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Please react to the (paramedic force 5 bridge creek and moore, Oklahoma tornado May 3 1999). It's the first responders response to the 1999 moore, Oklahoma F5 tornando. I currently work as an EMT with EMSA in tulsa, Oklahoma. We use this video for training new hires on mass casualty response. The camera crews riding with these ambulance crews were making a Tv show on the day and life of first responders the day moore got hit. Most people have no idea what happen in the aftermath of a tornado. This video is a great watch to understand what it takes to triage a mass casualty incident.
Adam ostrich meat makes the best steaks. It taste like the leanest cow meat. Since there is not much fat ostrich doesn’t make good hamburgers because the Pattie’s fall apart. But ostrich meat make great tacos or steak.
Most ostrich burger Pattie’s have a binder (to keep it from falling apart) and dries out the meat.
Fish comfort food recipe idea: Salmon Patties.
A mix of canned salmon, eggs, cracker crumbs and seasoning shaped like a big burger, then fried in a skillet
Lobster is fantastic!
The seafood dish that you need to try is Shrimp Creole! And if you ever have Fried Green Tomatoes, dip them in Ranch Dressing not mayonnaise! YUMMY!!! Peace, Love & Happiness from Alabama, USA 🇺🇸
The term "comfort food" normally refers to food that people like because they have fond memories of it from childhood. The saying "just like mom used to make" tends to apply.
Zucchini is a type of summer squash that is green when ripe. Some Brits know it under the French name, "courgette".
In large parts of North America, it's extremely common for people to have relatives who live hundreds of miles away (e.g., people in Ohio might have cousins in Pennsylvania and another set of cousins in Indiana or Illinois). When there's a death in the family, then, a bunch of out-of-state relatives arrive all at once for the funeral. The family has a lot to deal with right then, and so it is customary for the family's church to host a meal for the family of the deceased, so that they can just sit down after the funeral and eat and talk with one another for an hour or so, before they all have to start the long trip back home.
This. It's almost never referring to a snack, it's referring to a full-on meal that makes you feel warm and nostalgic
@@captin3149 It _can_ be a snack if it's a snack your mom used to feed you after school every day, or something.
But yeah, it tends to be things like scalloped potatoes, (real, baked) macaroni and cheese, grilled cheese sandwiches with cream of tomato soup, PB&J, fried chicken, tater tots, applesauce, casserole, meatloaf, Sunday roast, ... routine everyday stuff that parents like to feed their children on a regular basis.
"Just like mom used to make" is the key, whereas a lot of the food is this clip is restaurant or takeout food, not homemade. The term "recreational eating" would also apply to a lot of it--high fat, high sodium, high starch, etc.
I really dislike zucchini!
The brits aren't known for their food. It seems that they don't have much choice of foods.
biscuits shouldn't be dry my man. they have a ton of butter in them. flaky and tender with a crisp exterior is the texture of a good southern biscuit.
You're making my mouth water and I just ate an over priced croissant. LOL🤤
As a girl with roots in Mississippi, i can say that the po boy is, without question, NOT what we think of when we think of comfort food. I don't associate po boys with MS. People associate them with Louisiana. Fried catfish would've been a better choice for Mississippi.
That’s what I said!
Kinda calls into question their choices for other states I'm not familiar with. I mean even the origin story is from NOLA.
@@BCowcorn chicken fried steak for Oklahoma is true. We Okies love our chicken fried steak 😂
My peach pie looks spoon much better than anything they showed..
@BCowcorn comfort food...something that reminds you of your childhood AND FILLS YOU UP.
For that bad bison joke, you need to have some Rocky Mountain Oysters.
🤣
Comfort food definitely isn't something to nibble on lol. It's more like something that makes you happy and fills up your belly, or at least your heart, especially on a down day or if it's raining/snowing out.
It can be both. A comfort food for me is cheese pickles and crackers bc my dad and I would snack on it while watching tv together or if I had a bad day we would sit and talk about it. But also fried chicken and mashed potatoes w/gravy are my comfort food
“the fuck is a zucchini” absolutely sent me🤣🤣🤣
They say courgette over there.
Nope, nope, nope, nope. No eggs without hashbrowns, ever! Pancakes require bacon on the side.
@@thomashernandez8700 I say nope over here!
Biscuits are not dry if made fresh and properly. They are light, buttery, flaky and super soft. You can eat them plain, with butter, jam, honey, meat, egg, sausage, chili, soup....the list goes on and on.
Im a native Utahn, and funeral potatoes are absolutely fantastic!
We dont only have them at funeral luncheons, we also have them at different holidays, or family gatherings.
Also from Utah, also a family favorite.😊
I feel like the only way funeral potatoes could be more Utah ( apart from working fry sauce in there somehow) is if they were made in a Dutch oven.
I’m from Ohio and we always had them at holidays and family gatherings, I didn’t even know they were funeral potatoes honestly
We just make them for dinner here and just add some ham cubes and a side veggie. We love them!
I've made them since I was a child in Michigan. We moved to Texas when I was 12 and I continued making them there. We always called them "Aunt Donna's Potatoes", since she was the one who gave me the recipe. I make them every Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and any other time we are craving potatoes. I sometimes add cream cheese with the sour cream and cream of something soup. Sometimes I top it with french fried onions (the kind you put in green bean casserole). This year was the best tasting ever! I used home grown potatoes. There is nothing like home-grown veggies to make a recipe over the top!
Biscuits aren't supposed to be dry EVER. They are straight butter. Scones are dry & crumbly, not southern biscuits.
In culinary school I was taught to put a knife straight in the heads of any live shellfish BEFORE putting them in boiling water.
EVERYONE, should always research shellfish before cooking. Some HAVE TO be alive or frozen, no in between, or you can be poisoned.
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@@MicahSps So they're holding back this time, eh?
Over there, their biscuits are our "cookies." That's why.
Correct!
I think back in the Old Testament days. After a couple dozen people died from eating improperly prepared shell fish. The elder Jews looked at each other and said. "I think Yahweh is telling us. This stuff ain't kosher."
As a native Wisconsinite, I can honestly tell you that cheese curds are absolutely outstanding.
I lived in the UP for a few years and developed a taste for them.. There's a couple of Culver's fairly near me here in North Dallas. Might need to go get some - cholesterol be damned.
Cheese curds, yummy yummy cheese curds.
