South for the Mouth

[Ag®o]

I live in northern Italy, and I'm not sure I recognize that pizza; Maybe rocket, cherry tomatoes and parmesan flakes?
Very light pizza hahaha

 

[sablebrush52]

Love any of the Cajun dishes I've had, including chicken stuffed with alligator stuffing, love collard greens, catfish, and of course, chili, which I've been making for decades.

 

[sablebrush52]

Funny culture shock story. When stationed in Frankfurt, Germany I learned that Pom Frittes (French Fries) are served with Mayonnaise alongside instead of ketchup. — When I turned my nose up at the idea, the German Gal I was with asked me, “What do you make potato salad with? Do you use Ketchup? No you wouldn’t.”

I never forgot her words. She’s right!

Of course…. Ketchup on a Hot Dog is the Truth!

Frite sauce, which has a mayonnaise base, with Indonesian spices, is delicious!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Southern food is influenced by so many cultures it's mind boggling. Native American, African, Spanish (Spain), German, Scottish, English, I'm sure I missed a few. It's the melting pot of American cuisine.

Mexican, Cajun!

In any event, I'm not sure vinegar based potato salad is particularly Southern.

 

[sablebrush52]

Mexican, Cajun!

In any event, I'm not sure vinegar based potato salad is particularly Southern.

When I was growing up vinegar based potato salad was called German potato salad. Maybe it's from southern Germany.

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

As a resident of Georgia, I'm very lucky to eat home cookin whenever I please. My family and my wife's family make great southern food, and there's no shortage of local joints that make great food also.

I enjoy fried chicken, fried livers or ox tail. With a side collard greens, black eyed peas, slaw and sweet tea. Of course a piece of cornbread, or a cat head. It's hard to pick just one meal, but I could eat that every day. Or BBQ.

A pipe is my favorite thing for dessert after a big meal like that. Kick my feet up and refill my sweet tea and light a bowl. Perfection....

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

Liver and onions with collard greens and cornbread....that's food, Bubba....

And in Central Texas, good German schnitzel. And Weinstephaner pilsner is the best!

I love fried livers and gizzard. Liver and onions is a delight.

 

[jpmcwjr]

When I was growing up vinegar based potato salad was called German potato salad. Maybe it's from southern Germany.

Ja! Thanks for the reminder- it was so in my youth in Illinois! The MidWest is sprinkled heavily with descendants of German farmers.

 

[anotherbob]

I don't know. But I do know that I thought collards sucked until I got the right recipe for them. Actually less of a recipe and more a few tiny esoteric tricks.

 

[sablebrush52]

South can mean something other than US. I worked in northern Italy for a time and found the food selection very limited and bland. Traveled south and the culinary appeal opened up tremendously. Pasted below is a pic of my pizza that I ordered upon arrival to northern Italy. I was like, Whaaaa? They no slicey the pie and where is the meat? ?

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That doesn't look like anything I had in Northern Italy. Pizza changes from south to north. Americans are much more used to southern Italian styles, or made up "Italian" dishes like spaghetti with meatballs in red sauce.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I had a few pizzas like that in Rome. Some with fewer toppings!

 

[MRW]

I live in northern Italy, and I'm not sure I recognize that pizza; Maybe rocket, cherry tomatoes and parmesan flakes?
Very light pizza hahaha

I hated my stay there. I was depressed 10 months out of the year. Had to get my Italian drivers license after one year and it was not offered in English. The women are so ugly, except for Milan but don't dare drive there. Get pulled over at the whim of the police. I HATE loli-pops now. Country strapped for energy and beef.....just gross!

 

[Grangerous]

How did we get from Alabama to Italy?

 

[Rockyrepose]

I could eat grits with every meal.

 

[johnbarleycorn]

Mississippi delta style tamales.
And of course southern fried catfish.

 

[Mr_houston]

I’m from Texas and my wife is from Charleston, so we eat a broad array of southern food in our family.

This week, I fried up some quail from a hunt and a pot of gravy.

 

[Tar Wheel]

I went to Varsity once while working in GA. Did not understand the hype. Who puts cole slaw on a hot dog? ?

I do. The classic Carolina dog consists of mustard, no-bean chili, coleslaw, and chopped onions. Extra points for a buttered, toasted bun. If you order a hot dog “all the way” around here, that’s how it will come.

 

[DanWil84]

Hmmmm American cuisine may not be refined, but it sounds delish. Just one question: how can you prefer, as a Texan, fried chicken above brisket or even better slow cooked chuck? Your living in a state with 10 times more cows than humans....

 

[monty55]

South can mean something other than US. I worked in northern Italy for a time and found the food selection very limited and bland. Traveled south and the culinary appeal opened up tremendously. Pasted below is a pic of my pizza that I ordered upon arrival to northern Italy. I was like, Whaaaa? They no slicey the pie and where is the meat? ?

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This looks like a Neapolitan pizza... from Naples

 

[monty55]

Mmmm, potato salad. Mustard or Mayo?? This preference seems to differ even here in the south.

Either, but I prefer a Bavarian style... vinegar based with bacon and sliced green olives served warm.