Hey - and do you know who I was basing all this on? My mother. Yes! She moved south (forced by her health) when I was about 7, and never shut up until she died last month as an unrepentant democrat. One thing she never stopped making fun of was southern food - which of course I love. I never was able to do much with grits though - I’m not against them, I am more bewildered. But turnip greens and corn bread - now THAT’s different!
Too funny! I lived in Ohio until I was eleven, then moved to NC. Told my folks when we hit the mountains of NC I felt like I was home. Daddy just laughed. His people are from Kentucky-before that, his grandma was Cherokee from NC and his granddad Welsh! They migrated north and west, looking for work.
Don’t even get me started on Southern food! There’s nothing like it in the world. And Southern cooks...!