>>Hey....my mama is from West "by God" Virginia.....that sounds like "tradition to me" ....ha!<<
My wife was born there. Yes, it's a kind of tradition, and a damn tasty one too.
There are lots of people originally from West Virgina in Ohio. See, every first born son of West Virgina gets a dollar on his birthday until he's 21. Coincidently, it's $21 for a bus ticket to Ohio.
Dad from PA. Mom from WV. Grew up visiting both states every summer of my childhood. Picking blackberries in WV, listening to the fiddle players and the hillbilly nature.....quiet part of my past. Johnstown PA.....loved the summers in the railroad town....the smell of coal. The memories of playing in the backyard sandbox with a hint of black sand....wow! priceless.
My life.....a rat- brat from the NM desert...southwestern all the way.
Never understood the east coast. Funny how upbringing is one reality and heritage is another totally different....fun to make connections and quite enlightening.
Gotta love the southwestern state of New Mexico. Artist(my mother) and bomb makers(my father) go figure.
As for the soup....we would add green chili to any mix.