In the South, they like fried food. Everything is fried. Fried chicken, fried shrimp, fried potatoes, fried okra, fried green tomatoes, fried pickles…even alligator meat is fried, fried ‘gator balls.
Yesterday I went to the local café restaurant and ordered up a “po’boy” sandwich, which turned out to be fried oysters on a roll. Appetizer? Fried pickles. Note to you Northerners: fried pickles are yummy.
But, if you don’t fry it, at least put some fat in it. Bacon drippin’s are the best. You can put them in everything. I was gonna make okra with stewed tomatoes tonight, but Miss Flo said I have to put bacon drippin’s in if it’s gonna taste any good. I once tried to make collard greens by boiling ‘em and put a vinegar and sugar sauce over them, but everyone said if they didn’t have bacon drippin’s on ‘em, they didn’t want even want to try ‘em.
Anyone have a good collard greens recipe without bacon drippins’?
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