But my favorite place of all is northern Alabama in the Guntersville Lake area. Every summer, I visit there for at least a week. That is where my folks live and where I intend to retire myself someday. My father was born and raised on a farm down there but he relocated North for a job when I was born so I lost the opportunity to grow up there myself. Nevertheless, I have the South in my blood!
Whenever I drive down South and I see that first Waffle House off I-81 in Virginia, I know I have arrived!
The Cajun food is to die for. Gumbo, with every type of meat immaginable. The crawfish etoufee, Boudin, the list is never ending. The traditional Southern cooking can't be beat either. Food. Food that is layed out on a table, like an artist would lay out their masterpiece. Deep fried catfish rolled in cornmeal. Warm hushpuppies, Turnip greens with chopped bacon slow cooked. Fried chicken cooked the way our great great grandmothers used to cook it. Buttermilk biscuits with honey or just plain tons of butter if your watching you weight. Mayhaw jelly. Okra prepared in so many ways.
The South. The South is about country, home, food, family, friends, and God.