Southern foods

RadishRose said:
Oh buttermilk is wonderful, and I love collards and the liquor.

I never had much of the eastern southern things like bbq, what is Pig pickin cake or Pig pickin?

I did have red-eye gravy, forgot about that but I don't know how, because it's great!
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Eastern NC bbq is vinegar based which may not sound good but is quite tasty. A pig pickin is a gathering where a whole pig cooked slow on a usually homemade grill. Slaw and potato salad is served along with a cake. I'm sure there's many variations. The pork is chopped and served with more vinegar based sauce containing red pepper flakes. Unique compared with red sauce type barbeque and is an old tradition in this part of NC.
A barbeque sandwich consists of this barbecue on a hamburger roll topped with slaw.
 

Chicken based chines style stir fry.

Of course everything is chopped up small so you can eat it with chopsticks if you are so inclined.

Ingredients are easy to come by.

Rice, peppers, green onions, water chestnuts, celery,

Cook the rice. Let it sit over night. (It works better a day old).

Then put all the ingredients in a fry pan with butter and cooking oil.

Stir this all together. Then make room for an egg and scramble it and add it to the mixture.

And of course soya sauce.

Lots of left over stuff can be used as well.

My other lunch favorite is grilled cheese sandwich with sliced dill pickles inside.

A can of beer (optional) makes my day.

Buon appetite
 
The first time I went to Georgia I thought oh yes I am home. Aside from the fact the people were sweeter and more friendly than any I had met before; it was the food that spoke to me. Grits, biscuits and gravy, fried okra, pecan praline to name a few.

Years ago I had a friend who would bake me a home made sweet potato pie for my birthday each year. It was so good. Far better than a pumpkin pie IMO.
 

hearlady said:
Eastern NC bbq is vinegar based which may not sound good but is quite tasty. A pig pickin is a gathering where a whole pig cooked slow on a usually homemade grill. Slaw and potato salad is served along with a cake. I'm sure there's many variations. The pork is chopped and served with more vinegar based sauce containing red pepper flakes. Unique compared with red sauce type barbeque and is an old tradition in this part of NC.
A barbeque sandwich consists of this barbecue on a hamburger roll topped with slaw.
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Thanks Hearlady!- we call a pig picken a "pig roast", so mystery solved. I don't think I ever had eastern BBQ sauce, but now that you describe it I think I did hear it was vinegary in the Carolinas. Sometime I'll see if I can find bottle.
 
I love all southern foods as I grew up in Greenville SC,I love corn bread fried chicken and mashed potatoes and gravy and grits ,so many good southern foods to enjoyleah
 
Aunt Bea said:
Pimento cheese sandwiches!

Greens or green beans with smoked pork, garlic, a hot pepper pod or two and maybe a few walnut sized red potatoes to make it a meal.

Soup beans and corn bread.

Coconut cake, the kind that sits in the refrigerator for a couple of days before it is served.
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A great big yes to everything except the coconut cake...I think coconut is an acquired taste I never acquired. The pimento cheese spread is impossible to find in NorCal, so had to learn to make it myself, and love it on nearly everything, especially hamburgers. Beans without cornbread is like cherry pie without a glass of milk. I remember the sort of green beans you mention, but never yet found a recipe that replicates what I remember.
 
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In Texas smoked brisket is probably #1 on our plates but all the goodies listed here go with it. A big chicken fried steak smothered is white gravy is not hard to find here either.
 
fmdog44 said:
I have been using Tobasco all the years of my life thanks to my dad. Love it on almost everything.
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Me too fmdog. I started as a young boy with just a drop or two in homemade soup. Now I grow the peppers and make my own sauce. Being on a low salt diet I omit the salt in mine. Just peppers and vinegar.
 
Aunt Bea; Pimento cheese sandwiches ! My mom used to make pimento cheese from scratch and it was really good......in the stores locally is Mrs. Weaver's and it's pretty darn good for store bought. [ATTACH type="full" said:
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fmdog44 said:
...A big chicken fried steak smothered is white gravy is not hard to find here either.
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Please don't remind me, LOL. I look horrible when turned green with envy! We love chicken-fried steak and it's almost impossible to find a decent version out here. I can make it very well at home,but then we eat double portions because...well, I hardly ever make it so we 'pig out'!

However, there's been an increase in soul food restaurants in our area, so dishes like gumbo, shrimp and grits, and chicken 'n' waffles (the latter being one that may or may not be Southern, or Pennsylvanian, or ?? (Wiki gives a good rundown of its many appearances: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_and_waffles), have been easy to find in the last couple of years.
 
fmdog44 said:
In Texas smoked brisket is probably #1 on our plates but all the goodies listed here go with it. A big chicken fried steak smothered is white gravy is not hard to find here either.
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love a good chicken fried steak, gravy, mashed potatoes and cornbread! Add a glass of sweet tea or milk and I am there!!
 
I used to live in the french quarter of new orleans and i learned to love red beans and rice with smoked suasage and, of course a good chewy french bread. Nearly every restuarant in the city serves it on mondays.

Interesting history of this dish. In the old days woman always washed clothes on mondays, a rough chore when done by hand. The ladies, however, still had to feed the kids and the hubby when he came home from work. So, she had no time to cook. The answer was to soak the beans overnite, and in the morning drain the beans, add fresh water, smoked ham hocks, some spices, chopped: Onions, celery, and green peppers (called the holy trinity in new orleans) cover and simmer all day on the back of the stove. An hour before her family came home ,she would add the smoked sausage. Then at the last minute all she had to do was start the rice.
A simple dish but just fabulous.
 
Homemade Pimento cheese swirled with smoked chipotle sauce, usually with Wheat Crackers. Very good and depending on how heavy-handed you get with the Chipotle Sauce, it will lite you up. I make my own.
 
You people made me want to go home, I'm stuck here with all these yankee's around me, I cook grits in the morning, still make cornbread, my wife's on a walker now so I do all the cooking , house cleaning , clothes, exc., I cook for eight on thursday, and some saturday's, most day there are people here visiting.
 

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