Things only people from the South know

8-27-03 | Unkown

[Moonmad27]

LOL! I'm a Texan living in a California beach town, and I say "y'all" more now than I did back in Houston - just to make sure they know I'm not "from around these parts"!

[Luis Gonzalez]

"My husband's grandmother was Minnie Pearl."

The Minnie Pearl?

[southernnorthcarolina]

And it's Pacans not peecans

Well, the South's not monolithic in its vocabulary or pronunciations... or much else, for that matter. In fact, there are significant differences within states. In Charlotte, for the most part, it's "p'-CAHNS" -- but in the eastern part of NC, it's "PEE-cans."

[Oorang]

Hmmm. I'm either going to have to find a Cuban cookbook or a Cuban restaurant and living in Washington (the state) I might have a hard time finding the restaurant.

[CindyDawg]

You don't say?

[yarddog]

I recall a botanist telling our class that pokesalad was aactually more popular in the North than the South. He said they eat it with butter.

I have no idea if he was right or not.

[oyez]

Boil is something you get on your butt. Others call it a risen. (I'm not sure about the spelling as I've never seen it in print)

[Fraulein]

just to make sure they know I'm not "from around these parts"!

LOL!

[Rose in RoseBear]

Not a pot ... a Crisco can. Back when Crisco cans were made of metal.

I grew up with three cans on the back of the stove; a normal-sized can of Crisco for Crisco grease (the common stuff for frying up most things), and small cans for bacon grease (valuable, and used for seasoning), and cooking oil (expensive, precious, and not to be wasted). When you cooked fish, you poured the leftover grease into a jar, put the lid on, and threw it away.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Looking for chicarrones up in your neck of the woods...any suggestions?

[CindyDawg]

You're right! I remember seeing the silver cans now :')

[southernnorthcarolina]

You don't say?

Ah surely do.

[Think free or die]

Not THE Minnie Pearl - just our Minnie Pearl (Flippin).

[CindyDawg]

Well, I'll be.

[oyez]

"Pop" vs "Soda"

I once heard the term "tonic" used. Blew me away.

[vaudine]

Alabama Ping!

Years ago, on a lonely stretch of Al highway,a young man came down the hill from a tiny unpainted shack, and changed my tire in his fresh starched shirt and khakis.I had two little ones and he wouldn't take a cent--said"Maam, you might need that money for the babies."

vaudine

[Rose in RoseBear]

My mother was Ora Lee.

[DeFault User]

My wife eats squirrel brains and chittlins.

Maybe it's one of the secrets of longevity. My aunt who did the same and ate all the other Southern delicacies mentioned in this thread, most flavored with bacon grease and/or real butter, lived to 102.

[CindyDawg]

And don't mess with our coca cola. We're watching, because we don't want that fancy classic stuff.

[MEG33]

Instead of soda or pop my family said cold drink(Texas )or CoCola. Years later it did change to...Coke.