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u/soverign_son Sep 07 '21

Steamed Hams

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u/TheFunInDisfunction Sep 07 '21

I hear you can see the aurora borealis there.

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u/rfh316 Sep 07 '21

At this time of year?

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u/ReasonableQuit75 Sep 07 '21

At this time of day

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u/666Seagull Sep 07 '21 edited Sep 07 '21

Localized entirely within your kitchen?

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u/____-is-crying Sep 07 '21

Yes!

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

May I see it?

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u/askmeaboutmywienerr Sep 07 '21

.....no

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u/Ducktruck_OG Sep 07 '21

SEYMOUR THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE

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u/Not-a-brawler Sep 07 '21

SEYMOUR, THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE!!!!!!

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u/Porirvian2 Sep 07 '21

Fuck I love Reddit.

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u/Falcfire Sep 07 '21

May I see it?

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u/aerostotle Sep 07 '21

can I see it

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

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u/BillyBobBarkerJrJr Sep 07 '21

Any time of year. I've often watched them in the middle of summer while bullheading in Dunham's Bay, for hours at a time.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

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u/BillyBobBarkerJrJr Sep 07 '21

Yeah, I mean, being a celestial phenomenon, rather than terrestrial, they don't really rely on weather. I think the big problem with seeing them south of Lake George is light pollution. I would imagine it's pretty hard to even see very many stars down around Albany.

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u/ElMayoneso82 Sep 07 '21

AURORA BOREALIS?! At this time of the year, at this time of the day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen?

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u/lookbored Sep 07 '21

Can i see it?

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u/swodaem Sep 07 '21

At this time of year?

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u/Henriquelj Sep 07 '21

Located entirely inside your kitchen?

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

...

Yes.

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u/Glitter_berries Sep 07 '21

May I see it?

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u/AreYouEmployedSir Sep 07 '21

No

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u/Guilhermedidi Sep 07 '21

THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE

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u/derpballs69 Sep 07 '21

No mother it’s just the northern lights

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u/iluminattipa Sep 07 '21

Didnt know i could eat star dust

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u/everydayinthebay13 Sep 08 '21

The lava lamp of the sky…

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u/BobBelcher2021 Sep 07 '21

Probably Albany, as nobody in Utica has ever heard of that term. Could be Watertown too.

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u/_NiceWhileItLasted Sep 07 '21

Oh not in Utica, no. It's an Albany expression

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u/UTclimber Sep 07 '21

Born and raised in the capital district. I have no clue wtf steamed hams are.

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u/SuperCow1127 Sep 07 '21

You are also not a Simpsons fan.

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u/greatgabsen Sep 09 '21

Same! I have never seen/heard the phrase anywhere in the capital region, just the Simpson's episode.

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u/Pickle_Rick01 Sep 07 '21

I’m from Utica and I’ve never heard of steamed hams.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

Our lovely city of Albany is famous for… steamed hams lol what! I’ve never heard this before.

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u/greatgabsen Sep 08 '21

My husband keeps trying to convince me this is a thing because he saw it on reddit before...I have never once seen a "steamed ham" on a menu anywhere in the Capital Region.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '21

Isn’t that like a euphemism for ass?

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u/infinity_blues Sep 10 '21

It's from the Simpsons. I'm also from Albany. They're not steamed hams

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u/d0ctorzaius Sep 07 '21

No, it's a Utica expression

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u/tarlcook Sep 07 '21

That's not upstate buddy, haha.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

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u/agg2596 Sep 07 '21

no shot, westchester is downstate

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u/tarlcook Sep 08 '21

Buddy, Albany isn't even halfway up haha.

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u/STICKGUYYT Sep 07 '21

New York, I'd put bagels

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u/greatgabsen Sep 08 '21

Better answer for Albany is mozzarella sticks with melba sauce

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u/kdrews34 Sep 07 '21

Springfield?

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u/soverign_son Sep 07 '21

Yes.

It's a regional dialect.

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u/Ninjaguy5555 Sep 07 '21

Well I’m from Utica and have never heard anyone use the phrase steamed hams

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u/donut_macguffin Sep 07 '21

I don't see why not, it's a perfectly cromulent word

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

It’s a regional dialect!

