OK, Aunty M-- I concede especially about potlucks although you have to pick and choose (avoid Cub Scout potlucks and go to those by Episcopalians, IMHO)---- and you are right on the money with the crabs-- crab in the South is a waste of protein, calories and effort, especially soft shell. But I will lay money down on my comments of upstate New York and New Orleans (the only city other than Seattle where you can get good coffee nearly everywhere, lousy beer though).

As for the warmwater fish-- if you're talking species, you're dead wrong, and I'm willing to prove it (Did I hear cook-off?). If you're talking fish from warm, Southern freshwater, you're absolutely right-- with the exception of bluegill and crappie.

Keith