I recently discovered something called Whoopie Pies in a supermarket. I had no idea what they were but discovered they are some sort of creamy delicacy. So I Looked it up on Wikipedia and found this:
A whoopie pie, sometimes alternatively called a gob, black-and-white, or bob, 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. In
But, Aussies and I suspect Brits will be absolutely horrified to know that, one thing you cannot get, believe it or not, is a Meat Pie!!!!!!! I could be wrong but I have yet to find anywhere or even anyone who knows what I am talking about, apart from my daughter who like me is an Aussie and a Brit. Imagine that, life without the quintessential meat pie!!!!!
Not to be outdone, I have promised my son in law I will make some although I think they will have to be somewhat larger than the normal fare you get at football games (in both the
Talking of sport, I got taken to a Baseball game. The local team is the Reading Phillies. They play in what I gather is the Minor Triple A league, one down from the Minor Quadruple A league, which is one down from the Major league stuff. Anyway, these guys are fully professional. But what got me was all the entertainment between innings.
T shirts being fired into the crowd from a cannon in a very silly looking vehicle driving around the field, a race between three guys in vegetable outfits. Each of the three major stands had a person with a symbol of one of the vegetables, and the winning vegetable got 20 odd free tickets to something from a random selection of people in the appropriate stand. A spot the coin under the hat contest (three hats, one coin, the hats move about quickly). Each hat had a symbol on it, a selection of kids was on the field, they watched the hat moving on a giant screen and then had to run to the sign with the symbol they though had the coin, the winners won something not sure what. A “tooth fairy” with a little helper (picked from the kids in the crowd). The “tooth fairy” suitable dressed in a frilly outfit and a very short skirt, skipped to each of the bases and had to clean them with her giant tooth brush. This of course involved her bending over with her bottom pointing in the most appropriate direction. The guys in the crowd loved it, not sure what the spouses thought though… Sweeping the gravel area with a selection of people dressed up in silly costumes, to music, which involved them dancing as they went round.
In a stand at far end was a pool where kids could watch the game (it was hot) whilst standing in the pool. Their parents where sitting in the stand next to the pool. All very strange but very good for families.
Not sure what else but all very entertaining and very American.
I was also amazed that they gave away balls throughout the night. As fellow Brits and Aussies know, in cricket the state of the ball is very important. Here, they get through a huge number of balls during a game. If a ball went out of play, the person who caught it kept it. At the end of the game groups of people threw balls into the crowd. Try to imagine the scene, kids and adults jumping up and down in the stands screaming “throw it to me”, or “here here” etc. The a mad scramble when balls came in their direction. All extremely popular.
Being a sports game, food was obviously on sale, including hot dogs. To me, a giant hot dog means it will be very long and have lots of onions and ketchup. Not here, giant seems to mean the same size roll but a fatter dog. I looked at this and then asked about the onions and ketchup and was directed to another area where it was help yourself. Mind you, the large coke I order was, how to put it, LARGE. Something about a hot dog at a spots event, tastes so much better… Mind you, the large soft pretzel was scrumptious.
My sojourn continues.
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