In article >,
says...
>
> "Gregory Morrow" >
> m: in rec.food.cooking
>
> > IME Iowa is a pretty progressive state, Michael, it has more in common
> > with a relatively liberal "live and let live" northern state like
> > Minnesota or Wisconsin than it does with a fairly redneck state like
> > Mizzourah...
>
> I've had very few dealings with Iowans. Describing Missouri as a
> "fairly" redneck state was extremely generous of you. St. Louis and KC
> aren't so bad but the nether regions are not at all "evolved". A couple
> of years ago I heard a woman from Jefferson County telling someone else
> you could get AIDS from mosquito bites. That myth was debunked in the
> 80s. The problem I see in the nether regions of Missouri is that the
> people are unable, or unwilling, to educate themselves. They go to
> church, do what the pastor says, go home and create some violent domestic
> situations and hate every minority they come across. Of course, that's
> just my impression. Oh, and let us not forget blowing themselves up with
> the meth labs they have in the trunk of the car. Missouri free
> enterprise at it's finest.
>
> Michael

Same thing in parts of NC and FL. It's the churches.

The meth lab thing is interesting. It require anyhdrous ammonia which is
used as a fertilizer in farming communities.