Southern Comfort Foods You Need To Try Before You Die

[@MashedFood]

What's your favorite southern dish?

[@PockASqueeno]

Chicken fried steak with beans & greens!

[@figmo397]

You missed grits!

[@keithwilson9378]

oxtails and gravy and rice love fried collards u fry them in bacon grease stewed down neck bones and rice lima beans and smoked neck bones over grits smotherd fried chicken dam geting hungry shit one more stewed down turkey wings over rice blacked catfish with pan cornbread on stove top not in oven or cracklin bread

[@osurulez97]

BBQ mutton

[@zimrachickering1068]

Gumbo!

[@lankyblackbird3020]

This was made by someone who’s not from the south.

[@zoeestes4420]

what would u reccomend?

[@shannonyep3547]

I agree . I am a multi generational southern born and bred descendant and reside still in the south and some of the dishes they mention are not ours . I do not care for someone using our heritage to falsely documentation of our great food for their own gain .

[@shannonyep3547]

@@zoeestes4420 chicken bog for one . Yellow rice or white rice we prefer both . Also each state has their own taste buds they favor so depends what food you like and what taste you are going for . Some states favor bbq dishes , some favor bogs , some favor Cajun , etc . See my point ? This video did have some things right but they threw a few in there that any southern person would know was not in our food heritage right away . I would have appreciated someone southern as well narrating the video since it is about our food . I wouldn’t go up north and say what a northern person’s food heritage was or try to add to it so I expect the same consideration back for our culture .

[@zoeestes4420]

@@shannonyep3547 thank you for the information! That's a good point about the narration too, it would be nice to hear about dishes like this from the people that they come from.

[@danybey4182]

20 year old Texas born and raised i agree my mum and grandma do too

[@joseph-ow1hf]

I grew up in the south. When I discovered cooking I ran away from it, embracing the likes of Julie Child. Now at 61, I've come back to my southern roots. I love all things Cajan/Creole. Slow cooked greens, and yes pot likker. (although instant pots mean it doesn't have to actually be slow) Love okra, whether fried, in gumbo or sautéed w/ tomatoes and a bit of cajun seasoning. Biscuits for sure. But best of all is corn bread cooked in cast iron. Especially to go w/ those greens. I was a huge fan of Tony Bourdain, and he used to talk about how the most creative, interesting food was born of poverty. And that is the origin of classic southern cuisine.

[@phillipsmom6252]

You spelled Cajun wrong 🤣🤣🤣

[@joseph-ow1hf]

@@phillipsmom6252 yep.....sorry 'bout that.

[@alexiskiri9693]

I loved Tony B. too. May he rest in peace.

[@traceybanks3525]

@@phillipsmom6252 wow.. really

[@Uncommonsensesc]

There were no Yankees in poverty land? :)

[@killbot1974]

Where's the banana pudding, and steak, and gravy?

[@JWParkerPhDDDiv]

it's because they're stupid and inaccurate. Most of these dishes are not southern regional dishes at all. They about half are actually midwestern.

[@OriginalGaPeach]

No "naner" puddin'.

[@danybey4182]

Right

[@jamesavdelis6610]

Where's the grits????

[@gingerhammond6446]

That "sausage gravy" looks completely gross and appetizing...and no Southerner would put American cheese on their sausage gravy biscuits...

[@OriginalGaPeach]

Did u mean UNappetizing?

[@willhuey4891]

but it is so delicious dont knock it til you try it.

[@montanaliving4769]

Yep, if mine looked like that I would throw it away! You would have to put cheese somewhere to eat that! The bread pudding was on target but the dumplings were nothing like the ones I learned!

[@tracisnow4897]

I came here to say exactly this! That is some terrible looking gravy & I have never eaten cheese slices with gravy & biscuits. Now, tomato gravy? Yum!

[@austindouglas268]

Gravy: grease, sausage, flour, milk, salt, shit tons of black pepper. You put cheese in it, we're done

[@DWayne1978]

Only a lunatic would put cheese on their biscuits and gravy.

[@chrisoliver8979]

You watch your mouth

[@starsgoboom6]

Exactlyyyyy! They not really from the south! Imposter

[@sidhill420]

@@chrisoliver8979 It must be a virus affecting food channels. These folks sound as dumb as Food Insider.

[@TheLjax]

So.. that gravy though. No

[@beverlyledbetter8906]

A family I worked for fixed me grits and gravy with fish. That's the first time I ever tasted real southern food! I'm from Virginia, but I'm more North than south.

[@mariannecrews4263]

Who eats their biscuits and gravy with cheese? I eat cheeses with everything... but not that

[@mustaqkimrage377]

same

[@ARTSIEBECCA]

I know🤔

[@lauraporter6516]

That would be blasphemous!!! Almost as bad as that gray they put on them.

[@yseson_]

No one ever

[@sammiebateman8921]

No southerner eats biscuit and gravy with cheese. Cheese goes on the grits -

[@kyndread71]

"South Comfort Food" and NO peach cobbler? Blasphemy.

[@5610winston]

My Grandma made the most delicious blackberry cobbler.

[@5610winston]

@John Roe Yep. It was.

[@khanbibi]

Totally

[@henrydickerson9776]

Nothing quite like cobbler made with blackberries you picked yourself. Mom had us pick them. We had a patch in our yard. We loved the blackberries, and it kept us out of trouble and her hair. LOL

[@sheenalockett602]

Right! Who pulled this list together? They have pot liquor and not peach cobbler... There were clearly no southerners present!

[@leannaestep3066]

If the gravy wasn't a dead give away that these folks don't know Southern food, there was the English guy cooking catfish.

[@5610winston]

Scottish, but who's counting?

[@rowendacarter8790]

Chef Ramsey got his start cooking food like that

[@sheenalockett602]

I was done after she said canned biscuits were ok

[@bananabread349]

If you watch the episode, it’s about southern cooking and he goes to a restaurant in the south to learn more about the food there.

