Cute email about Southernness

[lucas]

Card carrying member of GRITS here. Girls Raised In The South

Penny

Another GRITS here! New Orleans to be exact.

"You can take the girl out of New Orleans, but you can't take New Orleans out of the girl"

 

[MickeyMouseGal]

Ok...what does the dark thirty mean? I live in the south, but I'm originally from the north. I'm learning fast, but this one, I haven't heard.

More or less, it is used to mean 'late' or 'later than expected'. Technically it means 'after dark', but it's usually in reference to an event that took longer than expected. For example: "I thought it would take an hour or so, but I didn't get home until dark-thirty." or "If we don't hurry up, we're not going to be home until dark-thirty."

 

[LuvN~Travel]

'dark thirty' - about half an hour after dark, there or about....
Kim

 

[MickeyMouseGal]

oops. almost forgot WAR EAGLE!

YEAH!! WAR EAGLE!!!

 

[paigevz]

Yessir, you ain't a woofin'.

 

[robertsmom]

And our tea? Please don't get me started. If it isn't sweet, can it really be tea?

And it has to be MADE sweet. Adding sugar to cold iced tea doesn't really count.

 

[Southern4sure]

Talking about grits (which I am) we make cheese grits and serve with fried catfish (or any other fried fish). Yum Yum Yum

 

[ozarkmom]

Back to biscuits and gravy to me that has to be white (milk) over those cathead biscuits. It's best if it's made with sausage. I don't really care for red eye gravy. My husband has fond memories of chocolate gravy which I've never had. Alot of the sayings on the applachian/ozarks list I've never heard except kindlin and fixin. My mom and her family like grits they're mostly in Va and North Carolina. My dad's family in Arkansas and Oklahoma never seemed to eat grits. I've never heard of tomato gravy. I catch myself saying ya'll and my dad has a cousin that says you'ns instead of ya'll.

 

[lovemygoofy]

Back to biscuits and gravy to me that has to be white (milk) over those cathead biscuits. It's best if it's made with sausage. I don't really care for red eye gravy. My husband has fond memories of chocolate gravy which I've never had. Alot of the sayings on the applachian/ozarks list I've never heard except kindlin and fixin. My mom and her family like grits they're mostly in Va and North Carolina. My dad's family in Arkansas and Oklahoma never seemed to eat grits. I've never heard of tomato gravy. I catch myself saying ya'll and my dad has a cousin that says you'ns instead of ya'll.

I LOVE chocolate gravy! Every holiday when I'm home, we have chocolate gravy and homemade biscuits at my gran's house. YUM

 

[SandraVB79]

Now this is getting bad.

Although I live on the other side of the world, I could pass for a Southern girl!!!!

I guess I spent way too much time in Texas... It's time I'm fixin to move to the South with all y'all!!

 

[Southern4sure]

I do not realize how often I say fixin but I guess alot. My friend who is from Long Island was asked by her son 10 what am I always fixing.

!!!!!!!!!! Roll Tide !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LiteBrite]

I LOVE chocolate gravy! Every holiday when I'm home, we have chocolate gravy and homemade biscuits at my gran's house. YUM

Ok, I'll bite - I know sawmill gravy and redeye gravy and even tomato gravy, but I've never heard of chocolate gravy. What is it?

 

[Dory's Twin]

I get accused of having a hard-to-place accent and vocabulary....

raised by a Southern Woman (Texas)...we spent summers on the Ranch
raised mostly in California (fer sure Dude!)

AND

Did a 3 year stint in England followed by a year in Boston.....all at a young (3-7) impressionable age...

half the time my husband has no freakin' clue what I'm sayin'!

 

[JoBird]

I also have a t-shirt that says, among many other things,

" You might be a South Carolina native if...
When someone says, "yawda seedis" , you understand and look."

 

[paigevz]

Ok, I'll bite - I know sawmill gravy and redeye gravy and even tomato gravy, but I've never heard of chocolate gravy. What is it?

I was introduced to this for the first time when I moved to Oklahoma from Texas (eventually moved back). It's just like chocolate pudding, but it's much more liquid consistency.............more gravylike (of course).

I can say I was delighted to go to a new school in a new state at age 8 and walk in to them giving us chocolate for breakfast!

Edited to say, it was served with biscuits, but not over the biscuits..........the kids all dipped their biscuits in the chocolate gravy.

 

[Stitchfans]

Just found this. This is great! Had to make sure it stayed alive!

 

[madge]

Thoughtg of something else too. Only in the south will someone tell you that the house you are looking for is "set back off the road, just past the creek bridge, and over past where Slim used to live, then 'round the big curve a ways" and you'll instinctively know how to get there almost as if you'd consulted mapquest.

Oh, honey.... those directions are better than Mapquest, LOL!

 

[madge]

nigh (near)
swan (swear)
skift (dusting of snow)
fixin' (getting ready to do something)

bumfuzzled (confused)
scoot (slide)

let on ( pretend)

hull ( to shell beans)
ill (bad tempered)
kindling ( twigs, etc to start a fire)
mend (to improve physically)

I know these. Once I didn't know, but my "good old boy" DH told me was "puttin' on the dog" which means to clean up the house for company? new one for me, LOL

 

[PoohnPglet]

Here is one that I have never heard anyone but a southerner use - getting your picture made as in...

"Honey, you go on up there and get your picture made with Mickey."

 

[lovemygoofy]

Ok, I'll bite - I know sawmill gravy and redeye gravy and even tomato gravy, but I've never heard of chocolate gravy. What is it?

Like someone else mentioned its made kinda like chocolate pudding but really liquified down with milk. Some do dip their biscuits in it but I like mine poured over the top so they are all soggy. I just love it. I can't make it at all lol but have to start trying harder soon since I dont get home very often.