Another food thread:What part of the U.S.(Canada included)has the best tasting food?

[Frecs]

Apparently you eat at the more finer BBQ eating establishments. There was a BBQ place in Oklahoma where my father in law ate at.There were two BBQ in town,one is My Place BBQ,and the other one was Slicks.My Place is a lot more fancier the Slicks was.Slick had a old building with a tin roof.His idea of a sandwich was a hunk of sliced smoked beef on white bread and plenty of sauce.His hot BBQ sauce was so hot,it could be used as paint thinner,if it didn't eat the brush. Sadly Slick passed away and his place of buisness was closed forever.

Sad to see the old traditions pass away...even if it was sliced instead of pulled.... I don't think we have any tin-roof establishments...but, they are only slightly more fancy than that...

[KATMAN]

Sad to see the old traditions pass away...even if it was sliced instead of pulled.... I don't think we have any tin-roof establishments...but, they are only slightly more fancy than that...

Several of my favorite places have closed down due to the death of the owners.And when I mean a slice,it was actually a chunk,about a 1" thick.Those were the days.

[Cloudwalker]

I would have to say both. It depends on what I am eating, or planing on eating. I do enjoy Eggs Benedict, but, you are correct, northerners cannot make cornbread properly.

[PrayerInMemphis]

There's nothing like hot, snowy biscuits dripping with real butter, dolloped with blackberry jam and preserves, throw in some fig preserves, too.

respectfully disagree....i prefer my biscuits w/ butter and Georgia cane syrup..i've already gotten my 21-month old hooked on these.

have you ever heard of homemade biscuits referred to as 'catheads'?
that's what i grew up hearing them called but i've never been sure if it's just a Georgia term...
a cathead is a made-from-scratch biscuit that's so large it's the size of a cat's head. legend has it that my grandfather proposed to my grandmother by asking her 'would you like to spend the rest of your life making these catheads for me?" lol.

[PrayerInMemphis]

Oh, and forget those honey-glazed hams and what have you. You have not had HAM until you have enjoyed salt-cured country ham. Now, that is one delicious pig....

NOTHING better than red-eye gravy although some of the more experienced southern cooks i know swear that the hams you buy nowadays do not produce enough fat to make a good batch of red-eye.

[PrayerInMemphis]

You notice we don't use sugar in cornbread! Cornbread is also good cold in a glass of milk.

my favorite way to eat/cook cornbread will always be to cook it like a pancake in bacon grease...hocakes, as we called it.

[teddyv]

my favorite way to eat/cook cornbread will always be to cook it like a pancake in bacon grease...hocakes, as we called it.

My arteries just hardened reading that. Not that it isn't awesome.

[Jeanne D]

my favorite way to eat/cook cornbread will always be to cook it like a pancake in bacon grease...hocakes, as we called it.

I'm sure it's very tasty, but that's the thing.. the southern way of cooking seems to be too greasy and too fatty.

There is one thing I am curious to try however, and that's fried green tomatoes.

Jeanne

[Frecs]

There is one thing I am curious to try however, and that's fried green tomatoes.

Jeanne

Prepare to have your tongue roll back and slap your eyes from the pure joy of eating! Fried green tomatoes are deeeelicious....and is also a very good movie....

[KATMAN]

I'm sure it's very tasty, but that's the thing.. the southern way of cooking seems to be too greasy and too fatty.

There is one thing I am curious to try however, and that's fried green tomatoes.

Jeanne

As for fried foods,that's just a Southern tradtion.The East was established and heavy populated (for the times). Eating houses were fancy due to a lot of European culture,likewise with the families.Southerners were mostly poor folks who had to live off the land,made their own lards out of animal fats and the like. Now,if you want a treat,try fried green tomatos,and while you're at it,fried squash.If you really want to experince these tasty food treats,don't try them at a resturaunt.All you need is sliced green tomatos,or squash,or both,vegatable oil,flour,a cast iron skillet,and a little bit of bacon grease to make it authentic. You will love it,and it's addicting.

[bc3n1]

'Catheads' are still the name of the biscuits that are that size here in 'bama. I was raised amongst the sugar cane in Louisiana, but couldn't acquire the taste of the syrup. It was the only type provided in our home. Too strong tasting for me.

The heat of the summer sun in the South made people preserve food with a lot of salt and sugar. I agree that the ham today doesn't make a good red eye gravy (the red eye being coffee poured in it).

[Vhayes]

I'm sure it's very tasty, but that's the thing.. the southern way of cooking seems to be too greasy and too fatty.

There is one thing I am curious to try however, and that's fried green tomatoes.

Jeanne

They are manna from heaven. There are few culinary treats that can even come CLOSE to fried green tomatoes. Yes m'am - goooooood!

[bc3n1]

Katman, I'm looking at some summer squash right now that are going to be fried in a cast iron skillet. Yum yum! My tomatoes aren't quite big enough for fried green ones, yet, but they are getting there.

[Frecs]

Fried squash.....oooohhhhh.....ooooohhhhh.....gooooodddd d

[Jeanne D]

Why is it they need to be fried in a cast iron skillet?

Jeanne