water; wooder
talk: tawk
walk: wawk
For the hell of it: Fer tha hellaf id.
How the hell are you gonna do that?: How tha heller yeh gonne do tha( u cant hear the T when we say it.. comes out an ih shound.)?
Oregon: Oregone
Dog: dowg.
Tuscon: Tus-con.
the other day: the othaday.

It sounds hick like but if u say everything really fast it sounds different than its spelled. We have this like enunciation problem. The closer you get to newark the worse you talk... I live 19 miles out of newark. People here are very very mean. And new yorkers dont know how to drive. Some dude in a jeep almost ran me over. Crime rates are higher and smog is more common. Also we have more drugs... I dont know about ALL of the south but more than most places... The High School is ecstacy central. I mean everyday I hear someone telling me how I have to watch out for myself because all of the pot, ecstacy and heroine going around. And its true. There are drug dealers who go there and they used to hide in the woods until they were lceared out to sell drugs. I'm not going there anyway. But like everyone I know is. So lets just leave it at this. Nj sucks dont ever move here and half of this state is gpnna die of heroine overdose and I'm moving when I turn 18.


LOL! I talk realllllllly fast. I can slur a 10 sylabell sentence into 3. I must agree about the drug problems. Half my high school does pot. Right, but back to the whole talking fast thing...
I combine "can you" into "q". "No, I didn't" becomes "Nidn't" I dunno, this is kinda hard to imagine...I should record myself talking so you can hear me...

Another thing I noticed that was different is the music. I dunno, alot of the people living in the south say they like country music, although here, country isn't popular AT ALL! I dunno, it's just different.

[Jinny Girl]

Originally posted by Meg07945



LOL! I talk realllllllly fast. I can slur a 10 sylabell sentence into 3. I must agree about the drug problems. Half my high school does pot. Right, but back to the whole talking fast thing...
I combine "can you" into "q". "No, I didn't" becomes "Nidn't" I dunno, this is kinda hard to imagine...I should record myself talking so you can hear me...

Another thing I noticed that was different is the music. I dunno, alot of the people living in the south say they like country music, although here, country isn't popular AT ALL! I dunno, it's just different.

I live across the street from the "Hottest country western bar in the NY/NJ area"... but they are changing their format to all kinds of music (thank god!) and so ya. But nobody goes there because of the music its just a good place to get drunk and watch the the pretty disco lights flash in your face until you throw up or pass out.

[Mossopp]

Ok - so who's up for some more of my Scots dialect lessons?! :lol: :joke:

[Jinny Girl]

Another difference is here people will run you over for fun and like in Tennesee someone might actually let u cross! And that was a typo b 4... I live 10 miles out of newark... NJ is weird. My town is like a transition from city to suburb. Theres houses and drugs but its like all full of trees and there are a few.. like 2 horses. If you go east u get into like plainfeild and sprinfield and dunellen and Newark and if u go west U get to like... a cow fam.

[Meg07945]

Originally posted by Jinny Girl
Another difference is here people will run you over for fun and like in Tennesee someone might actually let u cross! And that was a typo b 4... I live 10 miles out of newark... NJ is weird. My town is like a transition from city to suburb. Theres houses and drugs but its like all full of trees and there are a few.. like 2 horses. If you go east u get into like plainfeild and sprinfield and dunellen and Newark and if u go west U get to like... a cow fam.

LOL, I'm in the cow farm area, lol....

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by Teddys_Gurl


HAHA! TONS OF EM EVERYWHERE! LOL! But I'm a Baystater just like you! :D

Yup! LOL :D We have two Friendly's restaurants on the same street! LOL

[Meg07945]

Originally posted by FolFanatic151


Yup! LOL :D We have two Friendly's restaurants on the same street! LOL

LOL, up in Roxbury, there are two Exxons right across the street from eachother.

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by Meg07945


LOL, up in Roxbury, there are two Exxons right across the street from eachother.

LOL We have this intersection where there is a gas station on each of the four corners!! :)

[Ags2000]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh
Southerners eat "boiled peanuts". lol (I need that recipe again....I'll have to do a search for it....lol)


Psssst....Bootsy

They're not very good, trust me. I've had'em. Give me regular peanuts anyday. :D


D
:cheers:

[Ags2000]

Bear with me for a minute. I've been out sick for about a week. I was reading this, and laughing at alot of it, when I saw the topic of Piggly Wiggly's.

