The "International" South

So it was time for me to get out and get ready for New Year's Day by purchasing the standard black-eyed peas and sauerkraut/kielbasa (every year on new Year's Day we eat black-eyed peas with ham and sauerkraut with kielbasa). I hadn't purposely looked for "Southern" food in the grocery store since we moved here, but today when I found the aisle with the black-eyed peas I couldn't help but chuckle and take out my camera for a snapshot. Apparently here in New England, "Southern" food is considered "International" because right there between the Mexican and Chinese food, there it was— the "Southern" section. "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore!"


~Sarah E. Rose~