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For supper, we had chuckwagons, field peas, and tater cakes. Is that southern enough for ya?
Things you need to know if you move to the South
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And don't forget Dixie Crossroads in Titusville and The Catfish Place in Saint Cloud...
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Having worked in the mid west, Peoria to Western PA. got used to many “ northern” things. Always keep an open mind relating to local customs ECT. One dining custom picked up is gravy on french fries. Talk about getting strange looks, ask for gravy on fries in the South, LOL
Gravy Cheese fries from a diner a mile from my house.
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Ever eat in a Cat plant lunch room? Better than Lots of outside places and they serve gravy for fries.
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Okra seeds were brought to the South from West Africa by slaves for
what that is worth. I plant okra every spring and I like it fried, grilled,
stewed and my 6 year old granddaughter and I eat the small tender pods
raw. Nice thing is you can save the seeds and never have to buy new.
Another food no one mentions is wilted leaf lettuce, wilted wild water
cress off of these clear running springs, I grew up with bacon fried and
the hot grease poured over the greens to wilt, now use hot olive oil topped off with vinegar to taste.
We have had the discussion before on Poke Salat, anoher Southern
green. And please don't say it will kill me as I have eaten it for 70+
years.
what that is worth. I plant okra every spring and I like it fried, grilled,
stewed and my 6 year old granddaughter and I eat the small tender pods
raw. Nice thing is you can save the seeds and never have to buy new.
Another food no one mentions is wilted leaf lettuce, wilted wild water
cress off of these clear running springs, I grew up with bacon fried and
the hot grease poured over the greens to wilt, now use hot olive oil topped off with vinegar to taste.
We have had the discussion before on Poke Salat, anoher Southern
green. And please don't say it will kill me as I have eaten it for 70+
years.
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I lived in South Carolina while I was in graduate school. This discussion has reminded me of a few things I enjoyed about the South and things which weren't so enjoyable. I haven't been in a lot of different places, but it seems to me that one will experience positives and negatives wherever one goes.
Here are a few positives I experienced:
-The cooking. You folks take your culinary skills seriously. I've not been able to come close to any of the southern cooks in my ability to fix grits -let's just say that next to them I have NO ability to do so at all. Fried okra is great; never had it boiled -not sure I would like that unless it was in vegetable soup. Collard greens are an acquired taste; I needed more time to get used to them than I had. There were a number of good dishes that I'm forgetting -it's been awhile
-The flowers. They sure thrive in that hot, humid environment. It was the first time in my life I had seen azaleas -what a glorious sight.
-The blazing sunsets -fantastic. Only trouble was they were partially obscured by hills to the west of the campus.
-Hospitality. It's real; no doubt about it. Don't know to what extent it's still a practice, but the people who had us in for meals and such were great hosts. Those times were some of my best memories.
-Accents, for the most part. I'm a language guy, and therefore am interested in how people communicate. The people with whom I was associated I could understand easily; some of the pronunciations and such mentioned here are more extreme than I encountered. My associates there had somewhat milder accents -the folks from Tennesee were the exception to that. When the soft-spoken young ladies spoke I found their accent attractive.
Less enjoyable things:
-Heat and humidity. My username tells you something of my kind of weather, so these features were somewhat difficult to get used to. It gets hot and humid here, too, but not nearly as often or as extreme. I eventually got along OK with it though.
-Kudzu vine. A real blight on your landscape, but probably unstoppable(unless you've found a way in the last 30 years or so).
-Clay soil. This midwestern farm boy is used to rich loamy black topsoil which really produces well. But we don't have much of a choice in that matter, do we?
O well, getting drowsy. You folks have a good time now.
Andy
Here are a few positives I experienced:
-The cooking. You folks take your culinary skills seriously. I've not been able to come close to any of the southern cooks in my ability to fix grits -let's just say that next to them I have NO ability to do so at all. Fried okra is great; never had it boiled -not sure I would like that unless it was in vegetable soup. Collard greens are an acquired taste; I needed more time to get used to them than I had. There were a number of good dishes that I'm forgetting -it's been awhile
-The flowers. They sure thrive in that hot, humid environment. It was the first time in my life I had seen azaleas -what a glorious sight.
-The blazing sunsets -fantastic. Only trouble was they were partially obscured by hills to the west of the campus.
-Hospitality. It's real; no doubt about it. Don't know to what extent it's still a practice, but the people who had us in for meals and such were great hosts. Those times were some of my best memories.
-Accents, for the most part. I'm a language guy, and therefore am interested in how people communicate. The people with whom I was associated I could understand easily; some of the pronunciations and such mentioned here are more extreme than I encountered. My associates there had somewhat milder accents -the folks from Tennesee were the exception to that. When the soft-spoken young ladies spoke I found their accent attractive.
