Do you like traditional Southern food?

[Lyric]

Our menu for tonight:

Fried chicken legs and thighs
Homemade mashed potatoes (w/ sweet butter and sour cream)
Homemade chicken brown gravy
Homemade buttermilk biscuits
Devilled eggs
Tomato, Cucumber, and Fresh Mushroom Salad
Homemade Peach Cobbler
Lemonade, sweet iced tea, hard apple cider, and bottled spring water.

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Nothing from a can, nothing from a box, nothing frozen or preserved, everything from scratch. The tomatoes and cucumbers are from Mom's garden. The peaches are clings, but they've been soaking up sugar and lemon juice for about an hour now, so they'll be super-sweet and ready for the cobbler.

It's so rare that we can justify eating this much fat in one meal, so we only eat this once or twice a year, but tonight is the night, woo! Want my recipes? Just let me know. :)

Edit: ThinkBlue1966 didn't want yellow squash *or* okra. She's fired. Terminated. She's packing up her desk as we speak. Oh, the blasphemy!

[MissHoneychurch]

1. Please let me know your adress

I am on my way


Damn ... that sounds really yummy!!!

[Lyric]

4. You're in Germany?

Okay! Just head across Europe, swim the Atlantic Ocean while aiming for the Maryland coast, start heading due West until you find Interstate 68, and follow that to Morgantown, WV. :rofl:

And yes, I'm sooooo looking forward to this. I know we can't eat this way very often, but as a rare treat....mmmmm.

[commander bunnypants]

9. My wife has a friend in Morganstown

CB

[spinbaby]

11. Morgantown?

I'll be right over.

[Lyric]

15. Yep!

Are you seriously here? If you are, you are perfectly welcome to come eat with us! We'll probably be sitting out on the front porch, because the AC isn't working, and it'll be too hot in the house (from all the cooking) to eat inside. :hi:

[spinbaby]

Actually, I'm in Little Washington

About an hour away. Sounds yummy, though.

I'm a WVU graduate from about 30 years ago. I miss the place.

[Lyric]

37. Washington PA?

I've been there! It's the closest Toys 'R Us to our house, lol.

Nice to know there's a DU'er so close! We should all get together whenever you have a chance. :hi:

[spinbaby]

54. Yep, Washpa

I've run into others from Morgantown on this board, too.

[commander bunnypants]

49. My BIl did a commerccial for that fancy restaurant

He is a litlle person. So in the town of little Washington He wasd little Washington


CB

[spinbaby]

52. Fancy restaurant?

I'm not aware that we have a fancy restaurant.

[seemunkee]

22. I can be there in 3 hours. What time is dinner?

If I leave now maybe I can do some climbing at Coopers Rock so I'll be good and hungry.

Where's the pork? Can't be Sourthern without a little pork in every dish.

[Lyric]

25. Dinner's at 8:00

And I make my biscuits and gravy the traditional way--with pork lard. :) The chicken will be fried in a mixture of pork lard and shortening too. :hi:

[1gobluedem]

2. All of that sounds SO good

I am really hungry right now.

[CottonBear]

3. Ill be right over says this Southern girl.

Yummmm!

My momma and my nanas made the best southern food ever. Artery clogging but so delicious!

[Lyric]

5. *high fives*

But the burning question remains....do you like sweet barbeque, or good Carolina vinegar barbeque? :rofl:

[CottonBear]

21. I'm from NC but now live in GA. I'll have to go with pulled pork w/ vinegar based sauce.

I had excellent pork BBQ from the Jot 'em Down BBQ and Country Store the other week. It has to be a twice yearly treat due to the fat but it was oh so good! I had it with boiled peanuts, iced tea, cole slaw, Brunswick stew and baked beans!

Good eatin'! ;)

edit: My favorite thing in the world is homemade blackberry cobbler made with fresh picked blackberries! It's to die for!

:hi: Have a great meal!

[Lyric]

23. See, now THAT is a meal we know all about

I'm a West Virginia girl, but my better half was born and raised in North Carolina. Ever been to Charlotte? There's a restaurant there called Old Hickory House that we just LOVE. Mmmmmm---barbeque and brunswick stew...

[CottonBear]

34. My daddy was born in Charlotte. All of my family is from NC. I've never been to that restaurant.

Although I'm an NC native I'm the first one in my family to go to college out of state.
I'm a GA Dawg! :)

BBQ, vinegar based sauce, Brunswick stew and iced tea is a traditon here in NEGA!