[@prilknight]

I would swear one of those pictures was of salmon.

[@mintinired]

The next time you guys want to do a video on authentic southern food, I'm happy to offer my services to fact check the pictures you use so you don't do things like post bread pudding with whole slices of bread in it, and sausage gravy with american cheese.

[@skyemacallister9739]

Or all the food network references!

[@dakotamabry1645]

Inclined to agree, we add cheese to our eggs not biscuits and gravy - ain't no one gonna shame you for getting canned biscuits - though i have the ingredients to make biscuits the can is quicker to make .

[@TheTrueOpZ]

I'm with you...wtf was that biscuits n gravy....

[@rubiesofgold7698]

The sliced cheese with shown with the biscuits and gravy made me gag a little. 🤢🤣

[@prilknight]

@@rubiesofgold7698 I threw up in my mouth a little😂bless their hearts.

[@Halllie]

Majority of the comments is true southerners saying "this video is highly inaccurate"

[@juansierra5704]

Lol saying “true Southerners” suggests that there are a lot of false southerners around. I’ve never seen anyone who wasn’t actually from the south pretend that they were. Most Americans from across the country don’t aspire to be southerners. It’s more of an insult than a compliment.

[@notpingu707]

Yea

[@tbjtbj4786]

@@juansierra5704 i think there talking about moved in southern. Hell being a southern a insult? Its the other way around.

[@tbjtbj4786]

@Micheala Berry well it depends on who you ask and where you're at. Yes fl. In the south. But so many northern people moved into the south part of the state. that there's a joke the fl. Is the only the northern part of Florida is still southern.

[@kmarch6630]

@@juansierra5704 You're pretty ridiculous. It's obvious you've never been to the south and that's fine with us.

[@matthewearlywine5535]

Listening to Yankees explain food from the south 🤣🤣

[@nathanab5411]

Matthew Earlywine ikr they sound like idiots😂

[@peterkettler2070]

@@nathanab5411 That is funny, I was going to say: someones got to understand them...LOL

[@pinkLeopard580]

Haha right?

[@KittyNakafima]

**white northerners. I'm from pittsburgh and my fam made all of these.

[@davidgould6351]

@@elizabethshaw734 okay but who asked?

[@joeyyoung8158]

If you can't break open your boiled peanuts with your hands, you're doing it wrong.

[@artsylady0693]

Joey Young I agree. Whoever wrote this never ate any.

[@pb5619]

🤣🤣🤣 right

[@katerinakiaha6925]

Or they haven't been cooked long enough.

[@FaeryLynne]

Yeah that was the thing that got me. My 5 year old cousin can open boiled peanuts 😂

[@Norm5264]

I suspect what they are boiling is dry peanuts. Supposed to be using fresh, green peanuts. I cook them in my Instant Pot for about 40 minutes.

[@smeadows6286]

What the hell? How are you NOT going to include bbq on this list?

[@b1k2q34]

Because bbq is everywhere.

[@smeadows6286]

@@b1k2q34 Well so is fried chicken but it's a southern staple. Just like BBQ

[@amberjones9520]

@@smeadows6286 i was thinking the same thing. BBQ is mostly known in the Carolinas and Texas. Well those states are known more for the BBQ anyway.

[@sovietpierogi69]

@@amberjones9520 also Oklahoma

[@karoberts2198]

@@amberjones9520 Kansas and Missouri.

[@christopherscorner]

Y’all, my daddy makes a bread pudding that’ll make you scream with joy when you taste it! He uses butter, fruit cocktail and raisins in his bread pudding but the butter gives the crispy texture on top and around the edges that almost taste like candy! It is something to behold!

[@mknewlan67]

I have to object nothing is that good. I’ll need a sample to try before I make that claim. My address is……. Ok for real you made my mouth water

[@christopherscorner]

@@mknewlan67 I wish you lived near Jacksonville, Florida… I would invite you over! Southern comfort and all, you know!🤩

[@LeaningCedarRanch]

I want his recipe!!! I love bread pudding!!!!!!♥️♥️♥️‼️

[@tamarapetrov4990]

that really does sound amazing!

[@mshonest07]

I believe you.

[@timstroud2112]

If you can't open a boiled peanut with your bare hands, you are either a quadriplegic, dead, or there is something very wrong with the peanuts.

[@katerinakiaha6925]

I believe the reason we use our teeth is to suck the juice out. They can be pretty messy to eat. My favorite ones are so soft that you can eat the whole thing. Yum It breaks my heart the only ones I can find in Oklahoma are in a can. I am grateful even though the nuts are rarely cooked soft enough to my preference.

[@karlbraun9564]

@@katerinakiaha6925 The Peanut Patch brand are generally pretty soft.

[@katerinakiaha6925]

Wrong on my end .ugh

[@johnlinn9297]

I wondered about that, too.

[@johnholzhey8149]

@@katerinakiaha6925 The best are the green ones. They're tender and just wonderful.

[@matthewdresslaer]

You can tell that this video is made from somebody from California because they suggested to use fake gravy mix. And if the creator of this video is from the south I'm pulling your card.

[@storybec]

The Pillsbury biscuits did it for me....

[@truthseeker9688]

Amen. How about getting a Southerner to produce / narrate ???

[@eppskevin]

Greatest comments of the day

[@pinkLeopard580]

Yes! And who puts cheese on their biscuits and gravy?

[@truthseeker9688]

pinkLeopard580 never heard of such a thing.

[@sassygrammy1258]

I’m 75-years old and I have never seen biscuits and gravy served with American (processed) cheese. 🤢. For an awesome pimento cheese sandwich, cook it as if you were making a traditional grilled cheese. 😋

[@mystic37]

The people who made this video have never been to the South.

