to pick up, rather pointlessly I suppose, on the drinking from a jar argument,

Leenia says

"Drinking from a jar just isn't American enough to persist as a title for 150 years"

I ate in a restaurant in Vicksburg, Mississippi where the glasses for your water and/or wine were in the shape of fruit jars, so they were clearly picking up on some traditional theme. All they served for food was catfish, which came with a number of accompaniments, including "hush puppies" (which to an Englishman means "cheap shoes") - I remember it being a real fun place.

I also seem to remember a song called Blue Suede Shoes.....

cheers, Terry