OT: How Southern Are You? A Quiz

[triaddukefan]

What the heck is hummingbird pie? I mean, my parents were southern, but I've never heard of that.

I've never heard of hummingbird pie..... but Im a big fan of Hummingbird Cake from this place here in Greensboro ... Maxi B's @Argonaut

The site says its contains bananas, pecans, and pineapple.

Hummingbird Cake

 

[VFLfan]

28...definitely Southern.

 

[CBus13]

Four years in Savannah and could only muster up 12 points...yikes. Five of those points were made by my northern grandma regularly growing up.

 

[Argonaut]

I've never heard of hummingbird pie..... but Im a big fan of Hummingbird Cake from this place here in Greensboro ... Maxi B's @Argonaut

The site says its contains bananas, pecans, and pineapple.

Hummingbird Cake

That hummingbird cake is my favorite flavor at Maxie B’s. Why must you taunt me so?

 

[Jmsdawg]

18 for me. Left out BBQ Coon, squirrel stew, wild turkey stew, lard biscuits, mayo sandwich, crowder peas with rice, some many desserts, etc. Miss those meals!

 

[Plebe]

I've never heard of hummingbird pie..... but Im a big fan of Hummingbird Cake from this place here in Greensboro ... Maxi B's @Argonaut

The site says its contains bananas, pecans, and pineapple.

Hummingbird Cake

Hummingbird pie is just a pie spinoff of the cake, so to speak:

Hummingbird Pie

This incredible Hummingbird Pie harnesses the flavors of a classic Southern hummingbird cake in the form of a pie. With its coconut pecan crumb topping and pineapple and banana filling, it's a flavor bomb in pie form.

mission-food.com

 

[JordyG]

I've never heard of hummingbird pie..... but Im a big fan of Hummingbird Cake from this place here in Greensboro ... Maxi B's @Argonaut

The site says its contains bananas, pecans, and pineapple.

Hummingbird Cake

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yeah man! I'm a fan already.

 

[JordyG]

Hummingbird pie is just a pie spinoff of the cake, so to speak:

Hummingbird Pie

This incredible Hummingbird Pie harnesses the flavors of a classic Southern hummingbird cake in the form of a pie. With its coconut pecan crumb topping and pineapple and banana filling, it's a flavor bomb in pie form.

mission-food.com

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Once I saw coconut pecan crumb I'm a fan.

 

[Txhoopsalot]

Make sure it is the kind mixed and fried with the cornmeal instead of those tatertot looking things you see most places.

Fried Okra Recipe

Fried Okra is a Southern staple. It's so simple to make, and makes the perfect side dish. Get this heirloom family fried okra recipe that you'll love.

addapinch.com

Yes, the only way I knew fried okra until i was 40, was to shake the okra in a bowl or paper bag with some cornmeal (and a little salt and pepper) and fry it up in a black iron skillet.

 

[Txhoopsalot]

Hummingbird pie is just a pie spinoff of the cake, so to speak:

Hummingbird Pie

This incredible Hummingbird Pie harnesses the flavors of a classic Southern hummingbird cake in the form of a pie. With its coconut pecan crumb topping and pineapple and banana filling, it's a flavor bomb in pie form.

mission-food.com

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I have to make this! And that crust looks perfect.

 

[billybud]

Scored 23....Ahm as suthern as sweet tea.

 

[DefenseBB]

I bet there were a few items you had to google to see what they were

Well, I know I am a "Yankee" but I did score a 10! Triad-very disappointing that you only scored 26 of 39, that's a 67% score. Your Southern roots are now in question...

 

[meyers7]

12. Not very southern. Or not very adventurous. I did live in GA, FL and VA for a bit though.

 

[dogged1]

2 years in LA (Lower Alabama) courtesy of Uncle Sam and I got 16. So I just qualified as Sho'nuff.
Fatback is pork skin and fat, a close cousin to salt pork. You can fry it and cut it up like bacon bits. Or use it in a lot of recipes that call for rendered pork fat.
I sometimes use it to make Rhode Island clam chowder, with quahog clams of course. Or Hungarian Szalonna.

 

[militarydog]

12. Not very southern. Or not very adventurous. I did live in GA, FL and VA for a bit though.

I realize Virginia was home to the capital of the Confederacy but anything north of South Carolina and Tennessee and west/northwest of Arkansas as well as anything but the panhandle of Florida is only marginally “Southern” at best. Basically Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, eastern Arkansas, Louisiana above I-10, and the Florida panhandle is “The South”.
Edited to add my home state of Mississippi.

