notbob > wrote in message news:<OYmsd.192152$HA.103187@attbi_s01>...
> On 2004-12-04, Louis Cohen > wrote:
>
> > I think it's safe to say that southern taste favors sweeter, fattier food
> > (like the scene in the diner in "My Cousin Vinny") and vegetables cooked
> > softer (overdone by northern standards). Another poster had a good insight
> > about sugar cane growing in the south and being used more heavily there as a
> > result.
>
> Yep. It's a pity more folks don't get it. Sure, everyone knows about maple
> sugar/syrup, but they're sadly deprived by not having experienced a good
> sorghum or blackstrap molasses. Out here in Collie-fornya I hafta scour the
> countryside for a decent sorghum for my homemade sausage. Usually I find it
> at some small fruit stand run by an expat Southerner who's homesick for
> something that doesn't come from a conglomerate.
>
> nb

No, nb , we do get it. The problem is that overly sweet foods is that
the sugar, et al. masks other flavors. Now , since I have Southron
roots on my mother's side of the family, I will say that a real
sweet-out like pecan pie or the original Barq's root beer can be a
real treat. And I will admit that sweet goes with good, smoky 'cue.
Anyone for a Civil War armistice?

D.M.