Here is something I found. I think they were are kind of nice to PA considering the strangeness of the people Ive encountered. if y'all can think of any more, add them Id love to hear them.





YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM PENNSYLVANIA IF:
*Author unknown, received via e-mail.

1. You have an uncontrollable urge to buy bread and milk when you hear the word "snow."

2. You say the correct pronunciation LANG-kist-er instead of the mispronounced Lan-CAST-er, and LEB-en-in instead of the equally incorrect Leb-a-NON.

3. You know the only way to make good fastnachts is to cook them in LARD.

4. You live within two miles of a plant that makes potato chips, corn chips, pretzels, candy, or ice cream, or that packages turkeys, beans, or bologna.

5. You ask the waitress for "dippy eggs" for breakfast.

6. You do things "once," as in "I'll go check in the back room once."

7. You can stop along the road to buy fruits, vegetables, or crafts on the "honor system."

8. You know what REAL Pot Pie is.

9. Your turkey has "filling," not "stuffing," and most certainly NOT "dressing."

10. You talk about a firehouse wedding without cracking a smile.

11. You say things like, "Outen the lights," "I'm calling off today" and "They're calling for snow."

12. You've heard of distelfinks and hex signs.

13. Red Beet Eggs makes your list of top ten favorite foods.

14. You pronounce "Suite" as SUIT, not SWEET.

15. You say you're going out to the shed "AWHILE" instead of "FOR AWHILE."

16. You think the roads in any other state are smooth.

17. You know the Penn State cheer. (WE ARE... PENN STATE.)

18. Hearing horses clopping down a paved street doesn't bring you to the window to see what's going on outside.

19. You never see Confederate Flags, except on the Gettysburg Battlefield.

20. You prefer Hershey's chocolate to any other kind.

21. You consider Pittsburgh to be "out west," and you know the fastest way to Philly is the Turnpike.

22. School closings due to snow take the radio stations a half an hour to finish, because just about every town has its own school district.

23. When someone says 1972, you think of "Agnes," and when someone says 1979 you think of "TMI."

24. You call sloppy joes "barbecue."

25. You think "medium rare" equals "well done."

26. When it snows, they put cinders on the road instead of sand.

27. You know what a "GOB" is.

28. "Hey Yunz Guyz" is a greeting.

29. You take time off school/work for the entire three days of doe season.

30. One of the highlights of your life was a field trip to Pennn's Cave or the Horseshoe Curve.

31. You know exactly what to do when your mother tells you to "Red up your room."

32. You know the time and location of every "Wing Night" in a 20 mile radius.

33. You don't think people from Pittsburgh or Phillly talk funny.

34. You consider an exotic vacation a trip to Virginia Beach or Myrtle Beach.

35. You only own three spices: salt, pepper, and Heinz ketchup.

36. You design your children's Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.

37. Driving is always better in winter because the potholes are covered with snow.

38. You find 20 degree weather just a little "chilly."

39. You can recite the four seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter, Construction.

40. Words like "hoagie," "chipped ham," and "pop" actually mean something to you.

41. You learned long ago to step carefully around the buggy tie-ups at the market.

42. You constantly refer to Pennsylvania as "PA."

43. You're over 35 years old, never been outside Pennsylvania and don't see the need to leave.

Good one Flip, my family is from PA so I've heard a lot of the sayings like "dippy eggs"

i live in md, ive always asked for dippy eggs. yummy.

That is a good one, Flip!! Thanks!

I was raised in a small town in MD, but my parents were both from Pittsburg. So, alot of the above was part of my life, too. My dad always made up "dip eggs"! I had to learn, as an adult, to say "over easy" at restaurants. (good memories)

My mother always would say, "keller with your crans" for "color with your crayons". And my sister's name is Donna, and all my relatives call her this nasally way of saying it..... kinda like dorwanna. Can't even figure out how to spell it the way they say it!!

And, yeah, never knew that people really valued the Conferderate flag until we moved to Western MD. Just never knew about how proud people are of their Southern heritage since all my relatives were Union!

