"I ordered grits once in a diner in Scranton, PA. The waitress didnt know what they were................"
When I'm visiting a new restaurant, I always check the soup section to see if they have "gumbo". I always order it just for the laughs to see if it even remotely resembles the Louisiana original. Man, some of the stuff has been pretty darned weird. Fortunately, my wife is also from Louisiana, and half coon-ass, and she whips up a great gumbo.
"And don't forget the ground up chicken feed!...................or if you're a yankee, fried up plant tubers!..........."
Heh, Mom was from Louisiana, Dad was from upstate NY. I like'em both. To paraphrase from your home page you fit the folloiwng..."Oriental by genetics, Southern by the grace of God."
12/01/2009 6:08:07 AM PST
· 17 of 28 Dr. Sivana
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And even the scientists had to admit to reporters that they don't know if their creation is flavorsome, because laboratory regulations forbid them from tasting anything they create.
That can't be true, half of the comic book superheroes and 80% of the super villains because of experimental stuff being consumed in the lab.