Gizzards are not chicken balls, they are part of the chicken's stomach. You do realize that the outer casing of all sausages are intestines.
@evilproducer01 Жыл бұрын
Sort of a stomach. Think of it a kind of a pre-stomach. Birds have no teeth, so they typically eat small stones that reside in the gizzard, when the chicken eats seeds or grains, the stones and seeds/grain are mashed around in the gizzard and the grain is ground up into smaller, digestible pieces that then go to the stomach. The gizzards are surrounded by tough muscles, which is the part that is eaten, while the inner part is cleaned/trimmed off.
@TexasRose50 Жыл бұрын
@lebamadness, sorry, but you are wrong. I buy the skinless sausage. It may not be on your area but it’s in mine. Just saying….
@o_krush67 Жыл бұрын
@@TexasRose50 Only "naturally cased" sausage and even then are pretty much not pig intestines.
@reubenchester1217 Жыл бұрын
Teach him... every culture eats chittling Whether they like it or not.. Every type of sausage with natural casing is shitlands
@vickiz6076 Жыл бұрын
Only natural casing sausages use the small intestines, chitlins are the larger intestines…that’s why the smell..yuck! If it’s not natural casing it’s using a plastic type casing…casing less ones are just removed from before packaging
@dawnyoung2294 Жыл бұрын
Hush puppies don’t have potatoes in them . They’re like corn bread bites that are fried instead of baked . They are delicious
@avidrdr564011 ай бұрын
Right, and more explicitly, hush puppies were traditionally corn bread batter with added minced onions and deep fried in oil, after it was used to fry catfish. Growing up near the Black Warrior River, which has some of the biggest catfish in the country, and being the daughter of an avid fisherman, I grew up on it.
@bettyir430210 ай бұрын
@@avidrdr5640 Set out big bowls of hushpuppies for teens and see what happens.
@avidrdr564010 ай бұрын
@@bettyir4302 Oh yeah
@msj787210 ай бұрын
My mom made the best hush puppies. And, of course fried chicken.
@hoodmistressreloaded10 ай бұрын
@@avidrdr5640 There are a lot of fish markets in my area that serve hush puppies just like this, with the minced onions. I used to get them with a cod dinner plate (before I had to drastically cut back on fried food), and they were plumb tasty 😋
@tammycenter8757 Жыл бұрын
Red Eye gravy is made with the drippings of Country ham not just any old ham. Country ham is salty and delicious and red eye gravy with country ham and cat head biscuits is one of my favorite meals. My grandmother served it every Christmas morning for breakfast and I still follow that tradition today.
@SuperFriendBFG Жыл бұрын
The Gravy in Biscuits and Gravy is surprisingly good. You get that richness from the cream / milk while it also serves as a great absorber for that sausage flavor seeping into it as you cook. And any decent cook will make it hearty. The one in the video seems to use too much thickener for my tastes though.
@laurendavis507 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, way too thick and the cheese slices threw me off
@nininoona Жыл бұрын
Some people have already said this, but I'll reiterate it: A lot of Southern cooking comes from the mentality of "Waste not, want not." When I was young, my parents taught me how to grow my own fruit and veg, hunt for my meats, make my own bread, care for farm animals, and even sew my own clothes. Not because they wanted to, or because they were niche skills to have, but because that was the only way we could survive. And I am not talking like in great depression times either, this was the 80s. This is why you get recipes like chitlins, potlikker, and bitter greens cooked for hours until their tender and sweet.
@misslora3896 Жыл бұрын
Can't forget road kill stew.
@nullakjg767 Жыл бұрын
It mostly comes from poverty.
@kellyjo7280 Жыл бұрын
It's good stuff... poverty or not!
@virginiaoflaherty2983 Жыл бұрын
A real true southerner will break up corn bread into the pot likker and eat it with a spoon. You can get great recipes and how to videos for all this delicious food on You Tube. Those biscuits and gravy looked terrible. I've never seen it with that much meat. Find videos made by middle aged southern women in their own kitchens. Like Celebrating Appalachia, as real as it gets.
@5Gburn Жыл бұрын
@@virginiaoflaherty2983Also didn't the meat look undercooked? I'm used to darker sausage bits...or am I going crazy?
@DarrellPursiful Жыл бұрын
A lot of these "unusual" meats are actually fairly rare even in the South, but they're often the "comfort food" of families that grew up in conditions of great poverty or even enslavement. You eat what you can catch (squirrel, alligator, etc.) to supplement what you grow on the farm-which you stretch as far as you can, even chicken gizzards and chitlins. Pinto beans with corn bread still reminds me of home. I'd probably eat it three times a week if I could.
@patclark3024 Жыл бұрын
I love cornbread and pinto beans, with homemade hot chow chow and onions. I make it several times a year. We pretty much lived on fried potatoes, beans and cornbread when I was a kid
@kennethvaughan8195 Жыл бұрын
I don’t know…. Them meats are still served quite regularly amongst my kinfolks. Extra incentive to go visit right about supper time.
@urstrulypalmer83 Жыл бұрын
Hush puppies is bread and I love them❤
@DarrellPursiful Жыл бұрын
@@kennethvaughan8195 I understand, but he doesn't need to assume they'll be on the menu at restaurants--unless a local knows where to take him. 🙂
@kennethvaughan8195 Жыл бұрын
@@DarrellPursiful no I’ve not seen any wild game at restaurants. In fact, under the lacy act it is very illegal to sell wild game or a game fish. Hunting has been a way of life for our family. Also we were a very poor family when I was a kid growing up. I will say that because my income is a lot better I don’t eat as much game as I use to but I surely won’t turn it down. Lol. I sure enjoy his videos and wouldn’t want to misguide him. :)
@elysegnade996711 ай бұрын
The UK waged a 400+ year war on spices and ya'll don't even use them 😂 But on a side note: you'd love these foods. I've had almost every dish mentioned and it's difficult to determine which one is my favorite. However, the one I tend to have more often is biscuits and gravy. It's just so comforting and tasty 😋 Edit: I can't believe the video didn't include chocolate gravy. That's a staple in certain areas of the south.
