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

[planomateo]

My Toast 10, 13, 14, 3, 4, possibly 7.

Has to have a nice crunch to it for me if I'm gonna eat toast. Sourdough preferably as well.

 

[TerryP]

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

this thread was about controversial food takes on southern food...

Is butter on bread a southern thing?

 

[Bamabww]

Butter on / in biscuits definitely southern. I’ll bet the Yankees brought toast down here during reconstruction.

 

[RollllTide!]

Butter on / in biscuits definitely southern. I’ll bet the Yankees brought toast down here during reconstruction.

The real history of toast
Not so fast blaming the yankees. In the beginning (or near enough), there was bread. But in the beginning there was no grocery store, baker, fridge or freezer, so a lot of this bread became stale. Probably at some point, somebody got fed up with stale bread and tossed a piece of it in the fire, or at least meant to. Instead, it landed nearby, browned in the glow of the flames, someone found it, bit into it, and voila: toast. A lot of early inventions must have sparked from such frustration.

The Egyptians generally get credit for leavened bread: the British Museum houses 5,000 year old Egyptian loaves, and King Tut was buried with a stalk of wheat, the symbol of Royalty. But Romans usually get the credit for toast. Whether they actually discovered that fire plus bread equals an entirely different savory golden-brown treat, or whether they just liked the idea and popularized it, is uncertain, but either way they took charge of the branding. “Tostum” is Latin for scorched, and toast was made by putting stale bread on a stone near fire, and later, on a wire frame over fire.

 

[TUSKtimes]

The real history of toast
Not so fast blaming the yankees. In the beginning (or near enough), there was bread. But in the beginning there was no grocery store, baker, fridge or freezer, so a lot of this bread became stale. Probably at some point, somebody got fed up with stale bread and tossed a piece of it in the fire, or at least meant to. Instead, it landed nearby, browned in the glow of the flames, someone found it, bit into it, and voila: toast. A lot of early inventions must have sparked from such frustration.

The Egyptians generally get credit for leavened bread: the British Museum houses 5,000 year old Egyptian loaves, and King Tut was buried with a stalk of wheat, the symbol of Royalty. But Romans usually get the credit for toast. Whether they actually discovered that fire plus bread equals an entirely different savory golden-brown treat, or whether they just liked the idea and popularized it, is uncertain, but either way they took charge of the branding. “Tostum” is Latin for scorched, and toast was made by putting stale bread on a stone near fire, and later, on a wire frame over fire.

Cool! Got any info on Bar BQ?

 

[RollllTide!]

Cool! Got any info on Bar BQ?

Yes. BBQ originated in the carribean. The Spaniards discovered that method of cooking and brought it to the southern states. It ain't a Yankee traditional way of cooking.

Regionally BBQ starts out in the south east with whole pig cooked low and slow and GA & AL with pulled pork and ribs. The further west you go the more beef and ribs you see with Lousiana bringing ham. It's weird that Texicans don't do pulled pork as a rule except in chain restaurants.( They boil their ribs so they don't count.) Texicans do pork ribs and they are good

Memphis is about the best representation of traditional BBQ but I believe Big Bob Gibson in North AL has won just about all the contest you can win.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Toast was pretty much someone going, It was good when I cooked it one time so I bet it is twice as good if I cook it again.

 

[planomateo]

Good stuff

Over easy eggs on top of biscuits and gravy.

 

[rick4bama]

Good stuff

Over easy eggs on top of biscuits and gravy.

Will also put it over toast too!

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

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

I don't particularly care for it, but I won't refuse it.

Simply Orange was what I would normally drink. Buuuuuut, I have acid reflux so I try to limit intake of highly acidic drinks like OJ.

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Good stuff

Over easy eggs on top of biscuits and gravy.

You mentioned that earlier ITT, and already had me wanting to try it soon. Posting this pic? Makes me want to try it TONIGHT.

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Brinner (breakfast for dinner), anybody?

Sometimes you're just craving some biscuits and sausage gravy at 8 pm and have to rustle some up...

 

[planomateo]

You mentioned that earlier ITT, and already had me wanting to try it soon. Posting this pic? Makes me want to try it TONIGHT.

It's the only way I eat biscuits and gravy now.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Brinner is pretty much a once-a-month or more thing around here. Sometimes biscuits and gravy, sometimes sausage/bacon and pancakes/waffles, sometimes just eggs with a meat and biscuits or toast.

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Brinner is pretty much a once-a-month or more thing around here. Sometimes biscuits and gravy, sometimes sausage/bacon and pancakes/waffles, sometimes just eggs with a meat and biscuits or toast.

Yeah, same with my house.

It's actually been a couple months since we last had a good brinner. So we're overdue.

Thanks to @planomateo I'm throwing down some biscuits, sausage gravy, eggs and grits tonight after work. Already sent Mrs. SLO on the supplies mission... Lol.

 

[planomateo]

/off the main topic/

Speaking of breakfast, I'll be up in the Great White North next weekend, I'll snap a picture of some hash browns I had up there last time. Nothing fancy, they just used a larger grater to make the potato shavings bigger than what you normally get and the potatoes were outta Whitehall, MT. Had them a few times when I was up there in December.

 

[RollllTide!]

Yeah, same with my house.

It's actually been a couple months since we last had a good brinner. So we're overdue.

Thanks to @planomateo I'm throwing down some biscuits, sausage gravy, eggs and grits tonight after work. Already sent Mrs. SLO on the supplies mission... Lol.

Where is Brinner

 

[bamachine]

Where is Brinner

Down the road from Brunch.

 

[RollllTide!]

Down the road from Brunch.

A million comedians are out if work and your trying to be one .

 

[planomateo]

I put eggs over easy on top of my crispy hash browns this morning, no ketchup.

Back on topic, I don't drink sweet tea and I've never really been a fan of fried chicken.