Also, this might just be my experience, but it seemed to me that people from PA like peanut butter alot! Sounds crazy, but in my experience, Pittsburg people that I knew like peanut butter everything! Sandwiches with all different stuff on it. My mom would eat peanutbutter, mayo and lettuce (turning green) ! But, also peanut butter pies. May be an Amish thing??

PA sure has alot of cool heritage that we take for granted.

It was only a generic list, I will have some real good ones shortly so calm down liberty.

OMG lmmfao Liberty- you definitely read too much into my posts also. Oh God you are funny little cute lady sometimes. I was only carrying on with you. Anyway its just a generic list but I will come up with more for Yunz guys. Yunz is pennsylvanian.

I always wondered about the term "steamer" (instead of "sloppy joe"). It seems to be an extremely regional term, confined to within about a 25-mile radius of Washington Co. I never heard of it used before I moved here (and I grew up only one county away). I also never heard of slippery pot pie before I lived here. I think that's a Pennsylvania Dutch term.

Yeah I know wildblue it does seem to be regional doesnt it? Another regional south central pa thing is the disgusting Hog Maw, yuck.

Another thing I learned about since moving to this area is a breakfast pancake. I can't remember what it's called now. But you put some kind of shredded meat (I think, somebody correct me if I'm wrong), then you put molasses all over the stack and eat it.

I never tried it. Just never appealed to me.

Checkingin or other pennsylvanians could you please answer this for me- Why do PA natives like to stare at everyone so much like they are in a trance or why do they just stand around like their spacing all the time.

We have a secret society, here in PA, that raises zombies for profit.

(shhh, don't tell anyone, but that what Peacefrog does for a living).

Youve never seen people act that way though checkingin? You are from MD anyway- what little town, I have to know, Im a geography expert- thats one subject I will always be better in than anyone and I will forever be conceited about it so dont even try to outdo me in that field.

It's called mental telepathy. Something outsiders don't understand. Ever wonder why you hit yourself in the head or crouch or picked your nose for no reason?

When I ask people if they like Hog Maw they just stare, then I say you know Pig Stomach thats about the time they start making disgusting faces.

Then I explain to them what it's made of, but that doesn't help they just can't seem to get past the stomach part of it.

When you said, Calm down liberty. You make it seem like I was in a up roar.
Telling someone to calm down isn't my ideal of a joke, so excuse me.

So I deleted all my post. I shall not waste my time.

But like I said before, I can relate to some of what was said in the joke thread.
Even though I'm not from PA.

Awww liberty hun dont take everything so much to heart with me unless its me trying to hit on you j/k. I am beginning to like the people in this room alot more than I ever have.

What separates Pennsylvania residents from butt-holes?

THE MARYLAND BORDER!!!!

(courtesy of Jelsy's hubby)

Try to guess. I gave a hint in another thread. Were you paying attention??

I may have been at the time checkingin but I dont recall what it was at this time, sorry. Are you being sassy with me young lady? I thought you liked me?

Haha....you're all right, Flip. (When you're not going on about your persecution complex!)



I grew up in Harford County. My hometown high school was a rival of Aberdeen High School.

44. You have been possum kicking.

Havre de Grace, Bel Air, Edgewood? Churchville?

27. You know what a "GOB" is.


So what is a GOB? I don't get this one even the "PA" people at work had no idea and they filled me in on the red up your room.

Greedy it is either bituminous coal waste- western pa term or I have this recipe for Gob. By the way what really does that jeep thing mean?








GOB CAKE FROM PENNSYLVANIA

1 box chocolate cake mix
1/4 c. cooking oil
4 eggs
1 (3 oz.) size instant chocolate pudding
1 1/2 c. milk

Mix together the above ingredients. Grease two cookie sheets with butter (from butter wrapper). Divide mix between the two pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

GOB FILLING:

Cook until thick:

5 1/2 tbsp. flour
1 c. milk

Let set until COLD.

CREAM:

2 c. powdered sugar
1/2 c. Crisco
1/2 c. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
Pinch of salt

Mix the above mixture with the gob filling until fluffy. Frost the top of one cake, then place other cake on top of that. Cut into 24 squares.

thanks..Dipper it's jeep thing you woundn't understand and if you do I don't care...

