Anyone who doesn't understand the sliced tomato as a side... has never had a good tomato. Grocery store tomatoes have all the flavor of plastic. You need a good, home-grown, organic, heirloom tomato that was picked when it was RIPE, sliced just before serving and with a sprinkle of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. It is the taste of summer. Literally, that's the only/best time you can get tomatoes with flavor that good.
I gotta say: I‘m from Germany, never even been to the USA, but I love the south. Your humor, your accents, music, weather, landscaping, courtesy. I really hope I can visit someday. And I love your channel. 🥰
Lol come to my hometown Cullman Al, founded by Germans lots of German named streets and shops and oh the people, lol I'm Scott irsh 60 percent some German
It's not "plum" like the fruit. It's "plumb" like a plumb bob or a plumb line as in perfectly straight. In common uses one can substitute the word "completely" for the word "plumb" as in: I'm completely (plumb) tuckered out. Or: I completely (plumb) forgot.
Plumb for me is the same as 'straight up.' No equivocation or qualification, just dead on, square , precise, and accurate. So that's plumb awful is that's straight up awful. Not almost, not kinda-sorta, not in the ball park (which supports 'completely').
I worked for a US company once. At orientation, one of the big bosses had come up from Georgia and told us a story about her first time in Canada. She'd never seen a black squirrel before, so she asked her Canadian subordinates, "What the hell is wrong with that cat?" She was shocked when they told her it was a squirrel, because "I didn't know they came in black too!" They all laughed together, and now she tells that story to all new hires. She was hilarious. I was eventually delegated to work only with our Hawaiian and Southern customers, because I was pretty good at pronouncing Hawaiian names/words and I guess the Southerners just liked me. I can honestly say that Southern Americans were the most polite customers I have ever had. I loved working on their contracts. There was just one drawback... I picked up their accent and speech patterns. I didn't know I was doing it until I got off a call, and my coworkers were staring at me. I said, "What?" Then one of my friends mockingly responded with, "Y'all have a nice day now." And everyone laughed at me. Apparently, they'd noticed me doing it and then switching back to my normal accent and speech patterns as soon as a Hawaiian client called. I had no idea I was doing it, and they thought it was hilarious.
I know an older gentleman, from Louisiana, and if something good happens to a person or if they have a little money he'll say "Oh, you're just shittin' in high cotton aren't ya".
My husband said most he heard was "you're makin more noise than a bull rhino in heat draggin a wooden box full a Mason jars full a marbles down rail road tracks down a flight of stairs"
I was raised Irish Catholic. This is the first I'm hearing of "No drinking in church" I tried Whiskey for the first time during coffee hour after service
yeah..... down here, the baptists and other evangelicals are the dominant religion and influence pretty much all liquor laws. That's why we still have wet and dry counties.
@@dhash1712 I got a funny story about Southern Baptists. My friends and I were helping a Baptist minister move to his newly built church and, while we were packing up his things, we found a fifth of Jack Daniels under the bathroom sink in his private quarters. We took it to the minister and said, "sir, what is this doing in the bathroom?". He responded, without missing a beat, "oh, that's for medicinal purposes". Well, we couldn't argue with that because all of our grandma's kept whiskey around for hot toddies when we would get sick. So, there is drinking in the church, but only if it is for medicinal purposes. 😉😂
Grew up in the North but married into a pure Southern family and learned about so many things I had been missing out on my entire life. They’re not lying about the tomatoes. Tomatoes in the north are gross, but get one fresh from a Southerner’s summer garden and they are so so good. Never would have ever eaten a “tomato sandwich” in the North (bread, mayo, salt&pep, & sliced tomatoes), but when in in-laws served them for Sunday Dinner I about fell out of my chair they were so good.
We always had a garden and grew tomatoes, but the best tomato I ever had is served in a NYC coffee shop. They said they are grown in New Jersey. Best tomato ever.
@@lazyhomebody1356 to this day my father still rhapsodizes about his vegetable garden when my parents lived in NJ and how good his tomatoes were! 🍅 So no, good tomatoes aren’t only found in the south.
I will never forget my first visit to the south: everyone was so kind and friendly, it kinda freaked me out at first, until I realized it was genuine. Then I moved to SC for a little while and adored it. Back in the PNW now, miss the south! You guys are so nice, no mean tweets here!
"I'm not mad, I'm just upset" Alabama native here, heard that phrase a lot in my life...I've used it too It makes sense. The word 'mad' infers someone is to blame...but being 'upset' is a way to say "I'm just dealing with my feelings"....it's much less blameful
Hint: A little sugar in cornbread and spaghetti does help balance the flavor, not so much that it tastes like Jiffy, but like a half teaspoon to make the flavor less harsh. You won't even be able to tell it's there, but it will be more delicious if the right amount is added. From a real southerner 🙂
@@eriolduterion8855 You wouldn't even know sugar are in those dishes if they're prepared right. Just like "sugar" is an ingredient of almost food you buy. I'm not saying it's healthy, but it balance the flavor as I've previously stated. People in VA cook soulfood like northerns Yankees. No flavor and bland and folk from South Carolina are country and slow, they don't even know they can't cook until they taste some real soul food. ~From Alabama
I was up in Indiana and was telling story about something that happened in a grocery store. I mentioned grabbing a buggy. 5 minutes later someone triumphantly said “shopping cart!” Everyone else at the table erupted! All of them had been pondering and trying to guess what a buggy was. I don’t think any of them heard any of the story after I mentioned the buggy
When I was living in Asheville, NC, they all called it a buggy. However, friends of mine from FL called it a basket. But we Hoosiers have it correct. Just read the signs.
"I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed" = thing my very Southern mom said anytime she wanted me to feel bad about something I did (usually something stupid). What I currently say when I want to avoid confrontation, but let it be known you should leave me alone for a hot second.
Yep, what people take as passive aggression in Southern people, isn’t really aggression. It’s just disagreeing with something said/done politely. We don’t want folk to feel bad about themselves.
@@rayjohnson2387 I absolutely agree, however I do have one sticker on my car ... Gold 100 (if a first responder is injured or dies in the line of duty, the money to purchase that sticker goes to the family).
I'm in Southern California. If I see bumber stickers, it's those honor roll kids one. Most of what I see are anime decals. Maybe I just notice those more cause I have them too.
I just moved to the north for my dad's Job and let me tell you this feels like a touch from home. I grew up in Tennessee and we put sugar in our cornbread.
As a Texan, we can let you know if you EVER mispronounce queso or any other Spanish word…now frijole, empanada, or jalapeño we have heard ALL kinds of versions 😂🤣😜
Oh yeah, as a Texan I still don't speak a lot of Spanish, but I can speak tacos. Like anything on a menu I can say because those are the important Spanish words.
May1 in South Australia is bonfire day, fire restrictions are over and we've piled up huge bonfires, city people can't light a fire to save themselves. I'm SO KEEN to come visit y'all one day, but my airbnb business of doing barn weddings is getting in the way.
Never heard “I’m not mad, I’m just aggravated.” My Dad used to say, “I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed.” I would rather he had been mad. That one cut.
About the car sticker thing, I’m in California and I can tell you, I’ve seen people in the grocery store parking lot that have covered their whole bumper in stickers. So it’s not just a Southern Thing.
Nobody will have more stickers on their car than an old hippie driving a 1970-something hatchback. You are presented with every political and social cause they have supported since they got the car, covering the bumper, the back panel, and as much of the back window as they can legally get away with. I have seen this more than once.