Have you ever had corn nuggets? They seem to be a middle and south GA treat. Imagine creamed corn balls rolled in hush puppy batter and lightly fried! OMG! So damn good!

[Lyric]

35. Yep, we have those up here.

The ones we have are shaped kinda like crescent moons. I love them :hi:

[pagerbear]

48. Best. Food. Evar!!!!!!!

Especially when accompanied by cornbread. Not that crappy, cakey corn bread (actually corn muffins baked in a cake pan), but real, dense cornbread with a crust! Slathered with butter, of course!

**fans self** Oh my! I'm all overcome now!

[CottonBear]

55. That's the real thing! To make corn bread really good you need a cast iron pan!

Somewhere, I have my nana's cast iron corn bread pan which is sort of like a muffin pan but it makes corn ear shaped individual corn breads.

Have some ice tea and cool down now that you're all worked up over cornbread! :)

[pagerbear]

57. Oh, yes, the corn-ear shaped cornbread tins!

[smtpgirl]

80. and you gotta to add some real corn

and some sugar into the mix

and cook it until you get a crunchy crust

[commander bunnypants]

6. Damn. I am one state over

what time is the dinner bell and whats ta drink. Lemonaide please please please


CB

[Lyric]

18. Which state?

Dinner's going to be ready at about 8:00 pm. You have time! :rofl:

[commander bunnypants]

24. Virginia

Richmond 5 hours away.

Thanks for the invite but my 6 month old monster is not up to it.

Canned spaghetti for me x(

CB

[Lyric]

26. I used to live in VA

Harrisonburg, up in the Shenandoah Valley. Lived there for 8 years. I've been to Richmond, though, with my high school literary magazine staff for a conference at VCU. :hi:

[commander bunnypants]

27. that were I went to school

BTW-congrats on your recent letter you received.


CB

[Lyric]

29. Thank you!

I thought about applying at UVA, but it was cheaper to apply at WVU--in-state tuition and all that.

I miss Skyline Drive in the autumn, though. And seeing Massanutten Mountain standing tall in the distance. I don't know if you've ever spent time up in the Shenandoah Valley, but it's truly a beautiful place to live.

[commander bunnypants]

31. At least twice a year.

It is nice.

Usually do the outer banks though. Taking a long weekend in Amish Country PA in late July


CB

[Lyric]

33. I've never been there

although there were lots and lots of Mennonite people living near Dayton, which was very close to where we lived. There were horse-and-buggys all over the place on Rt. 33. :)

[BlueIris]

7. Depends on what it is.

I looooove Southern dinners (noon meal where my grandparents are from). And from what I can recall, nobody does cocktails like they do in the South. Otherwise, too heavy for me.

[MistressOverdone]

8. Having the same thing tonight

except the peach cobbler and deviled eggs. But I might rethink that!

[Lyric]

14. Homemade peach cobbler is sooooo good

It never lasts. I can't remember a single time I've ever had leftovers, lol.

I make it with a mixture of flour, ground oatmeal, brown sugar, lemon juice, and sweet, sweet peaches. Mmmmmm.

[MistressOverdone]

17. Fresh peaches?

We don't have any down here yet!

[Lyric]

20. Yes, although not the best kind.

The sweetest ones are the freestone peaches we'll get around the end of August, but the cling peaches we have right now are still good, so long as you cut them up and soak them in sugar and a bit of lemon juice first. :)

[KamaAina]

10. You may have my deviled eggs if you wish

hold the sour cream, put oil and vinegar or traditional, non-creamy Italian on the salad (vinaigrette being, y'know, kind of a Yankee thing) and we're good to go!

[Lyric]

12. Okay, I understand the devilled eggs thing.

But the sour cream gets mixed into the potatoes when I whip them, and we have several salad dressings to choose from, all homemade, although my favorite is made with my basil/rosemary vinegar and oil. :)

[Ellen Forradalom]

13. When's dinner on?

I'll be coming by. YUM!

[johnnie]

16. Sounds like a good dinner

But it also sounds like traditional food from the north. :shrug:

[BikeWriter]

19. Mmm, sounds delicious!

[leftofthedial]

28. gotta have me some yellow squash and fried okra

gotta

[Lyric]

30. See, I agree with you.

I love zucchini too--especially fried zucchini, which is terrible for you, but oh SO good...

[leftofthedial]

58. some cornbread

some black-eyed peas, some greens . . .

[Arkansas Granny]

61. Cornbread baked in a well seasoned cast iron skillet is the best.

Nothing makes a better crust on cornbread.

