The first time I heard "cornhole" used as the name of a game I had to laugh. The term has a very different meaning to a lot of people.

Chex mix began as a home-made party food. I remember my parents prepping for house parties and making a large batch of Chex mix from scratch. The recipe came on the cereal box. This was the late 60s, early 70s.

Bleachers have been a feature in major league baseball stadiums for decades. You can also find them in high school gymnasium's. They usually pull out from the wall to convert the room into and assembly area

You should do a top ten video on distinctly American things you can no longer live without.

I was born in the early 70s. When I was growing up, the only way you could get Chex mix was if you made it from the recipe in the cereal box. Freshly prepared Chex mix was unbelievably delicious. (We mostly had it during the holiday season in my family).

To go along with "gumbo": Boudain (boo-dan) Etoufee (eh-too-fey) Jambalaya (jumba-lie-ah) Beignettes (ben-yeh's) Welcome to French based food names!

I may be wrong , but the name of the dish Gumbo comes from a West African language word gombo meaning okra . Okra is a typical Southern US vegetable used in many styles of cuisine inspired by African influences. My great grandma grew okra in her garden , and she usually served it cut and batter fried . Carolina born and bred .

When I was a kid Chex Mix was made at home, using the recipe found on the Chex cereal boxes. It still seems odd to see it for sale ready made. What's the fun in that? Well, it might be nice to not have to clean up all those bowls and baking pans afterwards...

Bleachers aren’t only at college sports… they’re at every sports field

Gumbo is so good. The 2 main types are “chicken and sausage” and seafood. I always get the chicken and sausage gumbo.

Gumbo is a staple of Cajun & Creole cuisine. It's actually a modified version of the French Bouillabaisse. Which makes sense when you remember the word "Cajun" came about after the Akadian people moved to Louisiana from Canada, where they spoke French. Akadian eventually became Cajun, which is why a good number of the people speak a French/Creole dialect.

Lawrence, your lovely wife taught you how to make a PB&J let her teach you how to make Chex-Mix. The stuff in the bag is NOT the same. The real stuff does involve having to buy three whole boxes of cereal and baking it in the oven. I am not ashamed to admit even into my thirties when I visit the family for Christmas and my mom asks what I would like it is pretty much the one and only thing I request because making a batch as a single person is kind of insane. There are tons of vintage recipe blogs that have the original recipe and yeah...it's a lot but for a big holiday gathering it is worth it.

back in the days before toilet paper was widespread, especially in the country, outhouses would be stocked with dried corn cobs to accomplish the task. Hence the reason cornhole has a different meaning for some folks.

Here in NM, you might find a javalina or dos near an arroyo. BTW, There’s a cute children’s book called “The Three Little Javelinas” if anyone is interested. 🙂

Another name for those "air boats" is "swamp boats."

Chased by Javelina? When I lived in Tucson, AZ in the 1990's, I left my porch door open overnight, and a whole heard of the things- some 20 wild Javelina in all, ran-sacked my house at 1 in the morning. They made a huge mess, made lots of noise, did lots of damage, and yet never gave me the courtesy of leaving behind some wild bacon.

I think if we microwave the bag, we can combine "hot potato" with "Cornhole" for a speed version 🤣

I’m an American teaching in England, and my school has what I would call really posh bleachers in the gym where we have assemblies (well, pre-covid). They are padded and have backs but also pull out of the wall like gym bleachers in the US. However, whenever I call them bleachers, no one knows what I’m talking about! So this made a lot of sense to me, but then, what do you call them?

It would be wonderful to hear about the flip side of the coin. What British words are not known or used in the States?

Bleacher seating is usually in any place where sports event are played. They are located in elementary schools on up to Major sports League game stadiums. They can also be found in playgrounds/parks, sometimes found in personal homes and churches too. Cornhole is popular in the South also. I was born and raised here in the states and I had never heard of the javelina and that storm before, so thanks for the info!😊🙂

Always fun to find out the differences, culturally, technologically, verbally, and zoologically. Thanks for this!

When I was growing up a corn hole was what you used to go poop with. As for the game we always called it Bean bag toss.

Being Australian, I kinda feel left out. Tho I have noticed that Australia sits in the middle. We have a lot of the U.S phrases, words, as well as British🙂👍✌️

I also stumbled across Cornhole on ESPN, and I couldn't believe how desperate for content sports networks got during the pandemic.