Ya know, I learned how to drive a truck in the parking lot of the Piggly Wiggly in Albany, Georgia one summer while visiting my adopted grandparents. I can remember my grandfather driving to the store, then when we would get to the parkinglot, he would let us drive. Of course he would have to do the clutch because we could not reach it (Hey I was like 7 :D )

Anyway, it brought back alot of memories. Incase you want to check it out, Piggly Wiggly has it's own webpage. It is:

http://www.pigglywiggly.com/



D
:cheers:

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by Ags2000



Psssst....Bootsy

They're not very good, trust me. I've had'em. Give me regular peanuts anyday. :D


D
:cheers:

Huh? What are boiled peanuts?

[Mossopp]

Originally posted by FolFanatic151


Huh? What are boiled peanuts?

Well, this is just a wild guess but I think they might be peanuts that have been boiled. :crazy:

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by Mossopp


Well, this is just a wild guess but I think they might be peanuts that have been boiled. :crazy:

LOL :D Well, I knew that, but, are they a dessert or some certain kind of dish? What do they taste and look like?

[ks]

Originally posted by FolFanatic151


Huh? What are boiled peanuts?


They are GOOD! You should definately try them. If you do a quick search you'll find a topic I started about boiled peanuts that has a recipe for them in it. You should really try them-a southern delicasy...or at least a southern food;)





ks

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by ks



They are GOOD! You should definately try them. If you do a quick search you'll find a topic I started about boiled peanuts that has a recipe for them in it. You should really try them-a southern delicasy...or at least a southern food;)





ks

I just might do that. :) What do they taste like? When and how do you eat them? Thanks, ks.

[ks]

They taste really good. Of course too much of them can make you sick. You just put peanuts in boiling salty water. They're really good. I think it's mainly a Southern food... Most Southerners eat them in the Summer and Fall. October is when most peanuts are picked so as soon as they're picked people start boiling them by like the gallon. You should definately try some!





ks

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by ks
They taste really good. Of course too much of them can make you sick. You just put peanuts in boiling salty water. They're really good. I think it's mainly a Southern food... Most Southerners eat them in the Summer and Fall. October is when most peanuts are picked so as soon as they're picked people start boiling them by like the gallon. You should definately try some!





ks

Cool! Thanks! :) I'll look for the recipe. Hmmm, have you Southerners ever had something called a Fluffernutter? How about clam chowder? (Let's get 100 replies to this thing!) :D

[ks]

Originally posted by FolFanatic151


Cool! Thanks! :) I'll look for the recipe. Hmmm, have you Southerners ever had something called a Fluffernutter? How about clam chowder? (Let's get 100 replies to this thing!) :D


A fluffer what?!:crazy: Is that English?
I have heard of clam chowder, but never eaten it. It is served around here though;)

:lol: So what is this fluffer thing?






ks

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by ks



A fluffer what?!:crazy: Is that English?
I have heard of clam chowder, but never eaten it. It is served around here though;)

:lol: So what is this fluffer thing?






ks

LOL Clam chowder is pretty big around here, but IMHO it's gross! :D Anyways, a Fluffernutter is a peanut butter and fluff sandwich!!! You know how there's peanut butter and jelly? Well, this is the same thing except, instead of peanut butter, there's fluff! (You know what Fluff is, right?) BTW, ks, do you want to chat on IM or whatever sometime? :)

[Meg07945]

Originally posted by FolFanatic151


LOL Clam chowder is pretty big around here, but IMHO it's gross! :D Anyways, a Fluffernutter is a peanut butter and fluff sandwich!!! You know how there's peanut butter and jelly? Well, this is the same thing except, instead of peanut butter, there's fluff! (You know what Fluff is, right?) BTW, ks, do you want to chat on IM or whatever sometime? :)

Clam Chowder is only good during the hot summer months. And if you are eating outside. If you ate it now, you would probably throw up. It's a seasonal food. Like how you can't eat roasted chestnuts in any other month than November and December, and you always have to get them while you're in the madding holiday rush. I'm really obsessive about stuff like that. Like how you can't eat the last bit of a french fry. LOL, anyways....Fluff is pretty good. Nutella is really gross, though. Same goes for Vitamitavegamine or whatever it's called....Vegemin I think, lol.

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Originally posted by Meg07945
Clam Chowder is only good during the hot summer months. And if you are eating outside. If you ate it now, you would probably throw up. It's a seasonal food. Like how you can't eat roasted chestnuts in any other month than November and December, and you always have to get them while you're in the madding holiday rush. I'm really obsessive about stuff like that. Like how you can't eat the last bit of a french fry. LOL, anyways....Fluff is pretty good. Nutella is really gross, though. Same goes for Vitamitavegamine or whatever it's called....Vegemin I think, lol.

