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Michelle -- Hope Mills, NC
1/17/08 -- 08:02:19 PM
I was born in Portland, Maine but I have lived away for the
last 17 years as I followed my husband around the world while he
serve in the Air Force. I miss my home and hope to some day
live in the greatest state in the nation again! Having lived on
each coast, in the south and the midwest, Japan and Turkey I can
tell you there is no place like Maine!
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Jocelyn Jackson (
jocelyn.jackson@yahoo.com
) -- Pikeville, NC
1/16/08 -- 03:21:31 PM
Hi Mainers-we are here in N.C. hoping to see a 'flake' or
two..but of course they forecast to be north and west of Raleigh
as always...I found a webcam of Naples Cosway
sebagolakeonline.com ...I miss Maine everyday...so helps to
click in there and at least see it...hope on my next visit to
have time to position myself to snap a pic of the portland
skyline...
So glad to have all of ur posts to read...helps to know that i
am not alone in my pining for the pine tree state!!
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Wayne St. Clair (
strattonstclair@mac.com ) -- Roanoke, VA
1/15/08 -- 09:17:58 AM
Barb... I add beer because I have always steamed my clams in
beer (thats how I learned to do it anyway) and then used that
liquid to make the base for the chowder so I add beer to
replicate that flavor, just as I replace salt pork with bacon. I
find I just like the flavor better. As for the thyme and tabasco,
I add that because the person who taught me how to make chowder
in the first place did.
Anyway glad you liked it... it is quite yummy.
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Kathy D ( kidget29@yahoo.com
) -- Richmond, VA
1/14/08 -- 02:16:49 PM
Hello everyone.
I am a rather new exile. I moved to Richmond, VA from Clinton,
ME about 3 yrs ago. And although I love my new family and
surroundings, I really do miss Maine and all four seasons.
Amazing how you can spend 20 years just waiting to "break free"
only to count the days to your next visit.
HUGs and Happy New Year to all!
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Brenda A -- Holly Springs, NC (born/raised in Central Maine)
1/12/08 -- 07:08:00 AM
Hello to 'R. K. -- Fuquay Varina, NC' & all the other Mainers
exiled in NC,
I too, am exiled in NC (your neighbor up the road in Holly
Springs).
I don't know about 'missing snow' but I sure do miss the 'Maine
deli style italians.' I'm convinced the difference is the bread,
oil & ham! Gotta love that bread!
My hub & I just returned from a 10 day visit to 'home' and were
reminded of why we enjoy the NC weather. It was great to be
'home in Maine' and to experience snow for a few days, but it
sure was nice to return to NC's milder climate and NO SNOW!
My family (all still in Maine) tells me I've gone soft & become
a snow wimp!
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R. K. -- Fuquay Varina, NC
1/11/08 -- 09:31:29 PM
..Had a great New Year as my Brother and Sister in Law
visited after spending Xmas with their son in Asheville NC. We
are all from Gray. I took them to a hockey game (Bruins were
playing the Hurricanes). Then went to Myrtle Beach to see the
Carolina Opry, it was fantastic. On the 2nd of January they both
headed back to the land of Italian sandwiches......Asked them to
stay a little longer but they said they missed the snow somthin'
fierce. OK chummies? I do notice a lot of NC exiles, maybe a get
together should be planned to talk about missing the snow,
exchange recipes for brown bread and I can bring some
Italians........LOL
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Barbara Edwards (
bedwards59@insightbb.com ) -- Ludlow, KY
1/10/08 -- 07:43:18 PM
Wow Wayne that sounds like a wonderful clam chowder! I have
never tried it using beer so I am making a copy of your recipe
for the next cold day I am off work! I don't measure just make
a similar chowder but no tobasco or tyme can't wait to try this
! Thanks , Barb In Ky
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Kevin -- Princeton, NJ
1/9/08 -- 10:57:16 AM
Just found this site. I was born in Houlton and gradually
migrated south to Millinocket, Bangor, Windham and Westbrook. I
spent most of my time in Bangor. Now living in exile in New
Jersey for almost 4 years. We get home 8 to 12 times a year but
it is still not enough. I especially miss Maine this winter as
I am a big snowmobiler. My wife gave me a snowmobile rental
package in Greenville for my 40th birthday, cannot wait to use
it.
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Wayne St. Clair (
strattonstclair@mac.com ) -- Roanoke, VA
1/9/08m --10:42:15 AM
Well I had a request the other day for some new england clam
chowder and so I made a nice big batch and took it to a
gathering. One guy woofed down 3 bowls claiming it was the best
thing he had ever eaten and another woman proposed marriage
after having some. LOL
I was asked if I would make some manhatten clam chowder and I
said no absolutely not, and changed the subject.
Now what interests me is how and what we use in our chowders.
For the record this is my recipe:
3 large russet potatoes peeled and chopped
1 large yellow onion diced
2 stalks celery diced
10 oz bacon, raw, chopped
1/2 stick butter
3 cups heavy cream
1 12 oz beer
1 quart chicken stock
1/3 to 1/2 cup white flour
(I live inland a few hundred miles so) as many cans of chopped
and/or whole baby clams you can afford
1 teaspoon thyme
2 bay leaves
a few splashes tabasco sauce
salt and pepper to taste.