Back in times of scarcity and among the poor of the south, vegetables were often use to make main courses, usually fried to add much needed calories, like green tomatoes which were battered and deep fried and served in the place of a meat dish, then we just hung onto these delicious foods as traditions
YES, a warm sun drenched freshly picked RIPE tomato with salt and pepper eaten out of hand like an apple is just so, so heavenly. Best snack ever. My memories from my childhood.
Yeah, going out to the garden with a salt shaker. Dang. For those who don't know, tomatoes should not be refrigerated - it actually does alter the flavor. (Tomatoes should never be able to be mechanically harvested, either.) One exception to the no-refrigeration rule ... my mom's summer salad: Cottage cheese, chopped tomatoes, chopped red onions, black pepper, and salt. Mix and refrigerate to let the flavors meld for a while.
@@mitchellminer9597 well mechanical picking can be ok for juice or soup tomatoes. But your right about ones to eat fresh. And I don't like the gassed ones from the big commercial farms. I worked at a packing house when I was 15. And it took me years before I would eat tomatoes again
You guys should do a video on Southern mannerisms (if you haven't already). The fake jog we do when someone holds the door and we are a little to far away. The way we hold a door for everyone (my daughter and I went to convention and she was stuck holding a door for like 5 minutes cause manners). Stuff like that. Oh and the awkward smile we give everyone
I have one for you I bet you haven't heard, even I don't say this and it came from my family. "Plum fixing to." That was a Great Uncle's way of politely saying "I am about to (do whatever) with great rapidity," usually with lots of swear words thrown in.
My little hometown is being overtaken by northerners. I now live 20 min north of my original hometown. I have multiple neighbor's who hv moved here from New York state, Michigan etc. I do hv a coworker who said he had put in for a transfer bc people here were rude as hell. I believe he was speaking of the younger generation.
Those “barns” aren’t actually used for animal husbandry between social events. It’s just a name, like Pottery Barn. Pottery Barn doesn’t milk goats during the weekdays and have craft sales on the weekend. This one is as funny though.
I've been around smokers all my life and sold a lot of cigs as a cashier and I have never heard a Southerner pronounce the L in Marlboro. Or met anyone who couldn't say queso correctly. LOL
A good fresh straight out of the garden southern tomato is the best side dish, put a piece of cornbread on the other side and we have the beginning of a great meal!!!😃
My husband was raised in Annandale, VA, by parents who were from Illinois and Washington State. Any time he would try to tell me something about Southern Culture, I’d explain to him that he was from NORTHERN Virginia.
I have a similar thing when I talk about being from north Florida. I always emphasize the "north" because I want to be grouped with pecans and Tom Petty, not retirees and high rises.
My mom grew up in Chantilly, Virginia (northern Virginia). And her parents were from Kentucky. She definitely knew a lot about Southern culture though. Since would go visit her grandparents and other family several times a year in Kentucky Then she ended up moving to Kentucky and Georgia.
@@karenwinston8911 i'm from s.w. Florida and my daddy built swamp buggies and swamp buggy trailers and we often had a pot of boiled peanuts on the stove and breakfast in the rare cold months always included grits…no retirees and high rises in my childhood. Lets not disparage your more slightly tropical cousins now.
@@kilngoddess424 I apologize for the slight. I occasionally visit family around Fort Lauderdale, and can hardly believe my surroundings. The number of times we go out to a meal and the "sweet tea" they hand me comes from the soda fountain. 🤢
I think the word is actually plumb not plum haha. I only say this because my grandma would write me letters and it was always spelled plumb. My favorite lines were, “…and that girl next door is plumb nasty, lettin’ that filthy mutt of hers lick her face,” and “…so I told your grandpa he was plumb ignorant for thinking I wasn’t going to open my mouth and give Nola (her sister) my two cents about that awful hair color (which led to a fight).” 😄🥰
New Jersey is The Garden State, famous for their tomatoes. They grow better up north than they do in the south. I think the problem is, most people can’t be bothered with gardening anymore. Their loss. 🤷🏼♂️
Check this out. My dad's family is from Minnesota back when they still spoke Swedish and Norweigan in schools there. So his family actually survived the Great Depression with all members alive. He remembers fondly his grandfather and him sharing sour cream sandwiches. Basically thick white homemade bread, butter, mayo, and sour cream. I really believe these strange combos came out of the depression where you had to make do with what you had to not starve.
This has been so entertaining to me! I have lived in Pennsylvania all my life, but my Mother was born in Nashville and moved here when she was a teenager. All of our gatherings and picnics had my Grandparents who had very strong Southern accents and we all miss them so much! Tomatoes were always something we all had grown in our gardens and had as a side dish for any meal. Oh yeah, a little salt and pepper! You got yourself something there!
Normal, good, natural vine tomatoes grow pretty much all year round, if you get far enough south. Up north we only get 3-4 months to grow the good ones, and the rest of the year we have to settle for these awful hydroponic "slicer" things that mostly just resemble tomatoes and don't taste like much of anything.
Yes! My dear old south Georgia mother always said "Ah don't wont none a that damn Yankee cornbread. They put shooger in it!" (Misspellings intentional.)
In the south Louisiana we don’t call the median a median we call it the neutral ground. Also in the south sweet tea is default you have to specifically ask for unsweet tea. And speaking of drinks whenever you go to a restaurant the waitress ask you what kind of Coke do you want because a Coke could mean any type of carbonated beverage.
I know another young woman in our area that looks almost just like her; and like Talia, she is half-Asian. Those are two of most pleasantly exotic-looking women I've ever seen.
Oh how I miss carrying a salt shaker out to the garden on those sun drenched mornings. The smell of a garden grown tomato freshly plucked is imprinted in my memory forever. There is no greater taste. A second place taste would be sliced on my plate next to virtually anything.
I learned a long time ago that people outside the South had a terrible opinion of the South. I was just out of college and in the US Military when I first encountered it. I knew Hollywood and the media hated us before my personal experiences. Today, I just ignore it, just tune it out.
Its ok, they're just jealous. But seriously the stigma behind being from the South comes from the idea that the South was villainized after the Civil War for many reasons. Some of those reasons were true, many of them were false. After a while, it became the whipping boy of the country (for lack of a better term). It was ok to make fun of Southerners because it's likely their ancestors fought for slavery. If they were that stupid back 150+ yrs ago, they probably aren't much smarter now.... 🙄
I think it’s changed. Especially the last few years. Tons of Yankees have either moved south, know friends or family who have moved south or have thought about it.
Meh, I was talking to a coworker from Chicago and he was flapping his gums (we hadn't known each other long, so he was testing me), and I just looked at him and said "Hell Bobby, you can laugh all you want brother. I know the superior nature of my culture." Which he thought was great and we were good buddies after that.
As a Raleigh, Wake Forest woman, now transferred to Oklahoma, it is so much fun to listen to your gabbing on about the South. Thank you for this channel. Plus, I forgot about how good a banana/ mayo sandwich is. Sweet and sour mix, yummy. My biscuits and gravy are delicious. Okies for the most part use the powdered stuff from Sams. My son married an Okie would hates biscuits and had never had a good gravy. She loved my biscuits and gravy. She was confused.... And when the sirens go off here, the Okies go outside, stand on cars to see where it is. There are not many trees so we can see a far piece.