That's an odd thing to be obsessive about....but if it is something that heightens the culinary experience, I'm in!

What is Nutella? It sounds familiar but I am drawing a blank.

As for Vitamitavegemin...that's real?!? I thought it was just some crazy made-up product for the I Love Lucy skit (one of my faves).

[ks]

:rolleyes: ...not wanting to sound like a complete ignorant here, but what on earth is FLUFF? Also, what is this Nutella stuff? :lol: Guess I am on the deprived side...


Sure, I'll chat anytime. Feel free to IM me at zrbz99!





ks

[FolFanatic151]

LOL ks, Fluff is like marshmallows. It would be like if you took a whole bunch of marshmallows and melted them all together and put them in a plastic container. You can spread it and stuff. It's really good. LOL I'm not too sure about the Nutella stuff...maybe something with nuts...? I don't know. Ok, here, I got the fluff container. It says "Marshmallow fluff". It contains "corn syrup, sugar, dried egg white, and vanillin." There's also "NO FAT OR CHOLESTEROL" Hmmm, on the back it says "fluffernutter THE SANDWICH MADE WITH MARSHAMLLOW FLUFF AND PEANUT BUTTER. Spread one piece of bread with Marshmallow Fluff, spread another with peanut butter. Put them together and what have you got? That delicious sandwich - the FLUFFERNUTTER!" Well, I guess it makes sense that this stuff is popular in MA...it was made here. LOL Oooh, you can also go to http://www.marshmallowfluff.com! Alright, I'm getting a little carried away here... :D I'll IM you sometime, ks, and we can talk more about Fluff! :lol:

[ks]

You mean they actually sale that stuff in stores?! WOW...

:lol: Sure, IM me and we can have a good ole discussion about Boiled Peanuts (which I'm eating now) and Fluff.





ks

[Meg07945]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh



What is Nutella? It sounds familiar but I am drawing a blank.

As for Vitamitavegemin...that's real?!? I thought it was just some crazy made-up product for the I Love Lucy skit (one of my faves).

I'm not really sure what Nutella is made of, but it's this spread that you can put on bread. It's gross. It's always the texture of melted peanut butter....Vegemin isn't the same thing as the I love Lucy, thing LOL though!! It's about the Australian equvilent of Peanut Butter. It's made of vegetable lard, I think. *shudders* I've had it a few times, I tried it with an open mind, but it was soo discusting!!

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Originally posted by Meg07945
I'm not really sure what Nutella is made of, but it's this spread that you can put on bread. It's gross. It's always the texture of melted peanut butter....Vegemin isn't the same thing as the I love Lucy, thing LOL though!! It's about the Australian equvilent of Peanut Butter. It's made of vegetable lard, I think. *shudders* I've had it a few times, I tried it with an open mind, but it was soo discusting!!

Ok well curiosity got the better of me and I just had to know.

Nutella is a hazelnut chocolate spread. You'll also be pleased to know that it is Kobe Bryant's favorite spread. I simply must go buy some now. :rolleyes: Apparently it originates in Italy.

Here are some fun Nutella websites:
Corporate Page: http://www.nutellausa.com/

Nutella Worship Page: http://www.kathleen.net/food/nutella.html (don't forget to read the section on why Nutella is good for sex play)

And my fave: http://www.nutella.at/ (here you can buy a Nutella jar shaped backpack)

Vegemite is hailed as "Australia's National Paste" and is officially described on it's label as a Concentrated Autolyzed Yeast Extract (now doesn't that sound appetizing!)

Apparently Australians nearly worship the stuff, and get DTs when forced to go without. There's even a Vegemite song:
"We're happy little Vegemites
As happy as can be.
We all enjoy our Vegemite
For breakfast, lunch and tea.
Our mother says we're growing stronger every single week
Because we love our Vegemite.
We all adore our Vegemite.
IT PUTS A ROSE IN EVERY CHEEK!"

Vegemite sites:
Official site: http://www.vegemite.com.au/

Page with interesting info, including picture: http://www.travelingaustralia.com/

And my fave: http://www.ozchannel.com/vegemite/vegemite.html (this really is a cool informative and fun site. Check out how to eat a Vegemite sandwich (do NOT, we repeat, do NOT eat it with a spoon!), post a message on the Yahoo Vegemite club to find out where to buy it near you, and you simply have to visit the Vegemite Louvre!)

I am seriously intrigued by both these products and think I shall check out my "world market" and see if they carry it.

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by ks
You mean they actually sale that stuff in stores?! WOW...

