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[limr15]

It's a Mid-Atlantic (NY, NJ, MD, DE, PA) thing.

Only some parts of NY, though. I think Western NY along the PA border, but it never made it here to the suburban area. I never heard of it before I went to Pittsburgh.

 

[snowbear99]

Not related to starlings.

 

[astroNikon]

Introduced in the early 1890’s, the European Starling has become a pest bird in many areas of North America. They appear black, but will shimmer green and purple, and are about 8-9 inches long with a wingspan of 12-16 inches. They will take over nests of other bird species. The calls of this bird are loud with a wide variety of sounds, often imitating calls of other birds. Starlings will invade blueberry plantings in large numbers and feed on fruit by eating them whole and will puncture the fruit with their claws. These birds thrive in areas with dairy and blueberry operations nearby which offer them year round food.

Yeah, it has the annoying sounds I hear at night. They seem to like it up in the telephone poles around here. At least now I know where to throw rocks at night.

 

[snowbear99]

It's a Mid-Atlantic (NY, NJ, MD, DE, PA) thing.

Only some parts of NY, though. I think Western NY along the PA border, but it never made it here to the suburban area. I never heard of it before I went to Pittsburgh.

I think it's predominately PA , MD & DE. I've been eating it since I was a kid. I suspect it was from the Philly/Lancaster relatives as opposed to the Virginians. Certainly not the Carolinans.

 

[Gary A.]

Making a late breakfast for my sweetheart - eggs and scrapple.

Had to look-up scrapple. Did you keep score?

 

[Gary A.]

Mary Lou is back at the trees. I've migrated to the patio.

 

[Gary A.]

According to Wiki:

Scrapple, also known by the Pennsylvania Dutch name panhaas or "pan rabbit,"[1][2] is traditionally a mush of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal and wheat flour, often buckwheat flour, and spices. The mush is formed into a semi-solid congealed loaf, and slices of the scrapple are then pan-fried before serving. Scraps of meat left over from butchering, not used or sold elsewhere, were made into scrapple to avoid waste. Scrapple is best known as a rural American food of the Mid-Atlantic states (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia). Scrapple and panhaas are commonly considered an ethnic food of the Pennsylvania Dutch, including the Mennonites and Amish. Scrapple is found in supermarkets throughout the region in both fresh and frozen refrigerated cases.

 

[Derrel]

Speaking of scores...I watched the Utah Utes beat the USC Trojans last night, while chatting on FB with Ron Lane, another TPF college football afficionado...the Leadserboard has three pretty big NCAAF fans...with sm4him and Limr following a couple of teams, Gary A keeping tabs on USC. After the Utah win, I stopped by a link to the Pac-12's FB page...Utah fans were crowing about their win, while many USC fans were pretty disappointed with ,"7-5 Sark" as they are calling him. Anyyyyway....I saw something that I thought funny, a couple of new handles for USC's coach Sarkesian: "Sarkiffian", which was funny-funny to me, and also "Kiffin 2.0", which was, eh...moderately funny to me.

Humorous to me was a guy who boasted, "What a great day this has been-UCLA winning and USC losing!" I took a moment to reply to him, pointing out that UCLA's DOUBLE-overtime win over lowly Colorado brings with it NEGATIVE value in the eyes of the Playoff Selection Committee...

Anyway...gonna finish watching the ESPN Replay Michigan at Michigan State game...which I started last night after the Utah win over 'SC...and wow...my gosh, one of the ESPN announcers pointedly referred to Michigan as being what he calls "an almost team," as in, "He almost caught that pass; they almost made that block, they almost scored a TD, and so on." OUCH! But watching the Wolverines play last night was painful...they SUCKED, in all facets of the game.

 

[snowbear99]

 

[Gary A.]

Speaking of scores...I watched the Utah Utes beat the USC Trojans last night, while chatting on FB with Ron Lane, another TPF college football afficionado...the Leadserboard has three pretty big NCAAF fans...with sm4him and Limr following a couple of teams, Gary A keeping tabs on USC. After the Utah win, I stopped by a link to the Pac-12's FB page...Utah fans were crowing about their win, while many USC fans were pretty disappointed with ,"7-5 Sark" as they are calling him. Anyyyyway....I saw something that I thought funny, a couple of new handles for USC's coach Sarkesian: "Sarkiffian", which was funny-funny to me, and also "Kiffin 2.0", which was, eh...moderately funny to me.

Humorous to me was a guy who boasted, "What a great day this has been-UCLA winning and USC losing!" I took a moment to reply to him, pointing out that UCLA's DOUBLE-overtime win over lowly Colorado brings with it NEGATIVE value in the eyes of the Playoff Selection Committee...

Anyway...gonna finish watching the ESPN Replay Michigan at Michigan State game...which I started last night after the Utah win over 'SC...and wow...my gosh, one of the ESPN announcers pointedly referred to Michigan as being what he calls "an almost team," as in, "He almost caught that pass; they almost made that block, they almost scored a TD, and so on." OUCH! But watching the Wolverines play last night was painful...they SUCKED, in all facets of the game.

Thanks for rubbing it in. Kiffin 2.0 is particularly poignant because Sark and Kiffin were co-coaches at USC in better times under Carroll. (The irregularities notwithstanding.)

In Sarks favor, is that he inherited a team from Kiffin's recruitment and NC-doubleA restrictions. But Trojans are used to winning ... and losing repeatedly by inches and seconds is of little consolation. So I'm giving Sark the benefit of the doubt. But losing by any measurement sucks.

 

[mmaria]

L, I think you would like today's lunch

roasted broccoli, corn, onion, purple cabbage, carrot, paprika with soya sauce and cheese, zucchini and kuskus

What, no trout?

nope... chicken in a cream sauce for the part of the family that eat meat. I totally forgot to write that, because meat really doesn't matter

 

[Gary A.]

L, I think you would like today's lunch

roasted broccoli, corn, onion, purple cabbage, carrot, paprika with soya sauce and cheese, zucchini and kuskus

What, no trout?

nope... chicken in a cream sauce for the part of the family that eat meat. I totally forgot to write that, because meat really doesn't matter

Now we're talkin'.

 

[Gary A.]

Hey Derrel, Stanford - Oregon ... where's the smart money?

 

[mmaria]

What's up Marija?

eating lunch

what about you Gary?

Not yet, haven't had breakfast yet. I just got up and I'm barely on my second sip of coffee.

But I'm always interested in food. What do you have in mind?

L, I think you would like today's lunch

roasted broccoli, corn, onion, purple cabbage, carrot, paprika with soya sauce and cheese, zucchini and kuskus

mmmmmmhhhh good ... Toss in some eggs and it could be my breakfast omelette.

nope... no eggs with my veggies! don't like eggs.

I would give you a disagree right here if you weren't one of the LB

 

[Gary A.]

What's up Marija?

eating lunch

what about you Gary?

Not yet, haven't had breakfast yet. I just got up and I'm barely on my second sip of coffee.

But I'm always interested in food. What do you have in mind?

L, I think you would like today's lunch

roasted broccoli, corn, onion, purple cabbage, carrot, paprika with soya sauce and cheese, zucchini and kuskus

mmmmmmhhhh good ... Toss in some eggs and it could be my breakfast omelette.

nope... no eggs with my veggies! don't like eggs.

I would give you a disagree right here if you weren't one of the LB

LOL!!! and I'd give one right back at you, lol!