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George Leppla

On 7/28/2014 4:13 PM, wrote:
> On Sunday, July 27, 2014 2:41:21 PM UTC-7, Ema Nymton wrote:
>> On 7/27/2014 2:39 PM, wrote:
>>> And, don't get me
>>> started on Southerners' strange idea that a cheese steak should have
>>> mayonnaise on it . . . shudder.
>>
>>
>> Wondering who told you that Southerners do that. Let me know who it was
>> and I will let the air out of their tires. ;-)
>
> Just my experience from living here for 30+ years. I have learned to say, "no mayo" on just about anything, especially cheese steaks. Not everyone in the South does it, but enough that I'm wary.
>
> Bill Ranck
> Blacksburg VA
>

No disrespect Mr Ranck... but if you think Virginia is pat of the
"South" you might want to look at a map. When I lived in PA, I too
considered VA a part of the South, mostly because of their participation
in the Civil War (or as they call it here in the real South... The War
of Northern Aggression).

After moving from PA and living in Texas and Louisiana, my observation
is that some parts of Virginia have more in common with Brooklyn NY than
they do with the real south. <vbg>

I have a friend who lives in Maryland and she declares on a regular
basis that she is a Southern Belle... based on the fact that she lives
about 4 miles south of the Mason Dixon line. Actually, she lives north
of Baltimore... and again, looking at a map, further north than most of
Delaware and parts of New Jersey.

George L