[tvbound]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Now image us taxpayers in each state pay a group sitting around a table deciding
each states dessert??

Where do I apply for that job?

"Where do I apply for that job?"

Try submitting an application to the insurance company 'Coventry,' that actually did the research and published the results?

[tsmall22204]

So whats your point here?

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by tsmall22204

So whats your point here?

Oh my. Please let me explain. . .

Sometimes it is so nice to have a little conversation here, in silly fun, just like it is in real life.

There should be no way this thread can turn ugly. (said Boomer naively)

Such conversations though have become fewer and further between. We need to embrace and appreciate the light moments of connection.

I think the “point” of this thread was to add a much needed gentle, light touch to the TOTV conversations.

As William Wordsworth said in his 1807 sonnet, “The world is too much with us.”

Wordsworth could never have imagined how eerily applicable his words would still be 215 years later.

I sincerely invite you to join in and maybe share with us what you think of what the list said about your home state’s favorite dessert.

Boomer

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Boomer

Oh my. Please let me explain. . .

Sometimes it is so nice to have a little conversation here, in silly fun, just like it is in real life.

There should be no way this thread can turn ugly. (said Boomer naively)

Such conversations though have become fewer and further between. We need to embrace and appreciate the light moments of connection.

I think the “point” of this thread was to add a much needed gentle, light touch to the TOTV conversations.

As William Wordsworth said in his 1807 sonnet, “The world is too much with us.”

Wordsworth could never have imagined how eerily applicable his words would still be 215 years later.

I sincerely invite you to join in and maybe share with us what you think of what the list said about your home state’s favorite dessert.

Boomer

Agreed.

Discussions, here and elsewhere, don't randomly "turn" ugly. But there are people in the world who aren't satisfied until every one else's world is as ugly and bitter as they see their own.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Boomer

Oh my. Please let me explain. . .

Sometimes it is so nice to have a little conversation here, in silly fun, just like it is in real life.

There should be no way this thread can turn ugly. (said Boomer naively)

Such conversations though have become fewer and further between. We need to embrace and appreciate the light moments of connection.

I think the “point” of this thread was to add a much needed gentle, light touch to the TOTV conversations.

As William Wordsworth said in his 1807 sonnet, “The world is too much with us.”

Wordsworth could never have imagined how eerily applicable his words would still be 215 years later.

I sincerely invite you to join in and maybe share with us what you think of what the list said about your home state’s favorite dessert.

Boomer

Agreed.

Discussions, here and elsewhere, don't randomly "turn" ugly. But there are people in the world who aren't satisfied until every one else's world is as ugly and bitter as they see their own.

[murinace@aol.com]

I would think cheesecake or cannolis (as a born and bred New Yorker) would be #1 for NY. But I do love black and whites. Nobody makes key lime pie better than Floridians.
Love the villages!

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by murinace@aol.com

I would think cheesecake or cannolis (as a born and bred New Yorker) would be #1 for NY. But I do love black and whites. Nobody makes key lime pie better than Floridians.
Love the villages!

Uh, oh. You would have to mention NY cheesecake. . .

My Brooklyn friend sent us a cheesecake from Junior’s. And, Wow! This Ohio girl has never been the same. . .

I slivered and I slivered — just that “wafer thin piece” — that’s how it went — faster than I want to confess.

I like my cheesecake straight-up, no topping, and that’s what this one was — perfect. Junior’s has it all though — for those who are not a purist, like me.

And now, I get that wicked catalog from Junior’s. I am so tempted to get another of those orange and white striped boxes delivered. But. . .an entire Junior’s cheesecake could too easily become my drug of choice, replacing even my dear Graeter’s ice cream.

Thanks a lot.

Boomer

[dtennent]

Interesting that they used Google trend data to determine the favorite dessert of each state. Given that not many people know what Texas sheet cake is, there is a reasonable chance that it will become the 'favorite' dessert of The Villages!

[richdell]

I've had plenty of sheet cakes, but I never heard of something called "Texas" sheet cake. Apparently, there's a difference.


The Great Sheet Cake Mystery | Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by FredJacobs

Key Lime Pie is Florida's official pie. Last week, the legislature voted to make Strawberry Short Cake Florida's official dessert.

I heard that as well. What more proof is needed that the world has gone NUTS.

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by Carla B

Yeah, Jello, really? And Funnel Cake, as in the greasy stuff dispensed at Carnivals? However, some states show class, such as New Mexico and Bananas Foster, assuming it contains rum.

Oooo! Bananas Foster, haven't had that in years - sigh. My PCP would do bad things to me if I had that, with my liver - LOL!

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Boomer

Oh my. Please let me explain. . .

Sometimes it is so nice to have a little conversation here, in silly fun, just like it is in real life.

There should be no way this thread can turn ugly. (said Boomer naively)

Such conversations though have become fewer and further between. We need to embrace and appreciate the light moments of connection.

I think the “point” of this thread was to add a much needed gentle, light touch to the TOTV conversations.

As William Wordsworth said in his 1807 sonnet, “The world is too much with us.”

Wordsworth could never have imagined how eerily applicable his words would still be 215 years later.

I sincerely invite you to join in and maybe share with us what you think of what the list said about your home state’s favorite dessert.

Boomer

As far as history. I had, have a hobby of reading old books. Problems, issues, so much of what we think are new problems have been around for centuries.

Thought about desserts. Truth, there are far more important things. A broader view-what is for diner. Truth, need to loose at least ten pounds. I find that not eating between meal and snacks does not seem to work.

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by DAVES

As far as history. I had, have a hobby of reading old books. Problems, issues, so much of what we think are new problems have been around for centuries.

Thought about desserts. Truth, there are far more important things. A broader view-what is for diner. Truth, need to loose at least ten pounds. I find that not eating between meal and snacks does not seem to work.

10 pounds gone sounds good to me, too. I am reading up on intermittent fasting right now. It looks like there are different ways to do it and that it does not have to be as harsh as it sounds. . .

If I suddenly start writing “hangry” posts on TOTV, it will just mean that I am giving it a try.

Boomer

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by DaleDivine

Love the Key Lime pie also. Glad we moved from Virginia. Funnel Cake?? Only at fairs, etc.

Moved here from Roanoke where are you from?

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Boomer

Uh, oh. You would have to mention NY cheesecake. . .

My Brooklyn friend sent us a cheesecake from Junior’s. And, Wow! This Ohio girl has never been the same. . .

I slivered and I slivered — just that “wafer thin piece” — that’s how it went — faster than I want to confess.

I like my cheesecake straight-up, no topping, and that’s what this one was — perfect. Junior’s has it all though — for those who are not a purist, like me.

And now, I get that wicked catalog from Junior’s. I am so tempted to get another of those orange and white striped boxes delivered. But. . .an entire Junior’s cheesecake could too easily become my drug of choice, replacing even my dear Graeter’s ice cream.

Thanks a lot.

Boomer

Wish we could find a good NY style cheese cake here in the Villages