Things only people from the South know

8-27-03 | Unkown

[WKB]

Only a true Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption and that you pitch one and have the other.

Nobody but a true Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, Turnip greens, peas, beans, etc. make up a mess.

A true Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."

A true Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is - as in "Going to town, be back directly."

Even true Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.

All true Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.

True Southerners know instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. (If the trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin').

True Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.

True Southerners both know and understand the differences between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and trailer trash. <> No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn. True Southerners know that "fixin" can be used both as a noun, verb and adverb.

A true Southerner knows how to understand Southern a booger can be a resident of the nose, a descriptive ("That ol' booger!") or something that jumps out at you in the dark and scares you to death.

True Southerners make friends standing in lines. We don't do "queues," we do "lines." And when we're in line, we talk to everybody.

Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, if only by marriage.

True Southerners never refer to one person as "ya'll."

True Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.

Every true Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that redeye gravy is also a breakfast food; that fried green tomatoes are not breakfast food.

When you ask someone how they're doing and they reply, " Fair to middlin.", you know you're in the presence of a genuine Southerner.

Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it - we do not like our tea unsweetened, "sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.

And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 on the freeway? You say, "Bless her heart" and go on your way.

[dixie sass]

"Bless his/her heart." can make the best insult sound nice!

[PFKEY]

I'm rollin'.

[dixie sass]

Lol.

[dixie sass]

GACK!!! Everything sounded wonderful until you came to the last part.

[Mo1]

I order tea in New York and they brought me hot tea! I was dumbfounded

You have to ask for Ice Tea .. oh and if you say sweet tea .. they'll bring you a couple packs of sugar for you to put it in

Well I need to head off .. this thread was enjoyable .. I don't have a clue as to half of what was said .. but it was entertaining ;0)

[Luis Gonzalez]

The beer?

What's wrong with the beer!!!!

[dixie sass]

Sho' they are. You just don't see people in other parts of the country speaking or eating like we do down heah! Where else can you find Pine Bark Stew or Hoppin' John or, or Shrimp and Grits?

[nopardons]

Not only do Northerners eat tomato sandwiches ( my daughter's and my favorite!), it's origin is actually English and part of High Tea, but NOT necessarily of a Cream Tea.

Tomato sandwiches are NOT a " Southern " dish.

[nuancey]

There is a professional NYC chef who has and uses nothing but 3 or 4 cast iron pots for all of his home cooking. I think he was on the Learning Channel talking about his kitchen remodel. His comments probably piqued the cook ware industry!

[dixie sass]

Haven't had one in ages. If I remember right, it tastes like Dr. Pepper.

[dixie sass]

Where it was bottled. The further away the better!

[nopardons]

Well, believe it or not, but South Africans eat something that is almost indistinguishable from grits. And NO, they didn't get the idea from American Southerners.

People from N.H. say HEAH for here.

Each region has its own accent and food specialties; that's NOT in question. OTOH, many foods/dishes, which some Southern FREEPERs assume are ONLY " Southern ", sare NOT and never have been, as I've proved in some of my earlier posts. :-)

[RJayneJ]

I agree about the skillet, it is a tragedy, but not a complete loss, because you can reseason them if something horrible like that happens.

[Fraulein]

Thanks, I didn't know that.

Nopardons is always full of useful information! :)

[dixie sass]

I like Stateville. Was there last year with Abner,Victim of Circumstance and Taxman for the balloon thingy. The people there are so nice. We had a blast. We also met Kayak and her husband while we were there.

The American Flag Balloon will take your breath away and now they have the Space Shuttle Balloon - wow!!!!! Well worth seeing when they are in your area.

[nopardons]

Thank you . :-)

[nopardons]

Mt Hungarian Great, great grandmother swore by cast iron pots; so did her eldest daughter, my great grandmother. The BEST goulash is made in them. As ametter of fact, our family's cast iron pots were SO important in cooking, they were handed down and handed down, from one generation to another, until the last of them bit the dust, under my mother's use. Broke her and my heart to bits. :-(

[dixie sass]

Yep, Grits is Grits and we have the Grits Festival right up the road in St. George, SC. It's the Original Grits Festival.

[dixie sass]

Clabber is like Curds and Whey - Cottage Cheese - Yogurt, along those lines.

Cooter is turtle.

[dixie sass]

Canned milk is the only thing to bake with.