I live in Northeast Pennsylvania my entire 45 years. And NONE of these things is strange or bizarre to me. My oldest is 22, shows Appaloosa and would happily have a wedding one day in a nice barn. Where are people getting most of these sterotypes from? My husband is southern and he does 2 things that bewilder me. One, everytime a thunderstorm comes in he runs to every window and declares, "Lookin like we could be in fer a tornada!" No tornado ever comes. Second, he says "fixin" alot. "I was just fixin to take the garbage on down to the road." 🤣 God Bless 🥰
No one has mentioned Chow-Chow. Dis not know it was a thing until I lived in Tennessee. Did not know Southerners are obsessed with spicy peppers and Jalapenos. But the first time I heard it said in Texas I died laughing. The twang like right out of a movie. Bless that man.
Here's one that those from other regions of this country do NOT understand. Barbecue. If I'm invited to a Barbecue, it usually means my non-Southern host is cooking hamburgers, hot dogs or something else outside. That is NOT barbecue. That's a cookout or grilling. Barbecue--at least for me--is pork that has been very slowly cooked over an open flame, or via smoke.
I love smoking a pork butt with apple wood. Spritz it with a mix of apple juice and bourbon every so often and you got yourself a winner winner chicken dinner! Lol
Oh lived a couple of years in NE...I was not in my right mind back then...NEVER got a good tomatah until I got back home to Arkansas! Also am from The Ozarks...if you live in the hills...woods for you Non-Southern peoples...there is NO green lawn...it is the yard...we park on it 'cause we had to fire the valet since he was plumb lazy!!! Yall ROCK!!❤❤❤
I live in Illinois and am not sure whether I am considered as a southern person (Not from Illinois, (my dad was in the army so I have been all kinds of places, even Japan), but I just ran across this channel and I have watched a few of your videos and I L-O-V-E them!!! I think that the people who send you mean tweets are completely insane,. I also just watched your video on reviewing bad movie reviews, and although i have not seen the majority of those movies, the ones that I have watched I think are wonderful and Forrest Gump is an amazing movie! I own that movie.... Southern people are great and funny and sweet and just plain lovable!!! I thank you for this wonderful channel and I pray that y'all have a blessed and fun time running it!!! ( Out of 5 stars, I give y'all a 10!!!)
Love that I discovered this channel. Just goes to show that southerners don't care if you mean tweet them. Everyone can have their own opinion about whomever! Loved the cars in the yard bit! We have so many in ours! They all drive and they're all in good condition!
Queso is just the Spanish word for cheese, but I didn't know that until was in my twenties. I always thought it was the chip dip. I am from Texas, and know 3 year olds that can say queso and eat it regularly.
I've heard people in the south say queso and it's like nails on chalkboard for my Californian ass. They say "kay so" it's not an a!! It's queso! Also I never heard of this white cheese dip till recently. We don't even have it here lol
What's the opposite of plum awful? My guess, fit as a fiddle. Besides, I think it's correctly spelled "plumb," as in someone who doesn't know gee from haw could either be a city boy or half a bubble off plumb.
Y’all really just about killed me with apple great. Ten minutes later, and I’m still trying to get the water inhaled while laughing coughed up. I guess I learned that lesson the hard way.
I love y'all so much! I'm gonna eat some sugar covered plums in a lightnin' storm, hunt me up a barn wedding to crash. Seriously, now I know why Yankees a so grumpy. Now pass the grits!
I agree! The 60% are endearing. We use "PLUM" for everything in North Carolina. And I ALWAYS have a side of tomatoes when I eat breakfast out. It's a treat!
I added sugar to the dressing of a potato salad one time. I believe my parents got out the colander at my grandma's house, rinsed the dressing off the entire salad, and remade it without the sugar. I was a strange kid.
As a southerner that went to NY, I'll attest to the food not being as good. I was so glad to come back to the South. I had fried chicken in the North and it was just not good
At my house, There is a 2-lane road out front, and everybody has their piles of pinestraw and leaves and branched sitting out there for some dude with a truck and a crane to come and pick it up a few times a year. It narrows lots of the street to 1.5 lane, so you're swerving as you go along the road. People usually just line up along this side of the road, and yo usually see it at holidays or when somebody is dying, there could be 20-30 cars and they end up lining the road.
Queso is NOT a Southern word. It's a SOUTHWESTERN word. (Specifically, Spanish in origin. It's the Spanish word for Cheese.) Texas, as it straddles both the Southern and Southwestern worlds can claim this word as part of their vocabulary.
They're even saying it wrong lol. They are putting an A sound in it when it's more like (Ke so). And this is from someone who comes from a Spanish speaking family. Of course I still love this channel ❤
Queso is pronounced "keh-so", not "kay-so" but I don't think mispronouncing it is a southern thing. And queso is a Spanish thing, not a southern thing.
No, queso was created in Texas. It’s possible it may have originated in Mexico however the earliest recipe for Chili Con Queso came from Texas in the mid 1800s and is considered part of TexMex cuisine.
Yeah as a Californian I thought they were talking about what it meant. Cheese. I was like how is cheese tied to any one country? Then I realized people were talking about a specific dip. We don't have that here. It's also nails on chalkboard the way they're pronouncing it lol
Also, stickers in cars is not just a southern thing. I’d actually argue that it more of a northern or west coast thing. Portland and Colorado hipsters are the car sticker people (Patagonia, Co-exist, Salt Life, Yosemite, etc.)
Salt Life is on the back of every woman's car between the ages of 16-35 in the south. Its literally a South Carolina brand, the only two Salt Life outlets are in North And South Carolina.
I'm a Northerner (lived most my life in New England and several years west of Seattle) and I married a Southerner. We moved to the South after our wedding. The passive aggression here is FOR REAL. I'm struggling with culture shock.
I think a good question is why do people from the north and west say bad things about southerners. Stop watching TV shows and movies. I have lived and visited alot of states the south is filled with nice, smart and polite people. They are just to kind to point out others bad manners.
It's mostly urban areas that look down on the south. They do the same thing to the Midwest and rural areas of their own northern states. Most of the people they look down on have more conservative views and are more self sufficient.
I have lived in the South my whole life. And yes while there are some amazing people. I have met a lot of mean people in the South. Far more than when I have been out West or up North.
@@ashleydowney1222 probably because you've spent more time here and have known these people for longer. Everyone is mean everywhere, most often in different ways
Did you know that it's bad manners to point out other people's bad manners? Manners are supposed to be such that everybody knows the rules, and knows what to expect, so everyone is more comfortable. Pointing out a breaking of those rules doesn't help anyone feel comfortable, so we don't do that. What happens is you don't get invited back, (depending on the severity of the bad manners)
@@divine555 Every place is awful! LOL I have heard PLENTY of southerners say some pretty bad things about the north as well! Not sure why so many southerners think they are 'nicer' than northerners? There are some VERY nice southerners, but i think this is a stereotype more than a truth.
@@divine555 If you feel that way about the South you should migrate to someplace you like. I've lived in the West, the North, and the East. All of them have their good and bad points.
I went down south to visit my brother and Loved how y'all talk. Plus you show love everyone which is wonderful. Now what I need is a great recipe for fried green tomatoes. Those are awesome. Loved this episode.
Get tomatoes off the vine when they are full sized but still green and firm. Slice about 1/2 inch thick. Dip slices in buttermilk and then cornmeal seasoned with salt and pepper. Fry in bacon grease in a cast iron skillet over medium -high heat until golden brown. I saw a recipe in Bon Appetit magazine years ago using fried green tomatoes but is so rich you only want to eat it once in a while. Toast slices of hearty bread, spread with homemade pimento cheese, broil until cheese is bubbly, top with two slices of freshly fried green tomatoes and bacon, top with another slice of toasted bread.
