From Garden and Gun Magazine (really?). And there's an interactive map. OSG, the floor is yours. Christmas is around the corner so no recipe this week, just the list, enjoy! OSG is traveling to his people's land for Christmas, let's see if he can knock a few of these off on the trip.
MEAT
- Beef Jerky, Bourgeois Meat Market, Thibodaux, Louisiana
- Burger with Gin Sauce, Pirate’s Cove, Josephine, Alabama
- Catfish of Pork, B.E. Scott’s Bar-B-Que, Lexington, Tennessee
- Cheesy Western, Texas Tavern, Roanoke, Virginia
- Chicken Liver Pâté, FIG, Charleston, South Carolina
- Chicken Salad and Saltines, James Food Center, Oxford, Mississippi
- Chicken Stew, Midway BBQ, Buffalo, South Carolina
- Chili-Slaw Dog, Nu-Way Weiners, Macon, Georgia
- Conecuh Sausage Dog, Conecuh Factory and Retail Store, Evergreen, Alabama
- Cornish Game Hen, Cozy Corner, Memphis, Tennessee
- Cuban Sandwich, Kool Korners Grocery, Atlanta, Georgia
- Fried Chicken, Willie Mae’s Scotch House, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Fried Rabbit Livers with Pepper Jelly, Cochon, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Hash and Rice, Neal’s Barbecue, Thomson, Georgia
- Hot Fried Chicken, Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack, Nashville, Tennessee
- Hot Sausage Wrap, Southside Market, Elgin, Texas
- Hot Tamales, White Front Café, aka Joe’s Hot Tamale Place, Rosedale, Mississippi
- Inside-Out Hot Brown, Wallace Station, Versailles, Kentucky
- Mutton Sandwich, George’s Bar-B-Q, Owensboro, Kentucky
- Pig Ear Sandwich, Big Apple Inn, Jackson, Mississippi
- Pimento Burger, Kingsman Restaurant, Cayce, South Carolina
- Pork Chop Sandwich, Snappy Lunch, Mt. Airy, North Carolina
- Pork Neck Bones and Rice, The Sands, Nashville, Tennessee
- Pork Rinds, Kim’s Processing Plant, Clarksdale, Mississippi
- Porterhouse Steak, Doe’s Eat Place, Greenville, Mississippi
- Redneck Taco, Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint, Nolensville, Tennessee
- Ribs, Archibald’s Bar-B-Q, Northport, Alabama
- Roast Beef Po’boy, Parasol’s Restaurant & Bar, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Scrambled Hot Dog, Dinglewood Pharmacy, Columbus, Georgia
- Slaw Burger, R.O.’s Bar-B-Cue, Gastonia, North Carolina
- Sliced Pork Sandwich with Slaw, Craig’s Bar-B-Q, De Valls Bluff, Arkansas
- Soul Spaghetti, Collins Dream Kitchen, Jackson, Mississippi
- Spread, McClard’s Bar-B-Q, Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Stew Dog, Harold’s Barbecue, Atlanta, Georgia
- Stewed Oxtails, McKinley’s Bar-B-Que & Soul Food, Ensley, Alabama
- Whole Hog Plate, Scott’s Variety Store, Hemingway, South Carolina
- BBQ Crabs, Sartin’s Seafood, Nederland, Texas
- Boiled Crawfish, Hawk’s Restaurant, Rayne, Louisiana
- Campechana Extra, Goode Company Seafood 1, Houston, Texas
- Crawfish Fried Rice, Hank’s Cajun Crawfish, Houston, Texas
- Deviled Crabs, Wall’s Bar-B-Que Restaurant, Savannah, Georgia
- Fish and Chips, Avenue Sea, Apalachicola, Florida
- Fried Mullet Gizzards, Chet’s Catering and Seafood Restaurant, Pensacola, Florida
- Fried Red Snapper Throats, The Bright Star, Bessemer, Alabama
- Fried Shrimp, O’Steen’s Restaurant, St. Augustine, Florida
- Grouper Sandwich, Seagrove Village Market Café, Seagrove Beach, Florida
- Hot Fish Sandwich, Bolton’s Spicy Chicken and Fish, Nashville, Tennessee
- Oyster Po’Boy, Bozo’s Seafood Restaurant, Metairie, Louisiana
- Oyster Stew, Speed’s Kitchen, Shellman Bluff, Georgia
- Pan-Fried Trout and Scrambled Eggs, The Greenbrier, Main Dining Room, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
- Roasted Oysters, Bowens Island, Charleston, South Carolina
- Rolled Oysters, Mazzoni’s Café, Louisville, Kentucky
- Salmon Croquettes, Watershed, Decatur, Georgia
- Shrimp Buster, Herby-K’s, Shreveport, Louisiana
- Smoked Mullet Dip, The Wheelhouse Café, Apalachicola, Florida
- Thick Fried Catfish, Taylor Grocery & Restaurant, Taylor, Mississippi