@brittanyteague10086 күн бұрын
Chocolate gravy is amazing!
@jeremyjones8663 Жыл бұрын
FYI: Chicken fried steak is actually beef deep fried with gravy. If you want heavenly goodness in your mouth opt for chicken fried chicken. The difference is amazing!! Hope to meet up with you in America!
@cynthiawofford-wc1mf10 ай бұрын
Chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy is high on my comfort food list. Heavy on the gravy...
@proxyminer68769 ай бұрын
Isn't chicken fried chicken just fried chicken 😂😂😂 just teasing cause I couldn't help myself
@alankemper4068 Жыл бұрын
I am not a fan of tomatoes but FRIED GREEN TOMATOES are A-MAZ-ING.
@nativetexan9776 Жыл бұрын
I am from Texas and my girlfriend is from the north (Oregon). I made some fried green tomatoes and she is addicted to them now. That and fried Okra.
@jodiroth5934 Жыл бұрын
I'm the same way! Can't stand regular ones but, give me all the fried green tomatoes!
@bamachine Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I don't really like raw tomatoes, like cooked tomatoes/sauce and love fried green tomatoes.
@alankemper4068 Жыл бұрын
I'm 70 and like you all my life hated raw tomatoes. Suddenly at age 60 I found I like raw tomatoes, sometimes craving them. Still blows my mind.
@rachelkrumpelman5131 Жыл бұрын
Try sprinkling a little cumin on sliced tomatoes 🍅 of course salt too
@nativetexan9776 Жыл бұрын
I could eat fried okra all day and all night and never get tired of it.
@TexasRose50 Жыл бұрын
As long as it’s nice and crispy.
@tammycenter8757 Жыл бұрын
Burgoo is a dish that originated in Kentucky. It is made with Potatoes, Carrots, Onions, Peas and 5 different types of meat along with copious amounts of Bourbon. It is cooked until the meat falls apart. It usually has Chicken. Pork. Beef. Rabbit and Venison. It is served with white non sweet corn bread baked to perfection in a cast iron skillet with bacon grease. We even have several Burgoo festivals each year.
@howshows888 Жыл бұрын
Ambrosia, and jello salads in general are more popular in the south, but to most people in the U.S, they're something we left in the 1950s. I can't comment on the taste, though I've seen a lot of people try it who really like it. It's the sort of thing that's really easy to mess up, also proven by countless youtube videos, attempting to recreate the weirder recipies, so if you are interested, I'd research before buying, (or making.)
@emmcccllkk7780 Жыл бұрын
Biscuits with sausage gravy when done the right way is sooooo good. Chicken pot pie, peach cobbler, hushpuppies, pecan pie, southern mac and cheese, and sweet potato casserole are also must tries No thanks on gizzards, chitlens though lol. I'm from the south and have never tried them. Also, ambrosia is something I've only ever seen my grandmother from north carolina make; it's a pretty old school dish.
@chrispavlich9656 Жыл бұрын
Gizzards, if fried right are very good. I draw the line at chittlings though😖
@ErinStev64 Жыл бұрын
I’ve had fried chicken gizzards and livers with white gravy. It’s good. I draw the line at chitlins! Lol
@geekasauruswreks878910 ай бұрын
My best friend grew up in Ohio and Florida and makes an ambrosia that's amazing. It's pineapple, mandarins, min-marshmallows and also has sour cream. Those are just the ingredients I remember. I'm sure there are others. She makes it a lot because everyone that tries it loves it.
@dannyzuko420 Жыл бұрын
Gumbo isnt always made with seafood. Chicken and Sausage Gumbo is an alternative that bangs as well and some people prefer it over seafood.
@tvc1848 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I have eaten 10 times more chicken and sausage gumbo that seafood. They are both good but it seems like chicken and sausage is way more common.
@miguelserna79310 ай бұрын
Chicken and sausage is my preferred version too. Andouille combines with chicken very well and makes the best Gumbo.
@laurahayes878411 ай бұрын
Chicken pot pie does look strange, but if you imagine that you’re eating a chicken puff pastry baked sandwich with thick cream of chicken stoup (between soup and stew thickness) and you’ve broken up the sandwich, put it in the bottom of the bowl and poured the stoup over it to get both flavors in each bite. It’s delicious and filling and love in a cup.
@BucketOfFail Жыл бұрын
I think part of the reason a lot of people in the US don't like the idea of beans on toast is because our baked beans are different than the ones in the UK from what I've seen on British cooking youtube channels. I will also say that you do want good chunks of sausage in the gravy, but that was almost all sausage and no gravy! You want it to soak in to the biscuits and add all that flavor to every bite.
@southernwanderer7912 Жыл бұрын
I live in the U.S. but when I do beans on toast, it's usually lima beans or field peas cooked with bacon in them over toast. Never did baked beans over toast.
@BucketOfFail Жыл бұрын
I live in TN and you can get cans of the British Heinz baked beans at Publix grocery stores. In the international aisle they usually have a tiny UK section with different kinds of British biscuits and candy, marmite, Irnbru, and a few other popular foods from the UK.@@southernwanderer7912
@bettyir430210 ай бұрын
@@southernwanderer7912 We were eating out once in Waco, TX and I ordered the lima beans. There I was, bawling my eyes out because it was just like grandma's. Yes, I make lima beans but it was a shock to have it at a restaurant.
@reginairvine39198 ай бұрын
I live in Louisiana but grew up with a yankee dad so he always made me pork and beans between two slices of white bread. I still eat it to this day. Also...that "white" gravy had too much sausage in it.
@virginiarobbins75396 ай бұрын
Big overkill on that sausage
@paigeharrison3909 Жыл бұрын
Fried green tomatoes don't taste anything like red tomatoes. And if you hate tomatoes you probably are getting them from a grocery store. Get fresh ones, vine ripened, from a farmer's market. Or better yet, grow your own. Easy to grow in containers. Lucky to be from Texas (food wise, anyway) Southern, BBQ, Cajun,Tex-Mex. And in Houston you can get killer Vietnamese food. One of the first thing I learned to cook was biscuits and gravy. Gravy from scratch, but I was taught to make biscuits with Buis-Quick (sp?) mix.