Being almost impossible for me to find green tomatoes here in Oklahoma.. I discovered I actually prefer to fry the ones that have just started changing color yellow to orangish. They have a tangy taste that I love. As I like mine real simple.. I just dip my slices in seasoned flour and fry until softened. (Don't care for the grit from cornmeal although I do love tomatoes in my grits. 🤓) This technique can also be used on squash. I also discovered that frying squash without a coating is also good eats. Btw zucchini squash is excellent in homemade chili with beans. Makes a great substitute for meat in chili as well if vegetarian. Just as long as it's not cooked to mush.
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Everybody know the opposite of plum awful is peachy keen! Come on now!
Preach!
Pahaha! Yes indeed!
I don't know....I kinda want Adam to trademark "apple great."
Try this: "Peachy keen, jellybean!"
haha, brilliant.
Anyone who doesn't understand the sliced tomato as a side... has never had a good tomato. Grocery store tomatoes have all the flavor of plastic. You need a good, home-grown, organic, heirloom tomato that was picked when it was RIPE, sliced just before serving and with a sprinkle of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. It is the taste of summer. Literally, that's the only/best time you can get tomatoes with flavor that good.
Oh my gosh! Now I want a fresh tomato. As an aside, cucumber sandwiches are delicious too.
@@HappyLife693 with mayo!
@@jamesburton1050 absolutely! While, it’s not traditional, I also love dill in my cucumber sandwich.
Amen! 🙌🏼
you are soooo right!
We don't park in our yards, we just grow grass in our driveway! 😄
I gotta say: I‘m from Germany, never even been to the USA, but I love the south. Your humor, your accents, music, weather, landscaping, courtesy. I really hope I can visit someday. And I love your channel. 🥰
Lol come to my hometown Cullman Al, founded by Germans lots of German named streets and shops and oh the people, lol I'm Scott irsh 60 percent some German
Did you like how they thought "Gunner" was a Southern name? LOL
I hope you enjoy a visit be great to have you over for a spell and soak up the culture
Much appreciated! You're welcome here anytime. 🇺🇸 Georgia 🇺🇸
visit Texas. There's a lot of German settlements in central Texas cities like Schertz, Elgin, Phlugerville. I recommend Austin to visit.
It's not "plum" like the fruit. It's "plumb" like a plumb bob or a plumb line as in perfectly straight. In common uses one can substitute the word "completely" for the word "plumb" as in: I'm completely (plumb) tuckered out. Or: I completely (plumb) forgot.
Yay! Thank you for pointing this out. It's plumb accurate :)
Exactly. I was sort of surprised that none of them noticed that it was supposed to be plumb. Though using "plum" did allow for the apple joke.
I know. That drove me crazy. There's a B on the end of it! It's not a fruit!
I love you.
Plumb for me is the same as 'straight up.' No equivocation or qualification, just dead on, square , precise, and accurate. So that's plumb awful is that's straight up awful. Not almost, not kinda-sorta, not in the ball park (which supports 'completely').
To those who have anything rude or mean to say about the South. Bless your heart.
RIGHT??
No, it’s bless their little pea-pickin’ hearts!😆
you really went there, just had to say it. someone get out the white gloves and duelling pistols, please.
If you don't like the south, you better stay up North, before you get hurt
I’ve spent enough time in the South to know what that really translates to! ;-)
I worked for a US company once. At orientation, one of the big bosses had come up from Georgia and told us a story about her first time in Canada. She'd never seen a black squirrel before, so she asked her Canadian subordinates, "What the hell is wrong with that cat?" She was shocked when they told her it was a squirrel, because "I didn't know they came in black too!" They all laughed together, and now she tells that story to all new hires. She was hilarious.
I was eventually delegated to work only with our Hawaiian and Southern customers, because I was pretty good at pronouncing Hawaiian names/words and I guess the Southerners just liked me. I can honestly say that Southern Americans were the most polite customers I have ever had. I loved working on their contracts. There was just one drawback... I picked up their accent and speech patterns. I didn't know I was doing it until I got off a call, and my coworkers were staring at me. I said, "What?" Then one of my friends mockingly responded with, "Y'all have a nice day now." And everyone laughed at me. Apparently, they'd noticed me doing it and then switching back to my normal accent and speech patterns as soon as a Hawaiian client called. I had no idea I was doing it, and they thought it was hilarious.
I saw black squirrels all the time growing up in the Northeast US. They aren’t as rare as people think 😊
Southerners may use lightning as a verb, but y’all up north use barbecue as a verb.
Then what word do you use instead?
Okay but a ripe back-yard tomato, sliced, with a dash of salt and pepper? That ain't just a side, y'all. That is lunch 🥰
you’ve got my mouth watering now!!
Yuck.I don't like salt or pepper on stuff.
Have you ever tried Celery Salt on a fresh tomato? Delicious!
No lie, my sister and I would be sent out to harvest, and I think we ate as much as we brought in! Lol
@@ashleydowney1222 Gotta have at least a little salt on the tomato slices, makes them juicier.
The most southern thing I have ever heard was "You're making more noise than two skeletons wrestling on a tin roof during a hailstorm!"
😂😂😂
@@StoneColdFox17 they make more noise of they are not fighting, but showing love for each other if you know what i mean. knocking kneebones is loud.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I know an older gentleman, from Louisiana, and if something good happens to a person or if they have a little money he'll say "Oh, you're just shittin' in high cotton aren't ya".
My husband said most he heard was "you're makin more noise than a bull rhino in heat draggin a wooden box full a Mason jars full a marbles down rail road tracks down a flight of stairs"
I was raised Irish Catholic. This is the first I'm hearing of "No drinking in church" I tried Whiskey for the first time during coffee hour after service
yeah..... down here, the baptists and other evangelicals are the dominant religion and influence pretty much all liquor laws. That's why we still have wet and dry counties.
Southern Baptist, ya’ll
@@dhash1712 I got a funny story about Southern Baptists. My friends and I were helping a Baptist minister move to his newly built church and, while we were packing up his things, we found a fifth of Jack Daniels under the bathroom sink in his private quarters. We took it to the minister and said, "sir, what is this doing in the bathroom?". He responded, without missing a beat, "oh, that's for medicinal purposes". Well, we couldn't argue with that because all of our grandma's kept whiskey around for hot toddies when we would get sick. So, there is drinking in the church, but only if it is for medicinal purposes. 😉😂
Grew up in the North but married into a pure Southern family and learned about so many things I had been missing out on my entire life. They’re not lying about the tomatoes. Tomatoes in the north are gross, but get one fresh from a Southerner’s summer garden and they are so so good.
Never would have ever eaten a “tomato sandwich” in the North (bread, mayo, salt&pep, & sliced tomatoes), but when in in-laws served them for Sunday Dinner I about fell out of my chair they were so good.
We always had a garden and grew tomatoes, but the best tomato I ever had is served in a NYC coffee shop. They said they are grown in New Jersey. Best tomato ever.
Mmm a grilled cheese with tomatoes in it 😍
Or on crackers w/ mayo... Great snack.
@@lazyhomebody1356 to this day my father still rhapsodizes about his vegetable garden when my parents lived in NJ and how good his tomatoes were! 🍅 So no, good tomatoes aren’t only found in the south.
