{"id":6478,"date":"2015-12-28T08:12:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T13:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=6478"},"modified":"2016-01-13T11:21:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T16:21:14","slug":"ohioans-vs-floridians-a-travel-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/12\/28\/ohioans-vs-floridians-a-travel-memoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohioans vs Floridians:  a travel memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went up to Ohio for a family reunion, and, though all my family komme aus Ohio for three or so generations now, I was surprised by differences in local customs I had never considered.<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>&nbsp;Ohioans<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<strong>Floridians<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>put french fries in their salads<\/p>\n<p>have ice damaged roadways<\/p>\n<p>have too many geese<\/p>\n<p>have an ice cream shop on every corner<\/td>\n<td>put fish on our salads<\/p>\n<p>have road gators (e.g. truck tire tread)<\/p>\n<p>have too many bugs<\/p>\n<p>have a coffee shop on every corner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\nOutside of a conversation with a cousin on what road gators were, the things that vary the most about us seem to always be our eating habits.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve never had french fries on my salad before, and I have no idea why the people of Ohio require so many ice cream shops in a cold climate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>previous travels:&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/TravelMap.html\">Photomap of Dallas trip for ALA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went up to Ohio for a family reunion, and, though all my family komme aus Ohio for three or so generations now, I was surprised by differences in local customs I had never considered. &nbsp;Ohioans &nbsp;Floridians put french fries in their salads have ice damaged roadways have too many geese have an ice cream&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/12\/28\/ohioans-vs-floridians-a-travel-memoir\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ohioans vs Floridians:  a travel memoir<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-6478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-traveling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6754,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/11\/26\/salt-straw-ice-cream\/","url_meta":{"origin":6478,"position":0},"title":"Salt &#038; Straw Ice cream","author":"leems","date":"November 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Our ice cream flavors basically created themselves based on the amazing produce available in September. 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