[leftofthedial]

63. I got my granny's

she also had a cast-iron griddle that makes amazing fritters

[Joe Fields]

32. She didn't want squash or okra? Why does she hate the south?

You can pass it over to me, please. Your meal sounds lip smackin' good...:toast:

[CottonBear]

36. Mmm! Fresh yellow squash, fried okra , silver queen corn and homegrown tomatoes!

Serve those up with corn bread and you've got a meal! :)

[Lyric]

39. Mmmm....cornbread...

I thought about that, but biscuits go better with fried chicken, and my scratch buttermilk biscuits are sooooo good. :hi:

[Joe Fields]

42. biscuits or cornbread. I'll eat a plateful...

[soleft]

60. How about hushpuppies?

yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Sequoia]

65. Insert Homer sounds here when he sees doughnuts.

You people are just making me home sick.

[Joe Fields]

75. I LOVE hushpuppies!!. I'm a midwesterner with southern fried tastes.

But, I love my Angus beef!!!

[Inchworm]

38. Oh my!

I love a good meal like that.

What you are having sounds delicious. brt

[EstimatedProphet]

40. Everything but the fried chicken

I'd take fried chicken livers instead though :9

[Aristus]

41. My ideal Southern meal:

Chicken-fried steak with gravy.
Mashed Potatoes.
Snap-beans with bacon and onions.
Corn-on-the-cob with plenty of salt and butter
Sweet iced tea with sprigs of fresh mint from the garden.
Warm pecan pie with vanilla ice cream for dessert.

I never actually eat this way because DAMN!

Still...GOOD EATIN'! :9

[Lyric]

43. I agree!

That sounds soooo good. :)

[grasswire]

88. I can cook southern, too

Although I'm nothing but a Yankee (well, I did live in NoVa for six years if that counts). Here's my favorite menu:

Piles of Tidewater spiced shrimps, peel and eat.
Three-citrus parmesan cornmeal mush, in crispy buttery fried squares.
Celeriac remoulade
Watermelon pickles and chow chow
Sliced good tomatoes
Pickled cucumbers and sweet onions
A real ambrosia -- just oranges and coconut
Buttermilk sweet potato biscuits -- so tender!
David Rosengarten's pecan pie
Peach Lanterns -- old fashioned crescent shaped fried peach pies

I collect old regional cookbooks, and love very much to read those from the south. The other day I was reading recipes for cooter dishes, and had to go look up what a "cooter" is. Wow!

[RedEarth]

44. One thing you might add is fried green tomatoes...

it's one of my all time favorites. I go to the farmers market each week in the spring and summer and get all types of fresh veggies and fruit and from time to time I'm able to find the green tomatoes. The fresh peaches this year are unbelievable...it's like eating candy they're so sweet. For the last few weeks I've bought home grown asparagus that has a purple tint to it...it's been outstanding...either chilled and eaten raw or gently steamed with lemon.

Your meal sounds wonderful......I like everything you're serving....I bet you'll get some thumbs-up this evening.

[Lyric]

45. I'd be doing that if we had enough green tomatoes

We get all of our summer tomatoes from my Mom's garden, and hers are all pretty much ripe now. The storebought green tomatoes aren't nearly as good.

[hippywife]

70. Where the heck are you

getting peaches? We're south of Tulsa and the only ones that have been available in the farm markets in Bixby have been very small cling peaches from GA. The guy at one of them said they probably won't be able to get any Porter Peaches in this year because of the late hard frosts. :cry:

[Lyric]

71. West Virginia

We have local crops of cling peaches available for sale right now at the farmer's market.

[hippywife]

73. LOL

I know where you're getting them. I was replying to RedEarth's post #44 since he is in Oklahoma.

[Lyric]

74. Oh! *blush*

I really should pay better attention. Sorry!

[hippywife]

84. No prob.

You're too sweet to get aggravated with. :hi:

[RedEarth]

89. Howdy neighbor.......

Since the Oklahoma peaches aren't ripe yet(usually the first part of July) the peaches I've been buying are from a local farmer in Chandler who in turn gets them from a farm in Texas. In a month or so the guy from Chandler will have his own, but until then he brings them up from Texas. He was saying due to the late freeze he will only get about forty percent of the normal crop. I've been buying from him for years and the quality of his produce has always been excellent. He's always got his knife ready to cut a sample piece just to make sure you like it before you buy it. I'm heading up there tomorrow to stock up for the week.

[Shell Beau]

46. Of course! I was born in the MS delta and still live in MS! It would

be a disgrace if I didn't!!!! And how could you not?

