Just a Pinch of South

For those of us who grew up in the South but have moved elsewhere, we love our roots and all they have provided. There's a lot that I've come to appreciate about the South. But let's be honest, most of us don't want to go back to "full Southern." We're happy with just a pinch here and there to add flavor to the life we live now. If you are not a Southerner, perhaps you'll come to better appreciate the little gifts the American South has given and continues to give our culture. Photos are not mine unless specified. Email me at justapinchofsouth @ gmail dot com. I tweet at @apinchofsouth and my other tumblr is called "everythingthatdoesntfitelsewhere" which is just what it sounds like.

It amazes me when I meet moms in New York City who don’t cook. Even though there are lots of them, it doesn’t cease to confuse me. How can this be that you have offspring yet do not know how to bake a pie or put together a small dinner party for friends? What happened to you growing up? What were you doing?
It’s baffling, but true.
This is not only inexcusable in the South but well nigh impossible. I could bake cookies before I hit high school and put together a meal certainly by college. I didn’t realize there were places where this didn’t just “happen” like it did to me. I’m grateful I learned to cook, without even really trying to “learn.”

It amazes me when I meet moms in New York City who don’t cook. Even though there are lots of them, it doesn’t cease to confuse me. How can this be that you have offspring yet do not know how to bake a pie or put together a small dinner party for friends? What happened to you growing up? What were you doing?

It’s baffling, but true.

This is not only inexcusable in the South but well nigh impossible. I could bake cookies before I hit high school and put together a meal certainly by college. I didn’t realize there were places where this didn’t just “happen” like it did to me. I’m grateful I learned to cook, without even really trying to “learn.”

(Source: todayswanderings, via thatkindofwoman)

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