"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

5K Qs said:
Never having been dark-haired myself, I have no difficulty believing your suspicions, Gary! You dark-haired lot have always struck me as a nefarious group! :eek::D:D

- GT
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I've been called many things, Gary. I suspect nefarious could have been one of them! :D;)
Now, I've got to add this superstition to my list of things to remember. I've noticed that the older I get the more superstitious I get! Funny how that works.
 
5K Qs said:
Thanks, Jerry! :thumbsup::cool: With your help in providing terminology for the superstition, I googled "first footer new year" and found links that suggest the practice comes from Scotland and Northern England (including Yorkshire). I learn so much about so many areas here!! :cool::cool::thumbsup::D

- GT
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Gary, another one: under no circumstances wash laundry on New Year's Day. It's not particularly Southern but I heard it from my grandparents when I was a small child.
 
5K Qs said:
Mark, does anyone in the Netherlands still bake banket around Christmas? It's about 12-18 inch roll of flaky pastry crust wrapped around some kind of almond paste. My paternal grandparents and maternal great-grandparents were all Dutch immigrants, and one of my grandmothers always baked banket for the holiday season. Very delicious, but grandma passed away many years ago and I never eat it anymore! Here's a link to a picture:
http://delectablymine.blogspot.com/2014/01/banket-new-favorite.html

- GT
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We sure do! It's still quit common to eat banket in the winter holidays. It is often store bought, but obviously nothing beats home made banket. It comes in different appearances too: I don't think there are any rules about when to eat which variant but the way I see it often is "banketletter" or "banketstaaf" around "Sinterklaas" and "kerstkrans" around Christmas.

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Banketletter

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Banketstaaf

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Kerstkrans
 
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JB in SC said:
Gary, another one: under no circumstances wash laundry on New Year's Day. It's not particularly Southern but I heard it from my grandparents when I was a small child.
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I know you were responding to GT, Jerry, but I had to chime in! I did laundry on New Years Day! Maybe it's not bad luck unless you know about it! I gotta stop reading this thread!
 
Peregrin said:
I know you were responding to GT, Jerry, but I had to chime in! I did laundry on New Years Day! Maybe it's not bad luck unless you know about it! I gotta stop reading this thread!
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Maybe somebody just didn't want to hear any machines running in the house that day ;)
 
JB in SC said:
Gary, another one: under no circumstances wash laundry on New Year's Day. It's not particularly Southern but I heard it from my grandparents when I was a small child.
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Peregrin said:
I know you were responding to GT, Jerry, but I had to chime in! I did laundry on New Years Day! Maybe it's not bad luck unless you know about it! I gotta stop reading this thread!
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Thanks for yet another new-to-me superstition, Jerry. :thumbsup::)
Gary, I imagine there must be some kind of at least partial cancellation on those rare occasions when the laundry is done by the dark-haired first-footer! :p:p

- GT
 
Will Power said:
Sounds mouthwatering GT! Sad when culinary traditions disappear...
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Definitely a pastry treat for the holidays, Will! :):thumbsup::thumbsup:
Bartleby said:
One of the wonderful things my grandmother Meinders used to make, I can still recall it from my childhood (though she passed in '77!). Thanks 5K Q for bringing it to mind! Now to locate some....
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"Wonderful" is an accurate description, Bartleby, and "Meinders" sounds like a good Dutch name! :thumbsup:;) If you locate some let us know if it's as good as you remember. :)
zolthar said:
We sure do! It's still quit common to eat banket in the winter holidays. It is often store bought, but obviously nothing beats home made banket. It comes in different appearances too: I don't think there are any rules about when to eat which variant but the way I see it often is "banketletter" or "banketstaaf" around "Sinterklaas" and "banketkrans" around Christmas.

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Banketletter

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Banketstaaf

kerstkrans.jpg

Banketkrans
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Thanks for the cultural update, Mark! :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup: The pics are making me hungry. Grandma only did Banketstaaf, I think, but I'd love to have an entire Banket alphabet to help me through the holiday season! :rolleyes:

- GT
 
Rookie82 said:
It's easy to follow the food traditions here in PA around the holidays. On Christmas eve and day, Walmart was all sold out of pasta sauce, and lasagna noodles. Then on New Years eve and day, they were sold out of pork, kielbasi, and sourkraut.
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Hahaha... so true!
 
I hope you guys on the eastcoast of the US are fine so far and the blizzard will end soon

Stay cool these days ;)
 
I just spent 45 plowing the driveway. Don't know about you guys, but -15F windchill is a bit nippy out.
 
It's supposed to hit 70 here on Sunday... after being in the 20s monday.
Going to have to give the relatives back in PA something to complain about :D
 
Bartleby said:
How is the bird holding up? Looks like it could use a mate (or a space heater of some other type).
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I don't know how those little ones manage in this weather, but there's a bunch of them that hit my feeders all day long. If I remember correctly a Chickadee can lose half of its body weight over night in the winter time.
 
Peregrin said:
I don't know how those little ones manage in this weather, but there's a bunch of them that hit my feeders all day long. If I remember correctly a Chickadee can lose half of its body weight over night in the winter time.
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Aww...you should build them a heated birdhouse! Also, how do they find unfrozen water to drink? o_O
 
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