When I lived in North Florida deep frying was pretty much the local cuisine. The closest eating place to my office, a real greasy spoon, had only a deep fryer for cooking, all things fried. No fresh anything. All sorts of deep fried veggies, most anything can taste good fried. At least you knew it was sanitized if hot.
.... I also have an issue with the way they spelt 'stix'.
I thought you were from Massachusetts originally, that's not an accent easily shaken, and not much like Californian, though in Texas it all sounds like Yankee.
yes, that's me ... guessing i was around 5... really do not remember. Agnes, my mom's only sister, and i share the middle name of Shepherd. Agnes passed away last week (it was so quick, i had no time to even fly out before she was gone) and this trip is about taking care of her affairs and assisted living place and i'm now returning to Ca with her. this spring i hope to travel back to NJ (that's where i actually spent my first 10 years) and along with her best friend, will see she is near her parents who are at rest there. because of my dad being in the military, my mom is in Arlington. i wish we had talked about it more, but it is a hard subject to bring up. with that in mind, i thought i'd be proactive and at least now my nephews are aware of my wishes.
no, NJ... with a caveat. in the show "Jersey Shore", those people were not from NJ. they had Staten Island accents... maybe Jersey City, but certainly not most of the state. there are a lot of theories behind the name, but to us they were "Bennys".