- Thin Fried Catfish, Middendorf’s, Manchac, Louisiana
- Trout Caviar, Sunburst Trout Farm, Canton, North Carolina
- Beans All the Way, The Bean Barn, Greeneville, Tennessee
- Deviled Eggs, Sally Bell’s Kitchen, Richmond, Virginia
- Egg and Green Olive Sandwich, Trowbridge’s, Florence, Alabama
- Fried Black-Eyed Peas, Ashley’s, Capital Hotel, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Fried Green Tomatoes, Arnold’s Country Kitchen, Nashville, Tennessee
- Grits with Butter, Zada Jane’s Corner Café, Charlotte, North Carolina
- House Salad with Comeback Dressing, Mayflower, Jackson, Mississippi
- Italian Salad, Mary Maestri’s, Tontitown, Arkansas
- Kool-Aid Pickles, Eastend Grocery, Cleveland, Mississippi
- Krinkle Kut Fries with Milo’s Sauce, Milo’s Hamburgers, Birmingham, Alabama
- Macaroni and Cheese, L.D.’s Kitchen, Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Okra Soup, Bertha’s Kitchen, North Charleston, South Carolina
- Pimento Cheese and Crackers, Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tennessee
- Pot Likker Soup, Mary Mac’s Tea Room, Atlanta, Georgia
- Red Beans (and Drumsticks), Frenchy’s Chicken, Houston, Texas
- Red Rice, Hominy Grill, Charleston, South Carolina
- Soufflé Potatoes with Béarnaise, Galatoire’s, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Sriracha Remoulade, Reef, Houston, Texas
- Stewed Tomatoes, Niki’s West, Birmingham, Alabama
- Sweet Potato Casserole, Weaver D’s, Athens, Georgia
- Turnip Greens, Taqueria del Sol, Atlanta, Georgia
- Buttermilk Biscuits, Biscuitville, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Cathead Biscuit with Tabasco Bacon, Big Bad Breakfast, Oxford, Mississippi
- Cheese Straws, McEntyre’s Bakery, Smyrna, Georgia
- Cornbread, Highlands Bar and Grill, Birmingham, Alabama
- Corn Muffins, Martin’s, Montgomery, Alabama
- Cracklin’ Hoe Cake, Brooks Shaw’s Old Country Store, Jackson, Tennessee
- Pigfat Cornbread, Skylight Inn, Ayden, North Carolina
- Praise the Lard Biscuits, Beacon Light Tea Room, Bon Aqua, Tennessee
- Boiled Peanut Cotton Candy, McCrady’s, Charleston, South Carolina
- Caramel Cake, Buck’s One Stop, Calhoun City, Mississippi
- Chocolate Peanut Brittle, Good Earth Peanut Company, Skippers, Virginia
- Coconut Pie, Jim ’N Nick’s Bar-B-Q, Birmingham, Alabama
- Devil’s Food Donut, Spalding’s Bakery, Lexington, Kentucky
- Fried Coconut Pie, Mrs. Armstrong’s Fried Pies, Centerville, Tennessee
- Fried Peach Pie, The Varsity, Atlanta, Georgia
- Modjeska, Muth’s Candy Store, Louisville, Kentucky
- Muscadine Meringue Tartlette, Carrboro Farmers’ Market, Carrboro, North Carolina
- Pecan Pie, Brigtsen’s, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Pecan Waffle, Waffle House, Avondale Estates, Georgia
- Pink Velvet Salad, Crystal Grill, Greenwood, Mississippi
- Strawberry Cake, Westside Bar-B-Que, New Albany, Mississippi
9 comments:
Mmmmm....I'm having Homer Simpson moments over my keyboard. There's good food here in Maine, but three things they definitely do not get are:
1. REAL biscuits
2. hush puppies
3. Virginia ham (the salty, flaky kind, not the baked squishy stuff)
Looks like I know what I want for Christmas...
I'm afraid to ask what the HECK "Catfish of Pork" could possibly even BE!
I can't believe there's no mention of such things as jambalaya, gumbo or crawfish ettouffe (the latter particularly from the Trauth House in Kenner, LA, although I don't know if they've survived Katrina, to be honest.)
BTW, the Garden & Gun magazine link didn't work for me.
Tell the guy in Maine to order from Savannah Gourmet - grits, green pepper jelly, georgia peach preserves, pepper jelly farm organic preserves, and more!
check out my site:
http://savannahgourmetfood.com
thanks - and to my sister in Falmouth, Maine - hang tough - power should be back soon!!!
I'm definitely NOT a southern girl, as most of these do not sound appetizing to me.
I thought I was the only one who liked "Egg and Green Olive Sandwich". The guy I dated in college thought I was nuts for eating this combo.
AT - I guess you can take the boy out of the South, but not the South out of the boy. Enjoy the treats - the Internet is a wonderful tool!
Lana - I was surprised at the lack of New Orleans cuisine as well!
Kim - thanks for stopping by - do I get a cut of any sales? :)
C - um, ick.
Where to start (mouth watering), where to start? Great Southern food possibilities are endless it seams, and a few listed here are happily familiar to me. As a “Coastal Southerner”, I’m used to “southern food” meaning mostly seafood: shrimp, blue crab, salt and fresh water (from the swamps) fish. But I’ve sampled my fair share of main-land, southern delights too.
From the list I see mention of a chili-slaw dog from Macon, Georgia. I don’t know much about Nu-Way Wieners, but the chili-slaw dog of choice in Savannah comes from Tanner’s on Broughton Street in the old downtown area. Tanner’s is famous for their dogs, and the addition of chili and slaw (very wet) meads that you have to eat them with a fork from the little cardboard box their served in. Eat the chili-slaw dog with some of Tanner’s famous onion rings and a fresh orange soda and you have a seriously delicious meal. Tanner’s is a small lunch counter, and if you want to eat in, you have to stand at a chest-high counter opposite the grill to eat.
When I was a kid, we used to order out and have a picnic on Oglethorpe Square.
Another good bet for a great chili-slaw dog is Savannah’s legendary Crystal Beer Parlor on West Jones Street. They are also famous for their burgers and thick-cut onion rings, and the ghost of Smitty. Smitty was among the first waiters to work at Crystal Beer Parlor when it opened in 1933. I remember eating at “the Beer Parlor” with my grandparents when I was just big enough to see over the edge of the table, and Smitty was our favorite waiter. He died in the late 1990s and staff says Smitty’s ghost likes to change the CDs in the stereo system to play Christmas music even in summer time.
Topic for another article: the “Upside Down” chili dog … everything served chopped up in a big styrofoam tumbler and eaten with a spoon.
Let’s move inland for a bit, and visit the old cotton and textile mill city of Gastonia, North Carolina. I’ve spent some happy times in this south-central North Carolina town visiting with my mother’s extended family of aunts, uncles and too many cousins to count. We visited Gastonia for nearly every Thanksgiving I can remember growing up, and conveniently, R.O.’s BBQ was on the way into town on Hwy. 321. R.O.’s is famous in my heart for their secret recipe “barbecue slaw”. It’s really more of a sauce based on very finely chopped cabbage slaw mixed with bbq sauce. I consider an R.O.’s chopped pork bbq sandwich with a heapin’ amount of bbq slaw to be southern food perfection. When ever the family gathers near Gastonia for reunions, I gladly stop in at R.O.’s for a quart of bbq slaw. It is a great topping for any meat really … and I’ve been known to eat it directly from the container with a spoon.
Let’s head down to north-central Georgia where we can visit the legendary institution which is the Varsity. Too much history to recap here, but I will saw that the Varsity chili-dogs, with or without slaw and other toppings, are phenomenal and I whenever I make food recommendations for Atlanta and Athens, I make sure to include the Varsity. Paired with the famous Varsity onion rings and a chocolate milk shake is really the best way to go. I love peach pie, but the Varsity fried peach pie is too much like McDonald’s apple pies. I simply can’t be bothered and I don’t want to crowd the chilidog and o-rings.
Rating good seafood in the South, in my estimation, is like rating good bagels in New York. Wherever you go in the South, seafood is being served everywhere. Fried shrimp and fish are on nearly every menu, and when there is a gifted southern cook in the kitchen, you can’t go wrong. In Savannah, I actually prefer the seafood served at several Carey Hilliard’s restaurants around town. Carey Hilliard’s is a true Savannah institution and is still one of the few restaurants where you can get curb service. You know, with the car hops and the metal tray hooked to the driver’s side window. I think they have the best fried shrimp in the Savannah area and theirs are the only fried oysters that I truly crave.
I’m taking Mrs. OSG and Little OSG down to Dixie for Christmas this year for a 5-day eating marathon. On the Christmas day menu at my mom’s house: shrimp, oyster stew, okra rice, sweet potato soufflé, coconut cake, pecan sandies, etc., etc. … (mouth watering again). -OSG
Nothing like having to lay your head on the table after one-too-many hoe cakes...
I moved to central Florida 4 years ago and am NEEDING real southern food. I am currently pregnant and craving Milos Hamburgers and Golden Rule BBQ both in Birmingham.
Have not visited most of these but have been to Wallace Station in Versailles, KY. If you are nearby stop in. But do not go out of your way to go there. It is okay on two visits but nothing special at all.
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