 

[dogged1]

I realize Virginia was home to the capital of the Confederacy but anything north of South Carolina and Tennessee and west/northwest of Arkansas as well as anything but the panhandle of Florida is only marginally “Southern” at best. Basically Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, eastern Arkansas, Louisiana above I-10, and the Florida panhandle is “The South”.

You just p*ssed off a whole bunch of Virginians, sir!

 

[militarydog]

You just p*ssed off a whole bunch of Virginians, sir!

The truth can be hard to stomach sometimes.

 

[Bigboote]

I realize Virginia was home to the capital of the Confederacy but anything north of South Carolina and Tennessee and west/northwest of Arkansas as well as anything but the panhandle of Florida is only marginally “Southern” at best. Basically Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, eastern Arkansas, Louisiana above I-10, and the Florida panhandle is “The South”.

I went to graduate school at UVA with a guy who grew up in Texas, Alabama, and Louisiana. All these kids from the Washington suburbs thought they were so Southern. He said Virginia is just a "Boahdah state." I had a good friend who grew up for the most part in the northern part of Virginia who'd lived for a year just over the border in Maryland, about 30 miles from her home in VA. She said she'd never live "in the north" again. Swore up and down that there was a world of difference just by crossing an imaginary line.

 

[Bigboote]

Make sure it is the kind mixed and fried with the cornmeal instead of those tatertot looking things you see most places.

Fried Okra Recipe

Fried Okra is a Southern staple. It's so simple to make, and makes the perfect side dish. Get this heirloom family fried okra recipe that you'll love.

addapinch.com

Yeah, really heavily battered okra is just an abomination. There are some things I like battered (not many), but okra is not improved by going beyond a light dusting of corn meal. The light dusting counteracts the slime factor perfectly.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I went to graduate school at UVA with a guy who grew up in Texas, Alabama, and Louisiana. All these kids from the Washington suburbs thought they were so Southern. He said Virginia is just a "Boahdah state." I had a good friend who grew up for the most part in the northern part of Virginia who'd lived for a year just over the border in Maryland, about 30 miles from her home in VA. She said she'd never live "in the north" again. Swore up and down that there was a world of difference just by crossing an imaginary line.

My bro was in the Air Force for 20 years, so I got to visit a number of different places based on where he was stationed. He was on loan to the DoD for a while and worked in DC, they lived in Fairfax, VA. Definitely didn't feel like the south to me. We did a hike to the Great Falls of the Potomac, could see Maryland on the other side of the river. Didn't really look any different over there.

My only real trip to the south was when he was in Tullahoma, TN. We also visited Nashville and Chattanooga. I think that counts as the real south.

 

[Magy Cannon]

I realize Virginia was home to the capital of the Confederacy but anything north of South Carolina and Tennessee and west/northwest of Arkansas as well as anything but the panhandle of Florida is only marginally “Southern” at best. Basically Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, eastern Arkansas, Louisiana above I-10, and the Florida panhandle is “The South”.

You left out Mississippi.

 

[triaddukefan]

Alot to catch up on in here.... lemme go in order

New Englander through and through, but my maternal grandmother was from the south. At least 10 of these were staples of my childhood. I’d give a lot for some properly made chicken and dumplings.

Was in the store a few weeks ago when everyone was buying up all the food..... I figured I'd pick up a canned good..... got a can of chicken and dumplings... the label says its made from scratch... i'll take their word.

I scored a 35. Four of them I’ve eaten today. Further there are a vast majority of items on the list that I’m shocked are exclusively southern. What are you people eating????

Edited to add that I’ve actually eaten everything on the list. The ones I previously thought I hadn’t eaten we simply call something else where I grew up. My last comment above stands.

Just wondering.... what 4 did you eat yesterday?

 

[triaddukefan]

No collard greens in the list? That’s a minus 5 for the organizers.

And no, turnip greens ain’t the same thing.

Yeah... that being left off the list was particularly egregious. 1) Im no fan of either.... but I think I would eat a collard before a turnip. 2) this may not be politically correct to say..... but I didnt realize until maybe the last decade or so... that non-blacks ate collard greens I always picture somebody's elderly aunt or grandma in the kitchen making a pot of collards and putting fatback @Crazyhorse in it to add to the seasoning. Every christmas I always say imma try some collards, imma try some collards... but alas.... i just cant do it.

