May as well cover this also. Road tar is Macadam or Blacktop.
As long as We got close to another item Macadam should not be confused with Macadamia Nut, in GA ALL Nut conversations MUST START WITH PEANUTS then You may move on to using or discussing other types of Nuts.
The Southerner's Handbook: A Guide to Living the Good Life
To become a Transplant Southerner takes TIME, Watching, Listening, Learning and Respect for Native by Generations Southerners. We moved to Houston from NJ in 1969 when Dad was transferred there because (IAH) the Intergalactic Airport was about to open. Now they call it Bush A/P. It was 100+ degrees and 20,000% Humidity in July. Not Yankee weather at all I though I was gonna die at 8 years old from the heat and humidity. Always address People with Yes/No Mam or Sir especially if they are older than You are. Useguyz MUST be replace with Y'All or they are gonna look at you and you will never get to convert to Associate Southerner.
Don't freak out about Grits (they are white Polenta served with Butter), Biscuits and Cream Sausage Gravy are a staple Breakfast item. (If I could put it in an IV I would.) And if You ask for Tea it will be a choice of Sweetened or Unsweetened and served in a Mason Jar or a huge glass on ice. If You want Hot Tea You must ask for it as "Hot Tea", if You just ask for Tea at Breakfast and don't specify Hot Tea You WILL be served Iced Tea.
Best of luck to Y'All;)
My wife was a young audit manager with a first year guy from MD on an engagement in rural GA. At the rural breakfast place, he ends his order with “and I’ll try one of those grits.”
Much laughter was had, we still tell the story decades later.