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WDCT 10-14 January 2011 (1836-1840)
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 14 Jan 2011, 18:34 ---Man, I will tell you as a man from the Yankee-est of Yankee states (Washington State to most, Cascadia if you want to be a huge nerd/hipster douchebag) ...
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Never thought of Washington as "Yankee", but I'm from the northeast. I'm not sure Yankee just means "not Southern", I'm pretty sure it was originally a slight against New Englanders that got extended to the Union states in the civil war. So, Ohio, Indiana (barely), Illinois, PA, NY, MI, MA, ME, NJ, CT, RI, VT, NH, sure. Even MD, but that was really close. But Washington? You guys joined the party too late...
Wraith11B:
Maryland and West Virginia are traitors to the Cause. MD had their entire legislature (after they had voted for secession--their northern border is the Mason-Dixon line) thrown in prison with no Habeas Corpus, and WV decided that they'd just counter-seceed and scamper to those Union douches. Granted, the further South you get, the less "South" they consider anyone who is North of them--for instance, in LA, no one who is from north of I-10 (which, I might add, cuts across 2/3rds of the state) is not from "The South".
Washington was close--Oregon was a state at that point, and there was even a battle there if memory serves.
Watched Pot:
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 14 Jan 2011, 18:34 ---Man, I will tell you as a man from the Yankee-est of Yankee states (Washington State to most, Cascadia if you want to be a huge nerd/hipster douchebag) that grits are really tasty and--
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Washington is not a Yankee state though. Not even a little bit.
--- Quote from: Wraith11B on 14 Jan 2011, 19:44 ---Maryland and West Virginia are traitors to the Cause. MD had their entire legislature (after they had voted for secession--their northern border is the Mason-Dixon line) thrown in prison with no Habeas Corpus, and WV decided that they'd just counter-seceed and scamper to those Union douches. Granted, the further South you get, the less "South" they consider anyone who is North of them--for instance, in LA, no one who is from north of I-10 (which, I might add, cuts across 2/3rds of the state) is not from "The South".
Washington was close--Oregon was a state at that point, and there was even a battle there if memory serves.
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The idea of "The South" most commonly held by people like you has about as much connection to the actual events & ideas of the Confederacy as shamrocks and Pot-o-gold Leprechauns have to actual Irish history.
The Seldom Killer:
--- Quote from: westrim on 14 Jan 2011, 10:55 ---How did we get on this subject, anyway? *checks* Oh, the unconvincing Canadian decided to insult something he's never tried, spelled wrong, and had completely incorrect assumptions about. Well, he picked a good signature, I guess.
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If you read a bit further back you'll find the actual stem, in which I expressed the combination of waffles and chicken and in return someone alledged I was a Yankee in what appeared to be a humourously insulting manner. Lighthearted banter ensued. Once I'd been dragged onto the road of culinary arguments, grits was an easy choice, simply because of the name. My knowledge of cornmeal, polenta and other forms of cornmeal extends further than you have incorrectly assumed.
The unconvincing Canadian reference is a whole other unrelated story.
If anyone can elucidate me on the root of the word grits, I would be most grateful.
Skelepunk:
Well Seldom,"Grit (going back to Old English grytt or grytta or gryttes[1]) is an almost extinct word for bran, chaff, mill-dust also for oats that have been husked but not ground, or that have been only coarsely ground—coarse oatmeal. The word continues to exist in modern dishes like grits, a Native American corn-based food common in the Southern United States, consisting of coarsely ground corn; and the German red grits, Rote Grütze, a traditional pudding made of summer berries and starch and sugar. Grit was here the cheap supplier of starch." states Wikipedia.
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