You know you have lived in Florida if...

[Taltarzac725]

...you understand what these Florida Code entries mean.

The Florida Code (http://www.floridaforboomers.com/the-florida-code/)

I have been here in Florida since mid-1996. Nine years in Palm Harbor, FL., and now nine and a third in the Villages. With only about 2 days of that 18.3333 years spent in El Paso, Texas in late 2001. I do not get around very much. All the rest of those many days have been spent right here in Central Florida.

[villagetinker]

I had spent about 1 year in FL, a week to 2 at a time over about 30 years before moving here, and I loved "The Florida Code", thanks.

[2BNTV]

I found this one to be especially true and always have a jacket.

"Learn how to dress in layers. It will be 95 degrees outside. But inside any restaurant or business it’s 65 degrees".

Toojay's. :cold:

[Loudoll]

...you understand what these Florida Code entries mean.

The Florida Code (http://www.floridaforboomers.com/the-florida-code/)

I have been here in Florida since mid-1996. Nine years in Palm Harbor, FL., and now nine and a third in the Villages. With only about 2 days of that 18.3333 years spent in El Paso, Texas in late 2001. I do not get around very much. All the rest of those many days have been spent right here in Central Florida.
Yep. You're not going to get biscuits and gravy for breakfast anymore.:ohdear:

[tomwed]

If only one hand has a tan - you play too much golf.

[kittygilchrist]

You know you are not a native if the code is funny.
If your Daddy cut swamp cabbage, and your Mother cooked it, you are a native, or close enuf.

[alanmcdonald]

If only one hand has a tan - you play too much golf.

That's why they call it "Golf Hand".

I used to get it during my annual one week trip to Myrtle Beach.

Can't wait until next year when I'll have it all the time!

[Shimpy]

This is my 61st year in Florida, mostly in the Miami to W. Palm Beach area and nothing ever changes. You will always have snowbirds (99% from the Northeast) feel they have to inform you how much better everything is "up north". One of my favorites is "of course we're spoiled because we're from New York".
How would these people feel it I moved up there and bad mouthed everything about their area? I would think they would get tired hearing it and tell be to take I 95 back home.

[tomwed]

About 40% of The Villagers are from the northeast states. That's over 40,000 people. If a few hundred complain all the time, that's not so bad. I'll bet they complain up there too. Complaining is not a seasonal sport with spring training down south in the winter.

[MikeV]

There is very little good pizza, Italian sauce, Italian bread or Italian sausage.

[DougB]

There is very little good pizza, Italian sauce, Italian bread or Italian sausage.

Oh c'mon, if you had a Hungry Howie's pizza from Florida, you couldn't tell the difference between it and a Hungry Howie's pizza from NY or Chicago

[tomwed]

There is very little good pizza, Italian sauce, Italian bread or Italian sausage.

Our Chambersburg Beginning

Alexander "Chick" De Lorenzo was born one of twelve children to Pasquale and Maria De Lorenzo who immigrated from Southern Italy in the early 1900s. In 1936 the De Lorenzo family opened one of the first Tomato Pie restaurants in the Chambersburg section of Trenton. In 1947 Chick had decided it was time for a place of his own and he established Delorenzo's Tomato Pies at 530 Hudson Street. Chick and his wife Sophie worked side-by-side for nearly 40 years. Together they laid the ground work for what helped this "mom and pop" restaurant into a long standing successful business. Chick claimed his recipe for success was using the finest quality ingredients, laboring over the final product and serving customers with a warm and friendly smile.

This place put all the other pizza parlors I ever went to up north to shame. Maybe that's what it takes, "work[ing] side-by-side for nearly 40 years." to make great pizza.

[mtdjed]

I am from the Boston Ma area and I am not complaining. This is the place to be. Good people, good friends, good weather . Some people there call it God's country, and yes it is. So is this!

[MikeV]

Oh c'mon, if you had a Hungry Howie's pizza from Florida, you couldn't tell the difference between it and a Hungry Howie's pizza from NY or Chicago


Yup I have had it. Pizza may be good but the place was filthy filthy filthy. Never ever going back.

[Patty55]

You know you are not a native if the code is funny.
If your Daddy cut swamp cabbage, and your Mother cooked it, you are a native, or close enuf.

Yeah sure, but I'll bet it's not as good as the swamp cabbage in Brooklyn:shocked:

Seriously, I'd love to try it, can you cook the green part like any other greens? The heart of palm part I think we have all had already.

[bkcunningham1]

Kitty, I'd like to know how hungry someone had to be to discover the "cabbage" in the palm is edible? It looks like a lot of work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLwdmG-GvV8

[DougB]

Yeah sure, but I'll bet it's not as good as the swamp cabbage in Brooklyn:shocked:

Seriously, I'd love to try it, can you cook the green part like any other greens? The heart of palm part I think we have all had already.

The leaves should be boiled and drained three times to purge the toxins then cooked in bacon fat or lard with onions or eggs. It tastes like spinach.

[billethkid]

you know you are in Florida if it looks like the car in front of you has no driver.....or you are in the passing lane and it looks like the car in front of you holding up all the traffic has no driver.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Florida temperature descriptions.
Over 95 = Hot,
90-95 = Warm,
80-89 = Comfortable,
70-79 = Cool,
60-69 = Chilly,
Under 60 = Freezing

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Oh c'mon, if you had a Hungry Howie's pizza from Florida, you couldn't tell the difference between it and a Hungry Howie's pizza from NY or Chicago

Jenny had a coupon for Hungry Howies so I reluctantly went. I was really expecting something terrible. I was pleasantly surprised. The pizza is the best I've had in Florida.

The place is old and run down. I wouldn't say filthy, but it could be spruced up a bit.

[tomwed]

Yup I have had it. Pizza may be good but the place was filthy filthy filthy. Never ever going back.
They moved to a new location in a strip mall nearby. We use to go as a group of male coaches to the orginal location. I wouldn't take my family either. It was seedy and no bathroom for the public. You waited outside sometimes for an hour. It was well worth it. And maybe it was the inspiration for the SNL skit. I asked for a salad my first time and the waiter said, no salad just pizza and soda.

[Patty55]

The leaves should be boiled and drained three times to purge the toxins then cooked in bacon fat or lard with onions or eggs. It tastes like spinach.

Thank you.

I would really like to see a restaurant that focuses on local foods instead another one trying to be New York City pizza.

[tomwed]

Thank you.

I would really like to see a restaurant that focuses on local foods instead another one trying to be New York City pizza.

[me too]

I still have not gone to The Cottilion Southern Cafe but it is on my to-do list. click here (http://cafecotillion.com/)
101 N Main St
Wildwood, FL 34785

I have read many excellent reviews and it sounds like this might be what you are looking for:

"As a 9th generation Floridian, Miz Kathi’s southern roots go way back. Many of her authentic dishes are personal family recipes handed down through generations and passed on to Miz Kathi by her mother and grandmother.

The southern flavor is apparent everywhere you look and in everything you taste. The restaurant’s decor is classic southern vintage: covered in lace, adorned with antiques and spangled in classic southern style. And the FOOD! Miz Kathi’s food and desserts have won the accolades of customers and critics alike, earning another 5-Star Rating from TripAdvisor for 2014 and an impressive 4.5 stars on Yelp."

[if there are other local gems nearby, please share]