I remember when you had to make your own chex mix from the recipe on the box. I guess I'm old. 🤔

You're too hilariously cute. "I read that on wikipedia" 😂😂😂😂

Lawrence, it’s thought that the November Gale that the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was caught up in Lake Superior and broke apart was actually what we would categorize as a Great Lakes Nor’easter. The first this we learned as MI children was to stay out of any water, water craft after mid October, even if it wasn’t snowing yet, or the water hadn’t frozen over. The inland lakes were I grew up in the metro Detroit area have their own weather system in bad weather, which of course March tornado season and November storms count towards.

Consider making Chex Mix at home! You can customize ingredients and seasoning level. 5 Lorenzos!

Best way to eat Chex Mix or Puppy Chow is from a home made batch. Recipes are on the back of every Chex cereal box.

The best way to explain a noreaster is that it's a winter hurricane. It's a cyclone with a lot of wind and snow.

Chex mix was originally a home made cocktail snack from the 3 cereals. Commercial Chex mix(in the bag) is a fairly recent(last 20years) product full of fillers.

Airboats are also used on wide shallow rivers such as our Platte River (a mile wide and an inch deep) here in Nebraska. (They also work running over wet grass.) These things can go like a bat out of hell and they have no brakes.The best airboat operators are young guys with no fear because one can get into situations where the "pucker factor" is quite high.

"... a badly ironed bear ..." My new favorite animal!!

My British hubby had never played corn hole when he was invited to participate at a gathering of friends. He told our friends he’d never tried, but he’d give it a go. He dominated as he does in any activity that requires good eye hand coordination. The other guys were gob smacked and accused me of sending in a ringer! 😂

The original Chex mix was a recipe created in the 1960's, I believe. It was a homemade snack mix called "Nuts and Bolts". It contained a least two of the Chex cereals and the cereal Cheerios, pretzel sticks, and peanuts or mixed nuts. However, when the recipe went commercial, Cheerios was left out of the mix... so were the nuts!. The cereals originally had been made by competitive companies, and that might be the reason why there were no Cheerios. The homemade recipe is the best, because with the addition of nuts, it really make it good!! It is a buttery delicious snack, made with Worcestershire sauce and sprinkled with garlic salt.

Nor’easters are something to fear on the Great Lakes around Michigan

As always I enjoyed your content. It's been a throughly rotten week and some humor is called for.

I tried gumbo for the first time about a year ago and it's one of my new favorite foods. If done right (I've had some bad ones) it's truly delicious.

Yes, we call it beanbag toss.

Cornhole is pretty popular around where I live in the south as a fun outdoor game..it's replaced horseshoes since..well..throwing iron or even plastic horseshoes around kids and adults alike is a dangerous prospect...especially after a few beers.

Never heard of javelina or a derecho. But we have nor'easters here in New England.

Love Cajun cuisine! I was living in Ohio when the Cajun Craze hit in the mid-1980s, and from that point on, there was no looking back. Got some Cajun cookbooks, mixed up my own blend of spices based off a bunch of other recipes. Marvellous stuff! One day, I hope to make it down to Louisiana . . . .

I discovered gumbo a few years ago, long after discovering jambalaya (another southern food). It's delicious!

As a Brit, the word nor'easter just sounds like a rather cold wind in winter blowing in from Scandinavia and Russia.

Oh man the Iowa/Chicago derecho last year was so intense - I'd never heard of it either before that! My coworker's lobby skylight in Lakeview crashed in - luckily there weren't any injuries!

I could see you doing narrations for nature programs such as Sir Attenborough....

as an American who is fascinated and obsessed with all things British it makes me very happy that you really enjoy many of the unique things we have to offer

I never heard of a derecho, but I instantly recognized it as the Spanish word for “right hand” as opposed to izquierda ( left hand). I never heard the term javalina but it turns out to be the same thing as a peccary.

I appreciate the way he aspirates "whether" vs. "weather". A born Ohioan, I never learned the difference until I went to grad school in Canada. Still drives me crazy: wHat, wHere, wHy. My friends in the US still think I am affected in speech (maybe they are right).