[@bonniecreevy2642]

Exactly, nobody puts cheese on it and there wasn’t any actual gravy. It was just a big pile of sausage. That looked terrible. Also, why is it just a packet of gravy mix when it is literally the easiest thing ever to make. This person is clearly not from the south.

[@kikigam7113]

Im from michigan and even ik damn well that cheese dont go with sausage and gravy

[@geoffreygavurnik3072]

Some people put that American fake cheese on everything. 😱

[@serenityrahn5656]

been eating biscuits and gravy since my Army days 45 years ago and i've never once seen cheese on top.

[@kimcrouse3236]

Lol...truth

[@rachelebert4941]

I don't use American cheese, I would have used Co-Jack cheese lol I put cheese on anything meat lol

[@lovelyladycarter3687]

The narrator is a vegan who clearly knows nothing about southern food😒🤦🏽‍♀️

[@jacobgolden499]

So what, I’m pretty sure the narrator doesn’t write the scripts. Don’t bother the narrator just the one who writes the scripts.

[@sovietpierogi69]

@@hippyfeet5730 how is he racist?

[@geoffreygavurnik3072]

@@sovietpierogi69 don't you know? Blacks call everyone a racist.

[@sovietpierogi69]

@@geoffreygavurnik3072 umm ok

[@notpingu707]

Bruh everyone is calling everything racist

[@dianestacks429]

Native Texan here who was blessed with a grandmother who made spectacular chicken fried steak. It was NOT made with cubed steak. Moreover, most of the time other people used round steak that had been somewhat tenderized and cut into individual portions. My grandmother made hers from a thick sirloin steak beaten within an inch (or more like a half inch) of its life, cut into individual sized portions (usually about the size of an adult hand), seasoned with salt and pepper, covered with milk in a large bowl and placed in the refrigerator overnight. When preparing the meal the next day, the pieces were dredged in flour, fried in bacon drippings or vegetable oil and served. The WHITE gravy is made from the remains in the frying pan, the flour and the seasoned milk. The fork-tender steak melted in your mouth. I'm sure the San Antonio version is tasty; but, be assured, it is not the traditional dish.

[@latashahoward3943]

That packaged white gravy mix is a insult to us. Seriously spend the extra 3 minutes on homemade, and that cheese on biscuits and white gravy may be a Northern thing but don't drag our good name in with that nonsense.

[@twintwo278]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@hearswhat8734]

LaTasha I am not from the south but there has never been fake gravy in my house. Gravy is the best part!

[@KenS1267]

I've seen some odd biscuits and gravy but sliced cheese? Packaged gravy makes no sense. White gravy takes less than 5 minutes to make, once you've cooked the breakfast sausage which you were already cooking. That was the point of the gravy, to stretch out the meal. A slice of sausage, couple of eggs, biscuits and gravy. That would keep someone going all day and costs next to nothing to make.

[@michellealbano7631]

Yes!! I had to stop watching the video at that half ass gravy....and Wtf?? I love me some cheese but it sure as hell don't go on some biscuits and gravy...just ain't right.😥🤣😘

[@melanieclark7949]

@Elijah' Mathews Way to really add your thoughts to the discussion.

[@50TBRD]

Don’t ever use Pillsbury biscuits. Buy frozen biscuits (non-Pillsbury). You’ll hardly be able to tell they’re not homemade.

[@lindahandley5267]

I've NEVER liked the taste of canned biscuits and you're right, if you don't feel like making them, the frozen ones are the next best thing!

[@jmcelroy4872]

Canned biscuits are soooo nasty!

[@historymajor26]

@@lindahandley5267 Same. Canned biscuits are weirdly sweet to me which I don’t like or think tastes good. They also stick to the roof of your mouth and it makes me want to gag 🤢. Bojangles and biscuitville have the best biscuits in my opinion.

[@lindahandley5267]

@@historymajor26 Where do you live? I've never heard of Bojangles and biscuitville! Are they fast food places or restaurants?

[@historymajor26]

@@lindahandley5267 They’re sort of both! I live near Winston-Salem, NC and there is both a bojangles and biscuitville that are walking distance from my house. I think bojangles started in Charlotte in 1977, but I don’t know where/when biscuitville originated. Think of them as a fast food southern breakfast place. Biscuitville closes just after lunch (2:00 pm) but bojangles is open till like 10:00 pm. Bojangles has more than breakfast though. You can get bo’ boxes which are basically for picnics or tailgate parties. We have gotten them for thanksgiving in the past (they’re that good)!

[@j.p.4315]

I’m from the South and the only thing I won’t eat are chitlins. Disgusting

[@j.p.4315]

Slim Pickens It’s called having a preference ya stupid idiot.

[@j.p.4315]

Slim Pickens people like you give the South a bad image. No wonder they think we are uneducated.

[@symonelopez-mondy8946]

I'm with you! My mom makes chitterlings every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas 🤢🤢 my granny would also have jars of pickled pig feet in the cabinet 😩

[@michele33s68]

You ain't from the south.

@ - if you slice the okra and bake it for about 15 minutes, it takes out the slime. It’s all in how you cook it.

[@stacyk7876]

Ok I’ve lived in South Georgia for 52 yrs and while I can say I have never had sausage gravy and cheese with biscuits, a lot of the other things are pretty much spot on. Georgians aren’t huge on the red beans and rice but it’s respected, however Mac n cheese and sweet potato casserole is a heavenly pleasure all it’s own. Some of this is wrong but some is spot on!

[@tiffanysaint4270]

Those Martha Stewart chicken and dumplin's...and biscuits and gravy from an envelope...🤣🤣🤣🤣 My MeeMaw just rolled over in her grave.

