You know you live in the South when...

Steely Dan said:
What about crispy southern fried chicken?

We have that at least once a week!
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With SWEET TEA!!!!

For those that don't know our sweet tea has at leased 2 cups of sugar per gallon and ICE. No hot tea served around here!
 
The closest I came to eating grits was what my mom used to make almost daily for breakfast, Farina, Cream of Wheat; that, along with fresh eggs, thick bacon, and toast with butter and jelly. While I don't eat Farina, nor will I eat grits, I'm all about fried eggs, whole hog Carolina saudage patties, and homefries for breakfast. Grits....meh.
 
Now, Southern fried chicken ain't what it was when I was growing up. The chickens were in a coop or in the yard. None of this steroid fed store bought stuff. Granny would catch one, wring its neck, put it in a pan of hot water and pluck it. The more'n likely she would just salt and pepper it, flour it ( Martha White or Dixie Lily) pour some grease out of the grease can she kept on the stove and fry it up. There's be peas and butter beans, boiled and fried okra ( Okry) cucumbers sliced up in vinegar with salt and pepper, sliced onion, maybe some sliced beats, cornbread and tea. That was LUNCH! For supper she might fry up a pork chop or two to go with whatever vegetables were left over from lunch. Usually had buttermilk at night to soothe that upset stomach. Chickens taste different now. Not even close to the same. They use steroids and stuff and the breasts get huge. I think eating it affects us humans too. High school girls didn't look nowhere near what they look like now when I was in school!
 
J Rich said:
For those that don't know our sweet tea has at leased 2 cups of sugar per gallon and ICE.
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You are allowed to put lemon in it however.

You know you're from the South when you hear someone say, "We didn't do it that way in _____(insert large Yankee city name here). True story. At a meeting of the Clay County, FL Commission several years ago, one of the Commissioners, known for being a little obnoxious, didn't like some procedural move and she said out loud, "We didn't do things that way in Boston." At that point an elderly gentleman rose and asked the Chairman for permission to speak which was granted. He introduced himself, told them that he was born in Clay County, went through the depression there, enlisted in the Marines in 1942 in Clay County, was wounded in the South Pacific, returned after the war, met and married his wife there, all his children were born there and most of them still lived in the county along with most of his grandchildren. He summed it up by directing his last remark at the Commissioner. "So Madam Commissioner, I've spent almost my entire life in Clay County and we don't give a **** how you did it in Boston." He received a standing ovation from the crowd.

CW
 
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Cream of wheat:(

I thought it was, "all y'all".

Southern women are the best. They carry purses big enough to carry a whole fifth of bourbon into the game.
 
Straightshooter2 said:
You are allowed to put lemon in it however.

You know you're from the South when you here someone say, "We didn't do it that way in _____(insert large Yankee city name here). True story. At a meeting of the Clay County, FL Commission several years ago, one of the Commissioners, known for being a little obnoxious, didn't like some procedural move and she said out loud, "We didn't do things that way in Boston." At that point an elderly gentleman rose and asked the Chairman for permission to speak which was granted. He introduced himself, told them that he was born in Clay County, went through the depression there, enlisted in the Marines in 1942 in Clay County, was wounded in the South Pacific, returned after the war, met and married his wife there, all his children were born there and most of them still lived in the county along with most of his grandchildren. He summed it up by directing his last remark at the Commissioner. "So Madam Commissioner, I've spent almost my entire life in Clay County and we don't give a **** how you did it in Boston." He received a standing ovation from the crowd.

CW
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Yes! Lemon is great in sweet tea and shine.:D


I still have yet to wrap my head around the concept that Yankees actually think we care how they do it up north. I worked with a guy once that was stuck on the "that's not how we do it up north" thing. Till one day he was on a rant, and we all told him. If it's so great? Why not move back up north? He shut up then.
 
vigil617 said:
Okay, back to the thread "you know you're in the South..."

6. When, if one is afflicted with diabetes, it is known as "sugar." As in, "I have sugar." (Also see # 5 above.)
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You might think you're in NW Ohio on that one; "sugar" has been the standard term here for generations.

