- I know the difference between a redneck and a good ol' boy.
- A profound love for white sandy beaches.
- I know that a gentleman does not wear his baseball cap inside.
- Iced tea.
- I get that SEC Football is a religion.
- A deep and abiding understanding of buttermilk.
- Country ham and red eye gravy.
- Grape Nehi.
- I know how long "directly" is.
- Grandmother's biscuits.
- I know how to clean a 12 gauge shotgun.
- Finger bowls.
- Finer than frog hair is a meaningful way to answer "How are you?"
What'd I miss?
42 comments:
So true, so true.
For me....
That the front door is for company - the back/side door (usually entering into the kitchen) is for friends and family to just come in!
Peanuts and mints in little bowls at the wedding reception held in the church social hall...
Fried chicken.
Scrapple.
Hush puppies.
I could go on, but I'm starting to get hungry.
Finer than a frog hair, split 3 ways.
And ditto to T.
Bless your heart
I guess I'm not a Southern gal. I know some of these, but not all. I was born and raised in the mid-West.
Thanks for lesson on being a southern girl. I plan to be one some day so now I have a leg up!
Ham hocks and lima beans with corn bread. Extra credit if you greased the pan with bacon greased before baking the cornbread.
That not returning an empty dish thing.
I like your list. :-)
White sandy beaches? Have you never been to Fire Island? Well, that is the SOUTH shore of Long Island...
New to the south from the west coast, these are the "southern" things I've noticed.
Big hair
Shopping in jammies (a must after midnight at Walmart)
Sweet tea goes with everything.
I reckon ya'll know bout RC colas, moonpies, boiled peanuts and grits. If not kick off your shoes and sit a spell.
Chicken on sundays.
1. You are over the age of 30, and you still refer to your father as Daddy.
2. You can apply lipstick without looking in a mirror.
3. You have at least five recipes that call for cream of mushroom soup.
4. You know the power of a pucker. Whether it's a kiss or a pout, you know how to make it work to your advantage.
5. You have at least one deviled egg platter.
6. You know that NASCAR is not a sport, it's a religion.
7. Your mama has taken to her bed because you dated "that boy from that family."
8. You use Duke's Mayonnaise in all your cooking and sandwich making.
9. You sigh deeply before you tell a story about your mama.
10. You have a lifelong circle of girlfriends who cry with you, celebrate with you, pray for you and tell you when you need a new hairstyle.
11. You recognize that butter is a food group.
12. A southern lady never sweats...she glistens!
13. You do not think twice about putting salted peanuts in your can of Coke (never Pepsi...that crap is for "those people" up north).
14. You know the north really didn't "win" the civil war, it was just the south being hospitable.
15. You know that GRITS is both a staple and an anacronym for GIRLS RAISED IN THE SOUTH.
And with that, I will stop.
Hmmmmm. . . . all good examples of why, even though I live in Texas, I am not truely Southern. The fact that you can clean a shotgun sort of scares me!
bacon drippings
cornbread and sweet milk
'fixin' to' means 'about to' or 'going to' or 'preparing'
Coke is 'any soft drink'
boiled peanuts
Rumor has it neither grits nor cornbread need sugar.
oh! and it's suh-ga. An ingredient and an endearment.
Plus spam. And (although I hate it) Miracle Whip.
I am right with you on ALL of those things which makes me a southern gal too.
You know "fixin to", Coke, never Pepsi, sweet AND unsweet tea, you always "Bless your little heart", meemaw and pau-pau, the place where Krispy Kreme was born, and...always, Yes, Ma'am and Yes, Sir.
Did I cover it all?
Oh, how could I forget...NASCAR and you worshipped Dale Earnhardt.
Okay I'm from the midwest and admit I don't know what red eye gravy is or what the meaning of 'finer than frog hair' is.
Help. Anyone???
What are you all talkin' about?
Oh, and what Living on the Spit said, except #12.
Southern ladies don't sweat (or glisten), they GLOW.
It's about time you make Grandmother's biscuits and red eye gravy and post them!
Big hair bows on babies and little girls. Giving directions based on places no longer there. "Go down the road to where the old schoolhouse was, make a left." Yes, Ma'am. Cooking with bacon grease.
The South is one place I have not spent near enough time.
Grape Hehi! Yum ;0)
Oh, don't forget milk/pepper gravy on everything.
All that and put your groceries in a poke..oh and get gas at the fillin' station.
My Daddy used to say "Your're just as pretty as a speckled pup under a red wagon".
I miss him and his southern ways.
I loved this list....and I am with T on the door part...and you can enter as friends but you'll leave as family...I have that painted over the top of one of our doors...and I always say bless your heart....cuz my grandma did too....and I call all my loved ones "Sugar".... the nuts and mints in bowls at receptions...yep that be true too...we grew up on biscuits and gravy and bread and milk which was usually cornbread broken up and milk poured over the top...that was dinner and my dad would always have three of four green onions to eat with his....good memories.....good list mama...
When hearing a southern accent, you can tell if that person is from the mountains of east Tennessee, southern Alabama, the low country of Georgia, piedmont Virginia, etc...
And you know that despite its location on the map, Florida is not part of the south;)
Yikes, as a Canadian descendent living in New England, I'd need a dictionary. A cheat sheet at least.
Don't forget accenting the first syllable ie:
SEA-ment [cement]
UM-brella
IN-surance
And we get in wrecks not accidents in our cars thank you!
This has been one of the most entertaining post! I've been back 3 times to read the others comments!
that "crackin the winda" is not breaking it.
Oh the red-eye gravy of the south. And the powder white beaches of the Florida panhandle. Hmmm, I think I'm missing the south today.
Grits with your fried eggs? Fried okra?
Oh, hush puppies...
NEVER heard the "finer than a frog's hair"-- may have to adopt that one (people over here really would have a hard time understanding me then) ;-)
lots and lots lol you been a city girl for a spell LOL
Hmmm, ham and red eye gravy, haven't had any red eye gravy since my Mama passed on.
We don't have wakes, we have "visitation."
We smile are friendly and speak to everybody.
We can fry anything...
Dern, we could have done them there dual posts on this subject on the same day kindly like twins. BTW, I know how fer "yonder way" is. I'll keep telling all the PC police everywhere I earned the God-given right to say ya'll.
Originally from Mississippi and transplanted to VA, I love this list of yours. I'll just add
Fried Chicken on Sundays.
And Fried Green Tomaters.
SWEET Tea. Has to be sweet.
Did you ever put peanuts in coke in a bottle?
I love your Thursdays :)
LOL! Finer than frog hair. That's good, right. Yea, I'm sure that's a good thing.
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