Geographic Differences in Culinary (Food) Tastes
Every corner of our country has a uniqueness in their culinary delights.
A friend of mine’s daughter is having a nervous day. Tonight she is having dinner for the first time at her new boyfriend’s house and she already knows what’s on the menu; cheese grits. Being from the Northwest United States, she has no idea what they are, she just assumes she won’t like them.
It brings up an interesting discussion in my mind. In our community group we have several from other parts of the country who are culturally ignorant to the ways of the South. For example, several in our group have never enjoyed the salty taste of country ham. (In fact they think we eat everything too salty.) Several have never heard of chess pie. (Don’t even mention the term “buttermilk pie” to them.) They think we eat grass when we mention turnip greens.
It makes me wonder. Have they ever really lived? Do their taste buds even like them as people? While they’ve been eating cheese curds and huckleberry pie; we’ve been enjoying real food as God intended food to be eaten. (I kinda feel sorry for them, but at least they are in a location where they can finally learn about the delicacies of life.)
What other food specialties come to your mind that differentiates us geographically in the United States?