@@bretcantwell4921 I haven't had Culvers in a long time, but if there's an A & W near you, their cheese curds are really good. Plus, root beer float lol
Yeah they are fantastic I live in wisconsin so I can say we make so many amazing cheeses in our state like some of my favorites are Colby jack and so on
@@kclovelypinky8561 there was a place on i 94 that had truck parking. Amazing curds and wide selection of other yummy cheese.
I commented in one of your other videos that I’m from Kansas, in the middle of the USA, however, my Mom’s side of the family has deeper roots in the northern Midwest. (Iowa, North and South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska). I mention this because my all-time favorite dessert/comfort food is Rhubarb Pie, and it’s something I never would have discovered if my Great-Grandmother and Grandmother hadn’t introduced it to me. It’s sweet, but it also has a strong tangy (almost sour) edge to it. Absolutely delicious, especially with vanilla ice cream on the side.
I discovered Strawberry-Rhubarb pie a couple of years ago. OMG, I freaking LOVE it SO much!
Strawberry rhubarb is one of my favorites, with some whipped cream. My mom also sometimes makes rhubarb sauce in the microwave, cooking it down with sugar until it's soft, kind of like chunky applesauce, and not quite as tart. Now I'm hungry for rhubarb sauce lol.
"Comfort food" in the States can refer to basically any food, meal or snack sized. It just has to make someone feel warm and fuzzy, like they're smiling on the inside, and typically evokes some sense of nostalgia.
I feel like the video you reacted to here was slightly misleading, in that it wasn't really focused on "comfort foods" as much as like...regional staples, or regional specialties. But you can generally get any of these dishes anywhere in the US. (Well, except maybe the Runza...and the Scrapple, whatever that is.)
Scrapple is disgusting. It's one step up from souse, which is truly disgusting.
You can literally see the pig snouts and eyelashes in souse meat. It's utterly revolting.
Scrapple is just a bit less revolting than that.
True, regional but not limited to that state. Plus you can make most of them at home. Just need to look on the internet at recipe / cooking websites, Pinterest, You-Tube, etc. Great recipes. Just have to remember that all cooks are not created equal. Some of the recipes downright sad looking and probably taste subpar too. lol.
Scrambled eggs with pancakes is AMAZING.
-An American who is proud of his country's cuisine
Pancakes with any form of eggs you like is normal here. - Another American, surprised that you were attacked for saying scrambled eggs go with pancakes.
Also, all these foods are connected to a place or group, but some are found everywhere, and some are newer and not as well known elsewhere.
Yeah, tell those haters not to food shame, bro!
Literally what Mom used to make!
i love that i literally just ate that today but yesterday my pancakes were chocolate chip
I love cakes n eggs. Especially when the syrup gets on the eggs. SOOO GOOD
Funeral potatoes.
It's common for friends, family and neighbors to bring over food to a family that has recently lost someone. The thought behind it is so that they don't have to worry about making meals while grieving. Often people bring casseroles or things that can easily be reheated.
also the casserole can be frozen so they can have a meal handy to reheat later when they need it
And funeral potatoes are bangin'.
@@NsTheName"Banging" is very British.
@@thomashernandez8700 Well, I did grow up in England, haha. But it’s quite popular in America as well :)
It's a Utah thing originally, but the tradition of bringing food to grieving families is definitely an American thing, and a great tradition.
We never called those "funeral potatoes" and I was like "WHAT!?" the first time I heard them called that. When I was growing up, we called them "Party Potatoes". We also never topped it with corn flakes...ours were topped with crunched up potato chips.
You might have missed something in the translation for English to Murican.
Chocolate covered chips are what you would call chocolate covered crisps. You need to try one they are delicious. Try a chocolate covered hard pretzel while you are at it.
What you call apple cider is fermented apple juice. Which is an alcoholic beverage. Here it is unfiltered juice from pressed apples. We call the alcoholic version hard cider.
Comfort Food is simply food used to quite literally bring comfort. Usually eaten at times of physical and/or mental stress. Like being sick, angry, sad, confused, bad weather etc. You want to eat something that you know will help you feel better and that food is usually tied to some positive memory. A lot of the time you don't even know what memory its tied to but your body does. All you know is that when you eat said food, you feel more settled. For me its cereal. A close second would be a porkroll sandwich but cereal always makes me feel like a kid again, so it remains the king.
I ocassionly make the whole box of cereal a single serving. But I do refills to keep the milk to cereal ratio stable.
@@J.D666 As it should be.
We call our home cooked food comfort food in the uk . Especially shepherd's pie , cottage pie , bangers and mash , hearty food that fills you up . 😊
Cereal is also my and Jerry Seinfeld’s comfort food.
For me it's chillimac. My dad is from Michigan where it's popular.
The items being added to the Louisiana Jambalaya were crawfish or crawdads.
Or shrimp(prawns for the Brits)
I saw shrimp.
@@bradleyanderson4315 or crayfish, i'm from New England.
@@BCowcornyep. I will say that it should have been mud bugs, which are red to orange. But it's not unusual for jambalaya to have shrimp in it. But those were for presentation.
I’ll never understand why every video like this defaults to Clam Chowder for Massachusetts. I’m a native Massachusetts citizen and the only time I’ve seen it ordered at a restaurant was once by people visiting thinking they were getting a classic New England dish. Instead, by far the dish ordered most often by family that have moved away and came back to visit has been fried clams! Every one I know when they return beelines it to a clam shack for fried clams. My pick for Massachusetts would be entirely different. I would pick Chocolate Chip Cookies which were invented in Massachusetts and are wholly iconic American to the core!
I've been doing fried green tomatoes here in the South for decades.... My secret is I don't put cornmeal on the edges. It's a double dipping of flour and egg... And my own spice concoction... People love them!
As far as fish goes, I think my favorites are
Lobster
Crabs
Scallops
Cod
Haddock
Smoked mullet
And of course salmon
"Are noodles doughy?"
Bro.... They are dough.
If they are doughy, they aren’t done.
@@circedelunethe point is they are made of dough
Comfort food = food that brings you comfort. It's just that simple. There's no need to overcomplicate it.
in the UK food only brings you misery.
@@nullakjg767why do Americans always criticize our food ?? We have some great food here regional too and some great sea food seeing as we are an island.
@@claregale9011 Americans and Brits are always antagonizing each other, well, the petty ones anyway. It's a massive misconception that there's not great food in Britain. People just get so stuck in stereotypes that they can't see outside of them.
Although I think that guy was mostly just joking.
There's some British food that I would love to try, although I've never been a super adventurous eater.
