💬 "what’s your most controversial southern food take?"

[RollllTide!]

@TerryP I know that you from South Carolina, but have you heard of Livermush? I have friends from North Carolina around Valdese. I eat it one a year when I go on our trip to build on the church we help. My grandson love it.

@TerryP ...
Only damn liver is worth is putting on a hook in Guntersville lake and catching catfish....period....
And nuthin' good about it fer eatiing

I love liver!! My favorite are a mixture of chicken liver, chicken gizzard, and chicken heart on rice with brown gravy

Can't fo gizzard. Too chewy.

Hearts? Bleh.

Can't even think about liver, gizzard, or that livermush. I love fried sushi. Love bill's bacon on the grill. It's in Fairhope al. Very thick bacon.

 

[TerryP]

 

[XXL TideFan]

To the original intent of the thread (I think?)

Fried chicken. When I was growing up I always got the neck and back when we had chicken.

 

[footballer]

Try frying chicken with no flour or any coating, just naked, in a skillet of lard. The skin will get crispy and delicious, For a dipping sauce or brush on melted butter with a little garlic salt mixed in and for a little adventure, add as much hot sauce as your taste buds will allow.

 

[Bamabww]

Since this thread has evolved so much, have any of you watched the Netflix 4 part series "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat?" (I think that's the order of the title.) Pretty good info and recipes.
We've tried the buttermilk baked chicken, really good.

 

[rick4bama]

Try frying chicken with no flour or any coating, just naked, in a skillet of lard. The skin will get crispy and delicious, For a dipping sauce or brush on melted butter with a little garlic salt mixed in and for a little adventure, add as much hot sauce as your taste buds will allow.

This look so good I save it !

 

[planomateo]

Since this thread has evolved so much, have any of you watched the Netflix 4 part series "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat?" (I think that's the order of the title.) Pretty good info and recipes.
We've tried the buttermilk baked chicken, really good.

I watched the first two, need to finish it.

 

[ElephantStomp]

One of my favorite southern foods is boudin!

 

[TerryP]

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Also, I don't care for tomato gravy or drop biscuits. I like layers and layers kneaded over one another. Easier to tear open to add jam, etc.

Not a huge fan of brown gravy either, unless it has a nice beefy flavor to it (bullion), and it only goes on mashed potatoes for me, nothing else.

Also, jelly is too clumpy and the flavor is too sugary. I find myself tearing my bread/toast/biscuit by trying to spread out the little clumps of jelly in an effort to spread it uniformly. I prefer the smoother texture and the less sugary/more fruity flavor of jam.

And for the same reason I don't like jelly, I also don't like preserves. Of any kind.

 

[planomateo]

I guess @Sgt. Lincoln Osiris you don't drink OJ with pulp either?

 

[TerryP]

Also, jelly is too clumpy and the flavor is too sugary. I find myself tearing my bread/toast/biscuit by trying to spread out the little clumps of jelly in an effort to spread it uniformly. I prefer the smoother texture and the less sugary/more fruity flavor of jam.

And for the same reason I don't like jelly, I also don't like preserves. Of any kind.

I get the sugary aspect of jelly...not a fan myself of one that's too sweet. However, I have to ask.

Ever thought about taking a fork and stirring it up to where it's creamy enough to spread on toast?

Which leads me to another ...

 

[TerryP]

Which leads me to another ...

I'm a #14 guy...maybe #15 depending on what I'm eating.

Which bread/toast type are you?

 

[footballer]

# 11 looks right for me, and pass the apple butter please

 

[bamafan4ever]

Speaking of Mayo..only Hellman's will do and Miracle Whip is the Devil.
Loved Mayo, sugar and bananas on a sandwich as a kid.
White gravy with pepper and sausage over biscuits.
Peanut butter with maple syrup on biscuits even better.
The BEST gravy? KFC!
Muscadines in the form of wine or jelly are awesome.
Having family from Mobile, I loved kumquats growing up too.

 

[Bamabww]

#12 and #16 are the only two I wouldn’t like. Or prefer I should say.

 

[RollllTide!]

Don't know any toast but 1 or 2. All the women in my wife's family burns the bread every time. All her sisters and her mother. It's a family joke.

 

[TerryP]

@RollllTide!, a cook that could burn water...?

 

[Bamabww]

But in all honesty, can toast really be labeled “southern food”?

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Which leads me to another ...

I'm a #14 guy...maybe #15 depending on what I'm eating.

Which bread/toast type are you?

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16.

Goes back to my earlier post about eggs and sopping what's left with toast. I like lightly toasted. I don't care for my toast to be crunchy with a million crumbs going everywhere. 16 is perfect, especially for sopping.

Now, when I sop my oatmeal (which is mich more liquidous than the mixed remains of egg yolk, ketchup and hot sauce that I like), I'll go for 15 for oatmeal.

And depending on the size of my bowl (which depends on if it's a standalone meal or a side), I will enjoy anywhere from 2 to 6 slices of toast. My oatmeal enjoyment consists of eating a minimal amount with the spoon, then dipping my toast in the rest. So less of a "sop" and more of a dipping action going on.