[anarch]

47. I don't eat the meat, but my gf & I make a vegan version of this fairly frequently

with breaded White Wave chicken-style seitan instead of the fried chicken.

also, fried okra is one of the greatest things in the world.

[ceile]

50. Sounds like heaven.

Now just throw in some fried okra.....:9

[stuntcat]

51. I want ALL that

and some okra and some cornbread too. :9

[kwassa]

53. only Uncle Melvin's fried fish, and white potatoe pie.

I also like sweet potato pie.

Most southern food is too heavy and/or sweet for me. I go to these familiy dinners, and I'm full before I am a third the way through my plate.

[grasswire]

85. what !!?? is white potato pie??!!

Please advise.

[kwassa]

103. White potato pie

is a localized, traditional recipe of the Eastern shore of Maryland, which has a very Southern culture. Most of the other foods would be recognized as traditional Southern dishes. No peach cobbler, though. That was not local.

[grasswire]

106. but what is it?

sweet? savory?

[kwassa]

116. Sweet, like sweet potato pie.

I'm not a baker, so I can't tell you much more than that. It is a dessert, has usually too much sugar for me, but most desserts do, eggs, flour, whatever. It is good!

[grasswire]

117. I found some recipes.

It's like a pumpkin pie -- a custard. Eggs, sugar, spices, cream, and mashed potatoes. Who woulda thought!

[supernova]

56. Me Me Me!!

Wonderful dinner you have planned there.

The food is one of the main reasons I stick around the South.

[Reader Rabbit]

59. Rule #1: If it's fried, it's good. n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

62. Now you're talking real food.

[Sequoia]

64. Fried Okra.

Banna pudding with Nilla Wafers.

[crim son]

66. Yes, yes, yes.

And yes.

[MissMillie]

67. peach cobbler!!!

I love anything w/ peaches in it!

[wildhorses]

68. granma??

is that you? i'll be home for supper:bounce:

[deadparrot]

69. Not a biscuits and gravy girl...

but everything else sounds fantastic! :9

[DS1]

72. Nope. and moonpies are just vomitastic

[gravity]

76. I just love ham biscuits

but it has to be the good country ham.

[Roon]

77. Nummy!!

I used to drive truck and I loved driving down south because of the food.

[Nikia]

78. Yes except the eggs

No grits for breakfast either. Other than that, it is all good stuff.

[smtpgirl]

79. Me

MD oven Fried chicken breast & wing
mashed potatoes (evaporated milk & unsalted butter)
biscuits
deviled eggs with no relish of any kind (mayonnaise, dijon mustard and ground cayenne pepper)
biscuits
Tomato, Cucumber, and Fresh Mushroom Salad
Homemade Peach Cobbler from white peaches - I live a mile from a peach and apple orchard
Homeade Lemonade, iced tea with lemon no sugar, hard apple cider, and bottled spring water

I am a native of MD

kind of southern, kind of northern




White Peaches - White-fleshed peach varieties were known in europe as early as 1655, although they were so delicate compared to yellow peaches that they nearly disappeared from commercial orchards. Since the 1980's white peaches have enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, and newly developed later-ripening varieties have extended the white peach season to nearly match that of yellow varieties.

Flat or Donut Peaches - New varieties of donut peaches such as the white-fleshed "Saturn" and "Jupiter" have made quite a splash on the US market since the 1990's. The oldest known flat peach variety, the "Peen-to" was introduced to the US from China in 1869, but never became very popular. Today's donut peaches are super-sweet, with creamy, juicy flesh that may be either white or yellow.

[Frogger]

81. Sounds good, how

about this:

Fried country cured ham
black-eyed peas
fresh sliced red tomatoes
green onion
hot peppers
bitter collard greens with ham hocks
cornbread and butter
iced tea or Bud
egg pie or lemon icebox pie

[grasswire]

108. what is egg pie?

Like a custard? What?

[Taverner]

82. Well I had Carolina BBQ this week

I like it - I like Texas BBQ too...both are fucking awesome in their own way.

Carolina BBQ goes better with Collard Greens.

Texas BBQ goes better with those ranchero beans.

[smtpgirl]

83. Carolina is the way to go vinegary, not sugary

not into sugar or vinegar, but NC is the bomb.

TX and KC barbeque too sweet, Memphis BBQ is a happy medium.

I am a dry rib lover, hate all of that sauce, want to taste the meat, so my sauce is always on the side.

http://www.redhotandblue.com/

This is my favorite BBQ joint



The potato salad is to DIE FOR~~~~

Southern food is stick to your ribs food, so I'm choosy with what I eat. I like to enjoy food, not feel full.