@mellycook Жыл бұрын
Ya I’m not huge on tomatoes so I was scared to try fried green but there good. Biscuits and gravy are great but that gravy was way to thick
@jameydupuy9280 Жыл бұрын
Bis-quick. My husband's family even makes the strawberry short cake recipe on the box [cajun country] back home, we layer with pound cake or angel food cake depending on taste/ whip cream/ strawberries. 😊
@bettyir430210 ай бұрын
Ack, can't stand Bis-quick. Too salty or something. It was the only flour-like product I could find during the recent shortages. But it does make for good beer biscuits.
@KyleCoEntertainment Жыл бұрын
I'm from Alabama. Take it from a Southerner! DON'T EAT CHITTERLINGS! Redeye gravy is Gooood! Crawfish is excellent.
@americansmark Жыл бұрын
Chitterlings are an acquired taste. I don't mind them, but it's not something I'd go out of my way to eat. Pork rinds, otoh....Chef's kiss.
@TexasRose50 Жыл бұрын
Catfish is also great! There’s a restaurant where I buy mine from. Already deep fried.
@lorireed8046 Жыл бұрын
@@americansmarkI couldn't stand the smell when cooking. Chitterlings is never anything I'll touch.
@kattat919 Жыл бұрын
Yeah deep fried pork rinds oh my goodness I Haven't a had any in Forever ever I want some so bad now❤
@lorireed8046 Жыл бұрын
@@kattat919 I buy them everytime I travel. Baked or fried. Sometimes cracklings
@suepall5425 Жыл бұрын
Biscuits and gravy is made with breakfast sausage. It doesn't look good in a video, but is really delicious with spicy breakfast sausage throughout (which is the chunky meat you see).
@Icantbelievethisshit29 ай бұрын
White gravy is called Milk gravy here. Plain or with sausage or chipped beef over biscuits is a slice of heaven. Key to the gravy is to carmelize the butter, then add the flour and get it just shy of burnt before adding the milk. Salt/pepper to taste. This is passed down over generations😊
@caroo2232 Жыл бұрын
The best boiled peanuts are ones from a roadside stand on a rural road from a guy with a sign that says “P-Nuts.” Sometimes you can’t help eating part of the shell because they’re so soft, but I don’t know many people who eat the shells on purpose. My favorite way to eat pimento cheese is on a burger. I even had a burger once with pimento cheese and a fried green tomato.
@SipsNumberOneFan10 ай бұрын
Best boiled peanuts I've ever had were sold from a folding table hidden under the football bleachers at a marching band competition in SC. I was kinda mad after I left high school knowing I'd probably never vet to eat them again.
@jeffpierce400 Жыл бұрын
Your reactions to southern American foods are priceless. I really hope you get to try all you want to at some point. It IS very good to eat, but get ready to have to buy bigger clothes. 😊
@susanobrien9917 Жыл бұрын
I do not understand why you do not have more followers 😢 you deserve to be know. I absolutely adore your comments and how you seem to really love things about the USA🥰🥰🥰🥰
@tammyedwards-buchin3193 Жыл бұрын
Me and my 3 grands just had a pot of pintos with ham hock and tomato and mayo sandwiches. I have lived all over the US from north to south and east to west including Alaska and Hawaii and I always come back to the southeast. It's just home. And Mac n cheese is wonderful with bacon. Love watching you react, your facial expressions are so good.
@protonneutron9046 Жыл бұрын
You're right. The gravy in this video is NOT from the South
@amyparker5686 Жыл бұрын
Many of the meals in the South come from our Scottish and Irish ancestors and the need to make use of EVERYTHING! Way back when nothing was wasted! Every part of the animal was used. Redeye gravy came about when coffee was left over and something was needed to deglaze the frying pan. Bread pudding came about with leftover bread that wasn't about to get wasted.
@RogCBrand Жыл бұрын
And in the U.K., they used to also eat everything too, but for some reason they got away from that. Perhaps because most of their population is urban, and there is really no true wild areas left, so a lot of the old ways died out, while there's still a lot of America where people still hunt and live off the land, or at least continue those traditions!
@southernwanderer7912 Жыл бұрын
Very true. I live in the Deep South and have ancestors that moved here in 1760 from Scotland.
@rachelkrumpelman5131 Жыл бұрын
This is so true. I feel my Grandma Lucille smiling down on me whenever I make a roast chicken dinner, then chicken salad, then boil the rest of the bird for bone broth and make chicken soup. 3 meals from 1 bird. Thanks, Grandma, for teaching me! Well, allowing me to spy on you!! 😂
@southernwanderer7912 Жыл бұрын
@@rachelkrumpelman5131 I do the same thing. :)
@danieltroymont211Ай бұрын
Your intuition was correct. Don’t put ground sausage in the cream gravy. Made from a roux and the meat drippings left in the pan. Many recipes found online. Slowly wisk the liquid into the roux, stirring gravy until smooth. Best with Chicken Fried Steak, fried chicken, fried pork chops, and served over a freshly baked biscuit. One great Texas cook I knew used the starchy potato water from the mashed potatoes to make her gravy. Love your videos!
@Dewdropmon Жыл бұрын
Grits, boiled peanuts, red beans and rice (or black beans or black-eyes peas), hushpuppies, biscuits and gravy are some of my favorite things. Proper southern macaroni and cheese is one of my comfort foods. Even though I love sweet potatoes, I don’t tend to like sweet potato casserole because most people make it way too sweet. I also don’t care for mustard greens; never had mustard greens that weren’t bitter.