My brother used to eat peanut butter and tomato sandwiches. I hated making them for him but he swore by then. And yes, he was from Texas.
I will never forget my first visit to the south: everyone was so kind and friendly, it kinda freaked me out at first, until I realized it was genuine. Then I moved to SC for a little while and adored it. Back in the PNW now, miss the south! You guys are so nice, no mean tweets here!
Pnw, especially Spokane, is full of jerks.
I had to adjust to the inland NW/PNW...People aren't as friendly at the store, etc...They think you're kinda crazy if you start talking to them.
Come on back to South Carolina! We’d love to have you back! 🌙🌴
Thank you
@@andrealmoseley6575 Eastern Washington, people are quite nice there unlike the west.
"I'm not mad, I'm just upset"
Alabama native here, heard that phrase a lot in my life...I've used it too
It makes sense. The word 'mad' infers someone is to blame...but being 'upset' is a way to say "I'm just dealing with my feelings"....it's much less blameful
Hint: A little sugar in cornbread and spaghetti does help balance the flavor, not so much that it tastes like Jiffy, but like a half teaspoon to make the flavor less harsh. You won't even be able to tell it's there, but it will be more delicious if the right amount is added.
From a real southerner 🙂
IMO- if you put sugar in either cornbread or spaghetti sauce, you need to actually learn how to cook better! And I was raised in VA, NC & SC!
@@eriolduterion8855 You wouldn't even know sugar are in those dishes if they're prepared right. Just like "sugar" is an ingredient of almost food you buy. I'm not saying it's healthy, but it balance the flavor as I've previously stated. People in VA cook soulfood like northerns Yankees. No flavor and bland and folk from South Carolina are country and slow, they don't even know they can't cook until they taste some real soul food.
~From Alabama
Grammaw put a little sugar (and a little bacon grease!) in EVERYTHING!
I was up in Indiana and was telling story about something that happened in a grocery store. I mentioned grabbing a buggy. 5 minutes later someone triumphantly said “shopping cart!” Everyone else at the table erupted! All of them had been pondering and trying to guess what a buggy was. I don’t think any of them heard any of the story after I mentioned the buggy
Isn’t buggy a British word? We don’t say buggy in the Northeast either
When I was living in Asheville, NC, they all called it a buggy. However, friends of mine from FL called it a basket. But we Hoosiers have it correct. Just read the signs.
Didn’t even realize that buggy was a southern thing
"I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed" = thing my very Southern mom said anytime she wanted me to feel bad about something I did (usually something stupid). What I currently say when I want to avoid confrontation, but let it be known you should leave me alone for a hot second.
Accurate.
On a side note, I once played a mad scientist (long story), but I kept insisting that I was just disappointed.
I always say give me a hot second and my kids quickly and quietly walk away.
I used to say that. Now I say, ‘ You have a death wish.”
Love it!
Yep, what people take as passive aggression in Southern people, isn’t really aggression. It’s just disagreeing with something said/done politely. We don’t want folk to feel bad about themselves.
I drove a truck all over the US, Canada, Mexico. They all have stickers on their cars.
Putting a sticker on my car is a justified homicide 🙂
True
@@rayjohnson2387 I absolutely agree, however I do have one sticker on my car ... Gold 100 (if a first responder is injured or dies in the line of duty, the money to purchase that sticker goes to the family).
@Basically I'm Schlorping I live in Missouri...they're everywhere
I'm in Southern California. If I see bumber stickers, it's those honor roll kids one. Most of what I see are anime decals. Maybe I just notice those more cause I have them too.
The "I'm not mad, I'm aggravated" isn't a Southern phrase. I hear it all the time, in Nevada, Arizona and even Hawaii.
I just moved to the north for my dad's Job and let me tell you this feels like a touch from home. I grew up in Tennessee and we put sugar in our cornbread.
As a Tennessean, no ma'am, we do not.
@@RobertHEllisYes we do !!
My southern mom always told me that other people bad mouth you because they're jealous of you. Through life experiences I think she's right.
My Southern mom said the same thing!
My Colombian mom said this as well.
My New England Mom said the same thing!!!
You really think they're jealous they can't marry their brother/sister? lol
@@emanymton5789Shouldn't you be working on helping your son become your daughter?
As a Texan, we can let you know if you EVER mispronounce queso or any other Spanish word…now frijole, empanada, or jalapeño we have heard ALL kinds of versions 😂🤣😜
Agreed!
Texan here too, Mexia also.
Yep
Oh yeah, as a Texan I still don't speak a lot of Spanish, but I can speak tacos. Like anything on a menu I can say because those are the important Spanish words.
Even Spanish speaking people can't agree on Pool, Posole or Posoli..😂😂
May1 in South Australia is bonfire day, fire restrictions are over and we've piled up huge bonfires, city people can't light a fire to save themselves. I'm SO KEEN to come visit y'all one day, but my airbnb business of doing barn weddings is getting in the way.
Never heard “I’m not mad, I’m just aggravated.” My Dad used to say, “I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed.” I would rather he had been mad. That one cut.
About the car sticker thing, I’m in California and I can tell you, I’ve seen people in the grocery store parking lot that have covered their whole bumper in stickers. So it’s not just a Southern Thing.
Absolutely! It’s not a Southern thing, it’s a trashy thing.
It is all over the US and Canada, for sure.
Nobody will have more stickers on their car than an old hippie driving a 1970-something hatchback. You are presented with every political and social cause they have supported since they got the car, covering the bumper, the back panel, and as much of the back window as they can legally get away with. I have seen this more than once.
Can confirm. Aging hippie with newish hatchback and the stickers are still few, but in the next 20 years I'll be there
Thank you for confirming that. :-)
The passive aggressive thing is true. That's why we are nice to your face but refuse to use our turn signals.
Oh yeah ! True that!
What's a turn signal?
I live here hate it when people don’t turn off their signals.
Well, bless your heart 😂
Real question... Do they turn off their high beams at night coming from the other direction? Because people who don't do that are truly inconsiderate.
Back in times of scarcity and among the poor of the south, vegetables were often use to make main courses, usually fried to add much needed calories, like green tomatoes which were battered and deep fried and served in the place of a meat dish, then we just hung onto these delicious foods as traditions
We had a garden growing up out west and we loved battered fried zucchini. Why does everyone call it Italian squash when it has a name? Lol weird!
“I’m not mad, I’m just aggravated..” ME WHEN MY HUSBAND ASKS IF IM OKAY!!!! Lmao 🤣
YES, a warm sun drenched freshly picked RIPE tomato with salt and pepper eaten out of hand like an apple is just so, so heavenly. Best snack ever. My memories from my childhood.
Yyaaass! Ppl don't appreciate food and or savory food like they do in the south.
Who doesn't do that?
Oh if you like it a bit spicy add hot sauce to the salt and pepper.
Yeah, going out to the garden with a salt shaker. Dang.
For those who don't know, tomatoes should not be refrigerated - it actually does alter the flavor. (Tomatoes should never be able to be mechanically harvested, either.)
One exception to the no-refrigeration rule ... my mom's summer salad:
Cottage cheese, chopped tomatoes, chopped red onions, black pepper, and salt. Mix and refrigerate to let the flavors meld for a while.
@@mitchellminer9597 that sounds soooooo good!!!
@@mitchellminer9597 well mechanical picking can be ok for juice or soup tomatoes. But your right about ones to eat fresh.
And I don't like the gassed ones from the big commercial farms.