[@heatherhillman1]

Some of these dishes are served pretty commonly in other parts of the US, not just the south. Fried catfish, chicken fried steak, chicken and dumplings, chicken pot pie, biscuits and gravy and hushpuppies are common midwestern dishes. Sweet potato casserole and pecan pie is served everywhere, often on Thanksgiving. Likewise, mac and cheese is pretty much everywhere too. Chicken gizzards are AMAZING! I can't talk anyone else in my family into trying them, but they are very, very good. I learned that as a drunk college student!

[@ttjohns4821]

Right. The rest of the country eats them now because they are delishious but this where they originated.

[@JohnBell3]

"Bless your heart" is usually used as an insult. It's much like saying "Wow, you're stupid and you can't help it.".

[@zenmind4711]

May their heart be blessed because their brain obviously isn't . 😂

[@jackcouch8322]

Huh, you learn something new every day

[@katsleggsful]

@@zenmind4711 also when pissed. For example, my late Grandma would say, Well bless your ❤, and when that idiot nurse who kept waking her up to poke and prod her walked away and was out of earshot, under her breath you may hear: "and Damn your soul!" Lmbo! 😊

[@mamadana08]

Yep! This term has made it out of the South and is used incorrectly almost every time I hear it now.

[@artsylady0693]

Actually, living my 70 years in the South, I was brought up using it as in a response to someone's misfortune such as , "Bless your heart, is there anything I can do to help?" or upon learning that a little, old lady has reached her 90th birthday, " Well, bless your heart, happy birthday!" I never heard it used as an insult until I heard it used on a TV show soap opera series a few years ago about some young people who lived in Charleston or Savannah, I don't remember the name of the show.

[@kenhill3230]

I like most of these foods except gizzards or chitterlings. The best boiled peanuts are made from green and they cook in about 20-30 minutes. Boiled peanuts are simple to pop open at the seam and you don't eat the shell except on tiny one nut shells that are practically as soft as the nut after cooking.

[@waynebennett745]

HOW do you boil peanuts for only 20-30 mins.? They take at least an hour.

[@kenhill3230]

@@waynebennett745 Real green peanuts are not dried. You have to live where they are grown to get them like this.

[@waynebennett745]

@@kenhill3230 I'm a Georgia native & no peanuts I purchase are dried...unless I'm buying roasted peanuts.

[@adipsous]

Good on you for the proper spelling of chitterlings. Mashed mashed that one.

[@williammeek765]

Bread pudding is great. Granny used to make it once a week. Bless her heart . She is gone now. Last time I had some was 55 years ago.. Ambrosia was another favorite she made .. Heavenly stuff.

[@larrymcclain8874]

The dead giveaway is when she says "crayfish," instead of "crawfish!" At least though she can pronounce the word "pecan." I will give her that much.

[@b1k2q34]

She actually said it all three ways.

[@francesnorred944]

Larry::: BOY, did you Hit a NERVE!! I go Totally-To-Pieces when (in Real Life/on Videos/Or Movie a(ny) person canNOT pronounce Pecan Correctly. AND Hambre inStead of Hombre. Would you want/Love to-see someone Actually Spontaneously Combust in Front of your very eyes??? -----Just TRY to Say PECOS WRONG!!

[@dianironfeather7785]

Growing up I never heard either of those terms. We always called them crawdads.

[@JR-pf9in]

As a Southerner, it's literally the same thing, linguistically speaking. Crawfish, crawdads, crayfish, etc. It's super common to have a different name for the same thing. Chill out.

[@personperson2319]

Yeah, its puck-on. Signed - a native texas teen

[@marieantoinettescake9513]

Red Beans & Rice ALL DAY!!😋😋😋 Where's the Black Eyed Peas & Banana Pudding?? ❤️

[@artsylady0693]

Marie Antoinette's Cake oh, yes, and also need black-eyed peas on New Year's Day .

[@lant7123]

Banana pudding might be too global to be considered southern.

[@regularguy8592]

sorry but being from the south none of these dishes looked like the souther cooking I remember

[@nathanab5411]

Regular Guy ikr they said to dip crawfish in butter wtf who does that

[@lant7123]

Looked like all the southern cooking I grew up with.

[@tapjar85]

This is why I gained 30lbs while in school in the south. I'm still working it off.

[@amberjones9520]

Its some good food aint it ??? What is ur favorite southern food ??? Mine is baked macaroni

[@shanatinnin339]

Bless your heart :))

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Winter coat😉

[@B27-o2c]

As a South Louisianan, thank you for making the distinction between New Orleans cuisine and Cajun cuisine. Not many people do. Also, Cajun gumbo does not contain tomatoes or okra. Once you get east of New Orleans you are more likely to find them, however.

[@ChrisStargazer]

I always thought the boiled peanuts served in the South were exactly the same as the boiled peanuts we have in Hawaii. If you can’t open a Southern boiled peanut with your fingers (necessitating the use of your teeth), then they are different from the ones served here, which are boiled so long the shells are soft and full of salty water. Yum!

[@sayckeone]

You can easily open them with your fingers. They don't know what they're talking about in this video. It's full of inaccuracies.

[@Uncommonsensesc]

These morons that made this video shouldn't be allowed to roam around free. Nothing they said about them is true.

[@lb77j21]

Says good old southern Mac and cheese. shows Jamie Oliver from England.😂

[@mgtowp.l.7756]

When It Comes To The Box Consumption Of Mac And Cheese Canadian eat a Whopping Fifty Five ( 55% ) Percent More Than Americans..It Is Very popular In Canada Mac And Cheese..

[@barbaras6792]

Also showed Gordon Ramsay cooking catfish. I wonder if Jamie and Gordon know they are in this video?

[@northcackalacky4694]

Grew up in Wyoming, lived almost 30 years in the south by the Grace of God! I don't agree about your Southern dumplings, but I respect a good dumpling from sea to sea! I would give you folks an absolute 10 on this video! I just cooked and enjoyed the best Wild West pintos, ham hocks & corn bread I've ever had 20 minutes ago. The only thing better might be smoked Salmon Jerky in coastal Washington

[@dianironfeather7785]

Needs fried corn meal battered catfish and collard greens to go with.

