Hell when I lived in South Carolina they spoke of those uppity damn Yankees in Charlotte and in most of NC, haha. I really miss shrimp and grits, steampots, fresh steamed crawfish and of course mustard bbq, the best hands down.
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Tim Gavin <[email protected]> wrote: > The Mason-Dixon line, aka the Waffle House line. No Waffle Houses north > of the M-D line. I'm a Yankee from Iowa, but I prefer Waffle House to > IHOP. Mmmm, pecan waffles... > > I'm not the first to make this observation. > http://www.theonion.com/articles/masondixon-line-renamed-ihopwaffle-house-line,9630/ > > Other foods I miss from the South: Good BBQ, in its many regional > variants. Cajun cuisine. Fresh seafood, especially Gulf shrimp. Beans & > rice. Cheese grits. Bananas Foster. Beignets. Muffalettas. > > I flew as a flight instructor based in Pensacola, FL, and we made fuel > stops all over the south. Often, the choice for where to stop was based on > what local food was available. Typical phone call: "Hello, Lake Charles > Flight Service? You're serving Crawfish Etoufee today? Sweet, we'll be > there in a couple hours." > > However, when I lived in the south, I couldn't get: Good sweet corn > (Iowa's is tops). German food. And usually their green veggies were > swimming in pork grease. > > And I never understood how there are probably twice as many ice cream > shops (per capita) in the North compared to the South? I mean, it's warm > down there so you'd think ice cream would sell well. Go figure. > > -Tim > > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Ron Mc <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's a Texas thing - it's jokes - Canada is up by Dalhart, Ohio is a >> northern county. After all, it's 900 miles to get across Texas, either N-S >> or E-W. >> >> On Thursday, November 20, 2014 9:11:53 AM UTC-6, Eunice Chang wrote: >>> >>> Some believe the North/South designations are designated by Mason-Dixon >>> line. As in "there's no good sweet tea or grits" above the mason-dixon line. >>> >>> Maryland is just right below the mason-dixon line, and therefore >>> "southern." >>> >>> In reality, it doesn't matter as all of 50 states (even Hawaii) were >>> below freezing Monday night! >>> http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/11/18/all-50-states-have- >>> below-freezing-temperatures/ >>> >>> -E. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