I worked at a packing house when I was 15. And it took me years before I would eat tomatoes again
I love tomatoes. I remember sitting on my granny's porch with a salt shaker and eating them like an apple!
I literally had sliced tomatoes and cucumbers as a side for lunch today! 😁
I'm in central California, where it's all farmland and dairies, and all of these apply to us 🤣
You guys should do a video on Southern mannerisms (if you haven't already). The fake jog we do when someone holds the door and we are a little to far away. The way we hold a door for everyone (my daughter and I went to convention and she was stuck holding a door for like 5 minutes cause manners). Stuff like that. Oh and the awkward smile we give everyone
You always know who is a Yankee because they never speak back when you say something nice to them. SO rude!!!
It's not the smile that's awkward. It's the way people who Aren't From Here don't know what to do when they get one.
Never seen an awkward smile before. Where are you from?
Oh, and we wave at other drivers even if we don't know them. I doubt anyone in other parts of the country do that.
This happens everywhere!
My mom used "plumb" as an adverb frequently. I still remember "plumb tuckered out." We should reintroduce it to the world to make it a better place.
I have one for you I bet you haven't heard, even I don't say this and it came from my family. "Plum fixing to." That was a Great Uncle's way of politely saying "I am about to (do whatever) with great rapidity," usually with lots of swear words thrown in.
My little hometown is being overtaken by northerners. I now live 20 min north of my original hometown. I have multiple neighbor's who hv moved here from New York state, Michigan etc.
I do hv a coworker who said he had put in for a transfer bc people here were rude as hell. I believe he was speaking of the younger generation.
Those “barns” aren’t actually used for animal husbandry between social events. It’s just a name, like Pottery Barn. Pottery Barn doesn’t milk goats during the weekdays and have craft sales on the weekend.
This one is as funny though.
"The Vampire Diaries" had a southern barn wedding to rival the red wedding on Game of Thrones. Made me feel proud y'all :)
I've been around smokers all my life and sold a lot of cigs as a cashier and I have never heard a Southerner pronounce the L in Marlboro. Or met anyone who couldn't say queso correctly. LOL
I agree about the silent L in the middle, but people around my parts move it to the end and say Marberle.
People say "kesso" a lot.
@@christopherhelms7290 And where do YOU live?
@@Gashouse69 lol
@@christopherhelms7290 That's closer to correct pronunciation than "KAY-so"
A good fresh straight out of the garden southern tomato is the best side dish, put a piece of cornbread on the other side and we have the beginning of a great meal!!!😃
1/2“ bologna on white bread with a delish slice of warm from the sun right off the vine tomato, bbq chips, RC. Nothin better.
I love barn weddings and celebrations! We park in the yard mostly cuz that's where the shade is 😎
My husband was raised in Annandale, VA, by parents who were from Illinois and Washington State. Any time he would try to tell me something about Southern Culture, I’d explain to him that he was from NORTHERN Virginia.
I have a similar thing when I talk about being from north Florida. I always emphasize the "north" because I want to be grouped with pecans and Tom Petty, not retirees and high rises.
Haha glad you set him straight about the southern thing. 😁
My mom grew up in Chantilly, Virginia (northern Virginia). And her parents were from Kentucky. She definitely knew a lot about Southern culture though. Since would go visit her grandparents and other family several times a year in Kentucky Then she ended up moving to Kentucky and Georgia.
@@karenwinston8911 i'm from s.w. Florida and my daddy built swamp buggies and swamp buggy trailers and we often had a pot of boiled peanuts on the stove and breakfast in the rare cold months always included grits…no retirees and high rises in my childhood. Lets not disparage your more slightly tropical cousins now.
@@kilngoddess424 I apologize for the slight. I occasionally visit family around Fort Lauderdale, and can hardly believe my surroundings. The number of times we go out to a meal and the "sweet tea" they hand me comes from the soda fountain. 🤢
Those northern folks are just plum crazy. Bless their collective hearts.
I think the word is actually plumb not plum haha. I only say this because my grandma would write me letters and it was always spelled plumb. My favorite lines were, “…and that girl next door is plumb nasty, lettin’ that filthy mutt of hers lick her face,” and “…so I told your grandpa he was plumb ignorant for thinking I wasn’t going to open my mouth and give Nola (her sister) my two cents about that awful hair color (which led to a fight).” 😄🥰
Plumb - to be level or true. 100% correct.
New Jersey is The Garden State, famous for their tomatoes. They grow better up north than they do in the south. I think the problem is, most people can’t be bothered with gardening anymore. Their loss. 🤷🏼♂️
Check this out. My dad's family is from Minnesota back when they still spoke Swedish and Norweigan in schools there. So his family actually survived the Great Depression with all members alive.
He remembers fondly his grandfather and him sharing sour cream sandwiches. Basically thick white homemade bread, butter, mayo, and sour cream. I really believe these strange combos came out of the depression where you had to make do with what you had to not starve.
Strangely enough, I really want to try that. 😂 I tried a fluffer nutter sandwich last year that was awesome.
That's a good point. I'd never thought of that.
That's exactly how most of these regional dishes came about.
I wonder if that's also where eating coon and pumpkin pie came from, myself. Who would eat that unless they were staring death in the face?
@@Nova-ru5krPumpkin pie is starvation food for you? 😂 Pumpkin Pie is sublime.
Ryan: "What is the opposite of plum awful?"
Adam: "Apple great."
Me: Y'all...🤦🏾♂🤣
He missed a great opportunity. The correct answer is "peachy keen"
@@asdisskagen6487 😉 nice!
@@asdisskagen6487 That would have been perfection!
We have to make this a thing
It made me want to made apple bread with grated sour apples, hearing them say that
This has been so entertaining to me! I have lived in Pennsylvania all my life, but my Mother was born in Nashville and moved here when she was a teenager. All of our gatherings and picnics had my Grandparents who had very strong Southern accents and we all miss them so much! Tomatoes were always something we all had grown in our gardens and had as a side dish for any meal. Oh yeah, a little salt and pepper! You got yourself something there!
Last time I heard “plum” was on a hay wagon in WV. Couple of good ol boys were talkin about shootin a possum that was plum near the barn!
"The real key to happiness is a good tomato." Amen!
Normal, good, natural vine tomatoes grow pretty much all year round, if you get far enough south. Up north we only get 3-4 months to grow the good ones, and the rest of the year we have to settle for these awful hydroponic "slicer" things that mostly just resemble tomatoes and don't taste like much of anything.
"Why do southerners put sugar where sugar doesn't belong?"
Ten to one the person who tweeted that puts sugar in cornbread. Sit down.
🤣
At that point it's not cornbread, it's corn cake.
Yes! My dear old south Georgia mother always said "Ah don't wont none a that damn Yankee cornbread. They put shooger in it!" (Misspellings intentional.)
To be fair, corn cake is awesome.
@@kimbarbeaureads i absolutely agree!
I'm from New Zealand, but have to agree about the tomatoes! Love the video. Y'all must be plum tuckered out after all that effort. ❤😉
I just found y’all’s channel last week and it’s already at the top of the list of my favorite channels ever 🤣 KEEP IT COMIN!
In the south Louisiana we don’t call the median a median we call it the neutral ground. Also in the south sweet tea is default you have to specifically ask for unsweet tea. And speaking of drinks whenever you go to a restaurant the waitress ask you what kind of Coke do you want because a Coke could mean any type of carbonated beverage.
Yeah you can tell if a yankee just started working at Bojangles, you get a bitter surprise when that battery acid hits your tongue
Talia's like a hug in human form.
