Mmmmm. Stroke
As a southerner I understand. There are some great ingredients, but we grease and cook them to death. I like greens, peas, etc. I just hate how much fatback there is in them, and there is no reason to cook the veggies all day.
Yahoo! News - Southern Food Frustrates Health Officials
Much of the South's traditional foods
date back to the days of slavery. Frying was preferable in the region's
hot climate, since it didn't take as long as baking and didn't heat up
a house as much. Plus, Burley said, workers didn't have all day to
prepare meals; they had to get back into the fields to work. Lard was
also plentiful. Today, frying still is popular, especially in poor
areas of the South, because it is also inexpensive.
As a southerner I understand. There are some great ingredients, but we grease and cook them to death. I like greens, peas, etc. I just hate how much fatback there is in them, and there is no reason to cook the veggies all day.
Yahoo! News - Southern Food Frustrates Health Officials
Much of the South's traditional foods
date back to the days of slavery. Frying was preferable in the region's
hot climate, since it didn't take as long as baking and didn't heat up
a house as much. Plus, Burley said, workers didn't have all day to
prepare meals; they had to get back into the fields to work. Lard was
also plentiful. Today, frying still is popular, especially in poor
areas of the South, because it is also inexpensive.