I think that the reason Americans discount british food is because you don't seem to be as obsessed with it the way we are. Your more laid back about it.
Comfort food is different to every person. Food can be found in other states but each region is known for something specific. However, fried green tomatoes (as is chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy) are awesome. Key Lime Pie is addictive.
Biscuits are never dry, unless they are bad.
They are almost nothing like "scones".
They are moist, and crumbly, and NEVER sweet on their own, they can be topped with sweet things, but are almost always topped with savory things.
My man's about to cry about not having a peach pie in front of him right this moment.
Not that I blame him.
They are available everywhere it’s just certain foods for each state is the most popular because you’ve eaten it regularly since you were just small.
Some they didn’t include is banana pudding, baked beans,also with the fry bread you can top it with confectioners sugar and honey as a dessert,macaroni and cheese,open faced roast beef and gravy sandwich, and lots of desserts.
I like fry bread with butter and cinnamon sugar
I'm from Southern California (San Diego) and yes, fish tacos are amazeing. Made with light flakey white fish, shreaded cabbage which adds a bit of crisp, served in warm soft corn totillas... squeeze a little avacado sauce and fresh lime juice on top and mmmm, mmmm!!! Chefs kiss.
Blue crab and Dungeness crab are immediately dunked under boiling water and they die quickly. They have a hard shell so there is no way to stab them with a knife and kill them quickly like you can with a lobster. You don't just eat the legs from the crabs, you open the shell and they have lots of white meat, hard to get at, but very tasty with butter.
I have been to many countries and food is often a part of that; however, a lot of people don't truly understand the depth of differences and variety that actually exists in the US when it comes to food. The US is portrayed, wrongly, as simply some kind of cheap processed food or fast food generators, which is partially true but only the very beginning of the story of food in the US.
No other country even remotely has the kind of food diversity either in markets or at restaurants than the US. It isn't even close. In a single plaza you might have a Turkish cafe run by a family that immigrated from Izmir, several fast food joints like Subway or Jersey Mike's, a fine dining Japanese sushi bar run by immigrants from Japan, a local pizza joint, a bar run by a Hungarian woman who uses her family recipes for their food, an old Korean couple that loves to argue while serving some kind of hot pot dishes, and a drug store to buy chips and beer.
Head across the street and you are assaulted with several more fast food joints and some creepy stairs that takes you to a famous steakhouse and a hipster cafe. Up top there are chain restaurants like Olive Garden and Chili's but also some guy from Chicago that is trying to popularize real Chicago style hotdogs in a different city.
I can go on and on with this because it is simply true. Without even getting into my car, I can jump from Mexican to Ethiopian to Hungarian to whatever kinds of foods.
I live in the suburb of a moderately large city and I can easily find shiritaki noodles, Korean bean paste, ingredients for Thai soup, ancho chilis, and so on without even getting into my car. For instance, at the end of my street, there are several Russian markets and an Italian market. Oddly enough, I can get "imported" wild caught salmon from Alaska imported to the US from Russia and locally made sour cream from the Amish at the same store.
Yes,Because the Brits that we come in contact with through these videos classify all our food that’s at any type of restaurant fast food. I seen one critiquing Crackle Barrel and he called it fast food. And they try to equate a lot of what we have to what they have and you really can’t. Many of them think that if something is a chain restaurant it’s trash food. That’s not always true. I think most of what they think about the US is combined with their less than favorable opinion of us as a country. Sometimes I glad for CZcams because they’re seeing more of our culture and many of their beliefs about us are being exposed as lies. They still question everything because they don’t want to admit that what they’ve heard or thought about us is just not true.
@@Kim-427 90% of all food consumed in the US contains POISON additives. When I last visited for 2 weeks, it took me 3 weeks when I returned to get over a sick stomach. This happens EVERY time I visit the US.
Exactly! In my city I live about a 5 minute drive from Little Italy in one direction and a 2 minute drive to Little Saigon in the other direction, with Greek food in between and grocery stores with Asian characters I can't read except they are not Vietnamese. (And of course Mexican taquerias.) We've got a little bit of everything.
@@Kim-427sometimes I think they see stuff and just assume it's bad yeah. One of my favorite jokes is that cracker barrel is the respawn point for white people since it just has so much that everyone loves, wether it be pancakes, fried chicken, fried pork, biscuits, cornbread, and even steaks and fish. Haven't ever been to the UK but got a friend who loves over there and he'll comment that he almost never goes out to eat for anything other than drinks since he moved back since they just don't have anything as good as what we got.
@@Kim-427 I suppose that’s true but I have a US born relative that sniffs when they see all of our chain/big box ff and restaurants.
In Boston Massachusetts in the early years, it was against the law to serve lobster to your servants more than twice a week because it was considered food for animals, not for people.
you misspelled slaves.
@@1perfectpitch Not all servants were slaves, especially in Massachusetts.
Indentured servitude was popular especially regarding dutch or Irish immigrants... You work for a guy 10 years and then are accepted as a citizen.
@@markballard9942So true, you and I are most likely old enough to remember this from school where we knew which states had slaves and which did not. Well done 👍🏻
This is crazy considering how much lobster costs now. Lamb and Salmon were considered cheap food as well and now are incredibly expensive.
I like when corn is just plain no butter or anything just the natural sweetness.
What foods are available where really depends on the food. But there is a noticible drop in quality the farther you get from the state the food is famous for.
I have noticed a trend that UK CZcamsrs tend to be down of fish dishes. The US has many amazing fish dishes. New England, East coast, Southern / Caribean, West coast, Hawaii, Alaska, and all the rivers and lakes; all varieties of fish and crustecean dishes that are amazing. Don't dismiss the category! Impossible to pick one kind to try.
Yes. What's up with that? Who eats all their seafood? They're basically island countries after all.
Yeah, I've never seen seen so many people from an Island country so disgusted
by seafood like I have with brits. If it isn't fish and chips, then they tend to turn their nose up at it. It's utterly baffling.
Is that what happened during the potato famine, people from Ireland were starving because they refused to eat fish and seafood? Very curious.🤔
To be fair, as an American I absolutely HATE 99% of meals with fish, or otherwise tolerate them. It's not that weird for people to hate seafood. I don't know many people, personally, that enjoy it.
@kugetsu of course there are personal preferences, but this seems more than that (lacking any kind of actual study). The only data I have is that USDA showed that 80%-90% of people reported eating seafood in the previous 30 days. That seems to me to be a very common food item.