They all seem like nice folks.
I don't think I've ever met someone from Korean descent that wasn't really nice.
I know another young woman in our area that looks almost just like her; and like Talia, she is half-Asian. Those are two of most pleasantly exotic-looking women I've ever seen.
"I'm not mad, I'm disappointed" is way more emotionally impactful and drives the point home more deeply
Definitely no sugar in cornbread. It won’t hold as leftovers the next day.
Oh how I miss carrying a salt shaker out to the garden on those sun drenched mornings. The smell of a garden grown tomato freshly plucked is imprinted in my memory forever. There is no greater taste. A second place taste would be sliced on my plate next to virtually anything.
I learned a long time ago that people outside the South had a terrible opinion of the South. I was just out of college and in the US Military when I first encountered it. I knew Hollywood and the media hated us before my personal experiences. Today, I just ignore it, just tune it out.
People don't care
Its ok, they're just jealous.
But seriously the stigma behind being from the South comes from the idea that the South was villainized after the Civil War for many reasons. Some of those reasons were true, many of them were false. After a while, it became the whipping boy of the country (for lack of a better term). It was ok to make fun of Southerners because it's likely their ancestors fought for slavery. If they were that stupid back 150+ yrs ago, they probably aren't much smarter now.... 🙄
I think it’s changed. Especially the last few years. Tons of Yankees have either moved south, know friends or family who have moved south or have thought about it.
@@choreomaniac I hope so
Meh, I was talking to a coworker from Chicago and he was flapping his gums (we hadn't known each other long, so he was testing me), and I just looked at him and said "Hell Bobby, you can laugh all you want brother. I know the superior nature of my culture." Which he thought was great and we were good buddies after that.
As a Raleigh, Wake Forest woman, now transferred to Oklahoma, it is so much fun to listen to your gabbing on about the South. Thank you for this channel. Plus, I forgot about how good a banana/ mayo sandwich is. Sweet and sour mix, yummy. My biscuits and gravy are delicious. Okies for the most part use the powdered stuff from Sams. My son married an Okie would hates biscuits and had never had a good gravy. She loved my biscuits and gravy. She was confused.... And when the sirens go off here, the Okies go outside, stand on cars to see where it is. There are not many trees so we can see a far piece.
I live in Northeast Pennsylvania my entire 45 years. And NONE of these things is strange or bizarre to me. My oldest is 22, shows Appaloosa and would happily have a wedding one day in a nice barn. Where are people getting most of these sterotypes from? My husband is southern and he does 2 things that bewilder me. One, everytime a thunderstorm comes in he runs to every window and declares, "Lookin like we could be in fer a tornada!" No tornado ever comes. Second, he says "fixin" alot. "I was just fixin to take the garbage on down to the road." 🤣 God Bless 🥰
You can’t beat a good ripe tomato as a side with fried chicken, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese and greens.
Agreed! Although I'll have to skip the potatoes / mac n cheese, I'm trying to cut back on the starch!
No one has mentioned Chow-Chow. Dis not know it was a thing until I lived in Tennessee. Did not know Southerners are obsessed with spicy peppers and Jalapenos. But the first time I heard it said in Texas I died laughing. The twang like right out of a movie. Bless that man.
Here's one that those from other regions of this country do NOT understand. Barbecue.
If I'm invited to a Barbecue, it usually means my non-Southern host is cooking hamburgers, hot dogs or something else outside. That is NOT barbecue. That's a cookout or grilling.
Barbecue--at least for me--is pork that has been very slowly cooked over an open flame, or via smoke.
The west like wyomign Montana Idaho dont call that bbq
I love smoking a pork butt with apple wood. Spritz it with a mix of apple juice and bourbon every so often and you got yourself a winner winner chicken dinner! Lol
@@cowboy1238Well... In Georgia beef is not barbecue. Ever.
@@cowboy1238 I feel you! Barbecue go "Mooooooooo!"
@@cactuscupcake6146 gah damn that sound good asf
I jus stumbled upon yalls page and MAN.. Yall on point I needed a good laugh and my oh my how true these are!
That’s plumb awful; bless your heart. They don’t understand tomatoes because they’ve never had a proper home grown one. Again, bless ‘em.
Tomato slices or wedges (salted and peppered, of course) with a side of chicken salad is an excellent lunch.
the chicken salad is the side in this scenario ?! the tomatoes are the main?
you eat food wrong mate :D
@@angelarbab0091 you should’ve seen the size of the tomato.
@@dbackscott bhahaha, it’s not about that tho , I’m chucking here, this is proper banter😂
You can’t forget the egg salad!Maybe throw in a pickled egg or two.
As a Texan, sweet Cornbread and sugar in Grits are perfectly normal.
“What do you mean? We can pronounce queso just fine!!”
*proceeds to pronounce queso wrong*
I will stoke a fire until I’m plumb tuckered out! Living in the south is hands down the best ❤
Oh lived a couple of years in NE...I was not in my right mind back then...NEVER got a good tomatah until I got back home to Arkansas! Also am from The Ozarks...if you live in the hills...woods for you Non-Southern peoples...there is NO green lawn...it is the yard...we park on it 'cause we had to fire the valet since he was plumb lazy!!! Yall ROCK!!❤❤❤
Woo Pig Sooie!!!
Hello fellow Arkansan! 😊
I live in Illinois and am not sure whether I am considered as a southern person (Not from Illinois, (my dad was in the army so I have been all kinds of places, even Japan), but I just ran across this channel and I have watched a few of your videos and I L-O-V-E them!!! I think that the people who send you mean tweets are completely insane,. I also just watched your video on reviewing bad movie reviews, and although i have not seen the majority of those movies, the ones that I have watched I think are wonderful and Forrest Gump is an amazing movie! I own that movie.... Southern people are great and funny and sweet and just plain lovable!!! I thank you for this wonderful channel and I pray that y'all have a blessed and fun time running it!!! ( Out of 5 stars, I give y'all a 10!!!)
Love that I discovered this channel. Just goes to show that southerners don't care if you mean tweet them. Everyone can have their own opinion about whomever! Loved the cars in the yard bit! We have so many in ours! They all drive and they're all in good condition!
Queso is just the Spanish word for cheese, but I didn't know that until was in my twenties. I always thought it was the chip dip. I am from Texas, and know 3 year olds that can say queso and eat it regularly.
I've heard people in the south say queso and it's like nails on chalkboard for my Californian ass. They say "kay so" it's not an a!! It's queso! Also I never heard of this white cheese dip till recently. We don't even have it here lol
What's the opposite of plum awful? My guess, fit as a fiddle.
Besides, I think it's correctly spelled "plumb," as in someone who doesn't know gee from haw could either be a city boy or half a bubble off plumb.
Grew up in TN, can't stop watching this channel
Y’all really just about killed me with apple great. Ten minutes later, and I’m still trying to get the water inhaled while laughing coughed up. I guess I learned that lesson the hard way.
I love y'all so much! I'm gonna eat some sugar covered plums in a lightnin' storm, hunt me up a barn wedding to crash. Seriously, now I know why Yankees a so grumpy. Now pass the grits!
I'm a northerner but have love southern cooking. Buttered biscuits, grits, salted fresh tomatoes...all so good
@@mrsmack5808 well then y'all come and visit real soon!
I agree! The 60% are endearing. We use "PLUM" for everything in North Carolina. And I ALWAYS have a side of tomatoes when I eat breakfast out. It's a treat!
