This was in interesting conversations I recently had with my buddy @ejr and then with my wife. Growing up here in Northern Ontario - Canada, Porketta was just always a thing. It's a essential just a pork roast with some special spices, but it's all the rage here in town. Every butcher shop has their own variety and it's served at many of the bars and pubs here in town. So when I suggested @ejr come up this weekend to take part in Porketta Bingo at a local restaurant. He was very confused, I just took it for granted that that was a thing everywhere. Turns out it isn't.

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A quick google search of course revealed that it generally is a pretty regional thing, especially the name "Porketta" which is very specific to northern Ontario and everywhere else it is called porchetta and doesn't appear to be very popular. So my first question was, is it something that other people have ever heard of?

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Porketta Bingo

Now this I suspected was a regional thing, and this pretty much only happens here in my hometown. Most weekends somewhere at some bar there is a porketta bingo game happening. It's pretty simple you get together with your friend at a table and they call bingo, often using playing cards. The winners get a pound of Porketta delivered to your table and then you play again and keep drinking. It's hugely popular and usually a packed house. This is also often done as a charity fundraiser.

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Anyways so after explaining this all to @ejr, he found the entire concept super bizarre but also intriguing. Of course this piqued my own curiosity and what better place to get input from all over the world then right here on Steemit.

I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of this or anything like it?

It also got me wondering what type of bizarre things are you guys doing in your hometowns that they are probably not doing anywhere else in the world.

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