Less enjoyable things:
-Heat and humidity. My username tells you something of my kind of weather, so these features were somewhat difficult to get used to. It gets hot and humid here, too, but not nearly as often or as extreme. I eventually got along OK with it though.
-Kudzu vine. A real blight on your landscape, but probably unstoppable(unless you've found a way in the last 30 years or so).
-Clay soil. This midwestern farm boy is used to rich loamy black topsoil which really produces well. But we don't have much of a choice in that matter, do we?
O well, getting drowsy. You folks have a good time now.
Andy
Wimmin is addressed as cousin or aunt. That's if'n you know them, otherwise it's Miss and don you be forgett'n, and if'n she's someone's mother it's yes/no Maam or youse is lik ta git youse head slapped.
Sump'n I found up north (Andover, Maine) MOXIE. Aint never seen it down south. If'n you don kno what tiz youse aint been up north. I'm wonder'n if itz still made?
I have a friend from Lake Wales, FL who says if'n you is from further north than I-10 you is from the north. I haven't spoken to him in many years and it has me wondering if he is still alive.
Sump'n I found up north (Andover, Maine) MOXIE. Aint never seen it down south. If'n you don kno what tiz youse aint been up north. I'm wonder'n if itz still made?
I have a friend from Lake Wales, FL who says if'n you is from further north than I-10 you is from the north. I haven't spoken to him in many years and it has me wondering if he is still alive.
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Ok, who knows the reddish soft drink that one USED to only get in N.C.????? Knowing shows whos whos, lol.
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When I first had Barq Root Beer it was made in Biloxi, MS.
I see online it has moved back to New Orleans.
When I was stationed in Okinawa it was bottled there.
But the bottles looked different!
That Rock had a severe water shortage and for several months we only had water service for about half the time.
And it was boil to drink.
But the bottling company had processed water and invited folks to come on down.
So as we were sitting in a really long line to get water, I noticed big stacks of empty bottles.
Bling! Barq Okinawa was recycling Heineken Beer Bottles!
I see online it has moved back to New Orleans.
When I was stationed in Okinawa it was bottled there.
But the bottles looked different!
That Rock had a severe water shortage and for several months we only had water service for about half the time.
And it was boil to drink.
But the bottling company had processed water and invited folks to come on down.
So as we were sitting in a really long line to get water, I noticed big stacks of empty bottles.
Bling! Barq Okinawa was recycling Heineken Beer Bottles!
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Got a 12-pack of Cheerwine in the fridge right now.
Never been a huge fan of grits, although I've eaten them all my life. I remember once we had some northeners down for a sales meeting at my company in Georgia. We were feeding them breakfast and I heard one say to his friend, "Never had grits. What are they?". His friend replied, "If you like the taste of salt, pepper, and butter, then you'll like grits". Pretty accurate, actually.
Never been a huge fan of grits, although I've eaten them all my life. I remember once we had some northeners down for a sales meeting at my company in Georgia. We were feeding them breakfast and I heard one say to his friend, "Never had grits. What are they?". His friend replied, "If you like the taste of salt, pepper, and butter, then you'll like grits". Pretty accurate, actually.
Being Southern has little to do with geography.
I was at a vintage SXS shoot where people were dressed in vintage attire. One person was dressed in his plus fours, jacket, tie, etc. with his flat cap on backwards. My first thought about the cap on backward was you just can't the redneck out of some people and all rednecks are not in the South.
LarryLots of rednecks and hillbillies in upstate NY. A map is just that, a map.
THE PILGRIM
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Once Shared a Bathroom with an upstate New Yorker.
He dipped his comb into a big jar of waving solution, then combed his hair.
He was from a Logging Family.
Hey - I have some logging background.
But I brush my hair!
He dipped his comb into a big jar of waving solution, then combed his hair.
He was from a Logging Family.
Hey - I have some logging background.
But I brush my hair!
Bofinus here opine that it's PEECAN
THE PILGRIM
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There are a bunch of local pronunciations.
Back in my Prairie Period, I was stationed in Peru, IN.
The locals call it Pee-ru.
A nearby village is pronounced Gal- ves- ton.
And then there’s Chi-li.
Mexico? Not far away. And they say it just like South of the Border!
Actually the Base location is Bunker Hill. I lived in Peru.
Back in my Prairie Period, I was stationed in Peru, IN.
The locals call it Pee-ru.
A nearby village is pronounced Gal- ves- ton.
And then there’s Chi-li.
Mexico? Not far away. And they say it just like South of the Border!
Actually the Base location is Bunker Hill. I lived in Peru.
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My grandpa, who farmed row crops and cotton in Union County, Mississippi, eradicated kudzu on his property with goats.
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I beg to differ. I've been in a room with a NY redneck and a Arkansas hillbilly. They ain't even close.