I live in NJ, USA. I've eaten seafood all my life and never once have I gotten food poisoning. It's not the seafood, it's the people handling it that cause that issue.
As far as shellfish -
Go with Lobster, King Crab or Blue Crab,
then freshwater - Crayfish/Crawdads/Mud Bugs/ Fresh Water Lobsters {all names for the same shellfish, and there's a few more names I didn't list}
As far as Mollusks -
Go with Scallops and bacon, Then Clams on the half shell, then Spaghetti and mussels
As far as actual fish -
Go with Salmon {lemon pepper Salmon is my fav}, then Mahi Mahi, then you can try some white fish like Flounder or talapia, and finally Catfish is very good
Never tilapia. Have you seen how they are raised.
Like the irish are known for their food, hahahaha aaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahaha!
You left out Shrimp. Overall it's the best shellfish. Lobster is overrated and crab is good but a lot of work.
Scallops are the best entry-level seafood. There's nothing weird at all about them. They're just straight-up meat. Practically perfect.
My mom is a restaurateur. While I'm not as food educated, I have worked in her restaurants most my life. Typically for crab you do a knife right into its brain quick and painless cause if it dies in pain the meat stresses and tenses up.
Not all of these are localized, but you're not gonna find pierogies or scrapple much outside PA.
Fried green tomatoes are wonderful. Crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside. We use cornmeal and we add spice.
Chicken fried steak is something that always comforts the heart. And yes, it is grease constricting it, but it's totally worth it ❤
This video is more about popular foods in each state than it is about comfort foods. Comfort foods are what your mom made when you came in from a snowy, cold day or when you didn't feel well.
Agreed, in Indiana I would see Sweet Corn being more of a comfort food than a tenderloin sandwich.
Not necessarily. It's just generically referring to a food that makes you feel good and brings comfort. I eat PLENTY of comfort food and my mother was too busy to cook like that when when I was young.
True, I'm a Minnesotan and when I think of "comfort food" the last thing I think of is a jucy lucy. The thing just oozes lava on your hands and barely tastes different than if you just put the cheese on top of the burger.
If I had to talk about "Minnesotan comfort food" I would initially think chicken and wild rice soup. But if you asked most normal Minnesotans, its probably mashed potatoes or mac n cheese. Or maybe tater tot hot dish if they're trying to prove something.
Your definition is perfect!
So you saying the south and south west have no comfort foods because there ain’t no coming home from a snowy cold day. I think it’s food that reminds you of home.
Comfort food is something you eat when feeling bleh, had a rough day and it feels like the food is giving you a nice even reasuring hug. 😊
Comfort food in of itself is a food that brings back fond memories of childhood meals with family. Often-times cheap, always filling and tasty. Although some you have to grow up with to properly appreciate them.
There two main types of Clam Chowder: Manhattan {Red/tomato base} and New England {white/cream base}. There is also a Rhode Island variety that has a more clear base to it.
Translation: There is one type of clam chowder and that's New England.
Manhattan chowder can burn in Hell.
If you want to try decent clam chowder in the UK see if you can find Campbell's Chunky Clam Chowder. DO NOT get the heart healthy stuff. It tastes like chalk. Super easy, just heat it up and pour it in a bowl. Done. And again, avoid the Manhattan style. It's just weird.
Perhaps saying " the only time Ive eaten crab " rather than " the only time ive had crabs" might be a better way of saying it lol .
😂
Well if he had crabs, that might explain why he was sick haha
Yeah, even just dropping that 's' makes it sound infinitely better. *_"The only time I've had crab."_*
“The only time I had crab, I felt lousy.” *sigh* I’m so sorry. I’ll see myself out.
@@amyg4961 A louse is a single lice. It's a lot like crabs.
As a Rhode Islander, I will say they got it right about the stuffies. Every summer I go down to the restaurants on the beaches and always order stuffies and clam chowder. Also, I always get doughboys (fried dough balls) at the beach. Doughboys are always a must.
Add some clear chowder and clamcakes, too!
A lot of these dishes can be found in other states -- clam chowder is everywhere, for example. Coney Dogs are called "Michigan Dogs" in New York, and you can get them across swaths of the country. Peach and Key Lime pies can be found almost anywhere. Other dishes are very local, of course.
Comfort food is usually (but not always) a high-calorie food, though not necessarily sweet. It's a food that makes you happy when you eat it, often because it reminds you of loved ones, good times during childhood, or other happy memories.
Comfort food is like a hug from mom and dad in food form. It’s got a bit of nostalgia and it’s always good.
Well, when my mom is focused, other times, well your guess is as good as mine ;).
For us Americans, comfort food refers to food you usually have at home, but really don’t make anymore because few people have the time to make these dishes.
I'm from Georgia and you don't see very many peach pies! You can find alot of peach cobbler!
I was thinking the same thing... that and homemade peach ice cream in the summer.
Just FYI with most of these foods it's not that you can't find them in other states but because of their popularity you're much more likely to find them in their home states. Just check a menu or if you see something close and have a chill chef (and the restaurant isn't busy) they'll probably add/take away whats needed to get as close as possible. As for the lobster roll there is a hot and a cold version and many debate which is better. Im a cold fan and yes I lived in MA for years but I get called out all the time saying hot is the only way to go. Either way a lobster roll will absolutely blow your tits off if and I must emphasize IF it prepared correctly and simply.
Scallops w/angel hair pasta sauteed in garlic butter with asparagus sun dried tomatoes, blackened corn with seasoning topped with cilantro, Halibut grilled, as well as salmon steak grilled, wait orange roughy grilled, grilled swordfish....and here in Las Vegas where restaurants are open 24 hours a day with awesome deals graveyard shifts meaning around 12am to 6am you can get 2-4 eggs pancakes bacon sausage and Hash browns for about $1.50 at local casinos not on the strip.. not too many all you can eat buffet's any more.. but
What this person said. 100% agree
Where?
The only way biscuits would be dry is if it went very wrong. Anyone would notice immediately. They are supposed to be a bit crunchy on the outside but like biting into a soft buttery cloud on the inside.
Breaded tenderloin sandwiches are fantastic. Add some onion, pickles, mustard and ketchup. I’m originally from the Midwest and moved to Oregon for 10 years. I couldn’t find a tenderloin sandwich anywhere. Now I’m back in the Midwest and keep looking for new places to get them.
Zucchini = courgette. Americans use the Italian word, Brits use the French. Don't ask me why.
