California Dreamin'

The following are results of a poll conducted in California as part of a marketing plan to increase awareness of buying Californian products.



Surf's down: Only 24 percent of respondents report having gone surfing.

Those who live in Fresno (17 percent) and in Los Angeles (18 percent) are least likely to have tried it. If you want to find surfers, your best bet is to head to San Diego, where 36 percent of residents have hung 10 (or tried, anyway).

• Little mud-slinging: 21 percent of Californians have had a mud bath.

• Pining away: 63 percent of Californians surveyed have hugged a tree. And they're not ashamed.

• Udderly surprising: Nearly half (47 percent) of those surveyed said they had milked a cow. More than half -- 53 percent -- of those who live in Sacramento and Fresno had done so.•

Let your fingers do the playing: Most Californians (57 percent) have put black olives on their fingers as kids, and 28 percent have done so as adults. Central Valley residents play the fingertip-olive game most: 71 percent of Sacramento respondents reported doing so as kids, 42 percent as adults.

• All fired up: Nearly all -- 99 percent -- of residents have made or eaten barbecued meat or fish; 83 percent have barbecued or eaten barbecued fruit or vegetables.

• Some beluga, baby? More than half of Californians -- 57 percent -- have tried caviar. San Francisco residents are most likely to have nibbled on it (78 percent) while Fresno residents are the least likely to have tried it (41 percent).

• Pour it on: 70 percent of Californians have visited a winery. The whole state's gone "Sideways," it seems.

• Talking points: 71 percent of respondents have used the word "awesome" to describe something they've eaten; 67 percent of respondents have called someone "dude" on at least one occasion.

How well would you fit in the California peoplescape?