I'm in Canada, 45 minutes north of the US border, and aside from Nor-easter and "bleacher", the only words I recognize were "gumbo", which means thick mud here, and 'cornhole" which means.....ummm butthole here....

It's pronounced "Nor'eastah" in the New England states.

You must read this classic: “Under the Bleachers” by Seymour Butts.😁

Never heard of a derecho, aside from its Spanish meaning and pronunciation.

One thing I really appreciate about LITP is the accuracy when covering rather specific small details involved in the subject matter. Ie; the reference to the Holy Trinity in Gumbo in this video. I’ve noticed some other things over the past years that are very tiny but truly represent the effort put forth in these videos. Thank you sir.

Very fun and informative! Thank you very much 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

This was a good one. Thanks enjoyed

I've been on an airboat. It ate my glasses and spit the shards into my back XD

Hah! My mom made me some gumbo and had my dad drive it over not 3 hours ago. I sit and start chowing down and what do I see? Gumbo on a Lost in the Pond thumbnail lol!

I remember that derecho from last year. It was right after we'd gotten our fourth cat (yes, we're nuts), and I was caught walking into my final job of the day when it hit. The customer canceled because her power went out, so I set out for home, dodging tree limbs, debris, patio furniture, and garbage cans the whole way. Our power went out right after I got home, and stayed out for three days. On the plus side, the whole experience really brought the cats together, so at least there's that. One thing is certain, I won't soon forget that experience.

Appreciate the chapter headings

Javlina's. Spanish name for what many call a Peccary. Oh BTW, do not approach one without a rifle or shotgun, just some friendly advise.

Does Britain have a word for when it's raining and sunny at the same time? Most of the US does not, though in the Northeast they call it a "sun shower" which is lovely and totally in opposition to the deep south where people will unfortunately say "The devil is beating his wife."

In Canada we have largely adopted the US term "bleachers". Once we just called them "stands". If everyone sits on deck chairs or in the mud how do you see over the heads of people in front of you? In North America bleacher style seating is also used at all sorts of mass audience events that use non-permanent sites- essentially, anywhere there is not a permanent stadium with fixed seating. Even auto racing. Does the UK have no equivalents at all? If they do, what do they call those seats? Benches?

The Taste of Chicago always used to have someone selling alligator on a stick when I was younger. Apparently Pierogi Fest in Indiana used to have it as well though I didn't see anyone selling it this year. So it definitely exists in Chicagoland. I'm sure Laurence could probably find some at a fair or other event with lots of unhealthy street foods.

So glad we kept the "u" in soup.

Not surprised about gumbo. Remember, Louisiana was settled by the French not the British. 😊

Looking good, Lawrence! Well done!

Airboat featured in Flipper a favourite show in 5he late 60s

My city is still recovering from the derecho. Our house repairs are nearly done a year later and we're some of the luckiest ones.

I am now 76. When I was a young teen-age boy "cornhole" had a very obscene sexual connotation. I just can NOT get accustomed to hearing that term used for beanbag toss, or anything else for that matter, in polite conversation. Polite conversation? I don't believe that exists anymore in America.

Rain check is also used to give someone a deal later on something that is on sale that they have run out of . The raincheck lets you get the product at the sale price later on, once it is restocked.

I love these lists!

I’ve been on several airboats growing up in South Florida. There’s no better way to tour the Everglades. And cornhole is just a modified horseshoes

At least in the past, in America "cornhole" was a particular unnatural sexual act. I have no idea, why people use that as the name of a game? Perhaps some marketing people were oblivious to cornhole's common use?

I’m an American and this is the first time I heard of a javelina. So even I learned something new today.

The first time i heard of derecho was 25 years ago when we had a storm come through at 5am on a Sunday that knocked out our electricity for 30 hours and caused millions of damage all around us. My sisters inlaws lost trees and my job got shut down for a week to clean up storm damage. Some of the damage looked as bad as a tornado, just on a much wide range. Almost like a mini hurricane. It was over an area 2 counties wide and 3 counties deep here in West Michigan, in an area not usually hit by tornadoes.

I have never heard of a javelina. It’s like a warthog. Got it🤣

Showing off my meteorological skills.. it was 112° F today if you factor in the 309% humidity in South Carolina... But yes the "Real Feel" temp was 112° in my corner of the woods... And don't give me it was 115° in Phoenix... You got no humidity which makes it even more insufferable!

