The same can be said with more accuracy for the North - but that's just my opinion as a Southerner. I was 12 years old before I knew Damn Yankee was two words.
My Dad often called folks who came up to farm country "Flat Landers", because they lived in cities with paved roads. :D
Quote from: ethnicsoup on Yesterday at 03:01:41 AM
I wonder why people in the southern states more than any other location eat stuff like snake, gator, sharks etc...?
Growing up, we ate pheasant, quail, and squirrel, rabbit and lots and lots of bluegill and perch, because that was what my Dad could hunt and fish. I've tried elk, moose, bison, and bear....and I have to say that bear, being an omnivore, didn't taste too bad. I've had gator and rattlesnake, but don't care for them too much.
Maybe it has to do with what the animal eats? For instance, people can't eat polar bear, but they can eat brown and black bears. Its the diet of the animal that factors into whether or not you can eat it.....?
From what I've seen and read of different food ways, you eat what is most plentiful and easy to catch. When you live in swamp country, that means eating snakes and gators. (You left out frogs and snails though) ;) Personally, I think if you're going to kill an animal, you need to eat it, unless its very sick or very old and doing so is a mercy. (Excluding companion animals, I couldn't do that even if I was starving.) Whenever I've been invited somewhere and the people eat something I've never tried or am used to, I try it. It's that whole sharing food thing, its polite and a new experience.
That said, there are animals I simply cannot eat, because I consider them intelligent and too close to human beings: elephant, octopus, parrots of all kinds, whales of all kinds, dolphins of all sorts, monkeys, apes, cats, dogs, horses. (That's all I can think of at the moment.)