[FamiliarFace]

We always called them roaches growing up. I heard the Palmetto bug term, but nobody I knew called them that.

That’s kind of like saying that we called soft drinks soda or pop. No we didn’t. Everything was Coke. We always say said, “what kind of Coke do you want? Coke, Crush, Sprite, Mountain Dew?” We never said “soda” or “pop”. They were all Coke.

I know. Southerners are a little weird. Well, we think all of y’all are a little weird, too. ;)

[mass55th]

I grew up in Rochester, NY and we called all soda, "Pop." When I moved three hours east to Auburn, NY in 1980 for my job, we discovered they called "Pop," "Soda" instead. Been calling it soda ever since. The only time I ask for a "Coke" or "Pepsi" is when I'm dining out. Might be a NY State thing.

The Mohawk Valley area where I live and the Syracuse area an hour west of here, are familiar with salt potatoes. They sell the salt and small potatoes in a 5 lb. bag. You dump the package of salt in a pan of water and mix until it's dissolved. Add the potatoes and cook until tender. They're delicious with butter on them. When my youngest son moved to Indiana years ago, he discovered that they had no idea what salt potatoes were. He hadn't realized they were a regional thing.