Deep in the Heart of Texas
It’s safe to say that I’ve been obsessed with A Heirloom state shaped custom cheese boards since I saw them harken the pages Food Network Magazine. I mean, I love cheese… I love my state… so this board is a win/win! The State series from A Heirloom is made in bamboo, a butcher block architectural plywood made from 100% rapidly renewable bamboo. Each board is custom made and they add a little heart over the location of your city… come on readers?! That’s adorable!!
The Aloha State!
So here’s the most exciting part readers, A Heirloom has agreed to host our latest giveaway whereby one of you can win your own, custom board, for FREE!!! Yay! AMAZING! Cue the fireworks show!!
All you have to do is post a comment below telling me your favorite fun fact about your state. Maybe it’s the state motto, maybe you know a state song, maybe it’s a piece of trivia you made up in your head… I don’t care, just make it funny, or entertaining, or possibly in haiku form. I will choose a winner by January 11th so hurry up and comment below for your chance to win!
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New Jersey is the original home of Ms. America!
California – The redwood is the official state tree. Some of the giant redwoods in Sequoia National Park are more than 2,000 years old. Pretty amazing to think how much they have seen, how many winters, summers and fires they have survived.
January 6, 2012 marks the beginning of New Mexico’s 100th anniversary of statehood. President Taft signed the proclamtion at approximately 11:30 a.m. New Mexico residents around the state are being urged to honk their car horns at that time in celebration!
California vino
Layout the cheese and crackers
Make somebody’s day
***Now I just need my A Heirloom state shaped custom cheese board to put this Haiku into action…. XOXO
I live in Dothan, a city in southeast Alabama. Every year they have a big fair called “the peanut festival”. The reason they celebrate the peanut is because the cotton they’d always grown was all but destroyed by an insect called the boll weevil. Farmers finally began to diversify their crops and found peanuts were easier to grow than cotton and were also very profitable. So, in 1919, the nearby city of Enterprise, Alabama erected the world’s only monument to an insect. In the center of the town is a water fountain and in the middle of that on a pedestal, is a life size, alabaster, grecian-style woman holding a boll weevil above her head. True fact, you can google it for the entire story of the monument.
A few facts about my great state of Oregon………… The Tillamook Cheese Factory is the largest cheese factory in the world. A block of it would look great on an Oregon cutting board from Heirloom company. Another great fact in 1971 Oregon became the first state to ban the use of non-returnable bottles and cans. The law is credited with reducing litter and increasing container recycling. As a result, items which used to make up 40% of roadside litter now represents about 6%.
The state fossil of California is the saber-toothed tiger. It was a fierce predator about 4-5 feet long and 3 feet tall, weighing about 440 lbs. It was a bit smaller than a modern-day lion, but much heavier. Who knew we even had a state fossil?
My home state’s motto is EUREKA – which is both hilarious and awesome!!
Despite being landlocked, the state bird of Utah is the California Gull, but is almost always referred to as a seagull. How about that?
Michigan is the only place in the world with a floating post office, which is frequently attacked by disgruntled former employees “going pirate”.
Ok, so maybe it doesn’t actually get attacked. But it’s a real floating post office! Michigan is the only place in the world with a floating post office. The J. W. Westcott II is the only boat in the world that delivers mail to ships while they are still underway. They have been operating for 125 years.
Show me the cutting board….from the “Show Me State” of Missouri
Iowa? What is there NOt to live about Iowa? We grow the majority of corn in the nation! Yum! Contrary to what Stephen Bloom thinks, Iowans are friendly and awesome people!
ARKANSAS !! The only state with a diamond mine! The beautiful Natural state! Home Of the Hogs. Whoo Pig Soooe!
Equality State
Big, Wonderful Wyoming
Discover your world
CT is a small state and I am always amused by inventions. PEZ candy and the original wiffle ball are manufactured here. We are also home to the first hambuger. Now some of you may not know where CT is (believe me I have been asked that) and a typical response for where I live is “I live about halfway between New York City and Boston” then I get the “oh okay now I know where that is”
Woo Pig Sooie! (Arkansas)
Arkansas means south wind and is derived from a name used to describe the Quapaw tribe. The French Jesuits called them Oo-gaq-pa, which morphed to Oo-ka-na-sa, then Arkansoa, then Arkensa, then Arkancas, and finally Arkansas.
I would love a board in the shape of Egypt, because it is a beautiful country with some of the most delicious foods imaginable. But wait, this isn’t exactly a piece of trivia… how about this: Egypt is home to thrice as many camels as people.
If I have to pick a state though, I’ll go for Indiana – to celebrate my love for Parks and Recreation.
OHIO all the way, because after all, it’s the heart of it all
The California state flower is the California Poppy and I used to pick them all the time, until I brought a bunch to my mom as a gift and she said, “That’s illegal!” I had no idea you weren’t allowed to pick the state flower!
I was so happy when you shared this amazing company with us a few months ago that I promptly ordered the state of Texas for a Christmas present. Well Dec. 1st rolls around & I can’t find where I placed the state of Texas! I thought I was going crazy. My hubby and my daughter helped me look and they couldn’t find it either so my poor friend in Texas didn’t get her Christmas present. I know I have it because I opened it and LOVED it so I wrote her a cute note that one day soon she will be getting a surprise present in the mail. It might be March or it might be June. If I win, it would certainly make her day and mine! Thanks for the chance!
Did you know that California had a state insect?!? Well, did you know it has an amazing insect which is a butterfly named the California Dogfaced Butterfly. How precious.
I’m Arkansas Proud! Arkansas is the new home of the most FABULOUS Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. The famous Norman Rockwell painting, Rosie The Riveter, is proudly displayed there! Go Girls of America!
Travel and Leisure Magazine just voted the museum’s city, Bentonville, one of ” The 12 Best Places to Visit in 2012″- the only American city on the list!
NEW YORK!! First state to require license plates for cars. Jell-O, marshmallows, Velveeta Cheese, French’s Mustard, and gold teeth were all developed in NY.
Hawaii: aside from its exceptional year round weather, flora and fauna, wildlife. Magnificent rainbows. Another interesting fact is that the Hawaiian language only has 12 letters in their alphabet. Vowels : A E I O U
Consanants: H K L M N P W
Michigan!!!! You have to love the 4 seasons, and it’s the only state you can use your hand as a map to point out the area of your city. Plus, we are a resilient state…similar to bamboo!!
From watching season 1 of Boy Meets World I learned that geraniums can grow to the size of bushes in California.
My state has the largest trees in the world (Sequoia) , the great Mojave Dessert, contains both the highest peak (Mt Whitney) and the lowest elevation (Death Valley) within the contiguous US, over 800 miles of coastline, and is home to the entertainment capital of the world. My state is also for its nuts. The kind that grow on trees and those that don’t. Gotta love California!
I love New York –
- Mountainous secret of the Adirondacks
- Lively waterfront of the lake, river, ocean, gorges and falls
- Vivacious cultures of the world
- Metropolitan and rural in one
Need I say more…
Welsh slate hand crafted into beautifully rustic placemats, coasters, cheese boards, wall clocks and much more. All products are made from the finest quality slate in the world, ‘Ffestiniog Welsh slate’, They are then treated to enhance the colour and protect from staining and discolouration. All tableware products are fitted with cork protection pads underneath.