[Nyrt]

For the record, there is a bakery near where I live which makes a fantastic bread. Good bread isn't impossible to find, you just have to know where to look.

Also, yeah, cider isn't just a new england thing, but cider I've had other places has always seemed watered-down to me. I've never had SC cider, though, so I dunno.

On the topic of cheese, it really depends ob your defenition of 'proper' cheese. I can say that sharp cheddar and chèvre are fantastic, but I imagine that's not quite what you mean.

Never tasted real maple syrup? That, my freind is a travesty, and a tragedy to boot. I can't imagine how you get by on that nasty corn-syrup-and-dye crap. Gingerbread pancakes with a good grade B dark amber syrup (the grading goes grade A fancy (light amber), grade A medium amber, grade A dark amber, and so on with grade B, progressing from least to most flavor, thickness, and color) is truly fantastic.

I will admit that I liked pecan pie the one time I've eaten it, but that could be because the person who made it could make anything taste good- no joke. If you want a good new-englandy pie, try strawberry rhubarb pie.

For the record, though, I'm not saying I actually dislike any of that food.

You know, I really didn't expect this to turn into a discussion about the food of the world.