In a message dated 7/14/00 1:12:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lyric@bna.bellsouth.net writes: << Ok, I was raised down in Mississippi eating turnip greens and black eyed peas with RED ketchup on them. However, when I do this in Tennessee ppl look at me funny. What's the deal? >> I saw a lady at the Cracker Barrell (restaurant) with an up north accent get physically ill when she ordered fried eggs and the yellow was still runny. She started screaming that her eggs weren't done. The waitress explained that's how we eat them around here. The lady made a very bad remark about Tennessee people to the waitress. I started to get mad, but then I started to feel sorry for her. It must be really bad to go through life and not know how to order eggs. <g> Maybe she should have just poured ketchup over them. She was already sick or I would have suggested it. Shoot ketchup makes everything better! Chip