Arts & Culture

You Might Be a Southerner If … You Recognize These 20 Things

vines growing on a tree
1. You know what this vine is:
fried food

Photo: Johnny Autry

2. You’ve ever sunk your teeth into these:
A light blue porch ceiling

Photo: Chris Kraft

3. You know what color this porch ceiling is:
A container of grease

Photo: JACQUELINE STOFSICK

4. You know what kind of grease goes in here:
A fish with crooked teeth

Photo: Jim Hutson

5. You know what fish these chompers belong to:
A long board for sitting

Photo: ALLY SLOWAY

6. You’ve sat on one of these:
A tiny crab in an oyster

Photo: Rappahannock Oyster Company

7. You crack open an oyster and you know exactly what this is:
A group of woven grass baskets

Photo: National Park Service

8. You know what these baskets are called:
A brown bug with a long body and antennae

Photo: DENIRA / ADOBE

9. You’ve encountered 18,756,243 of these…since last week:
A metal contraption with dough rolling through it

Photo: andrew hyslop

10. You know what’s about to be baking when you see this:
A fuzzy seed pod

Photo: adobe

11. You know what plant produces this:
A silver cup with ice and mint

Photo: JACK THOMPSON

12. You’ve sipped from one of these:
Bird houses made of gourds

Photo: CARY NORTON

13. You know what birds these are for:
Gelatinous cakes on stands

Photo: johnny autry

14. You’ve been served this at the holidays:
White silvery vegetation hangs from branches of a tree

Photo: AMY DICKERSON

15. You know what’s in this tree:
Red dirt

Photo: Elizabeth Florio

16. You’ve almost bent your shovel on this:
A biscuit with blueberries and icing
17. You know what fast food chain is responsible for this:
Trees with round roots sticking out of water

Photo: TRAVIS FOLK

18. You know what these are called:
A sliced dessert sandwich with chocolate outside and a cream filling

Photo: Katherine Jarvis

19. You’ve been treated to one of these:
A menu with a waffle and breakfast plate
20. You’ve been here and ordered this at three in the morning:

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