Oh yeah, I forgot about their obsession with apple butter. Seems everybody I meet makes it. I have about 5 jars left when I made some from our Apple’s two years ago. I gave most of them away because I didn’t care for it. It’s pretty strong stuff.
some of the things mentioned here might be originally southern but we had them in other geographic areas.. (chicken fried steak, apple butter etc) so I never attributed them to south per se
RE: downed wood in forests.. Policy here is that you are breaking the law if you remove things(drift wood, firewood, pretty rocks etc) from national or state parks..and if the rangers “catch you” you get a heavy fine. I recall once a ranger approached a young couple whose children were collecting fall leaves and instructed them to NOT take them out of park
Stupidity and in many cases power hungry rangers. Many of them could not get into regular law enforcement and this was another option. Most of the worse are women. Many truly love nature and outdoors and chose this over civilian LEO.
stupid rules for sure. They could have once a week .. CLEAN US OUT days to have people come with chainsaws etc. I am sure liability is one issue.
In the areas where I walk my dogs near my home isn national park. Due to the heavy canopy there is very little super dry wood. most damp to soggy