Food, Southern-style

Posted by on 27 May 2007

And… I’m back in the southern US this week.


Do you think they use little tiny little milking machines to make the rat cheese?


Boiled peanuts (or berl’d p-nuts, spelled phonetically). They’re boiled for a long, long time in brine, and are soft and salty.


Okra! Mmmmm. People from other parts of the US tend to be wary of this veggie, but it’s actually quite delicious when it’s not deep-fried.


They deep-fry everything down here – chicken, candy bars, twinkies, and even sushi. Dig in, y’all.

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Comments (13)

  • Marcy
    May 28th, 2007

    We had a friend from India go to Georgia where he had deep-friend strawberries. Never heard of that one before!

  • CanadianSwiss
    May 28th, 2007

    I love the mix of offers: Rat cheese (???), other foods and cabins on river. At first I thought the deep fried sushi pict was a desert.

  • Michelle
    May 28th, 2007

    No Southern kitchen is complete without the Fry-Daddy. :)

  • naechstehaltestelle
    May 28th, 2007

    That sushi looks amazing. I suppose it’d be uncouth to lick my screen, but it almost makes me want to.

  • Kirk
    May 28th, 2007

    Were you able to pay a visit to Dollywood?

  • Shelley - At Home in Rome
    May 28th, 2007

    Are the cabins on the river so that you can enjoy your meal of fresh pork skins with a view? And, might I just add… FRESH pork skins? I am loving that subtle slice of irony.

  • Jul
    May 28th, 2007

    Marcy – deep-fried strawberries are new to me!

    Kirk – Believe it or not, I was really hoping to get to Dollywood on this trip, but alas it didn’t work out. I bet it would satisfy my love of kitsch somethin’ fierce.

    Shelley – I hadn’t really put any thought into the idea of fresh pork skins, but now that I have… eeeeeeeeeeew. Thanks a lot. :)

  • R. Duckie
    May 29th, 2007

    I am very wary of okra as well, though I have seen tons of it in Asia and even Egypt recently! What the hell is rat cheese??

  • christina
    May 29th, 2007

    Oh wow, that looks amazing.

    I’ve only had okra once in my life and couldn’t stand the slime, but I really should try again some time. I bet it goes great with rat cheese. :-)

  • Jul
    May 29th, 2007

    OK, I had to look it (rat cheese) up. I’m really hoping this is a joke…

    Christina – the slime isn’t a problem if it’s prepared well, but it can totally ruin things, too.

  • ellie
    June 1st, 2007

    naechstehaltestelle, it is amazing (those are my arms in the pic :-) ). It’s a deep-fried California roll with spicy sauces.

  • Jul
    June 2nd, 2007

    Oh yes, I almost forgot! Many thanks to Ellie for her fabulous spokesmodeling of the deep-fried sushi. :)

  • Maria
    June 2nd, 2007

    Until I moved to Oklahoma, I had no appreciation for what one could do with Okra…other than pickled. I love the stuff!

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