Gob pie sounds a lot like whoopee pie.... man I love those things.

It is Yoss here is a link: http://www.bookofjoe.com/2006/01/origin_of_the_g.html

Me too! Especially the peanut butter ones.

Like to squish them together and slooooowly lick the cream out, then bite down on the cakes.

Yummmmmmmmm.

A whoopie pie, sometimes alternatively called a gob or a black-and-whitie, is a baked good traditional to the Pennsylvania Dutch culture as well as New England, made of two small, chocolate, disk-shaped cakes with a sweet, creamy frosting sandwiched between them.

Small, compact, durable, and convenient to carry about the person, they are popular both as a simple dessert or as a snack food. They can be purchased wrapped in plastic at Amish farmers' markets throughout Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio and are often found in restaurants and gift shops throughout Pennsylvania Dutch Country. They can also be found in some convenience marts and supermarkets in New York. As one of the most common delicacies of the cuisine, recipes for whoopie pies are almost always included in Pennsylvania Dutch cookbooks.


Whoopie piesIt is a mystery as to where the whoopie pie was actually developed. While many claim it first originated among the Pennsylvania Dutch, others speculate that it was first invented in a Bangor, Maine bakery from leftover cake batter. Beyond Pennsylvania, the whoopie pie is also common throughout New England and neighboring parts of Canada, and Nancy Baggett, author of "The All-American Cookie Book," proposes that the confection began as a commercial product in that region. In her book, she claims that the first commercially made whoopie pies were manufactured by the Berwick Cake Company in Dudley Square, Roxbury, Massachusetts, starting around 1927. Some speculate that they were actually introduced to Maine and the rest of New England by migrating Amish sects. Many believe that the name derives from the expression that the taste of the cookie would provoke. The ingredients found in a whoopie pie differ from recipe to recipe. The filling can range from rich, complex buttercreams or whipped creams to common Marshmallow Fluff found in stores. Many recipes call for vegetable shortening to be added, as this allows the finished whoopie pie to be stored and transported without being easily squashed or melted. Some unconventional variations include the use of pumpkin, oatmeal, red velvet, or banana flavored cakes rather than chocolate and cream cheese or peanut butter instead of cream in the center.

That's hawt!




BTW, the penndutch market in longmeadow has excellent whoopie pies.

I wouldnt mind the pa dutch market if things would be more authentic. Things are so mass produced that they lose their genuine qualities. Those markets have become another bland chain type store. I dont despise the store but its lost its luster because of the high rate of production of its items. One item I do like on the generic joke list is pot pie if it is done right. Also whatever happened to chicken corn soup? I dont see that on too many menus anywhere anymore.

Your ignorance shows thru once again. Obviously you haven't been to the longmeadow market.

To be honest, no I have not been to the one at Longmeadow but I have been to the one in Westminster, York, Baltimore, and Harrisburg a few times. is there a glaring difference in Longmeadow that separates it? I dont hate the store geeze but it definitely has its weakness. Theres no ignorance at all that was stated and Im getting damn tired of hearing it not singling you out Yoss though because I think you have alot of good things to offer.

"Ignorance" is not a put down. We're all ignorant of some things. What's bad is when you let ignorance overrule facts and pretend like you know what you're talking about.

Ahh, just read this. You got it. Bel Air. When it was a tiny little farm town.

I agree Yoss but Im basing it on my facts from my own experiences. We all may see the same things physically but it could be a completely different vision menatally and emotionally. I actually may intend on going to the wax museum in Lancaster and see if I can pick up authentic items and see if they compare to that store. This weekend however I am going to the Baltimore Zoo, havent been there since single digits. Gonna ride thru NW-Pimlico area on the way woo hoo that will be my highlight I bet . I like how PA says'yunz guys jsut like they like how I say y'all. i get a kick out of them when they look at me and y'all? I say yes duhhhhhhhh

45.You can give directions to Intercourse with a straight face.

I live in Franklin County, about an 1 hour and 45 minutes from Gettysburg but still can't walk down any street, alley, or back road without seeing a Confederate Flag, its even on peoples lisences plates.

But pretty much everything else is true. lol

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"Anyone" continuing to make such statements will be sanctioned.