To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.
To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.
To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.
To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.
To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.
E.B. White
So true!
Tom told us this because Rose and I were talking about eating Strawberry-Raspberry Pie for breakfast. Because, you know, it is mostly fruit and, therefore, so healthy! It was delicious. And did not make us Yankees! It just made us happy.