@tammyblankenship8742 Жыл бұрын
Now you know why we have such an obesity problem in the U.S. lol. We have a lot of good food over here. Especially, in the south where I've grown up. I have to say I've never eaten chicken gizzards or chitlins and don't ever plan to. However, I did grow up with my parents and grandparents making so much good southern food. My mom made awesome gravy. She even had a version of white gravy where she would use hamburger meat instead of sausage. It was so good over biscuits or potatoes and she always made it from scratch. My dad used to make the best roast and brown mushroom gravy. My grandpa used to make absolutely delicious chow chow. His spicy version ended up evolving into a sort of contest to see who could actually eat it and how much lol. My uncle got me to try fried rabbit and rabbit dumplings. Rabbit is actually very good. It tasted like a lighter version of chicken to me.
@sugakookie6303 Жыл бұрын
My dad was in the army and he called hamburg in white sauce SOS, we used to have it on toast…
@tammyblankenship8742 Жыл бұрын
@@sugakookie6303 Was trying not to say what she called it. SOS seems a good enough abbreviation. lol
@misslora3896 Жыл бұрын
@@sugakookie6303YES... SOS aka Shit On a Shingle. Haven't heard it called that in ages. My mother or I will still make it from time to time, especially in winter, but nowadays we simply call it hamburger gravy.
@kirstenmorris431410 ай бұрын
😅As a young and poor housewife in the early 80s my husband would bring home wild rabbits after field dressing them so I had to learn to skin them. I also learned how to make amazing sweet and sour rabbit.
@Knightowl1980 Жыл бұрын
Southern food is the quintessential American cuisine. It’s mostly original. And our contribution to world cuisine, that and Texas bbq
@DebbiesSanctuary4911 ай бұрын
LOL! This guy is absolutely lusting after the food here! His eyes are lit up like crazy. Love it!
@silverstrawberry617 Жыл бұрын
My dad usually makes his jambalaya when our whole family gets together. It's a great food for big gatherings and is one of my favorite foods along with crawfish and shrimp dishes. My sister is partial to crawfish etouffee while my brother tends to stray towards catfish.
@josephmedford2233 Жыл бұрын
Chicken fried steak is the bomb diggity yo. So easy to make at home too. Google a recipe, it's hard to imagine a bad one. You have all the ingredients there in the UK too.
@MegaMagicdog Жыл бұрын
I've made ambrosia before. Not bad but a little too sweet for me. The recipe I used had whipped cream - certainly no mayo! Some people use Cool Whip.
@TexasRose50 Жыл бұрын
Sour cream works good for me.
@leadingblind1629 Жыл бұрын
My Ambrosia is made with fruit cocktail, marshmallows, and either a gelatin or pistachio pudding powder. there's another ingredient or two for the semi-liquid binding. it's been so long since I've made it I can't really remember. I think I use marshmallow fluff.
@islanderjen3038 Жыл бұрын
Pacific Islander here. When I first moved to the States I've never heard of ambrosia salad until a coworker brought it to an office potluck. I was like "Oh, that's what it is. Back home it's just called fruit salad." 😂
@elciniak2225 Жыл бұрын
Yep I agree. Nooooooo mayo
@pturco2285 Жыл бұрын
@@leadingblind1629 As a Floridian, ours always had citrus fruit in it as well. Plus maraschino cherries, cocoanut, whatever you could get fresh. Always had it on Thanksgiving. We never had a "binder" like whipped cream, always just fruit. Must be a regional thing. Loved it.
@missyglover7 ай бұрын
I stumbled across this channel and I’m loving your reactions to all things American! I do hope you make it over, and have an opportunity to visit the deep south. I am from South Georgia, and “southern” foods are very regional to different areas of the south. Although we each have our own version of certain traditionally southern dishes, they can be very different depending on who makes it and what region you’re in. So if you try it and don’t care for it, don’t count it out, try it again from someone else’s kitchen. There can be a sense of identity in how you make a certain dish, and family recipes have been passed down for generations. Texas has their own style, Louisiana stems from more French Cajun heritage, Georgia does it differently than the Carolina’s, or the Appalachian region, etc….Folks can get really picky about the “right” way to make things. If you’ve ever been to a southern cook off, a southern church supper, or a family reunion, there’s a sense of pride comparable to SEC football. I did cringe a little at her description of certain things. For heavens sake dumplins are made from scratch with buttermilk and properly rolled out. Hush puppies are not remotely like potato chips. Pot liquor is to be sopped with cornbread, not drank. And the best southern fried steak with gravy is made with venison and served with cream 40s, cat head biscuits, and peach cobbler for dessert. Also, if you make it down south and are looking for authenticity, don’t trust anyone without a southern drawl or whose sweet tea doesn’t make your mouth sticky!!
@sherryheim5504 Жыл бұрын
Biscuits and gravy does look off-putting but it is really delicious. What we call breakfast sausage in the US is not available in the UK. It is ground pork but it is a whole different set of seasonings than you will find in your sausage. It has a bit of a sage flavor as well as other spices. It is very much a comfort food and the gravy should be heavily seasoned with black pepper and I always caramelize onion for mine as well. Our biscuits differ from your scones in that they are crunchy on the outside and very light, fluffy and buttery on the inside. Sometimes the outsides are brushed with butter (and/or honey) while and after baking and some are actually baked in a bath of butter. I love them hot with honey and butter or jam. A chicken gizzard is part of the digestive tract, not testicles. I am guessing rooster testicles would be so small that harvesting them would be nearly impossible Deep fried chicken gizzards are good, KFC used to sell them by the pint but stopped years back. Your and our sausages are made inside animal intestines, usually pig intestines that is what that outside casing is. I don't eat chitlins through, they do smell horrible when cooking..though I feel the same about kidneys.
@sylviaconlee7407 Жыл бұрын
I don't know anyone that eats the peanut shells.😂😂😂
@lorireed8046 Жыл бұрын
I've known people that chewed on them...soft and full of flavor.
@kimmjohnston4744 Жыл бұрын
Mayonnaise is typically used as a binder, a substitute for butter or dairy in general. It's easier to keep chickens than it is to keep cows.
@kimmjohnston4744 Жыл бұрын
It's a heritage thing. A lot of US recipes are derivative of depression era culture or farm life in remote areas.