[@KittenCat2223]

I am 100% Southern, but I cannot stand chitlins or gizzards. The same goes with chicken liver. My mom loved chicken liver, but I never acquired a taste for it. I think it's a mental thing. Something about the thought of eating organs just doesn't sit well with me. But everything else sounds really good.

[@francesnorred944]

Kitten::: I am Mad about gizzards,, But they are NEver fixed Properly. I LOATHE chitlins And Livers. I'M With YOU on animal organs=== it I-S-S the Thought::: Brains/Tongue/Private parts/Eyeballs/Feet/Stomachs.....

[@karlbraun9564]

@KittenCat2223 Amen, I don't eat any organs.

[@katsleggsful]

@KittenCat2223 Exactly! That's how I felt about chitlins too, as soon as I found out what they were. Only ate them that one time, ten year old kid visiting at New Year's. My mom never cooked them, herself, since she didn't like them. But Lord have MERCY, my Grandma sure did love 'em, and cooked them a lot, I think. I ain't going to lie though ... My mom would give me a fried gizzard or 🐔liver as a pre dinner snack when I was a kid ... Hey, I didn't know any better, and it sure tasted pretty good at the time! Lol!

[@francesnorred944]

@@katsleggsful You Are Sooo RIGHT!!

[@2HRTS1LOVE]

I don't do chitlins, but my brother and I would have knock down drag outs over the single liver and gizzard from the chicken our mama would fry, lol. We finally got her to buy extra livers, at least, to serve with her fried chicken. That's just good eatin'.

[@SoapinTrucker]

I've eaten pretty much all of these, except chitterlings, which will remain a no go! 😂

[@jakeruffin9433]

Thats a black southern thing , im from Georgia , you can smell them when they cook em outside it smells awful.

[@OriginalGaPeach]

Good eating, Ill take urs!

[@OriginalGaPeach]

@@rashleonard4069 Tripe is sooooooooooo good, boiled and fried.

[@OriginalGaPeach]

@@jakeruffin9433 Good eating and I cook them in the house.

[@michele33s68]

@@jakeruffin9433 they may smell awful but taste so good.

[@dirttowater]

Boiled peanuts are the best way to enjoy peanuts. Don’t argue with me

[@Dan-oj4iq]

One thing that science has never been able to understand is the fact that all these recipes can be consumed without the possibility of ever gaining any weight at all. It is one of nutritions great mysteries.

[@javierchavez4749]

Hush puppies are one of the greatest things ever invented

[@StunningPetiteFeminineDemoness]

I can agree and I'm not even from the South.

[@GrizzleyBearington]

IKR?

[@francesnorred944]

javier::: SORRY, But God FORBID....

[@sifridbassoon]

there is a great hole in the wall fish place in Dallas that i eat at a lot. they offer grilled fish as well as fried, but come on, if you want to be healthy, go eat a salad. this place has a New Orleans vibe, so in addition to fried catfish, they have fried oysters, fried shrimp, hush puppies, fried okra, fried pickles, and fried green tomatoes. In addition to French fries of course. Also, they have awesome gumbo and key lime pie. And you can wash it all down with their sweet tea. So if you've visiting Dallas, make sure you get to Hook, Line, and Sinker.

[@johnlinn9297]

Originally fried up to feed the dogs. But tasty with a little diced onion in there.

[@ashleyburries1822]

I really want to know if the narrator has tried the food😕

[@Ayaforshort]

Well I know she has tried collard greens because she called it a ham bone instead of a ham hock.

[@roberthunter5059]

She called gizzards "tender morsels", so I know she hasn't eaten them.

[@ronniejohnson317]

Catfish has hush puppies, coleslaw , fries and plenty of lemons. Oh yeah, a slice of raw white onion.

[@j.p.pelzman7481]

My guess: never

[@itstheblessing]

Probably not . She didn't seem southern so wouldn't know if it was good Southern cooking or not . She has really missed out and that is sad .

[@kimberlypatton9634]

I totally am a boiled peanuts addict! My stepfather lived In Savannah near a canning factory that canned them ..he send me (or brought me on visits) many of the huge cans of them! So wonderful!

[@TrojanOneAndAll]

So glad I'm Southern! The food down south is awesome. I cook from scratch.

[@kingtummy4646]

😎

[@VinceYoungIsTheBest]

I love gizzards and have been making them for a long time. My first ones were nearly too chewy to eat. I tried boiling them, that’s a big no go. It does tenderize but also removes any hint of flavor and the texture is just weird for a gizzard. I like to trim as much of the silver skin type stuff off of them and then slice the gizzard meat about 3-4 times without cutting it into separate pieces. Then all you have to do is deep fry them for 10 minutes and they’re great. They would be 165 internal in about 4-5 minutes but they’re really chewy, over cook them just a bit and it helps a lot. Love these things!

[@Uncommonsensesc]

My stepmom pressure cooks them for a little while then fries them and they are so tender and good. I've not had any as tender as the ones she makes.

[@gascis1]

I’ve been eating chicken gizzards since I was a child in the Dominican. So good.

[@harveyclark1649]

me too; people that say they don't like them, don't because they're not cooked properly. I used to love fried gizzards, but haven't had them in a while. Many, Many people think you can just season the chicken and fry them...yeah you can if you want to chew on something forever. People that don't know how to cook them, don't realize you have to boil them.

[@TheCybertiger9]

My cat refuses to eat them

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

@@TheCybertiger9 Just cook them with the rest of your chicken, don't forget the heart too. I loved them when I was little, and still like them, though never had them fried. I'll still pass on the livers, just never liked liver in general.

