[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

Recently I visited Brennan's and got a copy of their cookbook.

I swear the first ingredient in every recipe is butter. Every single recipe starts with "melt the butter..."

By sheer coincidence I'm sure, Mr. Brennan died of a heart attack at age 45. But dang if that isn't some mighty tasty food.

[Iris7]

Darn, John, that "Hamdog" looks mighty tasty.

[GeronL]

She tackles "The Hamdog." The dish, a specialty of Mulligan's, a suburban bar, is a hot dog wrapped by a beef patty that is deep-fried, covered with chili, cheese and onions, and served on a hoagie bun. Oh yeah: It's also topped with a fried egg and two fistfuls of fries. "The owner says I'm the only girl who can eat a whole one without flinching," Miss Cleaveland said proudly

real pride.

[Junior]

Good ol' Southern cooking killed my mother at the ripe old age of 52. I am really trying not to follow in her footsteps.

[numberonepal]

How can Southerners give up such delicious staples as fried chicken, fried seafood, fried green tomatoes and cornbread slathered in butter?

We won't, so quit trying to make us. It is a losing proposition. Mmmmmm gravy.

[spodefly]

The DamnYankees have been trying to change everything about the South for a couple of centuries now. They want everything to be like Massatwoshits.

Y'all keep your damn hands off our catfish, collards, and cornbread.

[TheRightGuy]

the "Luther Burger," a bacon-cheeseburger served on a Krispy Kreme doughnut"

mmmmm ... lunch!

[ORECON]

My Southern uncle would not eat anything that wasn't fried. He put chicken gravy on his salad to make it palatable. He started rolling his own Bull Durham cigarettes when he was five. He could drive a tractor with one hand and roll one with the other. His doctor kept telling him it would kill him if he didn’t change his diet and quit smoking. It caught up with him at 89.