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No to grits but my mom loves them, yes to greens, no to chitlin, yes to cornbread, fried chicken and biscuits and milk gravy, pecan pie, chicken and dumplings, baked beans, succotash, coconut cake, pineapple upside down cake and fried cakes (doughnuts). All pre-IBS, of course!!

Speaking of southern humor, have you ever read any of Fannie Flagg's books? I get a real kick out of them because it's like she's describing my mom's family!!

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You mentioned Fanny Flagg's books before, and I'd been meaning to order them. Glad you brought it up again. Well, my MIL, 98 years old, is the typical "Driving Miss Daisey", and sooooo southern baptist!!!

If you haven't yet, read the Sweet Potato Queen's books...hiliarious............but you better be over the age of 45 to appreciate them.

Oh my, the food you talked about........yes, all PIBS (pre-IBS). I tell you, there is nothing in the world like southern fried chicken. No one west of TX knows how to cook the stuff............that and BBQ as well. (Love the "big Pigs with slaw right on top"......) Greens, collard yes, turnip no. Yes to succotash and rutabagas...and all their overcooked veggies. And dumplin's........well, aren't dumplings.........they're noodles as far as I'm concerned..........and don't ever sweeten cornbread, (right?) only tea. When I first married hubby asked for cornbread. I knocked my brains out trying to make his request only to find out later what he wanted was a type of "hoe-cake", made like a corn pancake in a cast iron skillet.........sigh. I still don't make them.......not those blasted grits either that take years to cook (only instant in this house). I don' like them, unless eaten in Yankee fashion...........milk and sugar. And what's this thing with cocomut cake..? Is that a southern thing........? Hubby loves it. And fry pies.......like turnovers as far as I'm concerned. I do like boiled peanuts though!!!

Good thing I lived in Virginia a while........

Ok, since you are familiar with the south......you do know a bit about North Carolinians don't you? And how they talk? (Beaglelover, are you listening?)...anyway.....do you think you could translate this? It's two tar heels speaking to each other.

"M R Ducks"
"M R Not Ducks"
"OSAR Ducks, C'm Wings"
"L....I....B,... M R Ducks"!!!


Kandee

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