Italians developed this variety of squash. The Brits presumably got it from the French.
Again, an example of Americans using the original term, while Brits use a word that has evolved through several variations. Like soccer.
Italian immigrants brought it over, the rest is history 😊
Chips w/ chocolate is actually pretty tasty!!
@@claycassin8437 The term 'soccer' literally comes from Britain, it just happened to spread beyond the UK before fading from most dialects in England.
8:45 Have you never had grilled corn?
Next time you cook burgers on the grill throw some corn on husk and all. keep turning it over hot coals until the husks have all burned off but one and you can see the kernels start to uncover... at least that's how I cook them close to the flames so the husks dry, burn, and smoke the corn as well as act like a built in timer. Wrap them in foil to rest with the burgers and you have sweet and smokey grilled corn.
Yes, roasted corn is great. I soak the corn in cool water for about an hour. When you grill the Corte water steams the corn. The husks don't get very crispy but the ear of corn is hot and steamy.
Ummm 🤔. Have to shout out to Mexican street corn here. Elote! I was waiting for the butter, mayo, Cotija cheese and hot sauce! Hola from Arizona 👋
Food ie "comfort" foods are usually brought to the family at the wake after the funeral to be shared with the guests present to pay their respects to the departed and the family and then to feed the fammily for several days after to eleminate their need to cook while mourning. Usually the most common items brought are casseroles like this ffuneral potatoes dish.
Peach pie and cherry pie are my two favorite pies. But I was raised by Latvian parents, so my favorite comfort dessert is semolina porridge, which is cooked with a sweet and tart fruit juice, typically cranberry, but my mom used one mixed with grape juice. the cooked cream of wheat is whipped with an electric beater until all the graininess dissapears, and it turns into a mousse. Then it's chilled, and covered with a puddle of custard sauce before you dig in. It's called "Heavenly Manna"
Comfort Food is something that comforts your soul, fills your belly & you fall asleep after eating.
Louisiana here, ours should have been Gumbo ✌🏻
Agreed.
Absolutely, my thoughts exactly!
I was gonna say gumbo or red beans and rice! They did us dirty with that Rachel Ray clip lmao 😂
@@sarahsarahsarah9093 Girl Rachael Ray 😭🤣 that wasn't even our jambalaya either 🤦🏻♀️
I said the same thing in my comment above, lol
Stuffies are a Rhode Island must but usually also have chorizo in them due to the large Portuguese community here.
And Linguiça, most especially when it’s been grilled. Im not Portuguese but my spouse is. We’ve moved miles away but the few times that we have visited and BILmade them, i really, really, really liked them.
Funeral Potatoes are so versatile. Basically, they are hash brown potatoes, cream of something soup, sour cream and shredded cheese. Vary the soups and cheeses. Use add-ins like cubed ham, asparagus, broccoli, etc. Use frozen Potatoes O'Brien for a flavorful take or try Tater Tots. Go wild. Then there is the topping. Crushed crackers, potato chips, corn flakes, or tortilla chips with a bit of melted butter. Make and freeze ahead of time. Bake it at home and reheat at the gathering place. Make it vegetarian or carnivorous. Yum!
definitely Deep-fried pickles. Jucy Lucy is cheese sealed between two Hamburger patties then cooked without the cheese melting out.
Scrapple is not comfort food in Pennsylvania. Cheesesteaks are.
You are absolutely right!
Pierogis too!
That's exactly what I was thinking.
I think it probably used to be considered a comfort food, back when home cooking was more common than fast food.
@@erine3185 There it is!
Fried in butter and onions. Give it a splash of sour cream and you're there.
Most all of the foods can be found in most all of the states. This video was about the more popular dishes in each state. But as I said can be found across the country. What happens with this type of video is that they just have to find out usually where a specific food that still exists was invented or discovered or first made. And I'll tell you what it seems in America. At least how difficult it would be to only choose one comfort food per state when there's probably a dozen or a dozen and a 1/2 in each state.
Yes, I can vouch for tacos being the comfort food of choice for Texans. Especially breakfast ones. I have not had Chile con Carne in decades. It is good, though.
I have lived in Pennsylvania all my life and I have literally never seen or heard of anyone eating scrapple.
On the other hand pierogi or haluski were insanely popular to the point they were on our school lunch menus.
As a Georgia girl I've never made a peach pie, but I have made a lot of peach cobbler, pecan pie, and especially fried green tomatoes. Yum!
Idk what this video is talking about, but the most popular New Mexican comfort food is green chile stew. That meatball stew looks like some Las Cruses shit.
Bro thank you that’s the first thing I said too 😭 not green chili, not a green chili cheeseburger or carne adovada, but albondigas? Come on man💀
Not the Las Cruces drag 😭🤣🤣
Gonna say... I don't think I ever saw albondigas on a menu in Albuquerque, but green chile stew was ubiquitous.
Albondigas are usually homemade. They are derived from traditional Mexican cooking. If I had to name a number one NM comfort food I'd have to say posole.
Zackly… I had to comment on this too. I know that CO thinks their green chile is better, but there have been several cooking contests between CO and NM and NM has always won. And I know about albóndigas exist, but I have lived in NM most of my life, and have never ordered, nor made at home, albóndigas soup. If I couldn’t pick something with green chile, cuz they already assigned it to CO (🙄) I’d pick posole and sopaipillas. They better represent NM.
Chocolare covered pretzels are everywhere but flip over chocolate dipped potato chips...
Okay here's one... you love a nice brown beef gravy on your mashed potatoes right? Try that gravy on your fries(chips) with some cheese. Poutine is what it is called.
Smear some peanut butter on your pancake before putting the syrup on. Thats how you can tell if someone is really from New Hampshire/Vermont/Maine.
Absolutely have crab again, and those Maryland crab cakes might be the easy in for ya.
If you get the chance at a lobster roll take that chance. As a native Mainer it MUST be on a split top butter toasted bun, with just a touch of mayo and a squeeze of lemon. That is it... nothing else except maybe a touch of lettuce. Don't let someone sell you over complicated crap.
New England Clam Chowder(white) and Manhattan Clam Chowder(contains tomatoes) are old american cuisine and have some mind blowingly good representation out there... but they are everywhere and not all of em are good. Don't despair and give it a second try sometime if the first isn't great.