:lol: Sure, IM me and we can have a good ole discussion about Boiled Peanuts (which I'm eating now) and Fluff.





ks

LOL They sure do sell it! :) Do you have AOL? I put you on my buddy list. :) Can't wait to discuss boiled peanuts and Fluff some more! :D

[ks]

Originally posted by FolFanatic151


LOL They sure do sell it! :) Do you have AOL? I put you on my buddy list. :) Can't wait to discuss boiled peanuts and Fluff some more! :D


Yes, I do have AOL.





ks

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by ks



Yes, I do have AOL.





ks

Okies. :)

[Meg07945]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh

Apparently Australians nearly worship the stuff, and get DTs when forced to go without.

LOL!!!!!!!

[Mossopp]

I'm putting in my 2 cents worth here, now ;)

1. Nutella is indeed chocolate spread that has a hint of hazelnut to it. It is, in fact, beautiful (esp. on toast with melty butter). When I was at school we used to eat wee tubs of it with these little mini-spoons that we bought from the ice cream van at lunch time. Although, as far as I was aware, Nutella originated in Switzerland not Italy...but I could be wrong.

2. I had no idea what fluffernutters were either (although the name sounds decidedly dodgy if you ask me!) but since I don't dig marshmallows I don't think I'll be eating any any time soon.

3. Vegimite is mingin'!! Over here it's called Marmite and it's one of the grossest things I have ever tasted! It's one of those things you either love or hate - it's not possible simply to just 'like' it.

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by Mossopp

2. I had no idea what fluffernutters were either (although the name sounds decidedly dodgy if you ask me!) but since I don't dig marshmallows I don't think I'll be eating any any time soon.



Um, what do you mean by "dodgy"? I'm sorry. :)

[Czas na Zywiec]

Originally posted by Mossopp
1. Nutella is indeed chocolate spread that has a hint of hazelnut to it. It is, in fact, beautiful (esp. on toast with melty butter). When I was at school we used to eat wee tubs of it with these little mini-spoons that we bought from the ice cream van at lunch time. Although, as far as I was aware, Nutella originated in Switzerland not Italy...but I could be wrong.

Yes, I think that you are right. When I was in Poland, they were in every grocery store that I went to. Now I know they are not made in Poland, but I think that it is made in Switzerland. When I read this thread and you mentioned Nutella, I was surprised cause I think no one ever heard of it, with the exception of you Mossop, since you ARE from Europe, but someone could just as easily have gone to Europe and buy a tub of it. :D

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Originally posted by Mossopp
1. Nutella is indeed chocolate spread that has a hint of hazelnut to it. It is, in fact, beautiful (esp. on toast with melty butter). When I was at school we used to eat wee tubs of it with these little mini-spoons that we bought from the ice cream van at lunch time. Although, as far as I was aware, Nutella originated in Switzerland not Italy...but I could be wrong.


It's beautiful eh? :lol: Well as for where it originates....from Ferrero USA's web page (link in post above): "This remarkable story began in 1946, in Italy, where, after the war, candy and confections were in short supply and were purchased mainly for special occasions from the local sweet shop. It was here in northwestern Italy in the small town of Alba, that master confectioner Pietro Ferrero developed a system that enabled him to mass-produce true quality confections and offer them to consumers at reasonable prices." Ferrero is the company that makes Nutella, as well as those Ferrero Rocher candies, among other things.

Originally posted by Mossopp
3. Vegimite is mingin'!! Over here it's called Marmite and it's one of the grossest things I have ever tasted! It's one of those things you either love or hate - it's not possible simply to just 'like' it.

Well I don't know what "mingin' " means (I'm assuming "not good") but I do know (from reading on the 'net) that a TRUE Vegemite connoisseur would be downright insulted that you just implied Marmite and Vegemite were the same thing. I read something one dude said and he was like "I asked my family in the UK to send me some Vegemite and they sent Marmite! Gross!". There were also random "Marmite sucks!" messages on the Vegemite message board. (Yes, as sad as it is, there is a Vegemite message board. Even sadder, I have been to it (though only to read about where I could purchase some). What's saddest of all though is that I am actually admitting this to you all!)

I have found a store that sells both Nutella and Vegemite, and it is a mere 5 minute jaunt from my house, so I plan on going there next week and purchasing a tub of both. I'll let you know my verdict once I have tasted them both!!! As for Marmite, well who knows, but maybe you were eating it wrong Mossopp. I've read on a few sites that there is a very particular way of eating Vegemite or making sandwiches with it, that if you don't do it that way it won't be very good. And that makes sense that there's a certain way to eat it. My roommate is part Japanese and he always talks about how there is a particular way to eat sushi and that most Americans don't know how to eat it right. Who knows...?

