At the Florida State Fair, there is a Cracker Village. This village represents old Florida (and the term "cracker" is a compliment). This man was making Swamp Cabbage. The "cabbage" is really the heart of the cabbage/sabal palm. It was delicious! Here is an old story about it: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-07-23-8702230728-story.html
@radiogirl "Cracker" as in "Florida Cracker" means a native Floridian whose roots go back generations. It is hard to give you an actual meaning, but a real Florida Cracker is proud to be called one. The name comes from the sound a whip makes when snapped because of the cattle business when Florida wasn't even a state. Cattle were retrieved from the wild, driven across the state and sold. There is even an historic Florida Cracker Trail commemorating this part of our history. It's sad that there are derogatory versions of the term.