@jonadabtheunsightly Жыл бұрын
Yes, but mayonnaise-based fruit salad is just wrong. If you don't have Cool-whip, just use the fruit juice, it'll be fine. Put the mayonnaise in the chicken salad or the eggsalad or the coleslaw.
@sandpiperr Жыл бұрын
Southerner who hates mayonnaise here and, I don't care about the historical context, it's still a crime against dessert!
@kimmjohnston4744 Жыл бұрын
Mayonnaise and double pork breakfast is white man plot armor.
@kimberleedavis717010 ай бұрын
Pot Likker Is gold for the cook.Using it adds a hugh kick of flavor and nutrients. Something to keep in mind is that traditional Southern "Comfort Foods" and cooking were born out of poverty. Every bit of food needed to be used and made delicious. That is why wild foods both hunted and foraged; as well as things some folks consider inedible like Watermelon Rinds, Poke Weed, Chicory root etc which turned into: Watermelon Pickles, Substitute or extender for Coffee, and pot greens--became and are still celabrated as part of the Culture and Hertitage of the South.
@bengilbert7655 Жыл бұрын
In North and South Carolina hushpuppies are also served with pulled pork bbq in addition to fried fish.
@martyb5807 Жыл бұрын
Pepper gravy (chicken fries steak) and sausage gravy (biscuits and gravy) are different animals. They both start with a basic bechamel but diverge from there. Many times the sausage grease may give the sausage gravy a less appealing appearance but the flavor is out of this world. I think it gets less appealing looking if the biscuits are completely covered. Boiled peanut shells are very soft. You are not missing out if you never eat chitlin's. Nasty. You have to use smoked meat, red pepper flake and salt in collards. Cook the crap out of them. I use half and half water to chicken broth. Sometimes even a little chicken base. Bacon is not enough to properly flavor collards.
@Whoozerdaddy Жыл бұрын
But the gravy they showed in the video was sludge. Basically meat with a little gravy wrapped around it, rather than a delightful creamy, peppery gravy with bountiful chunks of spicy breakfast sausage swimming in it.
@martyb5807 Жыл бұрын
@@Whoozerdaddy true that. They definitely could have used much better videos of most of the foods they highlighted.
@CherlPhillips11 ай бұрын
@@Whoozerdaddy, I agree, that sausage gravy looked nasty. My husband begs me to make scratch biscuits and gravy on the weekends, and mine looks very little like the one on the video. I also have never made gravy from a packet and do not use canned or frozen biscuits, though my momma did use canned biscuits on occasion.
@josephmedford2233 Жыл бұрын
Here in the south, we have eaten squirrel, rabbit, raccoon, 'possum, bear, deer, grouse, pheasant, quail, crayfish, frogs, turtles, fish, turkey, groundhog, chicken. Gizzards ain't chicken balls, it's grosser. Gizzard is a digestive organ that stores small stones to grind food the chicken has ingested to break down fibers and other larger structures since chickens dont have teeth.
@kikibigbangfan3540 Жыл бұрын
You missed rattlesnake and alligator. Yummies 😋
@AndrewSmith-qw5kt Жыл бұрын
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@paigeharrison3909 Жыл бұрын
I haven't eaten groundhog, turtle, possum or raccoon, but have eaten all the rest. Have lived in Texas and Oklahoma, but spent time in Florida and South Carolina. We'll eat pretty much anything in the South, even stuff that tries to eat us. Can't say I was fond of frog legs, but it was a favorite of my father
@tatejackson1969 Жыл бұрын
I'm in TN. I've eaten everything on your list except Groundhog. I don't like mud bugs (crayfish), 'possum is terrible. Bear has to be eaten while piping hot or it has the consistency of wax (because of the fat). I haven't eaten groundhog, but that's just because we had one as a pet. I have eaten 2 different types of snake. They both tasted more like chicken than frog legs. And I've eaten gates. They tastes like a combo of fish and chicken. Not bad, just different. Basically, if an animal sits too long in the South, we're gonna eat it. We'll cry watching Bambi WHILE eating the mother!!!
@AndrewSmith-qw5kt Жыл бұрын
@@kikibigbangfan3540 🤮
@barbarakennedy2667 Жыл бұрын
My favorite hush puppies are flavored with grated onion mixed into the thick cornbread batter. I have also enjoyed some that included finely chopped jalapeño, a great treat with a pot of beans.
@donzapatero48083 ай бұрын
Gizzard is a special throat pouch that holds seeds before they enter the stomach. Birds will usually swallow small rocks that fall into the pouch and use then to break up the seeds more before they enter the stomach
@Kris-yr3zc Жыл бұрын
Chicken fried steak for dinner 🍽, side of buttery mashed potatoes, corn or bacon greenbeans, country biscuits (not cookies), smother it all with country gravy, and pecan pie for dessert.
@patclark3024 Жыл бұрын
Change it to peach cobbler, and I'll agree
@Kris-yr3zc Жыл бұрын
@@patclark3024 Yep, I can surely gobble up some peach cobbler.
@emmalondon3114 Жыл бұрын
If you come to the South, be prepared to gain some weight. It's hard to maintain a decent weight here. You MUST try fried green tomatoes, banana pudding and peach cobbler. You can Google recipes and make them yourself
@virginiarobbins75396 ай бұрын
..I just put a huge bowl of banana pudding in fridge and made to smaller ones for a few single male friends of ours😂
@debrahudson5917 Жыл бұрын
There are several southern comfort foods that my family loves. Chicken-fried steak with a loaded baked sweet potato and turnip greens is my favorite. My husband like fresh jambalaya with side orders of fried okra and cornbread. My dad loved chicken livers and gizzards (they are not chicken balls) with garlic mashed potatoes and a salad. Then for a treat we would go out for BBQ or Mexican food once a month.
@jimcrawford322111 ай бұрын
I was a principal at a small country school (400 students, grades PK to 12) in southwest Louisiana along the Sabine River. Squirrel seasons opens on a Saturday. The Friday before the opening a lot of the kids were absent as they took off for their camp sites along the river. Saturday morning sounded like a war zone! I put the hunter safety class in my elective offerings for my students in middle school. The parts of the class that required shotguns was done on a Saturday at the local VFW.
