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RE: Local Foods
June 16, 2013 at 2:34 pm
(June 16, 2013 at 12:01 pm)Rahul Wrote: Growing up my father would insist that every one of us ate black eyed peas on the first day of the year. Something about it being good luck for the year.

Culturally we were deep south being in east Texas. Can anyone else confirm this belief in other areas of the world anywhere?

I always thought it was odd and stopped doing it after I moved away from home.

Yup! My mom makes a big pot of them every New Year's day. As I think they're disgusting, I never carried it on. My sister does, though.

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RE: Local Foods
June 16, 2013 at 2:35 pm
(June 15, 2013 at 1:23 pm)Faith No More Wrote: It's not the particular fish tacos that suck. It's the whole concept. To take something as sacred as the taco and ruin it by putting seafood on it is blasphemy.

You should go to Mexico, tacos have whatever your delight might be and fish tacos are extremely common, this is from the land of the tacos.
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RE: Local Foods
June 16, 2013 at 3:04 pm (This post was last modified: June 16, 2013 at 3:05 pm by Rahul.)
(June 16, 2013 at 2:30 pm)Godschild Wrote: True here in east Tennessee, with collards and some kind of pork as the meat. Grits and cornbread can be included.

Most of my recent ancestors are from Tennessee starting with my father's great grandfather on my direct paternal lineage.

Most all of my ancestors from all over the southern states moved to East Texas shortly after the American Civil War.

I suppose because most of the South was burned to the ground whereas Texas was untouched. Like a fresh start in a sense.

Thanks for confirming.
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RE: Local Foods
June 16, 2013 at 3:28 pm
(June 16, 2013 at 3:04 pm)Rahul Wrote:
(June 16, 2013 at 2:30 pm)Godschild Wrote: True here in east Tennessee, with collards and some kind of pork as the meat. Grits and cornbread can be included.

Most of my recent ancestors are from Tennessee starting with my father's great grandfather on my direct paternal lineage.

Most all of my ancestors from all over the southern states moved to East Texas shortly after the American Civil War.

I suppose because most of the South was burned to the ground whereas Texas was untouched. Like a fresh start in a sense.

Thanks for confirming.

I'm from East Tennessee too, so I guess that explains a lot.
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RE: Local Foods
June 16, 2013 at 3:46 pm
We have the best pizza and the best bagels. Guess where I am.
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RE: Local Foods
June 16, 2013 at 4:22 pm
(June 16, 2013 at 3:28 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: I'm from East Tennessee too, so I guess that explains a lot.

What part, Becca?
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RE: Local Foods
June 16, 2013 at 4:28 pm
(June 16, 2013 at 3:28 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: I'm from East Tennessee too, so I guess that explains a lot.

I'm really enjoying the fact that this forum has a lot of cool, cute girls from the South.

I've always felt that Southern girls were the best. It's nice to have confirmation.
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RE: Local Foods
June 16, 2013 at 6:45 pm
(June 16, 2013 at 4:22 pm)popeyespappy Wrote:
(June 16, 2013 at 3:28 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: I'm from East Tennessee too, so I guess that explains a lot.

What part, Becca?

Grew up mostly in a suburb of Knoxville. My dad lived in Oak Ridge when he died, but he also lived in Morristown for a while.

Are you from TN, PP?
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RE: Local Foods
June 16, 2013 at 7:08 pm
Mom's family is from Tellico Plains in Monroe county. I lived there for a couple of years when I was a kid. I also lived in the Memphis area when I was young then again as an adult. Plus I lived Nashville for a couple of years and Knoxville (Farragut) for 3.
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RE: Local Foods
June 16, 2013 at 7:49 pm
Hahaha! I grew up in Farragut. My mom calls it the Yankee Ghetto.
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