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And I Never Tried One When I Lived There. Do I Lose 'Local' Points For That?
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With St. Patrick's Day and Easter comes the tradition of Irish potatoes, which... what? You don't know what they are? Okay, see, it's pretty much specific to Philadelphia, a candy that looks like a mini-potato but are coconut cream with cinnamon coating, and they're huge at this time of year. And nowhere else. Which is your topic, local traditions you have to explain to out-of-towners, whether it's food like "garbage plates" in Rochester or Taylor ham/pork roll in New Jersey, or quirks like how we in Southern California say "the" before a highway number, as in "I spent all day Friday in traffic on the 405." (Philadelphia Inquirer)
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