@laikanbarth Жыл бұрын
If you come to America you definitely need to go to the South. Not only for the food but for the people too. People in the South are the kindest, nicest, most polite people I’ve ever met. I’ve been all over the USA and the South is my favorite place to go. I’m moving to Texas in a couple of months and I cannot wait!!
@brandyforsythe1882 Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Definitely a food idea not to move in the summertime!
@toddsonnier3763 Жыл бұрын
Awesome. Where in Texas? Lifelong Texan here
@toddsonnier3763 Жыл бұрын
PS The heat index here today is 106 lol
@TexasRose50 Жыл бұрын
Right now where I am at 5 pm, the heat index is 108.
@NannerBrams Жыл бұрын
95 where I am and a heat index of 109. Can't wait until it cools down
@debbiewood13103 Жыл бұрын
Got to remember different food and the ways they make them vary from state to state or sometimes even town to town. Also what one state might make you may not find in another state. 😉
@MegaMagicdog Жыл бұрын
Not to mention family to family! Every family seems to have their own favorite version of something related to their cultural heritage!
@RogCBrand Жыл бұрын
@@MegaMagicdog Especially because people have moved a lot around America, so you can find Southerners in the North and New Englanders in the West, etc. It's like even the traditional Thanksgiving dinner isn't exactly the same for people, with minor to major differences for each family, and some that have few if any traditional Thanksgiving dishes. With 1/3 billion people and heritages from all over the world, there is lot more diversity to our food than people outside the U.S. comprehend!
@rachelkrumpelman5131 Жыл бұрын
Exactly, like in NYC I wanted a creamy sausage gravy but basically got sh** on a shingle gravy. But, you know what?! Chipped beef in white gravy is freaking delicious, too!!
@johnkopmeier3579 Жыл бұрын
I moved to Tennessee from Wisconsin 30 years ago, and I am never leaving the South. Forget the gizzards, and never, I mean never, go for the chitlins. They don't always have all of the intestinal contents slung out of them. Everything else on this list is the bomb.
@paulafowler50999 ай бұрын
I've added strong black coffee to my beef gravy...it really boosts the flavor. Not to mention that when frosting a cake with chocolate, I replace the water with strong black coffee to make the icing. It's magic...pure and simple.
@MagnusLootCrate Жыл бұрын
Keeping in mind, a lot of our best foods came from the Great Depression. When moms had to come up with whatever to keep the family fed and going.
@woozie1027 Жыл бұрын
The biscus and gravy are delicious
@mellycook Жыл бұрын
Yes they are but that gravy was way 2 thick
@TexasRose50 Жыл бұрын
Way too much sausage and not enough gravy.
@IAMJORDI011710 ай бұрын
I love watching your food videos! I love your enthusiasm for all of our food here in America
@msnostil11 ай бұрын
Southern food is "down home cooking" utilizing anything or everything available. Most people here don't eat squirrel or possum anymore but deer, quail, other wild game frequently if you hunt. We fry everything or boil it (pots). Its rib stickin' food, and we all eat it, white, black, Indian, mixed! My husband's granny taught him how to cook/bake southern and, even tho I'm a yankee, I love it! L.A. (lower bama)
@matthewbrown7442 Жыл бұрын
My mom makes some of my favorite sweet snacks for thanksgiving. Its pear halves with miracle whip and shredded cheese on top. You'd be surprised how it goes together. So yes mayo and cheese can go with some fruit.
@TexasRose50 Жыл бұрын
My father in law use to put a thin bed of lettuce on a small plate. Then he would put some Hellmans mayonnaise, then a pineapple ring, and to top it off, sprinkle some grated cheese. That was so good!
@donnaneville192 Жыл бұрын
The gizzard is part of digestive tract of birds, it grinds up food. It is pure muscle and can be very tough if not prepared correctly. I don't care for it, but my parents loved it and my sister still cooks them on occasion.
@giveupnow000 Жыл бұрын
jyk - usually these telegram comments - allegedly from the channel author, is a scam
@jameydupuy9280 Жыл бұрын
Again, I'm from Savannah, Ga but moved to Baton Rouge, LA. Both very southern cities. One of my favorite meals is "sticky chicken". Chop up chicken, batter and deep fry. Set aside. Equal parts left over oil and flour, make a roux. Add broth, celery, onions, and bell pepper. Cook down then throw in the fried chicken and let thicken. Serve over rice with a side of collard greens, sweet corn bread and sweat iced tea. ❤
@Deadpresident197310 ай бұрын
Your reactions are the best bro! Plus I agree with you, the chicken Fried steak with white gravy. it’s one of my favorites, when my wife gets it, she likes sausage gravy on it.
@ruth2141 Жыл бұрын
My mother grew up in Scotland so she mostly cooked meat and potatoes with not a lot of sauces and spices. But I've now lived in the US South long enough that I've tried many of these dishes. As with most foods, they can be delicious when cooked properly and nasty when cooked badly. For instance, I never cared for cooked greens until I worked next door to a shopping mall with a Cajun stall in the food court. Their greens were amazing -- cooked until soft but still bright green and not mushy, with enough bacon so you get the flavor but not too much grease. And Friday they would have fried catfish, filets big enough that they don't quite fit in the Styrofoam container, hot and crisp and seasoned just right.
@dangray Жыл бұрын
A chicken gizzard is basically the stomach of the chicken.
@briankirchhoefer Жыл бұрын
Its the organ that grinds the food before it goes in the stomach for digestion.
@debschwer2236 Жыл бұрын
I was laughing my ass off when you said chicken balls
@patclark3024 Жыл бұрын
Gizzards are ok, but I prefer fried chicken livers. Delicious
@caseymiller3540 Жыл бұрын
The gizzard is the organ that holds the small rocks “grit” a chicken eats to help pre-grind it’s food before going to the stomach. The small rocks have to be cleaned out of the gizzard before you cook them.
@baskervillebee6097 Жыл бұрын
Chickens don't have teeth. They eat tiny rocks and their food is ground up small by the rocks in the gizzard.
