I've had so much fun doing press for I Love Ranch Dressing but the most fun is when people ask me "Why didn't you include...?" So here are a few new Things White Midwesterners Like, brought to my attention by radio hosts and listeners around the country:
Stars on Houses: I hadn't noticed this until it was pointed out to me by a Michigan morning show, but damned if it isn't true. These were apparently a big deal in Amish communities and German immigrant farming communities (from whence my ancestors came) and are make a big comeback now. There isn't much significance to them (other than, "Hey, I like stars!") but they do scream, "White Midwesterners Live Here."
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those stars just aren't on houses! they now decorate many houses in my town, its so frightening. i cant stand those stars!
they aren't barn stars, they are barn quilts. And my aunt and cousins from Wisconsin think that the stars on houses is an iowa thing. They jokingly call it a cult.
Yes, there is a big difference between a barn quilt, a barn star and a barn star on a house. Don't do the latter unless you are asked by the right people. Bad things happen to those who just go out and buy a star to put on their house. They will come to your house after dark and talk to you. It is an Iowa thing.
He how come you put a quiz up to answer the questions and you can't answer them? And the star on the barn
we got something even better in Huron Township, An UGLY blue color house with a Whale on it. I will try and get a picture of it and put it up here.
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