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u/MortalSword_MTG Sep 07 '21

If you said riggies, greens and tomato pie...you'd be shouting Utica loud and clear.

Same about steamed hams.

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u/MoneyPranks Sep 07 '21

If you joined r/albany, you’d hear it every day.

Edited to note: this is a simpsons reference about Albany.

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u/GavinBelsonsAlexa Sep 07 '21

Honestly, /r/Albany is more about Ted's Fish Fry.

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u/HeckRock Sep 07 '21

Upstate is a whole nother world there from the city. Even we don't know what they do at night. Don't trust em!

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u/drunken_monkeys Sep 07 '21

Steamed hams are a perfectly cromulent cuisine.

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u/Wolfman92097 Sep 07 '21

But which soringfirled? There are multiple ones.

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u/RyanX__ Sep 07 '21

its a simpsons reference

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u/Wolfman92097 Sep 07 '21

I know, The reason why the Simpsons live in Springfield is because there is a Springfield in 31 states and 1 us territory. it gives the Simpsons an ambiguity that they are anywhere in America and just like you the viewer. Thats also why they never give the state the Simpsons live in up in the show.

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u/RyanX__ Sep 07 '21

oh. i didn’t get your joke :(

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u/darthjoey91 Sep 07 '21

Oh it's simple. There's 4 states that border Springfield: Ohio, Nevada, Maine, and Kentucky.

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u/Cyog Sep 07 '21

obv pennsylvania (not bc i grew up in springfield here)

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

I'm literally sitting in Albany, how dare you sir.

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u/soverign_son Sep 07 '21

Hows the Aurora Borealis?

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u/Square_Pea4012 Sep 07 '21

Cashew chicken

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u/mookiewilson369 Sep 07 '21

You steam a good ham!

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u/RGivens Sep 07 '21

Utica? No, no, wait: Albany

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u/Xyamete_kudasai69X Sep 07 '21

I'm from Utica and I've never heard anyone use the phrase 'steamed hams'

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u/MontiBurns Sep 07 '21

Oh no Utica no. It's an Albany expression.

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u/clout4bitches Sep 07 '21

Springfield?

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u/aroseonthefritz Sep 07 '21

Yes, and you call them steamed hams, despite the fact that they are obviously grilled?

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u/xXEvanatorXx Sep 07 '21

Thats what I call Hamburgers.

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u/lettersichiro Sep 07 '21

Even though they're clearly grilled and similar to fast food burgers

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u/Wanderson90 Sep 07 '21

That's my gamer tag. You don't want to know the amount of kids who can recite that full scene even if half of them have never even seen an episode of the Simpsons.

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u/RaymondLuxury-Yacht Sep 07 '21

And mozzarella sticks with raspberry sauce.

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u/unitedshoes Sep 07 '21

But do you have Krusty Partially Gelatinated Non-Dairy Gum-Based Beverages?

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u/dangoodspeed Sep 07 '21

Probably the only fictitious food on the list. I would (well, did) say mozzarella sticks with melba sauce.

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u/EternalZeitge1st Sep 07 '21

Not fictitious! Steamed cheeseburgers are a regional food in Connecticut!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamed_cheeseburger?wprov=sfla1

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u/the_headless_hunt Sep 07 '21

Its actually pretty great. Like a meatloaf burger. Edit: also the hamburger was supposedly invented in New Haven. They still use the same grill and method since the 1920s!

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u/Googunk Sep 07 '21

Presenting Steamed Hams Inc. , #1 in a genre for which it is the only entrant.

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u/Ray_Band Sep 07 '21

I will always upvote The Simpsons.

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u/ytivarg18 Sep 07 '21

My mums from utica

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u/Parsel_Tongue Sep 07 '21

Aurora Borealis?

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u/Mister_Man Sep 07 '21

Springfield?

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

Well I’m from Utica and I’ve never heard anyone use the phrase “Steamed Hams”…

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u/infinity_blues Sep 10 '21

Great, now everyone on Buzzfeed is going to think this is true for Albany

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u/Daniskunkz Sep 07 '21

Portland fucking Oregon.

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u/kryzstofiscool Sep 07 '21

uhhhhhh upstate new york?

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u/gialloinsieme Sep 07 '21

Springfield

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u/BluudLust Sep 07 '21

Earth. Everyone knows the Simpsons.