@jessicabones10 ай бұрын
I love how excited you get about the food, if you’re ever in the states you’re welcome over for dinner!
@misslora3896 Жыл бұрын
Hushpuppies are just cornbread batter deep fried in small spoonfulls so they come out kind of round. Easy to make, sweet, crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside and very tastey. BTW you or your GF could also make the white gravey at home, it's really easy as well. There are recipes for southern white gravy on the internet. Usually it's made with at least a little ground sausage for flavor (maybe 6 oz), milk, flour, pepper and a little salt to taste. It's comfort food heaven. I'm from Southern California, but spent 12 yrs of my adult life living in Southern Alabama and Texas... So, I have the benefit of knowing how to prepare southern comfort foods and authentic mexican dishes.
@josephmedford2233 Жыл бұрын
Hushpuppies are cornbread nuggets with seasoning included in the batter.
@carlhuffman454 Жыл бұрын
Life long Southerner here, and I have a comment about hushpuppies. The best ones I ever had I ate in Louisiana. The batter had finely chopped onions and hot peppers in it. Fried up to a nice crispiness, they were utterly delicious.
@revgurley Жыл бұрын
(US Southerner here) One of my oldest opinions is that human's greatest invention was fried dough with sugar on top. Beignets, donuts, churros. But beignets are incredible!! And when I make Brunswick Stew, it's a 24 hour affair of letting everything slow cook. Trust me, sausage gravy tastes MUCH better than it looks. Edit to add: I attended university in Atlanta, Georgia (south USA). It's tradition to get a bottle of Coke, and put salted boiled peanuts in the neck, and drink/eat during graduation. Good thing, too, because it's really hot, usually outdoors, and goes on forever. If you can find boiled peanuts, try it sometime. It's the salty/sweet combo that wins the day. Okay, sorry, one more comment: For a real "poor" southern meal, try making a banana & mayo sandwich. Cut the banana into round bits about the width of 2 coins, and place them around a piece of bread. On the other slice of bread, spread a light coating of mayonnaise (get real mayo, not "fake" or "Miracle Whip" or "dressing"). Sounds awful; tastes great! And if it doesn't, you're only out a banana and a bit of mayo.
@lorireed8046 Жыл бұрын
I'm a Southern lady that hates seafood. ALL seafood.
@lisawilham-pepper Жыл бұрын
I love banana and mayonnaise sandwiches. Have been eating them forever. A babysitter I had in Germany while my dad was in the Army started me on eating them lol.
@chrispavlich9656 Жыл бұрын
@@lisawilham-pepperMy husband was raised on those. We ate peanut butter and banana sandwiches, which I prefer. Can’t fathom putting mayo on any fruit unless you can’t handle the sweetness of the fruit.
@diannelavoie5385 Жыл бұрын
Here in southeastern Massachusetts we have a strong Portuguese culture. Their version of fried dough are malassadas. Somewhat flat and so yummy.
@easterlingderek34 Жыл бұрын
Breakfast, Dinner, Supper is how it is called in south.
@catherinecummings848711 ай бұрын
I am originally from California. When I moved to Florida, OMG! My favorite diner breakfast food is the Country Benedict. And don't forget Southern sweet tea!
@samuelstout1746 Жыл бұрын
Brunswick Stew is fire. It's different as you move through the South but all regions have found a perfect blend that pairs to the local cuisine
@user-tw6pz5kv7j Жыл бұрын
I live in Lafayette, La. and if ever you come to this area I would LOVE to cook some southern home cooked meals. Just give me a weeks notice!
@user-rw3rs7fe3t3 ай бұрын
Hush puppies were created in Charleston, South Carolina because the kitchen was separate from the house so the servants would cook the food and then walk to the house down a walkway that they called the Whistler walk. They had the servants whistle while they walked so they weren’t eating food so they was whistling they weren’t eating naturally if you’re walking around with food and whistling dogs are coming so they started rolling up cornmeal and onions and deep frying them and they would put them in their pockets. They would throw them to the dogs and that’s why they’re called hush puppies.
@parithian84622 ай бұрын
They're called hush-puppies because they're the bits of cornmeal that would fall off while frying that you'd give to your dog who was begging while you cooked
@colleenmayes1537 Жыл бұрын
My husband grew up eating squirrels but I told him that there was no way I was going to cook that for him! Told him to go get his Mom to make it for him.
@RogCBrand Жыл бұрын
My dad is a hunter, and when I was little, he'd got some bullfrogs. When I saw the legs "jumping" as they fried in the pan, that made sure I wasn't going to be eating that!
@angb6561 Жыл бұрын
Making white gravy is easy! Just remember the recipe has a 1 to 1 to 1 ratio. Take 1 tablespoon of butter or margarine, melt it in a pot over med low heat. Add 1 tablespoon of all purpose flour. Mix together and cook slightly. Then add 1 cup of whole milk. Whisk together to incorporate everything. Add a little salt, maybe 1/2 teaspoon and 1 teaspoon (or more) black pepper. White gravy does have a bit of black pepper in it. Then stir and cook over medium heat until it thickens (takes maybe 5-10 minutes max.) This makes enough for one person. If you want to make enough for two then double it...2 to 2 to 2. FYI this is the same recipe you use for making Biscuits and Gravy. You just need to brown breakfast sausage in the pan first, THEN add/melt the butter in the same pan, then add the flour and after you add in the milk and whisk it together....put the sausage back in and cook until thickened. Find a recipe for biscuits online. Don't over work the dough when you mix them so they don't turn out TOO crumbly.
@tomcren5911 ай бұрын
Hush puppies are fried corn bread balls. Legend has it that dogs used to beg for food and the cooks would cook a small ball of corn meal and give it to the dogs saying "HUSH PUPPY"!
@lindasmith1370 Жыл бұрын
My mom always made fruit salad with mayonnaise. The tartness of the lemon flavor actually works pretty well.