[@gascis1]

@Oldbmwr100rs As chicken stew is the food we ate most often, I remember my mom used to give me the chicken heart along with that weird piece of the chicken attached to the chicken thigh that people in the USA don’t even consider an official chicken piece🤣. We call it la rabadilla.

[@gascis1]

@TheCybertiger9 he doesn’t know what he’s missing🤣🤣

[@bevtuft3572]

I have NEVER opened a boiled peanut with my teeth!

[@twintwo278]

I have so the juice can gush in my mouth🤗🤤

[@denicesanders4586]

Those peanuts boiled in cold water must be opened with your toofies.

[@revmd621]

Bev Tuft, bahahahaha!😂😂

[@francesnorred944]

Bev::: doN'T Go to a Lot of Professional Baseball games,, do you?

[@bevtuft3572]

@@francesnorred944 actually no, baseball is boring. NFL for me

[@coletanner5193]

Brunswick Stew is simply known as stew all over the south..I've never heard Brunswick until this video..canned tomatoes,meat, and veggies..they didn't mention Deer Chili which is a southern staple in the winter. Polk salad with eggs,corn grits,blackberry cobbler and ice cream,and last but not least BBQ! BBQ would need its own video there are so many kinds.

[@IssyEmobrat]

I’ve heard Brunswick because it’s a specific style and every barbecue place near me all has it on the menu. I’ve also made it and it’s very different from just “stew”.

[@ConnorWilkins]

The "bless your heart" hurt my soul

[@charoncdukes8212]

My favorite southern food is fried Catfish. I just love it!! 😍. Also Chicken and dumplings, collard greens , fried green tomatoes, That's some good eatin right there!! 😋🐔🍅🐟💯

[@jackiereynolds2888]

Blackened catfish sandwich 👍

[@charoncdukes8212]

@@jackiereynolds2888 Yes!! That's sounds good!😋 Maybe with some french fries 🍟

[@michaelr7389]

Boiled peanuts.. I need to tell you.. it’s goddamn delicious.

[@SistahK-id3fg]

Yesssss

[@michaelr7389]

@@SistahK-id3fg it’s a southern thing. No one in my area (Missouri) has even heard of it

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Not really

[@joeyricefried9621]

Sweet Tea is soooooo sooooo good. Especially when your Mom knows how to make it just right.

[@jaywoods378]

LOVE sweet tea. Can't get enough. It's the house wine of the south.

[@TheManTheMythD]

This list is crazy! It goes all the way from stuff that is super common literally everywhere in America (who has never had/heard of chicken pot pie?) to super niche stuff most of us do not eat (gizzards and chitlins, are you kidding me?).

[@XMattingly]

I think I’ll pass on the chitlins 😝

[@dalifeliver0071]

Salmon croquettes and fried okra are the best to have in the south

[@johnlinn9297]

Salmon patties for sure. And black-eyes peas.

[@susanboatman7913]

I agree, my mom was from Mississippi and grew up on both very good.

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Didn’t know they made them anywhere else

[@dalifeliver0071]

@@og-greenmachine8623 Me either I was just as shocked

[@Asgard2208]

I have a lot of family in Alabama, and SO WANT to try Southern food.... The only thing I have had on this list is fried green tomatoes, but, man, was it good! Greetings from Europe!

[@Uncommonsensesc]

Fried green tomatoes originated in the Northeast and Midwest. They were pretty scarce in the south until the movie came out.

[@NeonKue]

I’m 100% Northerner and I eat all the Southern foods with no shame. Yes, even chitlins, gizzards, liver, heart, you name it. Haven’t found one food I didn’t like yet. We need more authentic Southern restaurants up here but most Northerners are too bland and scared to venture beyond the basic foods. Northerner by birth but Southerner by heart.

[@aaroncampbell2180]

Probably because they don't want clogged up arteries and probably because alot of northerners have very strict doctors who will have their clients hospitalized for an ultrasound on the arteries, hearts and kidneys. Heart and kidney surgeries are expensive; and probably because they would be shut down in a matter of two or three months since northerners tend to take their health and the orders of their doctors more seriously. That's one reason I am going back up north in a few years.

[@TheDoodLbot]

My mistake was watching this in middle of the night while hungry 🥺

[@deanarupe73]

I'm from the south and can proudly say that I've never eaten Chitlins. And and I ok with that. 😯😯😯

[@zeroedinwithzeke4059]

Brunswick stew is one of my favorite foods. We use squirrel usually, mainly because they are abundant and highly destructive to the pecan farmers. Mix in some cornbread (no sugarrrrrr!) and it’s amazing. With a side of turnip greens and some peach cobbler, it’s hard to beat! Coming at you from the peach state!

[@grod805]

That sounds delicious. I'm in California didn't know they ate squirrels in Georgia

[@bo2720]

Never knew U.S. eat squirrels! No judgement though, I would totally try it

[@sugarbaby547]

I haven't had chow chow in years. I love that stuff.

[@katsleggsful]

We made some last summer ... Green tomatoes, cabbage & hot peppers cooked in vinegar, and canned in mason jars, right? Need a recipe? I got you! 😊

[@francesnorred944]

Mama ate it by the Boat-Loads....

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Many cultures have it. Italians French etc It’s just “relish”❤️

[@lindaclark4997]

Southern chicken and dumplings aren't made with a drop dough. Its rolled out cut and allowed to dry a bit before being added to the broth.

[@artsylady0693]

Mmmmm, yes. Those drop dumplings, I think they made with biscuit dough, are a northern thing.

[@EmilyGOODEN0UGH]

I'm southern and I love fluffy dumplings. They are their own art form tho, and a short lived creature. They have to be cooked and eaten right then.

[@ttjohns4821]

I beg to differ. My grandmother preferred the drop kind because they were easier to make and they NEVER turn out chewy and doughy.

[@lauraporter6516]

I've had both types of dumplings, but my family always rolled the dumplings out so that's how I make mine.