Andy
 
I've s'plained "y'all" to Yankees, time and again, but they never seem to get it.

"YOU" is one. "Y'ALL" is several. "ALL Y'ALL" is a whole bunch.

The teacher, speaking to a young man in her class. "Tommy, did YOU throw a rock at Susie?"

The teacher, speaking to several of her students. "Tommy, Billy, Joey - I know it was one of Y'ALL that threw that rock at Susie."

The teacher, speaking to the class at large, "If someone doesn't tell me who threw the rock at Susie, ALL Y'ALL boys gonna stay after school".
 
Alpo said:
The teacher, speaking to the class at large, "If someone doesn't tell me who threw the rock at Susie, ALL Y'ALL boys gonna stay after school".
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Not stay after school, but you are going to see the coach or wood shop teacher for a good paddlin.:D
 
Well now, there's all this talk about the food and the ladies, but I can say I have an officially signed by the gov of Arkansas,

Arkansas Traveler Certificate. signed 1996

For the Yankees here, that means I am considered an official bearer of good will from Arkansas, to where ever I roam.

Had a hard time telling the folks at first I was probably more southern than they were coming "UP' from Arizona. Even if I showed them a map.

1. Deer hunting
2. Raising/catching catfish
3. Eating catfish with hush puppies and some fresh greens
4. Eating grits today, fried mush tomorrow, grits again the next day
5. Deer is the official state animal
6. Turkey is the official state bird
7. Pine tree is the official tree
8. Pick up truck is the official state vehicle
9. The High Sheriff is boss.
10. Bud is the official beer.
11. Mark Martin is state hero
12. Road houses still rule
13. If you live in a dry county, then you're a member of the VFW

Arkansas..Home of Johnny Cash


WuzzFuzz
 
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My wife is from Aikin, SC and I am from Highland Springs, VA. She is southern and I am country. To those who do not know, there is a difference. I am a strange mix of small town, country, and hillbilly.
 
Those mosquitoes are so big, they have numbers under their wings. They're regulated by the Federal Aviation Authority

And don't forget some of those cockroaches, you can put a saddle on and ride them...

WuzzFuzz
 
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timn8er said:
Actually, Popeye's was founded in Atlanta, GA. That's not
Southern to you?:confused:;)
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Popeyes was founded in Louisiana in 1972. Then bought out by AFC in 1993 which is in Atlanta.
 
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Only one day for deer season!? In WV we got the whole first week off! It happened to be the week of Thanksgiving - double bonus!
 
timn8er said:
Actually, Popeye's was founded in Atlanta, GA. That's not
Southern to you?:confused:;)
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Naw naw, Alvin Copeland started in Arabi, in NOLA. In '72.
But thats O.K. Cause it's everywhere now.

Texas was part of the Confederacy, but not part of the South.
We intended to regain our independence after the Federals came to their senses. Unfortunately, they never have.
 
"Texas was part of the Confederacy, but not part of the South."

I guess this would be like saying...

"California was part of the Union, but not part of the North"

What ever cranks your John Deere!?:D
 
Once in Spanish class while at work the teacher (who was Puerto Rican) said that Spanish has two words for you. the singular is tú and if addressing more than one it is vosotros. She said in English we use you for both. I said "No we don't, if we're speaking to more than one it is y'all." I looked around the room and everyone was nodding.

I was born in New Jersey (what can I say?). I got down here as fast as I could. I never developed a taste for sweet tea. I had been here a few years before I found out what makes it so sweet. They put the sugar in while it is still hot. That way, more sugar dissolves. I do like boiled peanuts and grits. By the way, the're cheese grits, not cheesy grits as Mitt Romney said.

I thank the southerners who opened my eyes to the fact that the Civil War was not over slavery.
 
"I thank the southerners who opened my eyes to the fact that the Civil War was not over slavery."

It's still about them "northern aggressors"... and we've still fighting! LOL!!:D
 
I always found the girls with the Copenhagen in their back pocket a bit of a turn off,but thats just me.
 
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