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