[@ttjohns4821]

Baloney. Southern dumplings are made anyway you decide. I roll them when I"m not lazy and have time, but if not dropping them is fine.

[@jackscinema1706]

It talks a lot about cold winter days, but it’s the south! It doesn’t even get that cold!!

[@michaelad48]

LOVE Southern comfort food , even tho I'm not from the South, I was in another life, so, hence my love of southern foods.

[@dannyduboice1487]

I tried all of those because I live in Louisiana, Cafe Du Monte is great.

[@99zanne]

There’s a place in Slidell that has better. It’s called Beignet au Lait and r better than my mom’s!

[@b1k2q34]

Monde, not monte

[@intowngirl102]

Just so ya know. Different states in the South eat differently. You figure it out. I'm 62 years old. I would never, will never eat chitlins.

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Then you’re not from the south because we never say what we won’t do

[@laylah4710]

Most of these are absolutely heavenly. Bless your heart.

[@aidenlikesgreninja526]

As a Californian, I simultaneously question your lack of health conscious and commend your culinary courage. Bless your hearts, Southerners

[@kenobambino]

This comment thread is literally the funniest shit ever 😭😭😭😂😂😂😂 I have never seen so many people agree on something 😂😂

[@OdimusPrime]

I love the "these foods are very good for you" notes on the okra and catfish where you try to ignore the fact that they were just breaded and dunked in hot oil.

[@peggyivey5828]

Blackened catfish is better for health

[@OdimusPrime]

@@peggyivey5828 and?

[@mollev6012]

This is more like a tour of foods from Louisiana

[@nathanab5411]

Molle V no it’s not we don’t eat half of this shit

[@videovisions]

@@nathanab5411 just the good stuff!

[@CheyenneEllzey]

No it’s not.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

I like all of these things except gizzards, and I think I'll pass on chitlins.

[@samuelgreen7274]

Me Too!

[@KittenCat2223]

Agreed. Can't do innards.

[@omggiiirl2077]

Don't knock em until you try 'em, but I'll say this...if they smell of anything besides food don't eat them. If they have black specs even if they appear to be pepper dont eat them either. Usually if you see an old black lady cooking them, chances are you are in good hands. Anyone else, no sir. I don't even cook chitlins, because one, I don't want to clean those bad boys, and two them shits is labor intensive!

[@MisterMikeTexas]

@@omggiiirl2077 😂😂😂 OK, but just don't tell me what it is or where it comes from. I just need assurance that any exotic animal parts are prepared by someone who knows what he/she is doing! Come to think of it, sausages and frankfurters used to be encased in those before gelatin casings.

[@omggiiirl2077]

@@MisterMikeTexas exactly and did they stink? Do they now?

[@5610winston]

3:08 when ordering fried catfish, be sure you are getting American-raised catfish. Swai and tilapia are not the same. The best catfish I ever had is served at Long's Fish Camp on the River Road in Enterprise, Mississippi, not far from the Chickasawhay River. I believe they serve Delta Pride catfish, and their cole slaw is as close to heaven as a cold side dish can be. If you're heading down I-59 or US 11, it is well worth the side trip. Check their hours and days of operation, though.

[@jingyun4323]

So southern food is basically heart attack on a plate LoL it's looks amazing 😍

[@bigdaddykyler]

Northerner here, Fried catfish and chicken gizzards are great cheap meats. Gizzards are excellent fried and then dipped in sweet bbq sauce.

[@micahgreene4573]

I'm a native Virginian living in Florida. Never seen nor heard of a fried chittlin. Got to be swimming in the juice for me.

[@piercelaw7165]

I love in San Antonio LuLu’s chicken fried steak is tough bland and over hyped don’t go there if you want a good chicken fried steak go to a mom and pop restaurant

[@fmfdocbotl4358]

Tip top was better when I was there

[@ethelindamorte921]

Any southern food is better at a mom and pop restaurant. Those fancy restaurants don’t know how to season and they worry more about presentations than the flavor of their food

[@fmfdocbotl4358]

@@ethelindamorte921 I avoid chain places. I traveled while in the military and i havent seen a Mom & Pop place here that is worse than some places i ate overseas.

[@claytonallen5428]

I live in Virginia and we do have some heavenly divine southern food!!!

[@MJ-tz6rs]

Who in the hell puts cheese on their biscuits and gravy??!!!! There’s a special place for people who do stuff like that.

[@N1NJ4K1TT3NNCT]

I can tell you that whoever wrote this has never been to the south

[@josi4251]

The original ambrosia salad was ONLY layers of mandarin oranges and coconut. No marshmallows, other fruits, whipped cream. It was kept in the fridge overnight so that the flavors could mesh.

[@paytonj2620]

Things missing... 1. Mississippi Roast 2. Pulled Pork Sandwich 3. Sweet BBQ 4. Fish/Shrimp 'n Grits 5. Carrot & Rasin Salad 6. Blackberry/Peach/Strawberry/Rasberry cobbler/dumplings 7. Any type of Soul Food 8. Crab Bisque 9. Carrot Cake 10. Red Velvet Cake

[@jh76103]

Love #5 & #9!

[@M.L.Reid9093]

And people wonder why we are thick... nothing like Soul and Southern food...

[@wmor2449]

In Seattle the section marked "Southern Foods" in the grocery aisle is literally only BBQ sauce, LOL!

[@MariOlsdatter]

Portland doesn't go so far as to have a grocery store sign that says "Southern Food". You'll never find any fresh okra either.

[@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256]

I wouldn’t live in the Pacific Northwest period.

[@itstheblessing]

I live in WA. state now , a ferry ride from Seattle . Oh how I miss being able to buy fresh okra to fry. I grew up in Oklahoma on good southern cooking . People here just cook differently and well I don't like it . I break out the old cast iron skillet and make southern sausage gravy , of course served over Cat Head biscuits ! In this home we cook Real Southern ! Blessing's to Y'all !