This comment made my mouth water lmao. I love our food so damn much. Never heard the peanut butter pancake thing before, but I love pb & honey sandwiches so I bet it tastes incredible. I'll give it a try. And thanks from Maryland for shouting out our crabcakes, I'd live off them (and your lobster rolls) if that was financially viable lol.
@@srahhh I am willing to bet you would include fried oyster poboy sandwiches and fried clam bellies in that diet too had they been mentioned. A scallop and shrimp seafood salad on a kaiser roll too.
It varies on how widespread cuisine is. Biscuits are like soft pillowy inside and slightly crunchy exterior.
Funeral potatoes are similar to a hashbrown casserole, but yeah when people bring food for funerals mainly casseroles so the grieving don't have to cook, they are delicious. We make them on holidays
Foods in certain States: It varies. Some foods originated in certain States but quickly spread across the Country. Certain geographic areas have versions of the same food. Like BBQ for instance. You will find BBQ just about everywhere in the States but certain areas, like the Carolinas, Texas, Kansas and the East Coast will all lay claim to their own "style" of BBQ from sickening sweet to super spicy and vinegary, etc. Louisiana has it's creole cooking and although you may find it in other places, there's nothing like Louisiana creole. Also the Philly Cheesesteak.. you can go other places in the country and they'll have what they call a Philly Cheesesteak on their menu.. but you have to go to Philly or South Jersey if you want a real Philly Cheesesteak. If you want really good Tex/Mex.. you have to go to Texas. If you want Fru Fru Throw Up Food.. go to California
i'm from california. never heard of a fish taco til my late 20's. ii expected something with avacado. lol
@@carolynaugust3063 We certainly have fish tacos here in New Jersey but I had always heard they originated on the beaches of California.
Even if we all lay claim to our own type of bbq, we all agree that south Carolina having a mustard BBQ sauce is a crime against humanity
Born, raised, and currently living in Missouri. I can assure you that T-Ravs (Toasted Ravioli) are absolutely AMAZING. There are grocery stores that sell them frozen and come in either beef or three/four cheese varieties, but they are absolutely better when homemade. The quick shortcut is to buy a bag of regular frozen ravioli, thaw them out, and toss them in egg and breadcrumbs and use a good jarred marinara sauce. Also, Chicken and Dumplings are a HUGE staple in the south and are amazing to eat as well.
Fellow Missourian here, and yes, T-ravs are fantastic! And once you've eaten those, finish the meal with some Gooey Butter Cake!
Two kinds of dumplings (other than the Asian kind): Biscuit dough and pasta dough.
I thought you were going to cry at that peach pie!
Here comfort food is something that comforts you, that sets off good childhood memories, and often something that warms you up when the weather is cold and nasty.
Seafood question: For crustaceans, go with shrimp because they're accessible and not nearly as expensive as Maine lobster. For sea fish, salmon every day, either uncooked on sashimi or smoked and added to any kind of sandwich. For lake fish, tilapia is very mild and won't blow your brain, but southern fried catfish is freaking amazing!
I love pancakes for breakfast, and yes, I usually have them with eggs, sausage and hashbrowns. It's a huge meal to start your day off right without getting hungry halfway through it.
Zucchini = courgette.
Both lobster and crab are boiled alive. Some people knock their heads and kill them first. I've never done either, keeping it to the restaurant staff to handle that.
Checkered paper comes from traditional gingham cloth that was often used for tea towels and little girl's dresses. They used to put a scrap of gingham under handheld foods, then wash it. But now they use disposable papers that are printed with that design. (I have a picture of myself as a baby somewhere wearing a little gingham dress.)
Funeral potatoes: Often there will be a reception following a funeral, and that reception is usually potluck, with everyone bringing a dish so that there's enough food for everyone, and the bereaved don't have to cook for however many showed up. This dish was often brought to such receptions and picked up that name as a result.
Apple cider: There are two kinds in America. The one you're thinking of (because you're Scottish) is hard cider. The other kind is non-alcoholic, unfiltered apple juice, often paired with mulling spices and served hot.
Bye, son! (And you thought the curds were cheesy!)
Don't know if you're a baker, or if you can get fresh peaches there, but if so, here's a peach pie recipe for you to try! (not affiliated) sallysbakingaddiction.com/peach-pie-recipe/
10:37 A smart friend from NY once asked the server at a Midwest restaurant we were at what freshwater fish was available.
Seafood depends on where you are. New England = lobster. Pacific Northwest is crab and salmon. Gulf coast is shrimp and crawfish. Inland is trout. Great Lakes is walleye, bass, pike.
Here in WV “funeral” potatoes go by “cheesy” or “scallop” potatoes as well as funeral… it just depends on the family. Also they’re made with shredded or diced potatoes. I make mine with diced potatoes, family size can of cream of chicken, a whole small onion diced, 16 oz of sour cream, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and a ton of shredded cheddar. I leave off the corn flakes. But bread crumbs can be nice.
Frozen tater tots or hash brown in place of diced potatos is really good too. Just bake them as directed and then combine it all the same as usual. Bake until the cheese is melted enough to suit you. Some people add in extras like diced peppers ect. Rotel would probably be good in there too. Utah born and raised so I know my funeral potatos 😂
Ok, thanks for the that.now I know. Thought it was something totally different. Then, my Mom used to make scalloped potatoes. I think she used cream of mushroom soup and something like Panko bread crumbs, also remember her putting a pat of butter on top. Used her favorite med Pyrex casserole bowl too.
traditionally, scalloped potatoes don't have cheese, just a cream based sauce
@@catw6998 my mom made one out of an old Pillsbury cookbook thats just potatoes, onions, flour, milk, butter and seasonings. I remember liking it but looking at the recipe it looks so plain. Then again, sometimes plain is comfort food too.
Scalloped potatoes are made with round slices of potato, arranged in overlapping layers so the edges make the regular curved shape that is scallops. Plus all the other ingredients, of course. If the pan is deep enough you make two layers.
4:03 “Something Shrek would eat” 🤣
That’s a new one and I only have 3 US friends so I hear a lot of different ways people describe our food 😂
He has never had a green chili before! I straight up wanted to send him a can of green chilies (mild, so he doesn’t die) 😂
Yeah, green chile stew can give that impression. It's amazingly tasty though. :)
Think of it as an American curry.
Hahahaha riiiiiiiight
@@garycamara9955 ?
