The thing that I learned when I lived in the South, besides those already mentioned, is to have an answer to the question "Where do you go to church?" In St. Louis, we are infamous for always asking new people we meet where they went to high school. (On a job interview today for an associate attorney position I was asked that question.) When I lived in Little Rock, I learned that they ask the church question with even more regularity. I think I was probably invited to every single church in the metro area while I lived there. :)

(And I get my sweet tea fix these days at McAlister's.)

To my Ohioan mother, soda is called pop, although she's since mostly unlearned this one as a result of being on the East Coast for so long. As far as my New England brain is concerned soda is soda and if I want a Coca-Cola I will specify that when I ask for one, but not all sodas are Coke.

My Clemson friends all took immense pity on me when I told them I'd never had Krispy Kreme before-and when I'd said I'd never had Chik-Fil-A, or Bojangles, or Waffle House, or Sonic, or Cookout. I got a lot of pity that way:P I will say that all of those places are delicious but should be eaten VERY sparingly if you have any sort of concern for your health.

I'm not really enamored with any of these places. Sonic is definitely better than the rest. And I do not understand everyone's obsession with Chik-fil-A. They're everywhere here in TX and they're always packed. I don't get it.

Dunkin Donuts map! Zoom out to see how DD has taken over the east coast!

http://www.allstays.com/c/dunkin-don...ations-map.htm

I don't even think they have all the locations pinned. I actually used the DD store locator online, and at my old address in Nashua, NH, I had 20 DDs within a 5 mile radius, and an additional 27 that were 5-10 miles away.

Yea... they're EVERYWHERE in the northeast.

I'm a Krispy Kreme Fan, but Thomas' Donuts in Panama City has them, and DD beat by a LONG SHOT.

Some of the best donuts I've ever had: Mighty Fine donuts in Erie, PA. Yummm!

I didn't really enjoy any of those places simply because they all seemed to cook with so much grease that it didn't settle right with my stomach, although the milkshakes at Cookout were yummy. People acted as though I hadn't lived until I went to Chik-Fil-A when I figured I could easily say the same thing about DD.

Exactly.

And I agree about the grease. Even the Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwiches seem way too greasy. How you manage to do that with grilled chicken, I don't know.

Ahhh, donuts. Every time we would visit OSU Daughter, we had to go to Buckeye Donuts, a 24 hr. donut shop right across the street from campus, has been there forever, including when I was at OSU. Their donuts are made from scratch in the shop. They also have gyros and salads. Spent some 2:30am Thursday night/Friday mornings in there with a gaggle of friends with a gyro, a boston cream donut, and a Tab (hey, diet coke wasn't around yet.) And we drank Tab for the taste. OK, I lied about the taste part. And maybe a raspberry jelly filled donut for the road.

And when you make it yourself, you aren't supporting the oppression of people here and abroad.

Say what?:confused:

Chik Fil A made contributions to the conservative think tank behind the Ugandan death penalty for gays legislation and the sham "conversion therapy" clinic, Exodus Intl. I'd say that's an argument for frying your own nuggets.

Methinks this thread is about to get derailed again....

No mention of Wawa from the mid-Atlantic crowd? Best ever.

I think the prefered spelling is Co'Cola. ;)

Which has been extensively discussed, including discussion on exactly what Chik-Fil-A did and didn't contribute to and its current practices (which do not involve donations to those groups), in a thread on that subject. I vote we not derail this thread with that political discussion.