I think these are generally referred to as “state songs” rather than anthems. The word “anthem” is rarely heard outside the phrase “national anthem.”
This one occurs to me because I had a Vietnamese wedding banquet this evening and the fussy-eating children on the next table got spring rolls. They are deep fried in a thin pastry or bean curd skin and contain things like minced pork, prawns, wood ear mushrooms, diced vegies, cellophane noodles etc. Are these - or Chinese versions of them - what you call “egg rolls”?
Egg rolls are similar to spring rolls in concept, but usually the specific ingredients are slightly different. Most importantly, while the wrapping for spring rolls tends to be very thin and crisp, the wrapping for egg rolls is sort of doughier, possibly because of the presence of eggs in the batter.
As for the filling for egg rolls, it’s usually primarily shredded cabbage with bits of shrimp (prawn) or pork. Often there’s also a little bit of shredded carrot. It rarely if ever has mushrooms or noodles.
Also, egg rolls tend to have a larger diameter than spring rolls (about double).
My impression is that egg rolls were created by Chinese immigrants who were not able to locate the exact ingredients needed for spring rolls.
Yeah, it’s chocolate…but not milk. For that reason, it doesn’t need refrigeration. That might not sound like a big deal, but it was when it was developed. It became popular during WWII among solders stationed overseas where refrigeration wasn’t easy to come by. This is pretty much it’s only selling point. It’s not very popular anymore; Nestle’s Quik, which does contain milk, is much more popular. I suspect that many of Yoohoo’s fans are old-timers whose tastebuds are shot.
Does 22 count as an “old-timer”? I’ve always liked Yoo-hoo (and Chocolate Soldier, but that’s impossible to find these days) and still drink it sometimes. The new Double Fudge variety is like drinking chocolate cake batter.
Yoo-hoo is milk-based, but the preparation and bottling makes it shelf-stable without refrigeration.
Yoo Hoo isn’t chocolate milk – it doesn’t require refrigeration. It does taste much like cjhocolate milk, though. To tell the truth, I don’t recall any flavor other than chocolate, but I’ve never been a big fan of the stuff.William Poundstone has something on it in one of his “Big Secrets” books, where he identifie the colors of the strata that form on the bottom of the bottle.
I always thought the American Dream was more along the lines of being able to do better than your parents did, not necessarily that you can become the next Bill Gates. That is a big deal compared to a lot of the world.
OK, I’ll make a note to try Yoo Hoo next time. Thanks, folks!
The thing about “The American Dream” that I’ve always been taught was remarkable is that in the U.S. there is no idea of immutable class. IOW, there is no caste system, no ideal that any one person is inherently “better” from birth by being born to certain parents, or having lighter skin, or being a particular gender, or whatever. I think we Americans think we share this with, say, Canadians and Australians and other relatively recent mostly immigrat countries, but not with a lot of European countries built on a history of “class” and certainly not with countries like India that have a caste system. This is the shiny dream, of course, that is pretty badly dented by racism and economic exclusion and what have you, but on a societal, meta level, we are taught that “all men are created equal” and those who believe differently (either secretly or openly) know that theirs is the opinion that is not consistent with American aspirational ethos. I know that issues of class are not a big deal on a daily basis in Britain, but it has been really important historically to Americans that you have Lord Whatsisname and Lady Whosit (and the Queen, God save her) and we don’t.
I think that happens in many places around the world .
In the .U.K ,
Chelsea,Arsenal,Tottenham,Fulham ,WestHam F.Cs etc. in London.
Man.Utd.,Man City in Manchester,Liverpool and Everton F.C. in scouserland,Rangers and Celtic F.C in Glasgow .
Bigish cities several teams.
Add to that Sheffield (Wednesday & United), Birmingham/Villa, etc. The strangest example is the adjacent grounds of Dundee and Dundee United.
Jim Callaghan is/was an old boy of my secondary school and you dont come much more common then me (or him!)
Hereditary Peers aside ,who apart from being an anachnorism are a waste of space,the House of Lords has the very great advantage of NOT being elected but appointed.
An elected politicians first,main and priority objective is to get elected in the first place,apart from a noble (no pun intended)few they will allow their ethical stand to be diluted again and again until it acheives that objective.
The politicians appointed to the H.of.L by the government of the day tend to be veterans ,they know how things REALLY work in government whichever side of the political spectrum they come from and not the B.S. they believed in when they first stood for election.
An example that Brit .Dopers will recognise from an old T.V. series “Yes Minister”
For a good many years there were no restrictions on smoking ,Human Rights maybe ? no! huge tax revenues from cigarettes and smokers tended to die younger thus decreasing their Pension payments and use of the National Health System.
