Christine Dabney wrote:
>
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:56:16 -0600, "chefhelen"
> > wrote:
>
> >Happy to be in Huntsville, Alabama. We have a 15 minute commute, live in a
> >very nice area where the cost of living is reasonable, have great weather,
> >aside from the occasional cold snap, and have great friends. Ok, there is
> >the fact that it's a red state but I'm working on changing that!
> >
> >
> >helen
>
> And how's the food there?
>
> Christine, trying to turn this back to the glories of southern food,
> and wishing we would be able to have at least one thread that doesn't
> degenerate immediately away from food.

It's difficult for the food topic to not shift to other aspects of a
given cuisine's area of origin. I personally love southern food, even
though I have serious issues with some aspects of southern culture. The
same applies to middle easter food.