Mississippi Eassy
Southern Living Essay
I was in the grocery store one day picking up some collard greens. A young girl that was from China asked what was I buying. I explained to her that it was collard greens and my mom use them to cook a big southern meal. She also asked me what was so great about living in the South. I will write an opinion essay about southern living to answer her question using personal experience. I will discuss the natural resources of the south, the culture and heritage of the region, and how people live and work here. I will also explain some positive about living in the South. My name is La’Trinae Robinson I moved from Salem New Jersey when I was 3 years old to South Florida and have been staying here since then so you can say I been in the south all my life. Living in the South is a great place to live for many different reasons. Living in the south is great because of the food, whether and Southern hospitality.
One reason why living in the south is so great is cause of the natural resources of southern food. The population of the Southern United States is made up of many different peoples who came to the region in a variety of ways, each contributing to what is now called "Southern cooking." American Indians, native to the region, taught European settlers to grow and cook corn, a grain unknown in Europe at the time. Spanish explorers in the 1500s brought pigs with them, introducing pork to the region. West Africans carried some of their traditional foods with them, such as watermelon, eggplant, collard greens, and okra, when they were brought to the United States by force as slaves beginning in the 1600s. Creoles, known for their unique use of spices, are descended from French and Haitian immigrants who later mingled with Spanish settlers in the New Orleans area. Living in the south is good because I can eat all my favorite foods like cornbread, fried chicken, chicken and sausage gumbo, sweet potato pie, string beans, neck bones.
I was in the grocery store one day picking up some collard greens. A young girl that was from China asked what was I buying. I explained to her that it was collard greens and my mom use them to cook a big southern meal. She also asked me what was so great about living in the South. I will write an opinion essay about southern living to answer her question using personal experience. I will discuss the natural resources of the south, the culture and heritage of the region, and how people live and work here. I will also explain some positive about living in the South. My name is La’Trinae Robinson I moved from Salem New Jersey when I was 3 years old to South Florida and have been staying here since then so you can say I been in the south all my life. Living in the South is a great place to live for many different reasons. Living in the south is great because of the food, whether and Southern hospitality.
One reason why living in the south is so great is cause of the natural resources of southern food. The population of the Southern United States is made up of many different peoples who came to the region in a variety of ways, each contributing to what is now called "Southern cooking." American Indians, native to the region, taught European settlers to grow and cook corn, a grain unknown in Europe at the time. Spanish explorers in the 1500s brought pigs with them, introducing pork to the region. West Africans carried some of their traditional foods with them, such as watermelon, eggplant, collard greens, and okra, when they were brought to the United States by force as slaves beginning in the 1600s. Creoles, known for their unique use of spices, are descended from French and Haitian immigrants who later mingled with Spanish settlers in the New Orleans area. Living in the south is good because I can eat all my favorite foods like cornbread, fried chicken, chicken and sausage gumbo, sweet potato pie, string beans, neck bones.