(11-12-2021 01:42 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(11-12-2021 12:27 PM)GreenBison Wrote:  My Mawmaw (is that just a West Virginia thing?) had her family recipes for old favorites like Goulash, Grits and Sausage pattys, Spaghetti Sauce and Hotdog Sauce (two different things), New Potatoes and green beans. Wow now I know why I love carbs LOL. Ask us about PawPaw Tree Fruits and Ramps.

What I wouldn't do to actually know how my mommaw made her goulash. Like most it was a pinch of this and a dash of that but no written recipe, all of her cooking died also the day she passed away. She has been gone now since 1994 but I can still taste it like I just had it.

Everyone makes it different, so it's really hard to track down the recipe that you remember.

(11-12-2021 08:38 AM)BurlingtonApp Wrote:  

(11-11-2021 09:25 PM)TedHead Wrote:  

(11-11-2021 07:14 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(11-11-2021 12:36 PM)RockyMtnHerd Wrote:  

(11-10-2021 11:31 PM)Usajags Wrote:  Agree with this. I’m the southeast there are baseball fields and stadiums in every town, even the small ones. First sign that Huntington isn’t in the southeast.

Huntington is right on the line between the South and the North...some examples:

Breakfast: Biscuits and gravy are everywhere, but grits are very uncommon. No scrapple or anything like that.

Thanksgiving: I've heard the side dish called dressing and stuffing. Neither word dominates.

Iced Tea: Restaurants offer both sweet and unsweet, and won't presume you mean one or the other if you just order "tea". They'll ask.

Accent: Appalachian, closer to southern than northern but distinctly unique.

Climate: Four distinct seasons. Hot and humid summer, pleasant spring and fall, and cool to cold winters. Huntington can and does get lake effect snow.

Politics: strong conservative tilt. In the past that meant strong conservative D, now means R. But mayor is a Dem.


Knowing all that, how would you characterize Huntington: northern or southern?

West Virginia is an unique state. If you just looked at a map you would say a state that far up has to be considered a yankee state, but your culture is very southern. Pittsburgh isn't that far away either and that city is definitely northern. Looks like the conference will only have 2 schools that vote Democrat now (Old Dominion and James Madison).

And?

I know App is at least 80% blue in every election. Boone is more 60/40 with Watauga County overall being 50/50 (students and residents included). I'd be surprised if Georgia State wasn't too.

I agree. The last time I checked public universities do not declare their political affiliation. How their surrounding communities vote is not on them. They have to depend on public monies, and they have to favor both parties equally. Which is why I am not a fan of Liberty, they answer only to their Red donors.

Declaring ODU and JMU as Democrats was not fair. Yes we has a state have voted blue in every presidential election since Obama. But it was 1964 when the state last voted for a democrat. If you know your History, before 1964 most of the south was blue. When the democrats adopted Equal Rights Amendment of 1964, that was the death of the democratic party in the south.

I was born here in SE Virginia, and I love sports and I hate politics because they are so divisive. I love being in the Sunbelt, and I love being from the South. I might also add GA voted blue in the last presidential election, does that mean Georgia Southern and Georgia State are also democratic schools?

(11-10-2021 11:30 PM)Cajuns1252 Wrote:  

(11-10-2021 11:25 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  Marshall has played at Appalachian Power Park (Charleston minor league 4500 seats) basically since it opened in 2005. They also play at the Kennedy Center in Huntington. It belongs to the YMCA.

Marshall is in the middle of finally taking bids on a new baseball stadium that is about 50 years over due. That is former AD Mike Hamrick's role now in the athletic department. He is the special assistant to the president to get the baseball stadium built before the 2024 season. The goal set in 2019 was the 2022 season, well we all know what happened in 2020, so everything has been pushed back.

This thing has been promised to Marshall since coach Jack Cook took over the program in 1969. Coach Cook is now 95 years old. I seriously hope he sees it before he passes away.

Just curious we’re did Marshall play prior to 2005?

We played in the front yard of a home for wayward women at the turn of the century....I kid you not.

There are fields in Huntington but they are all aged, condemned, or too far away. High school fields have a lot of conflicts with so many games and are too far from campus. We have the land. The biggest problem is it's all formally industrial real estate and has to be cleaned up properly to be usable. It's all superfund designated toxic, etc. So the cost is $$$$$.

(11-14-2021 01:32 PM)MUther Wrote:  

(11-10-2021 11:30 PM)Cajuns1252 Wrote:  

(11-10-2021 11:25 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  Marshall has played at Appalachian Power Park (Charleston minor league 4500 seats) basically since it opened in 2005. They also play at the Kennedy Center in Huntington. It belongs to the YMCA.

Marshall is in the middle of finally taking bids on a new baseball stadium that is about 50 years over due. That is former AD Mike Hamrick's role now in the athletic department. He is the special assistant to the president to get the baseball stadium built before the 2024 season. The goal set in 2019 was the 2022 season, well we all know what happened in 2020, so everything has been pushed back.

This thing has been promised to Marshall since coach Jack Cook took over the program in 1969. Coach Cook is now 95 years old. I seriously hope he sees it before he passes away.

Just curious we’re did Marshall play prior to 2005?

We played in the front yard of a home for wayward women at the turn of the century....I kid you not.

There are fields in Huntington but they are all aged, condemned, or too far away. High school fields have a lot of conflicts with so many games and are too far from campus. We have the land. The biggest problem is it's all formally industrial real estate and has to be cleaned up properly to be usable. It's all superfund designated toxic, etc. So the cost is $$$$$.

About 30% of Huntington property is unusable. It would need clean up from businesses that used toxic materials that were legal then. To clean those properties up to use would be astronomical, more than almost anyone has. If you ever drive around Huntington and see abandoned property, that's more than likely the reason.