@sugakookie6303 Жыл бұрын
The ambrosia my mother made was pineapple, mandarin oranges, coconut, mini marshmallows and cherries in whipped cream…
@Eniral441 Жыл бұрын
Most of us don't eat squirrels anymore, but it was more popular in some parts during colonial times through the 1800s. It looks like the veg with the chicken fried steak is collard greens. Southern food is the far opposite of bland
@shellnet4117 ай бұрын
Maryland is in the south and it is the best hush puppies were when they were making the cornbread they would make little fried balls for the dogs to keep them from going after the food when they were cooking it hush puppy, but people eat them and they are so good especially if it's a good sweet cornbread with some cream corn in itcorn is amazing
@garygramling5618 Жыл бұрын
If you make it to the US, find a Denny's restaurant and order breakfast: Chicken Fried Steak with eggs. Order biscuits and gravy on the side. They make the only chicken fried steak I like and it is absolutely amazing. You won't be disappointed. Also their biscuits and gravy will blow your mind.
@pegasusgold50 Жыл бұрын
Yes. I was married to a midwestern hunter. Besides deer and wild turkey, we had squirrel, rabbit, quail, dove, frog legs, and crayfish, often. Chicken gizzards are NOT testicles. Chicken livers and gizzards is a really good snack.
@Provoses Жыл бұрын
Chitlins and several other dishes from the south were invented during the slavery era of the United States. Slaves were given the undesirable parts of the animals and just had to make do. They’re prepared really well and still prepared due to tradition but honestly a lot of it shouldn’t be consumed by humans.
@chriswren2559 Жыл бұрын
when it comes to southern cooking always remember the Cajun cuisine... go to Louisiana the food is excellent etouffee jambalaya gumbo... no one has mentioned Boudin which is a Cajun sausage made with rice ground pork onions seasonings it's like a rice dressing packed with flavor. deep fried Boudin balls are a great appetizer!
@meganhutcheson5867 Жыл бұрын
2:42 the longer you boil the Shell the softer it gets, so that’s what she was referring to when she said some people eat the whole shell.
@brandonaston301 Жыл бұрын
Not sure why they show a terrible biscuits and gravy as the first picture. Gravy is definitely not supposed to be thick but instead ot should be runny with bits of sausage in it
@mellycook Жыл бұрын
As soon as I saw that I was like way to thick and why is there cheese
@missouriluv Жыл бұрын
Squirrel meat is actually pretty delicious. My grandma makes some amazing squirrel and dumplings. And my uncle makes pretty good fried squirrel. I dont have it very often but it is a treat when I do.
@SnipesWildcat5 ай бұрын
He said "breakfast, dinner, and tea?" I said what the fuck out loud lmao. Great video!
@daricetaylor737 Жыл бұрын
Our family recipe for "ambrosia", or what we call 24 hour salad uses sour cream, not mayo or cream cheese. We call it 24 hour salad because it is always best eating when it has sat in the fridge for at least 24 hours! It is a staple on Thanksgiving dinner.
@-EchoesIntoEternity- Жыл бұрын
18:00 this is why we mock and laugh at your british beans on toast
@melindaanderson6770 Жыл бұрын
There is nothing better than biscuits and gravy
@georgemetz7277 Жыл бұрын
Hush puppies are basically fried batter. A big fish fry would see your neighbors all gather and contribute and the dogs would go off. So the left over batter was fried up and given to the dogs to shut them up. Some of the weird stuff like squirrel, or it could be possum, or gator, etc is not common in the South either but were a necessity during hard times. However, gator is pretty good, one of those things that actually tastes like chicken.
@alankemper4068 Жыл бұрын
As a brit you should really appreciate pot liquor. The flavor of the veg, slightly salty,, SO GOOD. I would take pot liquor over hot tea or coffee anytime. Don't close your mind to it.
@backforblood3421 Жыл бұрын
The gizzard is the part of the chicken where it stores small rocks for purposes of digestion.
@user-ch5qd3uz3l3 ай бұрын
"it's seasoned with black pepper" brit: "ooooooooh"
@mattycakes1161 Жыл бұрын
A gizzard is an organ chickens (and other birds) use to grind food, they eat corn/seeds and swallow small rocks the gizzard uses to grind it up so it can be digested. They don't really have proper chewing teeth, so it's their version of a mouth with teeth.
@alankemper4068 Жыл бұрын
squirl meat actually taste of nuts. Very tasty and is great in stews. Most people don't eat squirl, not sold in stores. It is mostly eaten by country folks.
@staceybert1975 Жыл бұрын
It's pronounced Ben-Yah
@angelagraves865 Жыл бұрын
@@staceybert1975 ben-yay?
@BeautifulKittenOfLove Жыл бұрын
We eat squirrels the same way you eat jellied eels....as in 90% have NEVER tried it.
@katiel.341711 ай бұрын
I’m from NC and love a lot of these! The only ones I don’t like/don’t eat really are the chitlins, gizzards, and ambrosia. I went to college (university) in SC and our dining hall had biscuits and gravy as part of the breakfast offerings (along with your more common things like eggs, fruit, sausage, bacon, etc.), and I remember it being really good for dining hall/serving the masses sort of food! We also had fried chicken Fridays and those wonderful ladies were great at seasoning the chicken and also had some great mac and cheese as one of the sides to go with it! There’s a reason why I gained weight in college (university) 😂 One of the dishes I’m in charge of every year for thanksgiving is the sweet potato casserole, which a lot of people do overlook but shouldn’t! Thanksgiving foods are taken very seriously around here, so I first spent 3 years making it at “friends-givings” to prove I could do it well enough for the real holiday standard, and finally started making it for the actual holiday 3 years ago! For pies, my favorite are chocolate bourbon pecan and chocolate chess (basically any of the ones with chocolate lol). I hope you get to be like Josh and OLLY and have a good tour around the US/specifically the American south one day!
@liamengram6326 Жыл бұрын
8:35 it is almost ALWAYS made with fruit and whipped cream. It's like peaches n cream but with a variety of fruit.
@kikibigbangfan3540 Жыл бұрын
Green tomatoes taste nothing like red tomatoes, fried is sooo good 👍