“Southern hospitality is an institution. Before
air-conditioning, climate was a factor. In the South, people were more likely
to be sitting out on the porch when folks showed up. You couldn’t pretend not
to be home when there you were, sitting on the porch. You could pretend to be
dead, but then you couldn’t fan yourself.” —Southern humorist Roy Blount Jr.,
in
Save Room for Pie: Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations (2016)(Photo of Roy Blount Jr. taken at the 2007 Texas Book
Festival, Austin, Texas, Nov. 3, 2007, by Larry D. Moore.)
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