(1) put the potatoes, thyme, bay leaves, chicken stock the
liquid from the canned clams and the beer in one pot and cook on
medium high until the potatoes are done.
(2) in another, larger pot melt the butter and add the onions,
celery and the bacon and cook until the onions are translucent
and the bacon rendered. Add the flour and stir constantly to
make the roux.
(3) pour the potato mixture into the second pot stirring
constantly and reduce heat. add the cream, salt and pepper and
tabasco. Heat until thick and add the clams and serve.
This was what I made in the restaurant I worked at and it was
very popular... So the question is how is it like and how is it
different from others recipes and what would you do differently.
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Wayne St. Clair (
strattonstclair@mac.com ) -- Roanoke, VA
1/8/08 -- 09:21:39 AM
RIP John Folgeberg. The Reach is still one of your best.
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Moughie -- Phoenix, AZ
1/7/08 -- 09:39:04 PM
I would like to encourage all maine exile posters to take a
peek at the
www.city-data.com/forum/maine!!! New posters always welcome
to share their memories and observations!!
Cookie, I love your reference to Tim Sample and WIcked good
Band!!!
"Like Tim Sample sings ('n' prob'b'ly the Wicked Good Band,
too), "How can I miss you if you don't go away?"
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Barb Edwards (
bedwards59@insightbb.com ) -- Ludlow, KY
1/7/08 -- 07:13:43 PM
I miss you Maine! I grew up in East Holden and Brewer and
left in the early 70's and still homesick! Anyone graduate from
Brewer High in 1970? Email me ! Send a can of clean Maine air ,
and clam chowder! I am married and doing fine but still
homesick! Mostly I miss the sound of the wind in the pine trees
the fresh smell of balsam and the crashing waves of the rocky
coastline. I miss the people , the dry humor and the country
where you could walk for long times in the woods and never meet
anyone . Hugs, from Kentucky, Barbe
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L.L. -- Plant City, FL
1/7/08 -- 01:41:05 AM
Hi All,
Survived the holidays in Florida although it certainly is
different.
I was lucky enough to go down to see the Florida Everbaldes
Classic on the 28th when my UMaine Black Bear Hockey team came
to town. Even luckier to see them win 5-3. But it is way
different to see UMaine fans in shorts! Never saw that at Alfond!!
My coworker from Maine went home for the holidays. She blessed
me with a couple of boxes of Country Kitchen chocolate sugared
donuts, how sweet that was! I NEVER THOUGHT FOOD COULD BE SO
IMPORTANT.
I called my mom last week to tell her I was freezing. Most of
Maine had a storm that day and she did not have much sympathy.
She called me the next day to tell me she had seen on the news
that the Tampa area hit freezing. I asked her what she thought
I was talking about the day before when I called. She just
laughed ...
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R. D. -- Salt Lake City, UT
1/6/08 -- 12:51:00 AM
Greenville , ME is home and man do i miss it, except i heard
there is nearly 6-7ft of snow...don't miss that!!
I miss all you Mainers it's such a special place, I hope you all
know that...
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Cookie (
cookiecoogan@yahoo.com ) -- Ithaca, NY
1/6/08 -- 12:31:10 AM
I am blessed to have a regular voice/piano job here in
Ithaca, and one of the regular couples at my regular job happen
to have a second home out in Western Maine somewhere. They
*love* Maine--as much as I do, if such a thing is possible.
Anyway, they spent the turn of the New Year at their home in
Maine and tonight, they showed me cell-phone pix of the snow!
Man! It was up to the bottom of the roadsigns! How is it there
now?
My plan right now---god willin' and the creek don't rise---is to
get in my car and drive home TOMORROW. I just can't stand it any
more. I don't have to work again until next Saturday (and
classes don't start until the 21st). Nobody in my family knows
yet, but I'm sure there'll be a couch with my name on it
somewhere.
For Christmas, my Dad gave me his old copy of "Albion on the
Narrow Gauge" by Ruth Crosby Wiggin. Oh! How much this book
means to me!! I loved it so much as a child, and now that I'm
grown and have a bit better perspective on history, I understand
a little bit more of it. One thing I'd like to do while home is
visit the Maine State Library to check some of the books Ms.
Wiggin mentions. Also the archives to try and find some family
records. The other thing is that Ms. Wiggin refers to houses by
their current(1964)or former occupants, as in "the old Weymouth
place." Now, some of the older folks mentioned in the book, I
knew as a young girl. They were ancient to me then, and they are
passing quick. Another thing I'd like to do while home is check
Ms. Wiggins's geographical and residential references against my
mother's and grandmother's. That way I can get a picture for
people and things who went before and who or what is there now.
Albion seemed and probably, to some folk, IS nowhere, but for a
nowhere, it's something special. Lemme tell you, I been in New
York City recently, and despite all its fabled glory (and I love
it for what it is, which ain't all it's cracked up to be),
there's no place I'd rather be right now than Albion, Maine.
'Course, I'd come back to Ithaca eventually because it's easier
to be a crackpot liberal here, not to mention those little
things like my job and spouse! :) Daaooow, but it's good,
though. Absence makes the heart grow fonder so a little
separation to get back to center is positive. Like Tim Sample
sings ('n' prob'b'ly the Wicked Good Band, too), "How can I miss
you if you don't go away?"
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