I was born and raised in Pennsylvania and stayed there till I got married when I was 21 years old. So, for 21 years straight, I never heard of, not just ate, but never heard of Scrapple. Nobody I know from the state has heard of it either. What I would consider the comfort food of PA, is the Italian Hoagie. Kind of like a sandwich from Subway, it is a footlong loaf of Italian bread cut in half long-ways and has American cheese, Provolone cheese, Bologna, Ham, and Turkey, with Mayonnaise on top. You eat it like a big sandwich. That's what every school marching band/club around Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Hanover, and a couple other large cities would sell to fundraise field trips. Plus, there were loads of restaurants and shops selling them, including Giant Eagle, Sam's Club, and Walmart.
Funeral Potatoes are basically potato au gratin. Some potatoes are cubed or sliced and turned into a casserole, to put it simply. Quick, easy, and great for gatherings. Found at funerals quite often here in Utah.
As a Utahn I can confirm that funeral potatoes are indeed eaten at funerals. Everyone has their own version, but they are one of my favorites to eat even if not at a funeral. 😋
Biscuits n' gravy, clam chowder, beans n greens w/cornbread, pecan pie, peach cobbler, breakfast burritos...and much much more!
As soon as peach pie popped up, I started to smell peaches, I don't have any peaches in my house, so I appearently smelt it through the screen of my phone.
Utah here: funeral potatoes got their name because mormon funerals are also typically a potluck affair. You make a huge ammount of one food item and bring it to the funeral for the whole neighborhood to share. Theyre a staple at weddings and other parties too.
Hot tip: add dill , green onion and black pepper, and skip the crumbled topping. Thats my moms recipe and she had the best one in the neighborhood for years. The other relief society ladies got pissed at her because hers were better than theirs and they always got left with an oversized pan of leftovers 😂
Fried green tomatoes sounds odd, but they are SO good. Especially if fried in bacon grease.
Lobster resembles crab in taste, but the texture is different. I'd suggest monkfish with drawn butter or catfish, or shrimp, but make sure they season the shrimp AND the batter.
You could probably get most of these dishes in most local restaurants, just unlikely to be as good, unless it's on the menu.... exceptions sea/ocean and lake foods. Not all. But many I think unless they just don't have the ingredients.
Buckeyes - think Resees cups - but better.
Mate, Alaskan king crab is the most expensive item of all 50 here. Depending on where you live in the States, 1 American pound (~453g) will run anywhere between $50 and $85 (~39 to 68 British Pounds), so if you're ever fed Alaskan king crab for free, you are basically eating money. The only other thing that I know comes close to it is Ossetra black caviar which is not American but still amazing.
+ Who tf gave you a hard time for pairing pancakes with scrambled eggs? That is a classic in all of America. Pickles are amazing when fried. Fries (chips) are amazing dipped in milkshake just like Brits do with mayo. Lastly, almost everything is better when dipped in chocolate and/or fried like ice cream and cheese. Try chocolate-covered bacon (fried even) - life changer. Cheers.
I get some funny stories from my mom sometimes. My grandad was in the Air Force so got moved around a bunch, and she has fond memories of getting to stay at a few hotels whenever they would be moving into an area before getting a new home set-up, and in Alaska she apparently stayed in a hotel for a bit that had an all you can eat crab bar open all day since the hotel was about 3mi from a fishery and the owner was friends with a few of the captains who brought back hauls and sold them to him cheap. She also stayed at a holiday inn in main that had a lobster buffet for free, and I'm envious because who wouldn't want free crab/lobster all day similar to the free breakfast most places do
Crab is amazing but it's a lot of work. You can skip the work if you get crab claws, which are just crab meat with a little handle. Very convenient.
I've not had king crab but I hear good stories.
Fried pickles are surprisingly addictive. You might try one, but then you find you can't stop eating them.
them putting chicago style pizza instead of italian beef for illinois is actually insane
Scrapple is delicious! They use the leftover meat from the cheeks of the pig & organ meets. They add corn meal and mix. We fry it in a little oil in a skillet or bake it and eat it as a side dish for breakfast. My favorite way to eat it is on a sandwich with fried egg. Nothing better than a scrapple & egg sandwich!!!
My absolute all-time favorite comfort food is not on this list. And that comfort food is Beef Stew! If anyone who watched this video agrees with me, let me know.
That is one of the best things to eat on a cold winter day!
@RogCBrand Winter, Summer, Spring, or Fall, I am down to destroy some Beef Stew, anytime of all!!
Beef stew in the winter, chicken and rice or chicken and dumplings (very specifically drop dumplings that are light and almost fluffy on the inside) for any time of year :)
@SAM-dg3vd See, I'm from New Jersey, but I now live in Hawaii. Here, even in the winter, it is not winter. So, when you live here, you gotta love beef stew all year around. Now, if I was still living back in Jersey, I would only eat beef stew all year. Because I don't care if it's 100°F w/100% humidity, I will still get some down my belly!!
@@marty-mar29 LOL! I can understand that. I'm a tea drinker- hot and iced, but especially hot. We don't get a lot of hot days on the Oregon coast, but when we do, I still want my several cups of hot tea!
When you got sick after eating crabs, you said food poisoning.. just curious if you have ever been tested for shell fish allergy ...Crab Cakes are delicious here in Maryland by the way ...Don't let one bad crab meal turn you off of trying others..
I wonder if it was crab salad? Then mayo could have been more likely to be a problem than the crab.
I've honestly never heard of crab being a food poisoning risk. Maybe a freshness issue, which makes it an even more tragic judgment
Shellfish have to be alive at the start of the cooking process unless you can do the stab-kill that was described, and then you'd better get them cooking immediately, because they begin to decompose the moment they die.
Biscuits are generally dry, yes. That's why people slather them with honey, butter, jams, etc. Or sausage gravy is a favorite.
Clearly never had a proper biscuit, as when made they're 90% butter and are soft and flaky when fresh. If you're getting one from something like Popeyes or McDonald's then yeah they're trash, but from your average place and from home they're amazing. For some pretty good ones from an easy to find chain get some from cracker barrel, as while not perfect they're good enough.
@@fala5764 Biscuits are always dry. I've never had a biscuit I thought wasn't dry, from any restaurant, any homemade. Just by their nature, to be a biscuit by definition, they will be dry. The only biscuit I've ever had that didn't need butter, or some form of moisture added to it, was the cheddar bay biscuits from Red Lobster, and even those are still technically dry. All biscuits have the same dense quality, and the effect of soaking up all the moisture from your mouth, even the kind made with tons of butter.