If you ever do make it to Louisiana to try alligator, be sure to ask around for a reputable restaurant. If the cook does not know what they are doing it will be like chewing on a piece of rubber. However, if prepared properly, it can be very delicious. Here in Texas we have what we call a deer camp or deer lease where you can pay to lease a spot on someone's land for hunting deer. They are also popular in Louisiana as well as other states. In Louisiana they have alligator camps where, you guessed it, you can hunt alligator although I'm sure it is quite different. That may be something of interest to you as well. Whilst you are down here you may also be interested in trying racoon, possum, nutria rat, etc.... I know they sound strange but, If prepared properly, they can be quite delicious. I highly suggest that you do your research prior to trying any of these dishes and keep in mind that they are hunted in their natural environment, not trapped in a city landfill, so they will be eating their natural diet. At least they should be. Research and pick a reputable restaurant and you can dine with confidence that they are not feeding you garbage. I am not bashing mom and pop establishments because some of them are true hidden gems so, if you have enough time for that kind of research, it could be well worth it. *Edit* - Also remember the history of the US and Louisiana in particular. The original settlers had to work with what they had, swamp land, and some of them NAILED IT. Also, riding an air boat through a bayou while alligators are diving in left and right in front of you to evade you is a pretty cool sight for a first timer. At least it was for me.

That derecho hit Linn County, Iowa on August 10. In Cedar Rapids, it took down over 250,000 trees and left one in four buildings with roof damage. Power was out everywhere, in some cases for a month. Two of the cable companies were hit so bad, they had to start over from scratch. Sustained winds topped 140 MPH.

I am from Northern Illinois and I had never heard of cornhole in THAT context.

Well there are a lot of things on ESPN that shouldn't be on ESPN. If you get it, you get it.

I live in Massachusetts- we get Nor'Easters fairly regularly. They usually last 3 days of bad weather.We also get Sou'Westers- a storm that travels from South West to North East.

I learned what a deracho was in '98 when one ripped through Michigan and left us without power for a week. People still talk about that one. We don't get hurricanes here, and the rare tornado we get is usually just a little one. Nothing like the monsters out on the great plains. So we were TOTALLY unprepared for a natural disaster of that kind.

I attended an American school near London. We had most everything you'd find in the US, including bleachers in our gym, but not an American football team. We also imported anything else we couldn't find locally but could bring over. I even know people that imported their cars and pick-up trucks from the US. There's a lot of America in the UK.

I was able to get Chex Mix under the NAME Chex Mix in the Netherlands.

For ages, the only way you got Chex mix was to make it from the recipe on the side of the Chex box. I don't think it was until the late '80s that it showed up pre-made.

I accidentally run across these and wish I had time to watch more. In this update the advert (see what I did there) was (dare I say) almost more interesting than the podcast. Keep up the good work.

I’m in California and I call it bean bag toss.

Gardettos beats Chex Mix, hands down. Unless it's homemade Chex Mix. Then, fugheddaboutit.

Hi Lawrence. I live in North Central Illinois and we call the game you mentioned Bags. Not very original, I admit. It is fun, especially when you're a klutz like me and hit the dog, birds, squirrels, etc. Now the animals run when I start playing!🤣

Thanks Laurence.🙏😉

Never heard of the word "cornhole",I do know of bean bag toss...and I'm from the Midwest but from Chicago so it must be a regional term.

There ain’t no time to stash the gumbo or rattle around in a cage.

For those wondering about the airboat the fan is cause in the swamps water can go from deep to shallow or just mud rapidly, a hovercraft would work but their expensive so the giant fan is a cheaper option and i can move on dry land if its not to heavy, so its a cheap method of transportation to navigate

Howdy from Temple, Texas!

We have Haboob's here in the southwest. It's a dust storm, of a specific variety.....characterized by a wall of dust that generally extends miles high and usually tens of miles wide. To be fair though, even though we lived with 'em for hundreds of years we borrowed the Arabic word for the storms.

First one we had at college it was called band stands 😂

love the music at the end. sounds like something from a show like 60 Minutes. 🌷🎻

In Louisiana (and florida) the answer to "can you eat it" is always yes