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In Maryland, Smith Islanders Find Saving Their Home Is No Piece of Cake
Wall Street Journal ^
| 11-7-15
| Josh Zumbrun
Posted on 11/07/2015 12:04:34 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic
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posted on
11/07/2015 12:07:27 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: afraidfortherepublic
What about the Lady Baltimore Cake ???
I thought that was the ND cake ???
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posted on
11/07/2015 12:46:10 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: afraidfortherepublic
169 people on an island that is sometimes inaccessible. Sign me up. My neck of the woods has been “found” so it’s not so nice and peaceful these days.
Hmm, the cake recipe in the comments sounds a bit off. Four cups of milk and one boxed yellow cake mix?
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posted on
11/07/2015 12:48:51 PM PST
by
bgill
( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: afraidfortherepublic
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posted on
11/07/2015 12:49:06 PM PST
by
sauropod
(I am His and He is mine.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
I don't recall Michener even alluding to a cake or some other pastry in the efforts to save Devon Island in Chesapeake. Could I have missed it?
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posted on
11/07/2015 12:49:51 PM PST
by
Oratam
To: bgill
It's a tall piece of yellow cake with layers of thin cake and
chocolate icing. Somewhat unremarkable.
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posted on
11/07/2015 12:53:30 PM PST
by
Vision
(I have sworn to God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man - Jefferson)
To: Vision
More accurately, it is piles of icing interrupted by thin slivers of cake.
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posted on
11/07/2015 1:31:12 PM PST
by
Sgt_Schultze
(If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
To: bgill
If I recall correctly, linguists have studied the dialect and speech patterns of people from Smith Island. They speak a distinct dialect there. But that may be changing as that island is not so isolated anymore.
To: Dilbert San Diego
>> linguists have studied the dialect and speech patterns of people from Smith Island. They speak a distinct dialect there. But that may be changing as that island is not so isolated anymore <<
Indeed, although I think the forces of modernization may already have demoted the islanders’ speech pattern from a “dialect” to a mere “accent.”
The same situation holds for Virginia’s nearby Tangier Island, where the quaint local accent is almost the same as on Smith Island. Both patterns will probably be virtually extinct within 20 or 30 years. Sad for us lovers of language!
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posted on
11/07/2015 2:19:30 PM PST
by
Hawthorn
To: bgill
To: Oratam
My uncle landscaped Michner’s house on the Eastern Shore, took him 4 years to get the cheap bastard to pay up.
To: Tennessee Nana
Maryland designated Smith Island cake as the official state dessert in 2008.
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posted on
11/07/2015 2:45:01 PM PST
by
Abby4116
To: afraidfortherepublic; sickoflibs
The best cakes to come out of Maryland are those made from crab.
To: afraidfortherepublic; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...
Maryland Smith Island Cake State PING!
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posted on
11/07/2015 8:57:45 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Funny thing...I’ve nver heard of this cake until I read this article. Then, in today’s mail, a catalog arrived that offered Smith Island Cake, among other delecacies, by mail in 2 flavors! It costs $50. I don’t remember if shipping is included in that price.
To: bgill
I’ve tried the Smith Island cake, and I can’t say I’m impressed.
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posted on
11/08/2015 6:07:51 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Keep calm and Pray on.)
To: Tennessee Nana
Apparently, Lady Baltimore cake doesn’t come from Maryland but from the Lady Baltimore Tea Room, which was in Charleston in the early 1900s.
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posted on
11/08/2015 6:20:29 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Keep calm and Pray on.)
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