But, the enjoyment of biscuits is subjective. Some people don't mind dry food. What's "dry" to some is not to others. What's "too saucy" for some is barely enough for others. I'm the kind of person that doesn't like dry food, at all. I am a sauce person, so biscuits are always going to seem dry to me, and to many people, because that's their form factor. All biscuits have to follow a similar ratio of ingredients (a high flour ratio), a similar texture, a similar form factor to qualify as a biscuit. And that high flour ratio generally tends to result in a crumbly, dry bread product.
I make a few comfort foods at home for my family and all from scratch. Blueberry buttermilk hotcakes (pancakes cooked in bacon grease), sausage gravy with buttermilk biscuits, fried chicken with honey mustard BBQ sauce, and smoked brisket. Absolutely delicious!
First and Foremost Crabs are delicious. Fried green tomatoes are a staple in the whole of the Southern USA. Southern Fried Chicken, Yams, Iced tea and Peach Cobbler. That's REAL comfort foods. Our comfort foods are why we are the most fat Country. Never heard of funeral potatoes..EVER!
Imagine being turned off an entire food experience because of one bad experience. I've had food poisoning more than once but that just means I'll eat the food elsewhere, just not at the place I got them at.
@@captin3149 if hes in the UK every experience with food is a bad one.
I believe funeral potatoes are a Mormon casserole. Mormons are pretty rare here.
Just a note for those wondering, 'yams' is a (generally) Southern way of referring to sweet potatoes.
Kinda funny considering that _actual_ yams are something *completely* different, it was only due to a superficial resemblance to true yams-which were a staple crop in West Africa, which is where most of the Transatlantic slave was based-that sweet potatoes started being called 'yams'.
Comofort food does NOT mean snack food lol
I love your confused face for normal food items 😂
Only advice I can give you...don't let ONE person/place ruin crab and/or seafood for you. Go to a place you trust or make it at home. Find a reputable fish monger & go ask questions. They'll take care of you 💜
funeral potatoes, party potatoes, or cheesy potatoes are all different regional names for the dish like cornhole v. baggo. everyone's got a different family recipe. in my experience, the term funeral potatoes comes from a formal funeral + wake where people give sympathy to family members of the deceased, who are at the funeral home all day. there is usually a back room/kitchenette for said family members to excuse themselves where there is usually a spread of food, potluck style. some people even get funerals catered. it's also a way to make sure grieving people feed themselves.
anyway if you're in the midwest having a potluck, gathering, or holiday meal, keep an eye out for the funeral potatoes cuz you blink and they're gone.
@16:15 yess but it just looks like fried bologna which i love with muster, cheese and fried egg
Some of them are regional and only available in certain places, but others are available everywhere. Scrambled eggs and pancakes are totally normal here. Sweet and salty is awesome. The crabs are either boiled or steamed before they are broken down, and yes they're alive when the cooking process starts.
That maple tree has been giving people delicious maple syrup for over 100 years, and nobody ever offered it a pancake.
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Stuffies - This is the first time that I have ever heard this term, let alone that this is a Rhode Island food. We've had Stuffed Clams here in New Jersey ever since I can remember. Very tasty but expensive for what you get.
Fish dishes recommended by a seafood lover who's also into trying new spices and styles:
Fish taco (corn tortilla, grilled or fried tilapia, cilantro, lime, creamy sauce, cabbage, onion);
Cream-based Clam chowder (I am a snob, and some are definitely better than others. Add a nip of sherry and some dried marjoram to raise the flavor factor)
Baked or Grilled Salmon (Best with dill weed and a cream-based sauce)
Grilled or breaded scallops. If they're cooked well, they are awesome.
Mussels in a good sauce that has flavors that appeal to you. They're a little chewy, but can be absolutely delicious.
They're all lovely. The "shrimp" in the jambalaya is crawfish. A freshwater crustacean. Really, any of the fish dishes in this video are good. Most of them can be found all over. It's just started in those states and they're the best at preparing them. Chicken fried steak is also wonderful in a sandwich.
Living in Texas all my life, I choose a good Texas Steak and a loaded baked potato over chili every day! Chili is a winter food and South Texas doesn't have much winter. So give me a Rib Eye or even chicken fried steak and I'm happy!! Texas is a beef state! Roast beef, beef stew, chicken fried steak, beef BBQ, hamburgers, beef steak!!! Yes, chili is beef, but not a first or even second choice!
Right fellow Texan as well and Chili con Carne isn't even a favorite in West Texas like most people don't eat it unless it's cold outside or it's the end of the month and that's all you have. Frito Pie would have been a better choice than that. Whoever made this list doesn't know a damn thing about Texas.
Brisket.
Chicken Fried Steak with cream gravy and fries. My Grandmother’s is still the best I have ever had. Pot roast and gravy with creamed potatoes, and saltine crackers. When I was a kid (60+ years ago) if we had pot roast there would be crackers on the table. Crumble the crackers into a small pile and pour gravy on it. I had never seen anyone else do this. I asked my Grandmother about it, she said when my dad was small she would start the pot roast before they left for church. When they got home my Granddad, dad and uncle would be hungry, so she would make the gravy and they would eat the roast with crackers and gravy. I would also add pecan pie to the list.
It should’ve been a Brisket sandwich or pull pork sandwich
24:58 Adam..... If you ever had a REAL ham biscuit, I mean like from someone in Virginia or North Carolina that actually knows how to make them, you would fall over dead and be the happiest youve ever been! There is just nothing better than the perfect ham biscuit, well maybe except an egg cheese and HAM biscuit!
I would argue cornbread with honey/maple syrup is better than a biscuit, but I'm probably biased since one of my favorite things my grandma used to make was chili and cornbread, which is one of the best foods ever.
As someone who has lived in the American (USA) South almost all his life I was really surprised that "sausage gravy and biscuits" didn't get an honorable mention. I do live in middle Tennessee so do know a thing or two about Nashville Hot Chicken and I can tell you almost all the restaurants get it wrong: the spice is one note (all cayenne) and the sides (meant to remove the heat and add to the chicken's flavor) often suck (mac-n-cheese, potato salad, God forbid "French Fries" are served). Good Nashville Hot Chicken has a layer of flavors: hot, sweet, and complex. I mean cayenne powder, brown sugar, citrus, thyme, sage, paprika, jalapeno powder, even ghost pepper powder are in the mix. You want the flavor in the first few seconds, then the heat comes in, in waves from the different peppers. Good sides like a creamy potato salad remove the heat and give you a reprise before the next bite of chicken.