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Rowdyboy

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72. I'm just back from 3 days of Halloween in New Orleans and my only regret

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 11:22 AM

Oct 2013

is I never got around to having shrimp and grits. There's just too damn much good food there. I'd mention what I had but in your situation it would just make you miserable and hungrier!

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Another question for people in the south [View all] MattBaggins Oct 2013 OP

I WILL KICK SYRUP-BRAGGING MATTBAGGINS ASS Skittles Oct 2013 #1

Respect the Sugar Maple MattBaggins Oct 2013 #6

I gotta tell ya Skittles Oct 2013 #15

yeah I will defend our food and other things arely staircase Oct 2013 #20

A couple of years ago I made maple syrup in Alabama piedmont Oct 2013 #57

You may have the ONLY southern-most maple syrup. In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #65

We have about a dozen sugar maple trees on our home place madokie Oct 2013 #68

hey, if you are going to praise Maple syrup DonCoquixote Oct 2013 #78

LOL Change has come Oct 2013 #55

I WILL KICK HIS ASS WHILE EATING PANCAKES Skittles Oct 2013 #56

nothing but butter loli phabay Oct 2013 #2

+1 ..nt TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #19

sorghum. brer cat Oct 2013 #3

I'm witcha, brer Link Speed Oct 2013 #10

Yup! JohnnyLib2 Oct 2013 #33

I'm from the West Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #4

I have a dealer and his helper. They cook up the North Maple syrup in these huge vats. BlueJazz Oct 2013 #5

Checking in from Nashville to agree with you, MattBaggins! Tanuki Oct 2013 #7

Steens Ribbon Cane Link Speed Oct 2013 #8

Black Strap Molasses! panader0 Oct 2013 #14

Oh, Hell yes! Link Speed Oct 2013 #16

Enjoyed maple and cane both! But I prefer waffles with... Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #73

I question your true northern-liness Cirque du So-What Oct 2013 #9

Both 'pancakes' and 'flapjacks' are mentioned in Shakespeare, 'hotcakes' is an Americanism Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #66

'Twas but a wee joke Cirque du So-What Oct 2013 #75

Crap. Now I'm hungry. Squinch Oct 2013 #11

+1, yep, same here. Took my mind off that diet I was thinking about. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2013 #39

WTF is eating pancakes in the South? al_liberal Oct 2013 #12

We eat grits Aerows Oct 2013 #45

Yuk- Maple Syrup is too Sweet dem in texas Oct 2013 #13

I will give you that. arely staircase Oct 2013 #17

We don't eat pancakes... Glassunion Oct 2013 #18

I eat grits Aerows Oct 2013 #44

Why Georgia Peaches of course along with a host of other goodies. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #21

The only time I eat pancakes RebelOne Oct 2013 #28

Next question: What brand of pancake flour do you use?... TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #22

Awww, this must be a trick question.... Tanuki Oct 2013 #29

Interesting. Never heard of it... TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #34

Would Rhonda Vincent lie? Tanuki Oct 2013 #43

Who's Rhonda Vincent?... TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #51

Pappy O'Daniel's. Brigid Oct 2013 #31

Never heard of that one either... TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #35

See "O Brother Where Art Thou?" for further details. Brigid Oct 2013 #37

Pass the biscuits, Pappy Seeking Serenity Oct 2013 #36

lol! The Pappy O'Daniel's Flour Hour!!! Coexist Oct 2013 #40

Krusteaz is a Washington State product founded by women in 1932 Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #67

Really?... That's awesome!... TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #69

Real New England maple syrup? Brigid Oct 2013 #23

Confession time... I only like fake syrup. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #24

I'm southern but I'm also American and I love food from all over... Rowdyboy Oct 2013 #25

Don't forget Michigan apples and cherries! ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #26

I could eat my weight in cherries! They're my favorite fruit and unfortunately they just Rowdyboy Oct 2013 #27

+1 Sissyk Oct 2013 #38

Grits are definitely not for everyone-not even every southerner. I love "cheesy grits" Rowdyboy Oct 2013 #47

I think it's what you grew up with, right? Sissyk Oct 2013 #52

Absolutely. And I love blackberry jam. We have a couple of muscadines so my partner and a friend Rowdyboy Oct 2013 #53

Sounds yummy! Sissyk Oct 2013 #54

Another idea for your muscadines: Tanuki Nov 2013 #79

Huge fan of Tenessee Low Country Shrimp and Grits right here. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #70

I'm just back from 3 days of Halloween in New Orleans and my only regret Rowdyboy Oct 2013 #72

Gravy. Same as you. What else would you put on a pan cake? nt Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #30

Grits. Hoyt Oct 2013 #32

Yep Aerows Oct 2013 #42

I don't eat pancakes Aerows Oct 2013 #41

I love maple syrup but my cheapo self won't pay for it, so I use butter and jam struggle4progress Oct 2013 #46

A real treat at a Southern breakfast Aerows Oct 2013 #48

IHOP freakin' syrup and if that's gone...Log freakin' Cabin... cynatnite Oct 2013 #49

Corn cakes or Buttermilk/oatmeal pancakes topped with real butter oneshooter Oct 2013 #50

I would like to get an order delivered Samantha Oct 2013 #58

I like to put M&Ms (and a little butter) between hot pancakes and let 'em melt for a bit. Throd Oct 2013 #59

My mother rarely made waffles and never made pancakes. Warpy Oct 2013 #60

Cane Patch. maced666 Oct 2013 #61

Michigan maple syrup! longship Oct 2013 #62

Crystal meth and Coca Cola Tom Ripley Oct 2013 #63

When I was a kid, we used the store-brand equivalent of Aunt Jemima Art_from_Ark Oct 2013 #64

No Pancakes-Biscuits with Honey Beearewhyain Oct 2013 #71

I've used karo and molasses. But, I mean, we do have *stores* in the south, you know? Recursion Oct 2013 #74

Yes it is get the red out Oct 2013 #76

don't forget honey DonCoquixote Oct 2013 #77