Yankee Girl Survives First Year at Southern University

[srmom]

Just to chime in on southern things that are missed when you go north - Whataburger! Best hamburgers and sorely missed when out of town.

My son said in a facebook post - you know you're from Texas when every other status update is how excited people are that HEB is going to carry Whataburger Ketchup and Mustard.

We are extremely loyal to that brand (and I agree that Shipley's donuts are great!).

Another thing we love down here are kolaches - the kind made with good German sweet dough. My son can't get them in Florida and thinks he should open a shop!

Also, a good friend of mine from South Carolina says - You'ens instead of y'all. Is that common?

And fixin to is part of any conversation

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

I have discovered that if you order iced tea in a restaurant in the North and make no mention of sweetness, it'll come unsweetened, but if you ask for it with no reference to flavor in the South it comes sweetened.

And in the north, at Dunkin Donuts, if you order a "regular" coffee, you get 2 creams and 2 sugars. I guess it's the northern version of tea.

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

We once had a Krispy Kreme, but it went out of business because it wasn't Dunkin. Same for Bess Eaton and then Tim Hortons. New England is not kind to non-Dunkin coffee places.

I remember when Krispy Kreme opened in MA. My friends and I went the first week it was open for our free donut. The place was packed. Police were directing traffic. And... I never went back. And neither did anyone else. I think it closed within 2 years...?

Originally Posted by KKGAlumDGMom

The one thing, however, that she does miss from home is Dunkn' Donuts coffee. She just got home from school last night (only home for 2 1/2 weeks as she wants to quickly return to school and work in the admissions office) and Dunkin' Donuts was one of the first things she mentioned.

This was me when I returned home from school, too! I went to school in northwestern PA, and there weren't any within a 60 mile radius!

Originally Posted by srmom

Just to chime in on southern things that are missed when you go north - Whataburger! Best hamburgers and sorely missed when out of town.

I just moved to TX 5 months ago, and I was introduced to Whataburger almost immediately. Yum! I love going for late-night breakfast