On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 17:43:48 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 2:11:14 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>> Sqwertz wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>> > On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 18:51:30 -0500, cshenk wrote:
>> >
>> > > 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 states, but that is just an outdated arbitrary geographical definition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
>>
>> --
>
>My wife used to live in W. Virginia. She calls it the redneck capital of the United States. That's a awful thing to say but she said it - I didn't.

Is that where they have snake handlers? Guys who handle venomous
snakes because it's up to God whether they get bitten and die or not?