Posted on 07/09/2009 9:07:36 AM PDT by freed0misntfree
That's because cheap food tends to be high in carbs/starches which convert to SUGAR.
There, fixed it.
Poor people elsewhere wind up with bloated stomachs and flies on their faces. Poor people here get fat on Ding Dongs, KFC and McDonalds ... which aren't cheaper than the cost of a healthy diet,
hey, well, I have to agree with the statement, I think what the writer meant was that it’s way cheaper to purchase potatoes, rice, beans, bread, noodles,grits, etc..at the grocery store than the fresh lettuce at almost $4 a head or tomatoes at $2 a pound..(I’ve learned from experience) :(
Because their Mama’s never taught them any better, bless their hearts.
And then they demand all the same stuff they say that they came here to escape.
How amny times have you heard “this isn’t the way we did it in the North”? My response is “so go back there if that’s the way you want it done”.
I have to protest the findings of this article. Central Pennsylvania has some of the largest women I have ever seen. I’m amazed they can even walk. I demand a recount!
That would be Perfection Salad.
“Once upon a time, in 1904 to be exact, a recipe called Perfection Salad won third prize, a $100 sewing machine, for Mrs. John E. Cook of New Castle, Pennsylvania.”
Seems Perfection Salad is the product of a Yankee cook. lol
My grandmother had tomato aspic every Sunday for dinner. It was served on a crystal plate with a sterling jelly server.
I quit watching when she visited Mr Jimmy in Plains.
amny should be many
Mama’s should be Mamas
Agreed. The effect of weakened families cannot be discounted. I would bet that a large number of these low income people are from single income families or families where both parents work. Traditional Southern cuisine may be fattening, but so are other regional cuisines or ethnic fare. Income and race/ethnicity are factors, but so is family structure. Mormon dominated Utah has the second lowest level of obesity; Mormon divorce rates are below average. (Additionally, LDS theology has emphasized healthy lifestyles.) The states north and east of Pennsylvania, which are heavily Catholic, have below average obesity rates, in spite of the popularity of carbohydrate dense Italian cuisine and Irish food (meat and potatoes, sort of like Southern, but without the African and French/Latin influences). Northeastern divorce rates are below national averages. The Upper Midwest generally runs to the national average despite the large German-American population and the traditionally heavy nature of German cuisine (and beer). These states, which are heavily Lutheran and secondarily Catholic, have below average rates of divorce, though not quite as low as the Mormon and Catholic dominated states.
The high obesity rates in West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Kentucky, all three Border states, are not attributable to large minority population, but rather the low income and high divorce rates. Evangelicals and fundamentalists, black or white, have not done a good job in maintaining families when compared to other religious groups or even atheists or agnostics. Of course, divorce and sexual and familial irresponsibility have increased across the board for 90 years. But evangelicals and fundamentalists (which I am) have helped to lead, rather than trailed, the pack.
Southerners are not lazy, they are more energy efficient...
Mmmm! That does sound good! I also make my sweet potato casserole with a touch of butter, a dab of lemon juice, brown sugar and a pinch of powdered anise seed or powdered licorice root. Sweet but natural; not overwhelming.
“There you go . The problem is not enough income tax distribution to fund infrastructure for the poor rural States! I knew there was a public revenue answer to this sticky problem!! (coinciding with the second stimulus bill—what a coincidence!)”
I guess Haley wasted his time, then.
Haley won - An exercise in conservative governance - updated (Mississippi)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289527/posts
At least my statement was %100 true
Figment of your imagination for sure.
“Difference between a Yankee and a Damn Yankee?
A Yankee visits and goes home—a Damn Yankee stays!”
LOL!
No replies to your post yet, except for mine.
My reply is “you go, girl!”
The last time I said that, a couple of the regular Southern bashers tried to get under my skin.
That’s not hard to resist when you know you’re right. ;o)
lol...
My wife cousin sent her pics of a home wedding she went to in Ohio....wow...it was like nearly everyone there was....Well...Super sized....In the background behind the bride and groom, there was freaking toilet in the backyard....I guess they just forgot to move it for the festivities. Whoops...
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