[@wmor2449]

@@itstheblessing yep, I grew up in Atlanta. I miss my boiled peanuts, bbq, soul food, chow chow & sweet tea!

[@og-greenmachine8623]

😐

[@terrycullender123]

A true southerner would trade all these for a jar of green tomato pickles (or a dewberry cobbler). Ya'll thank me one day.

[@jeffmiller1159]

Yep or a good spicy green tomato chow chow

[@richardblankenship5481]

I’m from south central Mississippi and I make and eat every food listed on this video. There were some things left out. There were some things executed poorly. That said, this is a pretty comprehensive list of what I would put on my comfort food list.

[@mystic37]

Stop smoking crack, a lot were VERY poorly executed the rest are not even Southern and definitely not comfort foods.

[@enlightenedidiot9552]

I love how she calls okra healthy and then recommends it battered and fried. What a joke...

[@volcrazy89]

Okra itself is healthy, lol. I love fried okra but pickled okra is better.

[@truthseeker9688]

I prepare okra rolled in flour/ cornmeal mix with salt and pepper...then... preheat oven to 400* and heat 2tbsp of oil with 1 clove chopped garlic in large shallow baking pan, add okra in single layer, bake for 20 min..stirring occasionally. Very good...less grease but still crunchy.

[@PockASqueeno]

It’s fattening, but it also has lots of vitamins, minerals, and fiber. So it’s healthy in some ways and unhealthy in others.

[@kayblancett]

@connie baldwin That's the way my Mother cooked okra in an iron skillet.

[@kayblancett]

She used corn meal and maybe a little flour. Mother called it steam fried.

[@melissafields3376]

9:46 they forgot to tell about prepping the okra!! If you just wash and cut , coat then fry them; they won't be good to eat!! Okra has a fine fuzz on them, so scrub them to remove it. The outer skin and fuzz contain an enzyme that can cause irritation for many people (so use gloves when prepping) . After scrubbing; my great grandmother soaked her okra in milk for about 15 minutes then toweled them dry before cutting then breading and fried them in lard. I do mine the same way!! Yummy and perfect everytime

[@amandaredd3057]

My grandmother made the absolute best collards in the world! It was magic, I think...

[@theocoxd]

Boiled peanuts are a common snack in Central Mexico, with a plus they are not boiled in salted water, we use some form of volcanic stones we name (from nahuatl native language) tequezquite, that's actually saltpeter.

[@storybec]

I've always heard the best salt solution for the boiling is ocean water. It is said the slaves on the souther US coastal islands were the originators of boiled peanuts and since salt wasn't readily available they used sea water.

[@theocoxd]

@@storybec Well, Spain colonized Mexico and a half of what the US are now.

[@newprophet2011]

There's a tradition of Latin American food in the South due to all of the migrant workers. Hot tamales, for example, are synonymous with the Mississippi Delta.

[@annebowen1794]

Country style steak is cubed streak dredged in seasoned flour and covered in brown gravy Chicken Fried steak has a wet batter and a creamy pepper gravy it is not interchangeable

[@Uncommonsensesc]

No - country fried steak is not covered in brown gravy.

[@JC-wq8ye]

Y’all leave this lady alone, I think it’s cute listening her describe our food lol

[@Uncommonsensesc]

She's describing someone's food but it sure as h*ll isn't ours (Southern)!

[@tempyst409]

I'm not here to argue the authenticity of the southern dishes chosen here. But the ominous zoom in on the chicken during the gizzards section was great 😂

[@ITIsFunnyDamnIT]

I'm a southerner and I have NEVER seen anyone put any kind of cheese with their biscuits and gravy, and the fried green tomatoes slices are way too thick, they don't come out right at all when you slice them too thick. Also no mention of Cajun boiled peanuts, those are even more popular than regular boiled peanuts. No orange cream pie mentioned either. An some dishes depend on what state you live in.

[@jude7321]

Where you from?! I never ate cheese on my gravy in my life! And where was the gravy anyway? It's gravy with sausage in it, you should be able to see the gravy, you know, that white creamy stuff you sop up with your biscuit? Where's the fried green tomatoes, chicken and dumplings, cornbread fixed in an iron skillet, fried squash, fried catfish, coleslaw, hush puppies, turnip greens with hog jaw, and what about some barbecue and fried okra? Where are y'all from? Not the same south I'm from. Poor babies

[@dangolguitartech]

We do not eat rice with fried catfish… Hush puppies and coleslaw would be proper. Also, Pot liquor is generally sopped up with corn bread or biscuits. I am 50 years old, born and raised in Georgia and I speak from my experiences only.

[@angelone1839]

You forgot brisket

[@nathrob2437]

it was focusing on the weird shit people don't know about, everyone knows about brisket

[@OdimusPrime]

@@nathrob2437 You're really gonna act like people don't know about mac & cheese, chicken pot pie, or biscuits & gravy? Or like chicken & waffles and jambalaya aren't known across the country? Maybe just try pointing out that brisket is nowhere near exclusive to the south.

[@nathrob2437]

@@OdimusPrime don't eat any of that shit where I'm from, just because you do where you are, doesn't mean the rest of the world does, however, we eat brisket!

[@OdimusPrime]

Nath Rob I know people from all over the country who were well aware of those things before coming to the south. And if you’re calling those things shit you’ve obviously either never eaten them or never developed tastebuds.

[@nathrob2437]

@@OdimusPrime key word, COUNTRY dumb ass, I'm not from the US

[@OnlyMichaelJackson]

I don't even live in the south. I live in northern Illinois. I never realized just how much southern food I was eating. Everytime we have Sunday dinner or a holiday is coming up, it's very southern inspired. My dad cooks for us, I'm just now remembering his family is from the South. No wonder.