Sqwertz wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 18:51:30 -0500, cshenk wrote:
>
> > Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> >> On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 13:50:32 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I don't live in the "South."
> >>> Where you live is "southern' and entirely different from "South"
> and >>> has no real identity
> >>
> >> Bam! Do you feel put in your place now, cshenk?
> >
> > Naw, she's just having fun or unaware that Virginia is the south.
> > Thread was over trimmed to show the root of it was southern use of
> > hot sauces at breakfast I think.
>
> Virginia, like Florida, is not culturally nor culinarily in the
> "South". Geographically, its called part of the Southern Atlantic
> states, but that is just an outdated arbitrary geographical definition
> leftover from the Civil War era when Virginia was party of the
> Confederate (Southern) states.
>
> -sw

Sorry Steve but very wrong abut Virginia. It's only a blending zone on
the coast and even then, it's more apt to be teaching Northern critters
about what a proper hushpuppy is.

Florida on the east side isnt very Southern now (used to be) but still
is on the west side and along to New Orleans direction

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