[FolFanatic151]

Well, aren't you the brave and cultured one, Bootsy... Heh. That's cool that you've looked all that stuff up. I think I'll just stick to my Fluffernutters... :D Hm, well maybe I'll take a walk on the wild side and try a boiled peanut...

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Originally posted by FolFanatic151
Well, aren't you the brave and cultured one, Bootsy... Heh. That's cool that you've looked all that stuff up. I think I'll just stick to my Fluffernutters... :D Hm, well maybe I'll take a walk on the wild side and try a boiled peanut...

No no, you, my friend, are the truely brave one. I cannot bring myself to try a Fluffernutter. At least not now. Perhaps one day! ;)

[Lynn]

Originally posted by ks
:rolleyes: ...not wanting to sound like a complete ignorant here, but what on earth is FLUFF?
ks

Don't feel bad. I didn't know what fluff or a fluffernutter was until FolFanatic explained it to me awhile back. :lol: I'm sure we are not the only ones.

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh


No no, you, my friend, are the truely brave one. I cannot bring myself to try a Fluffernutter. At least not now. Perhaps one day! ;)

My, I've never seen this side of you, Bootsy! Yes, perhaps one day you will experience the wonder of the Fluffernutter...perhaps. Until then, your peanut butter sandwiches will have to go without Fluff... :lol:

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by Lynn


Don't feel bad. I didn't know what fluff or a fluffernutter was until FolFanatic explained it to me awhile back. :lol: I'm sure we are not the only ones.

Ah, a former student of fluff... LOL I must spread the knowledge...go out and preach about fluff to those deprived of it... :D Hey, I didn't know there were people who DIDN'T know about fluff until my aunt in WI had no idea what my mother was talking about!!! :lol:

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Originally posted by FolFanatic151
My, I've never seen this side of you, Bootsy! Yes, perhaps one day you will experience the wonder of the Fluffernutter...perhaps. Until then, your peanut butter sandwiches will have to go without Fluff... :lol:

What side of me? :confused:

Oh rest assured I will try one someday! I put just about anything in my mouth (and I do mean anything! HEY!- get your mind out of the gutter!!! Sheesh!! ;) )

heehee, what I mean is I just love to eat and I love trying different things, so surely I will have one someday. Probably next time I go home, I think we have some Fluff there. I'll be sure to let you know what I think of it whenever I get around to it! :happyface

[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh


What side of me? :confused:

Oh rest assured I will try one someday! I put just about anything in my mouth (and I do mean anything! HEY!- get your mind out of the gutter!!! Sheesh!! ;) )

heehee, what I mean is I just love to eat and I love trying different things, so surely I will have one someday. Probably next time I go home, I think we have some Fluff there. I'll be sure to let you know what I think of it whenever I get around to it! :happyface

Oh, you always seem brave and willing to try everything so I was surprised you wouldn't try a little ol' Fluffernutter. :)

It's good to hear you have plans for trying Fluff some day. I look forward to hearing what you think about it. :D

And don't worry...my mind is nowhere near the gutter!!! :lol:

[Bootsy Whoosh]

Oh I've had Fluff before... just never a Fluffernutter. I have had PB and honey, PB and bananas, PB and potato chips (on the sandwich), and of course PB and J. I don't think I've ever had PB and pickles though.

One reason I think people don't know what Fluff is is that I don't think alot of people call it that. Round these parts we just call it marshmallow creme.

[Babes_Cat]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh
Round these parts we just call it marshmallow creme.

HAHA! FLUFFERNUTTER! YUMMY! It's funny how people call the same object different names in different parts of the country.

[Ags2000]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh


heehee, what I mean is I just love to eat and I love trying different things, so surely I will have one someday.

Ever had sushi? It's really good :)


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[FolFanatic151]

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh
Oh I've had Fluff before... just never a Fluffernutter. I have had PB and honey, PB and bananas, PB and potato chips (on the sandwich), and of course PB and J. I don't think I've ever had PB and pickles though.

One reason I think people don't know what Fluff is is that I don't think alot of people call it that. Round these parts we just call it marshmallow creme.

Ahh, I see. Marshmallow creme???? :D
Oh, good, I knew you were a brave one. ;) I would never put bananas or honey or potato chips on my sandwiches. In fact, I hardly ever try new foods... I almost always order the same thing every time I go to a restaurant... Oh, well. :D