Southernisms

I never really think of myself as being all that southern; I was born in Texas (a source of great pride), but I only lived there 2 1/2 years. Then I spent six years in Florida, which is southern but not southern, if you know what I mean. Then I moved here, to Oklahoma.

But I might have to rethink this, because of the following facts:

1) when looking for a coffee cake recipe in my mother's recipe card file, I ran across one for our old favorite, Jeff Davis pie.
2) for breakfast I had fried cornmeal mush.
3) I think breakfast yesterday was grits, although I wasn't home for it.

Oh, and:
4) I sort of tend to start drawling just a bit when I'm nervous. Or trying to be extra sociable.