The Life Peers dont have to worry about keeping their job from year to year so they dont have to go through all the" baby kissing" routine ,and making ridiculous promises that they know are stupid ,but the tabloids have convinced the electorate are essential .
They also cannot be blackmailed by their party leaders against their view of the legislative situation .
A popular myth some years ago was that many hours operating a V.D.U resulted in headaches,eyestrain and general fatigue .
The British Health and Safety Executive launched an exhaustive and in depth investigation into this as did an entirely indepedent E.E.C. occupational health dept .
Conclusions ?entirely independantly both authorities decided that the myth was completely unfounded.
What happened ?due to the power of popular ignorance a highly expensive ,highly detailed and totally pointless piece of legislation was enacted throughout Europe .
If we get an elected upper house in the near future as is envisaged we’ll get another lot of populist morons dancing to "the Daily Sports " readerships view of international politics/economics etc.
In Britain the taxpayer has just paid out several millions of pounds that could have been spent on hospitals and diverted the services of many scarce senior police detectives and intelligence operatives from fighting against an imminent terrorist disaster in the U.K. to shut up moronic conspiracy theorists once and for all about whether "air head "princess Diana was murdered .
Interestingly enough many of them appear to have plenty of time on their hands due to being long term benefits claiments.
If I sound a trifle irate its because I am.
In that case, it’s true for mostr immigrants, I imagine most any immigrants from any Third World country to any First World country. That’s why immigration is so popular in the Third World. I will grant you that your chances are probably better overall in America.
Why do you have a sporting fixture called the ‘World Series’ when so few countries play? Are you hoping more people will join in?
How is it possible that you can elect positions such as coroner or sherrif? How do they remain impartial (not to mention, where do they get the time to do their jobs!) if they are campaigning?
Are USians really so obsessed with background as they appear to be? From films, tv and books it appears as though every American wants to be thought of as from somewhere else. Irish-American, Italian-American, African-American etc. What’s wrong with being American?
It is a private commercial event owned and run by a private commercial enterprise. It was originally called the “World Series” to make it sound important and exciting and the name has stuck. It was not intended to be any sort of accurate description. (And, before anyone says it, it was not named for the New York World newspaper.)
No. We don’t care about other countries’ athletic clubs.
The original belief was that any person in a position of authority should derive their authority from the consent of the public.
I think it’s rare that they get the opportunity to be partial. Partiality is much more a factor in elections for school boards.
To the extent that they have the opportunity and the motive to be impartial, their actions are subject to voter approval or disapproval. Many sheriffs and county prosecutors/district attorneys make a show of a big drug/pornography bust right before the election.
Local officials do very little campaigning.
I don’t think we’re obsessed. How obsessed do we appear to be?
There are several interacting factors here:
(1) Everyone wants to belong to something. Everyone wants to be proud of his family and heritage. Everyone wants to look for people who have something in common.
(2) Many groups experienced discrimination when they arrived in the United States. This created a degree of group cohesion.
(3) As a people with a very brief national and personal history, people long for “roots” of some kind.
(4) No one has a problem with just being “American.” But we’re a nation of immigrants, so we’re all also something else.
(5) People identify not only with ethnic/national origins but with a range of other factors – place of origin within the United States, neighborhood, race, socio-economic class, university/school affiliation, sports club affiliation, social club affiliation, hobbies, etc. It’s not that Americans want to be thought of being from somewhere but rather they want to belong to a group within American society.
Countries of origin for players on the 40-man rosters of the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals (this year’s World Series teams):
United States
Mexico
Cuba
Venezuela
Dominican Republic
Japan
Plus the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which is a U.S. protectorate but fields its own teams in international competition.
The best players in the world are playing here (with the exception of the Cuban national team members.) The Toronto Blue Jays have a pair of World Series championships.
Don’t confuse the World Series with the World Baseball Classic, which is an actual international tournament. The World Series is so named because when it was first contested in 1901, the winning club was considered to be the world’s champion, and the name stuck.
And, actually, zero countries play in the World Series. It is a venue of competition between private clubs, not between countries.
You know, I’d always heard this but when I was there I couldn’t get them to shut up. Nobody knew me (I just got there…and I’m American!!) and everyone wanted to tell me their life story. Including stuff like their last operation. In detail. If anything I was the reticent one.
But this is supposed to be about American weirdness, so carry on.
Which still ignores the fact that “World Series” is a preposterous title for a competition played between the winners of the “National League” and “American League”- just as calling the winners of the Super Bowl “World Champions” is pretty damn ridiculous when they play in the National Football League. You may safely assume I hold similar sentiments toward the same title being applied to the NBA champs.
The participation of a few token foreigners (or in the case of MLB, players from a few token nations) does not make something a “world” competition in any sense of the word.