I added sugar to the dressing of a potato salad one time. I believe my parents got out the colander at my grandma's house, rinsed the dressing off the entire salad, and remade it without the sugar. I was a strange kid.
I am a grit eating, Tater salad loving, biscuit sopping southerner but I admit I like sweet cornbread (Jiffy corn muffins FTW)
As a southerner that went to NY, I'll attest to the food not being as good. I was so glad to come back to the South. I had fried chicken in the North and it was just not good
Then you went to the wrong fuckin spots.
Yeah you didn't go to the right places then
I happen to love sweet cornbread. Born in FL, grew up in TN, VA, MO, and TX.
At my house, There is a 2-lane road out front, and everybody has their piles of pinestraw and leaves and branched sitting out there for some dude with a truck and a crane to come and pick it up a few times a year. It narrows lots of the street to 1.5 lane, so you're swerving as you go along the road. People usually just line up along this side of the road, and yo usually see it at holidays or when somebody is dying, there could be 20-30 cars and they end up lining the road.
My MIL got married on a beach, but the reception was in a garage. Like a mechanic's garage. It was so much fun!
"why do southerners burn leaves and wood all the time?" "To cover up the smell coming from the Moonshine still."
On the advice of my legal counsel, I respectfully decline to respond on the grounds that my answers may tend to incriminate or embarrass myself
Queso is NOT a Southern word. It's a SOUTHWESTERN word. (Specifically, Spanish in origin. It's the Spanish word for Cheese.) Texas, as it straddles both the Southern and Southwestern worlds can claim this word as part of their vocabulary.
They're even saying it wrong lol. They are putting an A sound in it when it's more like (Ke so). And this is from someone who comes from a Spanish speaking family. Of course I still love this channel ❤
@@aubery3593 What ever you do, dear god, don't ask them to attempt to pronounce "Estrella".
hunter, gunner, Archer are not verbs....
@@joyfuljaj No, they are nouns.
And Yankees are saying that we don't speak English properly!!!! Give me a break.
@@joyfuljaj I never said they were.
I LOVE these! Make more!!! (From rural Virginia)
I love these videos. Reading bad stuff about the south and your reactions. But some of those people are just plumb crazy :)
Still praying for more episodes of Slaw & Order.
Slaw and Order? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@dixieboy58 The Slaw & Order episodes are their best work.
Queso is pronounced "keh-so", not "kay-so" but I don't think mispronouncing it is a southern thing. And queso is a Spanish thing, not a southern thing.
No, queso was created in Texas. It’s possible it may have originated in Mexico however the earliest recipe for Chili Con Queso came from Texas in the mid 1800s and is considered part of TexMex cuisine.
Yeah as a Californian I thought they were talking about what it meant. Cheese. I was like how is cheese tied to any one country? Then I realized people were talking about a specific dip. We don't have that here. It's also nails on chalkboard the way they're pronouncing it lol
@@positiveecho326queso literally just means cheese in Spanish. It’s not specific to the dip in Tex mex food, all cheese is queso by default.
Also, stickers in cars is not just a southern thing. I’d actually argue that it more of a northern or west coast thing. Portland and Colorado hipsters are the car sticker people (Patagonia, Co-exist, Salt Life, Yosemite, etc.)
Salt Life is on the back of every woman's car between the ages of 16-35 in the south. Its literally a South Carolina brand, the only two Salt Life outlets are in North And South Carolina.
@@beastminer147I’m from Long Island, there’s a Salt Life store in the outlets near me, and those stickers are EVERYWHERE
I busted out laughing at "apple great" 😂
I'm a Northerner (lived most my life in New England and several years west of Seattle) and I married a Southerner. We moved to the South after our wedding. The passive aggression here is FOR REAL. I'm struggling with culture shock.
@marcusgoes it's a struggle because I hate hot weather. And I miss having actual seasons.
@@hez5160yeah, seasons don't exist down here 😂
I think a good question is why do people from the north and west say bad things about southerners. Stop watching TV shows and movies. I have lived and visited alot of states the south is filled with nice, smart and polite people. They are just to kind to point out others bad manners.
Meanwhile in the south: Damn Commiefornians! Damn those Yanks up north!
It's mostly urban areas that look down on the south. They do the same thing to the Midwest and rural areas of their own northern states. Most of the people they look down on have more conservative views and are more self sufficient.
I have lived in the South my whole life. And yes while there are some amazing people. I have met a lot of mean people in the South. Far more than when I have been out West or up North.
@@ashleydowney1222 probably because you've spent more time here and have known these people for longer. Everyone is mean everywhere, most often in different ways
Did you know that it's bad manners to point out other people's bad manners?
Manners are supposed to be such that everybody knows the rules, and knows what to expect, so everyone is more comfortable.
Pointing out a breaking of those rules doesn't help anyone feel comfortable, so we don't do that.
What happens is you don't get invited back, (depending on the severity of the bad manners)
I'm a transplant from NYS to GA. And I have always had a nice thick slice of tomatoes as a side. It's like a refreshing pallet cleanser between meats.
As a southerner,,, I only eat grits with sugar in it 😂😂
People say mean things about the South because they aren't Southern!
Nah I'm from the south and they're right when they say the south is awful
@@divine555 Every place is awful! LOL I have heard PLENTY of southerners say some pretty bad things about the north as well! Not sure why so many southerners think they are 'nicer' than northerners? There are some VERY nice southerners, but i think this is a stereotype more than a truth.
@@inconnu4961 agreed, southerners are actually pretty bitter irl
@@divine555 If you feel that way about the South you should migrate to someplace you like. I've lived in the West, the North, and the East. All of them have their good and bad points.
@@gregsettle9725 i agree with that tbh
I went down south to visit my brother and Loved how y'all talk. Plus you show love everyone which is wonderful. Now what I need is a great recipe for fried green tomatoes. Those are awesome. Loved this episode.
Get tomatoes off the vine when they are full sized but still green and firm. Slice about 1/2 inch thick. Dip slices in buttermilk and then cornmeal seasoned with salt and pepper. Fry in bacon grease in a cast iron skillet over medium -high heat until golden brown. I saw a recipe in Bon Appetit magazine years ago using fried green tomatoes but is so rich you only want to eat it once in a while. Toast slices of hearty bread, spread with homemade pimento cheese, broil until cheese is bubbly, top with two slices of freshly fried green tomatoes and bacon, top with another slice of toasted bread.
@@katrinaprescott5911 And this is exactly why people think Southerners are nice. ❤
Thank you!
@@katrinaprescott5911 , Thanks! I will have to give this a try. So kind of you to share. ❤️
Being almost impossible for me to find green tomatoes here in Oklahoma.. I discovered I actually prefer to fry the ones that have just started changing color yellow to orangish. They have a tangy taste that I love.
As I like mine real simple.. I just dip my slices in seasoned flour and fry until softened. (Don't care for the grit from cornmeal although I do love tomatoes in my grits. 🤓)
This technique can also be used on squash. I also discovered that frying squash without a coating is also good eats.
Btw zucchini squash is excellent in homemade chili with beans. Makes a great substitute for meat in chili as well if vegetarian. Just as long as it's not cooked to mush.
@@katerinakiaha6925 , That sounds good too. May try also. Thanks. ❤️
I'm from california and we used to eat sliced tomatoes with s&p in the summer all the time when I was growing up.They were delicious.
Here’s a good one I learned when I moved from NJ/PA down here to SC…. “I appreciate you.” Instead of thank you.