That’s exactly what she talked about - having cornbread and milk for a meal growing up.
I’m going there for dinner tonight - I wonder if we’ll be having that cornbread!
I love grits! And one or two fried green tomatoes- they are a but sour too have very many. So I guess I’ll survive here after all. Just have to keep my mouth shut about the cornbread!
What other foods are southern?
SOUTHERN EATS
We love candy - divinity, pecan pralines, fudge
desserts - peach cobbler, pecan pie, meringue pies
vegetables - collard greens, okra, squash (not a fav here), string beans, tomatoes,potatoes, Vidalia Onions
meat/fish -BBQ, catfish, turkey and cornbread dressing,Texas loves chicken fried steak, fried chicken, chicken and dumplings, shrimp and seafood gumbos, pulled pork
beverage - bourbon, sweet tea with a splash of Welch’s grape juice added (my GM kept a beautiful pitcher of this on her dining table at every meal. It was the way we youngsters learneD to drink iced dea. Still have that beautiful pitcher in my china cabinet. Oh, and in Texas many of us drink nothing but Dr. Pepper (some even subbing this for the caffeine in coffee (hand raised)
Basically the same foods eaten elsewhere, just a twist of some substitution or addition to make them our own :)
For instance pickles - sweet gherkins, chow chow, watermelon rind pickles and sweet pickle relish LOL, see what is meant about Southerners and sweetness? :)
Here are a number of sites which might help give you ideas.
http://thesouthernladycooks.com/
http://www.southernliving.com/food/kitchen-assistant/southern-cooking-recipes
http://allrecipes.com/recipes/us-recipes/southern/
http://southern.food.com/
http://www.mrfood.com/editors-picks/country-cooking-48-best-loved-southern-comfort-recipes
http://farmflavor.com/category/recipes/theme/southern/
http://www.mommyskitchen.net/2008/06/old-fashioned-classics-soul-food.html
http://www.mamas-southern-cooking.com/
http://southernfood.about.com/
http://www.soulfoodandsoutherncooking.com/
http://www.southernstates.com/articles/southern-cooking-recipes.aspx
Of course, anything served becomes more enjoyable with friends and family gathered round the table.
Southern cooking is comfort, home and family. We do what we can with whatever we’ve got :)
I’m from Appalachia. Chocolate gravy on biscuits, kilt or killed greens, and ramps are some of the foods we eat. Except I don’t like ramps, too strong and stinky. lol My father always ate leftover cornbread crumbled up in buttermilk.