Barbecue is the first that comes to mind, but everyone is getting into the act now -- it's a national phenomenon now.

One scent that always takes me back to my childhood is honeysuckle!

Jean

>
> From: David Kiracofe <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2007/01/11 Thu PM 06:57:33 EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: southern tastes and other sesnes?
>
> My mother always called it "poor horse" (to make fun of Daddy), but we
> all ate it.
> We've all  been talking about the tastes of the south (and I guess
> Pennsylvania and Virginia Germans--our Kiracofes came over as George
> III's mercenaries, but stayed around because they found plenty of
> Germans here), what about the smells?:  all this talk of ham, and stew
> and panhaus -- we get some pretty distinctive southern smells (don't
> forget collards!).  What are some other smells we associate with the
> south?
>
> David
>
>
> David Kiracofe
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