But if you put a cheesecake on the table, all bets are off.

[gravity]

92. Carolina BBQ is heaven

I had the best BBQ today from a store in Irvington Virginia

[grasswire]

86. technically.....

...I don't think your cobbler recipe is really a cobbler. I think it's a crisp. A cobbler is made with white flour topping. A crisp is made with oatmeal-brown sugar-buttery topping.

[Lyric]

98. Well, my recipe is different because

I basically turn the oatmeal into oat flour by pulverizing it, and use a 1/2 cup of it (as opposed to 1 1/2 cups of regular white flour). It makes it taste a little richer, but doesn't change the texture much at all. I've never seen anyone else do it that way, though. I also use a mixture of brown and white sugar, instead of just plain white sugar. :)

[Redstone]

87. Can you please come mop up the puddle of drool in my lap? Gaw Damn. I want some.

No, not some, I want ALL. Especially the legs & thighs; them there are the best parts for frying.

Redstone

[XemaSab]

90. Fried bluegill, chicken bog, and green beans...

please. :9

(ps Chicken bog can be made with seitan and it's still AWESOME! :9 )

[grasswire]

99. what the hell is chicken bog?

And what the hell is seitan?

[XemaSab]

111. There are recipes on the internets

It's basically rice and meat cooked together.

Seitan is like fake chicken meat for veg-heads, and works well in lieu of actual critters. :)

[GalleryGod]

91. I'd rather Eat Glass.

[Redstone]

93. Good deal. All the more real food for me, while you eat your glass.

I won't complain about having to eat your share.

Redstone

[datasuspect]

107. meth or beer bottles?

[u4ic]

94. I haven't had a lot of it, to be honest

I'm not into deep fried foods, and don't eat wheat or gluten products, so that eliminates the biscuits, gravy and cobbler.


The salad, eggs and lemonade sound good. :hi:




(I've liked the Cajun food I've had, mind you...)

[bamacrat]

95. Hell yes.

Throw in some chicken livers, grits, greens and you got one hell of a meal.

[DawgHouse]

96. Oh yum!

My fav: fried potatoes, pinto beans, cornbread and greens. A meal fit for a king (or queen!)

[shanti]

97. works for me!

:hi: i'll pass on the okra and chitlins tho!

[bearfan454]

100. I love it nt

[sniffa]

101. wow, i'm saLivating here

i may have to cook some tonight. :hi:

[KG]

102. used to think it was good till i lived in the rural south, found real southern

cookin meant frying everything to a unrecognizable lump. including salmon. :(

[Common Sense Party]

104. No, not really. Too bland and greasy for the most part.

Yes, I love deviled eggs, mashed potatoes, biscuits--but then, that's not exclusive to the South by any means.

[Jamastiene]

105. Oh, please, shut up.

I'm trying to keep from gaining too much more weight this summer. :P

In other words: Oh God, yes,I do love southern food, far too much. It's it simply the best. Scrumptious...and also sort of fattening.

[BluePatriot]

109. That sounds great, mmmm....

Have you ever tried putting red caviar instead of paprika as garnish on the deviled eggs? It's so good. Not as expensive as you'd think ($4 to $5 for a tin of the stuff) and everyone gets curious, eats it up, and thinks you're loaded.

http://splendidtable.publicradio.org/recipes/misc_deviledeggs.html

[misanthrope]

110. Talk about a slice of heaven!...

...I loved childhood summer respites at my grandparents' houses. Our menus sounded much like that, lots of cornbread, snap peas, field peas, butter beans, pole beans, fried okra, fresh tomatoes slices with nothing more than salt and pepper, greens of various sorts, fresh corn (on the cob and sometimes creamed), sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes that were turned into potato patties the next day, Georgia peaches in cream with sugar on top, watermelon, homemade ice cream, and on and on. And of course, big ol' glasses (preferably Mason jars) of sweet tea to go with it all.

Man, I'm getting hungry.

[enigmatic]

112. you betcha

And I'm gettin' hungry!

[cemaphonic]

113. Interesting factoid I picked up from an Indian cookbook.

Typical rural Punjabi dinner?

Cornmeal mush and mustard greens.

[Heidi]

114. I love everything on your menu except for the sweet tea.

I've always drunk ice tea without sugar just because I prefer it that way. I do love some okra and fried green tomatoes and buttermilk-and-flour-coated deep fried yellow squash, too. YUM!

[bridgit]

115. sure, i guess, if it's good enough for Zell Miller...

:shrug: