October 11 – Southern Food Heritage Day

Posted October 11, 2020



The thing about Southern food is that it is an amazing combo of lots of different food traditions!


Gumbo from New Orleans.

Even better: beignets from New Orleans!


Hams from Virginia.
Chile from Texas.

Buttermilk biscuits!
Boiled peanuts!
Hush puppies!





Barbecue and sweet potato pie and succotash and fried chicken grits and collard greens...


...and fried green tomatoes and macaroni and cheese and catfish and sweet tea and okra and cornbread...



...and and and!

We have in Southern cooking traditions and innovations from African and African American cooks, French and Acadian cooks, Scottish and Appalachian cooks, Mexican and Seminole cooks, English and European American cooks, Choctaw and Caribbean cooks - and more!

A lot of Southern dishes are considered comfort food. Get your comfort-food on! Enjoy your own or someone else's Southern food heritage today!

Here are my very favorite of all my Southern food faves:





You may have noticed: I like me some carbs!


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