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cooker said:
If you are from the northern states and planning on visiting or moving to the South,
there are a few things you should know that will help you adapt to the difference in lifestyles:


n. Save all manner of bacon grease in an old coffee can.You will be instructed later on how to use it.

Growing up we always had a coffee cup full of bacon grease next to the stove.:eek: Used it in damn near everything. We never ran out because bacon or fatback was fried every morning. It is a freaking wonder I lived past twelve.:D :cool: :D No one needed a laxative that's for sure:D :D :D
 
Even in Illinois I remember my Grandma with a can of grease right by the stove.
 
cooker said:
Growing up we always had a coffee cup full of bacon grease next to the stove.:eek: Used it in damn near everything. We never ran out because bacon or fatback was fried every morning. It is a freaking wonder I lived past twelve.:D :cool: :D No one needed a laxative that's for sure:D :D :D

I had one specially made for that use. I seldom used grease except in green beans and to fry an egg. Bacon taste was delicious. But I am not a fryer - never have been, except for breakfast. I can't imagine why I kept a grease can except everybody did it. Go figure.
 
Only 22% Dixie, I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy.:eek:
Kind of surprised me since my father and his family were all from Kentucky.
And I was born and raised in Cleveland (Ohio not Tennessee).
I did however have a lot to with designing those stock cars, so our good 'ol boys has sumpten to plays wit.:D
Rich
 
Oh Lordy Karlynn...Are you sure your not from New England...LOL

Oh Lordy Karlynn...Are you sure your not from New England...LOL

Karlynn said:
Even in Illinois I remember my Grandma with a can of grease right by the stove.

I spent summers at my grandmother's house on a lake in Central Maine, and she did the same thing...she had her regular cooking stove, and then to the right of that, an old old stove and she kept her "canned grease" right there for cookin' da food....and here I thought families were so individual.....:D :rolleyes: ;) :D Now I know I am Yankee.....LOL Harrybaby:D :D :D
 
"0% Dixie. Need help digging out of the snow?"

I'm old enough to know who I am. Guess I'll never fool anyone about that. I'll just grab a grinder and a tonic and sit over here by the air conditioner...

Tonic, by the way, is pronounced Taw'neck.

I drive my son crazy by talking about the center of town being "the town proper."

Just about everyone in New England can trace some part of their ancestry back to a Pilgrim or two. Now we know what they did on Saturdays.

Catfish are called "hornpout."

"P.S.D.S." is when you have your earlobes punctured for jewelry.

New Englanders make the best rock walls. It's because there are more rocks than there is dirt in New England fields. You have to do something with them.

Children don't annoy you: they "haunt" you.

Babies aren't cute: they're "cunning" or "clever." (To the baby, "Aren't you clever?")

The word "wicked" goes back to before the witch trials, and has been used by every generation since. Besides its obvious meaning, it can usually be used interchangeably with the word "incredibly" as an adjective, or "Wow!" as a noun (remarking on something that is incredibly cool).

Moxie is the ultimate tonic (soda). It's made from gentian root, instead of cola nuts. It's pretty much like drinking shoe polish, and it's an acquired taste. Most New Englanders can choke down at least a small glass of it for show. I can do a whole bottle without making a face.

Traffic circles are called rotaries. They've been here since the Europeans came. The Native Americans invented them to keep the Pilgrims busy.

Y'all have a nice day now, y'heah?
 

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