[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Buttermilk and absurd questions

[Meredith Wilson]

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<aviationoutreachcoord at m...> wrote:
>  
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> > As someone from Kentucky, I think buttermilk is utterly vile.  
> > Truth be told, I've never tasted any, but it looks so horrible that 
> > I can't even imagine putting it in my system!  My dad used to drink 
> > it, too, but bleh!  

 > We have foods like that in Norway too:  lutefisk, smalahove, codfish-
 > tongue...  And of course the codliver-oil, which is very healthy, and 
 > tastes accordinlgy.  And the Swedes of course have their surstrømming 
 > (which is some sort of freshwaterfish, which has been allowed to 
 > ferment in a brine, I think).
 
Yes, there's a large scandinavian population here, actually, and I've heard
about some of those things, but I haven't been brave enough to try any of
them!
  
> > As for buttermilk pop... I have no idea either and I was born and 
>> raised in KY as was my dad and my mom grew up there.  It's probably 
> > one of those stereotypical Kentucky things.  There are tons
> > of 'em.  I live in Seattle now, and I don't have an accent and 
> > people always are amazed that I come from Kentucky.  It's right 
> > after the 'do you wear shoes' question. :)
> >  
> > Meredith

 > As a Norwegian in Kentucky, the first question was 'do you have VCRs 
 > in Norway?' (There are more VCRs compared to the population in Norway 
 > than in USA), followed by 'do you have cars'.  No questions about 
 > polar-bears, oddly enough, and nobody even knew what whaling was (I 
 > wrote my English III research-paper on whaling).

 First, what are you doing in Kentucky?!  That's hilarious about the VCRs,
too, since there's nothing to do in Lexington but watch TV, go to the movies
or out to eat.  I just have to marvel at questions like 'do you have cars.'
And I know there aren't any huge bodies of water in Kentucky, but they
hadn't even heard of whaling?  I guess I can count myself lucky to have
lived in an educated household growing up!  Where are you in Kentucky?
 
Mer