Posted on 08/15/2015 1:21:38 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Jim Gaff-Again
I had that problem for the longest time - something in the grease made me violently ill... Then I happened to eat a farm fresh chicken (for the first time in decades), and guess what? No worries. Eat it all the time now. Makes me wonder what they are doing to those store-bought birds...
Well said! Some of the healthiest, most long-lived people in the world are Southern and enjoy the distinctive dishes of the region.
As much as I admire President Calvin Coolidge, he died far too young, largely because of his food choices -- a Yankee diet. And as much as the contemptible Jimmy Carter deserves all the scorn he gets (and more), he's been quite healthy until recently. Why? His Southern diet! If only he had embraced the values of the South as well as its cuisine, he could have been a good man instead of a slave to liberalism.
“I’m a good ol’ Rebel”. But I try to watch the fat content...but for the cheese.
I’m privileged to know several genuine southerners who wear the redneck label proudly. They come from long-lived lineage. Most of the parents and grandparents are alive and in their nineties. Many relatives have lived past 100. I always get a second helping of whatever they’re having.
There's a school of thought that a high fat diet is actually good for you. It's known variously as paleo, keto or caveman. A lot of liberal junk "science" over the past few decades pushing a low fat diet has been discredited. That's why I made the point a few posts back that Southern food choices are actually quite good.
I can’t think of anyone that would disagree.
It is damn tasty and you are less likely to have Moslims hanging around to shoot the place up.
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
One can search out those lists of “fattest cities”, all kinds of cities are on there, it seems Mexican food also plays a part in some cities. As they say, moderation.
I stay away from as much processed and store bought as possible. Most tend to trigger a couple of hours of migraine misery.
This is the same AHA that told us to eat margarine instead of butter for decades.
Just dust the chicken with flour instead of dipping in a batter, keep your oil the right temp, and have your chicken pieces cold not room temp when you drop them in the hot oil and it wont be greasy.
Native of SC farm country and I have generally despised most southern food. No idea why. Ate a lot of peanut butter.
Traditional southern food can be unkind to sedentary living. Get out and burn it off, break a sweat as your body was intended. The salt will be sweated out, the fat used as fuel instead of stored. That’s the problem, it’s a diet for an active, hardworking people.
I’m not big on pork but like my fried flounder filet so I guess I could function under a loose version of kosher.
“That’s the problem, it’s a diet for an active, hardworking people.”
I have to say they all work like rented mules. Not much fat on them. (Did I mention scratch made cakes and pies? Homemade ice-cream, too.)
Me too - for the most part... Gone back to the sort of food this article is referring to - Within reason - And I feel WAY better... better than I have in years...
Well no sh!t, but at least you’ll die happy.
I’ve got plenty of problems just from being me that have confounded the quacks all my life but cutting the processed stuff helps a lot.
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