Ahem...to my southern friends on here- I love y'all!

I really like your fried chicken, okra, sweet tea, chicken fried chicken ( whatever the fuck that is, I just order off the Cracker Barrel menu ) So I don't speak for most of your Northern brethren here........




I have driven through the south on my way up from moving from Florida ( I hope you southerners don't consider that ungodly hell-hole an actual part of the south, BTW ). I have stopped at many fine diners, Waffle Houses and had one hell of a meal! You folks sure can cook there!







And I have met some of the nicest people on the way...particularly in Georgia and the Carolinas..so I don't wish to contribute to any flame war on here ( funny, this thing seemed to start out in a rather harmless way ).








To my friends in the southland....cheers! :toast: and keep making that kick-ass food that you people are so good at!!! If I lived down there, I swear I would have had a heart-attack years ago...but that's not to say it's a bad thing.


Oh...yes, I DO love sweet tea!!!

I sure miss my southern food, like fried okra and peach cobbler. And you know that Waffle House can sure cook up some mean cheesy scrambled eggs which are most excellent. When I'd go to visit family in Atlanta, Georiga (Hi ya General Sherman, marching through are ya?!), there was a restaurant called "Po Folks" which had all that great food (it's called something else now). Yes, and Black-eyed peas, cornbread, blackberry cobbler, sweet potato pie to name a few more.

that photo is posted..so I threw it in there for some comic relief, I suppose. My points were sincere, however.

I had the BEST breakfast at this diner in Georgia ( for the life of me, I can't think of the name, but I can ask my brother ). Huge slices of ham, three eggs, bacon, biscuits ( by the way, southern folks should get familiar with the concept of scrapple) mediocre coffee, but they give you sweet tea....SWEET TEA! Just what I need for that long frigging drive back!

I, for one, really like the General. Born in NC but still like good ole Sherman. I am halfway though the book "Southern Storm". I read it and put it aside and then pick it up again. The book is just too big and heavy to carry around on the bus. Should've waited til it came out in paperback. But, ah yes, the sweet tea in Georgia is great. It must be the water. McDonald's is serving up sweet tea in some of their joints but it is way too sweet.

is goosing statues in the park;
if Sherman's horse can take it
why can't you?

Old song--

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:hug: it's all good! :D

You did it now! You mentioned sweet tea! Flamewar!!! :rofl:
(I like sweet tea btw, but started a sweet vs non sweet lounge war last year)

That's why we southerners smile so big and got all that dripping charm. It's the sweetener in our tea keeping us...well...sweet.

:P

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I make some WICKED iced tea, everyone who comes here who has had it clamors for it every time after. Now, I'm willing to experiment with the sweet tea...let's see how they react :shrug:

lazy to search for it, but I really do like the stuff!

It didn't turn out to be a flamewar, but I recall one poster who said I was a traitor for liking anything southern ( in good fun, of course )!

In the interest of full disclosure, my great-grandfather came to Minnesota from Alabama, originally, so technically I'm part southerner. And I like y'all just fine! :D

and that was the intention of this thread...we're in this together!

Seriously, we love it when you stare at your grits and ponder the edibility.



We really enjoy selling you fireworks, even stuff that will blow your hand off if you ain't careful.



We love selling you "Jack Daniels" whiskey.



We love it when you look at cornbread & think its pancakes.





The hatred of General Sherman is mostly localized in Georgia & the Carolinas.

Except I had grits, and think they suck ( too bland, but then again so are pancakes unless you add a bunch of shit to give it some taste )

Do all fireworks come from down south? :shrug: shit, I didn't know that...are they cheaper at least?
I'll have to look out for fireworks the next time I go visit my sister.

Cornbread is good, but only with a good bowl of chili ( which is not southern in origin, but it's good all the same ).

The only real general I recognize in those photos, BTW would be the first one of Robert E. Lee...a true gentleman and respected leader. Who are the others? I know names randomly, but can't associate with some photos....

Jackson, Hood, Forrest & J.E.B. Stuart.

I am fascinated with the history of the conflict. My home is located on part of the Tullahoma campaign battlefield.

Hood I've heard about, but didn't his campaign fail badly? I have a co-worker who was an extra on the movie Gods and Generals...he was a Confederate soldier. Did you see that? There was this one scene where an artillery shell was coming in and a couple of confederate soldiers looked behind them up at the sky, as if they were expecting it to hit. For a second, there he was ( wearing a mauve shirt ). Good movie, if you haven't seen it, but very long.

Burn burn burn!

Believe it or not, we like you Yankees too. :hug:

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