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Post by rpeura on Jan 2, 2016 12:12:20 GMT -5
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Post by betty on Jan 2, 2016 15:36:38 GMT -5
And this really made me smile too, so I went and looked at the cakes that Betty baked. WOW! Betty put some effort into creating these gems. Plus I learned something. I wondered why pigs were showing up on New Year's cakes, so I googled it. Guess what! THE LUCKY PIG The tradition that pigs bring good luck -- especially at the New Year -- is apparently Teutonic in origin; it certainly did not originate in Jewish or Arabic cultures where pig flesh was a forbidden food. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the image of a white pig (almost never a spotted, belted, or brown breed) is used as a lucky charm in Germany, Austria, England, and Ireland, as well as among Anglo-Americans. I guess it's not a tradition with Anglo-Canadians! -- at least not in my family! LOL BETTY IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!  (Maybe some of those people would like to change their BD to the real date so she doesn't have to do 32 cakes next year?!) A BIG HUG FOR BETTY!! Thank you for your kind words, happy, pattihum and adamrocks!  BTW, happy, yes, pigs are "lucky charms" for the New Year here, together with other symbols like clover, chimney sweeps, horseshoes or fly agarics! Those little pigs are often made of marcipan, so that you can eat them afterwards, lol!  Besides those marcipan pigs, it's also very popular here to gift little decorated clover-pots to family members, friends or neighbors on NYE!  |
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Post by freakydeaky on Jan 2, 2016 15:50:31 GMT -5
And this really made me smile too, so I went and looked at the cakes that Betty baked. WOW! Betty put some effort into creating these gems. Plus I learned something. I wondered why pigs were showing up on New Year's cakes, so I googled it. Guess what! THE LUCKY PIG The tradition that pigs bring good luck -- especially at the New Year -- is apparently Teutonic in origin; it certainly did not originate in Jewish or Arabic cultures where pig flesh was a forbidden food. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the image of a white pig (almost never a spotted, belted, or brown breed) is used as a lucky charm in Germany, Austria, England, and Ireland, as well as among Anglo-Americans. I guess it's not a tradition with Anglo-Canadians! -- at least not in my family! LOL Thank you for your kind words, happy, pattihum and adamrocks! BTW, happy, yes, pigs are "lucky charms" for the New Year here, together with other symbols like clover, chimney sweeps, horseshoes or fly agarics! Those little pigs are often made of marcipan, so that you can eat them afterwards, lol! Besides those marcipan pigs, it's also very popular here to gift little decorated clover-pots to family members, friends or neighbors on NYE! I never knew that..... I know the Galician's eat pig's ear during the Entroida festival in February, 'cos I used to live there, but I never tried it myself... |
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Post by happy on Jan 2, 2016 21:43:43 GMT -5
A BIG HUG FOR BETTY!!Thank you for your kind words, happy, pattihum and adamrocks! BTW, happy, yes, pigs are "lucky charms" for the New Year here, together with other symbols like clover, chimney sweeps, horseshoes or fly agarics! Those little pigs are often made of marcipan, so that you can eat them afterwards, lol! Besides those marcipan pigs, it's also very popular here to gift little decorated clover-pots to family members, friends or neighbors on NYE! Interesting. I knew that shaking hands with a chimney sweep was lucky because of "The Sound of Music" but really we don't have anything like that for New Year's in Canada. Not much symbolism here except the old year looking like an old man and the new year like a baby. |
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Post by cassie on Jan 2, 2016 23:13:09 GMT -5
In the deep South of the United States, the traditional New Year's Day meal includes greens (turnip or collards most commonly) and black eyed peas. The greens are for money or wealth, and the black eyed peas represent good luck. Frankly, I don't care for either, but that is the tradition.
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Post by betty on Jan 3, 2016 2:54:36 GMT -5
I never knew that..... I know the Galician's eat pig's ear during the Entroida festival in February, 'cos I used to live there, but I never tried it myself... Pigs ears, really?! Eww!!!   The only "pigs ears" that I sometimes eat, are a special type of cookie here in Germany and they look like this! LOL!   |
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Post by freakydeaky on Jan 3, 2016 10:17:52 GMT -5
I never knew that..... I know the Galician's eat pig's ear during the Entroida festival in February, 'cos I used to live there, but I never tried it myself... Pigs ears, really?! Eww!!! The only "pigs ears" that I sometimes eat, are a special type of cookie here in Germany and they look like this! LOL! Hahaha, yeah, they really weren't appetising to me either....  I prefer the ones in your picture. |
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Post by coo.coo.ca.choo on Jan 3, 2016 12:59:44 GMT -5
I'm really studying the TOH tours dates - I guess I'll firm up my decision once I see what outfits our guy will be wearing on this first leg.....I'm not getting on a plane and flying over an ocean to see him dance in a beach cover-up.......j/s. Adam started being more modest after an interview a year or so ago when he answered a question identifying what his fans call the "gb". He probably was on a tour because the very next night he had on a longer white top that obviously covered the area in question. The only times the sensitive area is exposed now is when he's wearing a suit. He uses shirts tied around his waist, longer tops, funny shaped pants that cover or are bulky, etc. We very rarely get a good view of the GB any more. Adam is not trying to be as provocative so he says. It's his combination of parts that makes him most attractive: personality, talent, fantastic good looks, physique, fashion sense, loyalty to his family, friends, employers, and fans, high energy level, hard worker, charitable, and highly entertaining. Yeah, I noticed that too when he was fronting for Queen......not  I'm just waiting for the pendulum to swing back towards the middle (for me). |
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Post by coo.coo.ca.choo on Jan 3, 2016 13:05:52 GMT -5
I totally agree with this but have been afraid to say it and be deemed critical of other fans' choices. I guess people consider it all in fun, but it's really objectifying. How many of us would like to have people leering at our breasts (or crotches!) for example? Would we feel the same if some fandom was forever commenting on a female musician that way? Yes, Adam is sexy and sexual, but he's always seemed to me to be a little uncomfortable when "the GB" is mentioned (thank god rarely) in interviews. I'm not, so much, complaining about the leering at his crotch lol. because, lbh, that's sometimes what he's going for. it's strictly just the term I hate I find it a little odd that my comments about not wanting to see Adam perform in beach attire led to a conversation regarding his crotch. I don't remember mentioning that at all. Funny where people let their minds drift. Personally, I like tucked in shirts, low rider jeans, boots, stellar belts. I also like to see a person's body when their dancing - Terrance comes to mine. Liking to look at someone is not objectifying them it's just simply liking to look at them. And, I think that Adam likes his fans to look at him - hence the numerous photo shoots. JMO. |
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