There are definitely some that are not exclusively Southern. Peach cobbler is something I grew up with in New England. Some have different names. Butter Beans are lima beans up North, for example. Deviled Eggs originated in England, so are popular in all the original colonies; It never would have occurred to me that someone might consider them Southern.



I have no interest in squirrel, chitlins, or any kind of liver.

1) deviled eggs are a gift from the heavens.... nothing like fried chicken with 4-6 deviled eggs......... and a glass of sweet ice tea

2) My neighbor and I were talking about squirrel a few weeks back...... he was talking about how he used to hunt back in the day... and mentioned squirrel. I told him I'd never had it... but it is kinda intriguing. Im not sure where I would get processed squirrel meat from though....... guess I could just set up a trap in the back yard.

 

[triaddukefan]

Make sure it is the kind mixed and fried with the cornmeal instead of those tatertot looking things you see most places.

Fried Okra Recipe

Fried Okra is a Southern staple. It's so simple to make, and makes the perfect side dish. Get this heirloom family fried okra recipe that you'll love.

addapinch.com

I only started to eat fried okra a few years ago.... there is a NC Cafeteria chain called K&W and they have the fried okra every now and then.... but alas... they are of the tater tot looking variety. There has to be a place that serves it like the picture above down here... but I could also try to cook it myself at home..

I also feel the list falls a bit short on the desserts. Chess pie is fine and good, but the staples in my grandma's house were pecan pie and black bottom pie (my heart swoons).

Other classic Southern pies include:
buttermilk pie
hummingbird pie
sweet potato pie

sweet potato pie is the best pie on earth.... pecan pie runs #2 on the list

18 for me. Left out BBQ Coon, squirrel stew, wild turkey stew, lard biscuits, mayo sandwich, crowder peas with rice, some many desserts, etc. Miss those meals!

Raccoon? BBQ Raccoon?

 

[militarydog]

You left out Mississippi.

Unbelievable considering I live in Mississippi.

 

[militarydog]

Alot to catch up on in here.... lemme go in order



Was in the store a few weeks ago when everyone was buying up all the food..... I figured I'd pick up a canned good..... got a can of chicken and dumplings... the label says its made from scratch... i'll take their word.




Just wondering.... what 4 did you eat yesterday?

Chicken fried steak in a biscuit for breakfast.
Tomato sandwich for lunch.
Fried bologna, butter beans, and black eyed peas for dinner.

 

[militarydog]

I only started to eat fried okra a few years ago.... there is a NC Cafeteria chain called K&W and they have the fried okra every now and then.... but alas... they are of the tater tot looking variety. There has to be a place that serves it like the picture above down here... but I could also try to cook it myself at home..







sweet potato pie is the best pie on earth.... pecan pie runs #2 on the list






Raccoon? BBQ Raccoon?

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I’ve only seen fried okra cooked properly by family, at a place in my hometown, and one other place my current town. Everywhere else has the tater tot style.

 

[triaddukefan]

Well, I know I am a "Yankee" but I did score a 10! Triad-very disappointing that you only scored 26 of 39, that's a 67% score. Your Southern roots are now in question...

Well to be fair............ the ones I missed were either farther south type foods.... (gator tail, jambalya) or foods i missed out on because of my age and growing up in the "city" (rabbit, squirrel). I have had alligator on a pizza before....... and I do know of a place that has red-eye gravy, and I found a source for souse.... so perhaps I can hit the 30 point mark by the end of the summer.

 

[newfrontier]

There are definitely some that are not exclusively Southern. Peach cobbler is something I grew up with in New England. Some have different names. Butter Beans are lima beans up North, for example. Deviled Eggs originated in England, so are popular in all the original colonies; It never would have occurred to me that someone might consider them Southern.

I scored 19. I don’t consider myself Southern; I’ve lived in Maryland and Virginia my entire adulthood. But I’m an adventurous eater and cook. One of my best friends for a decade was a Cajun, so I cook a LOT of Cajun food.

I have no interest in squirrel, chitlins, or any kind of liver.

But I bet you LOVE Rocky Mountain Oysters!

 

[Plebe]

I realize Virginia was home to the capital of the Confederacy but anything north of South Carolina and Tennessee and west/northwest of Arkansas as well as anything but the panhandle of Florida is only marginally “Southern” at best. Basically Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, eastern Arkansas, Louisiana above I-10, and the Florida panhandle is “The South”.
Edited to add my home state of Mississippi.

I always chuckle at attempts to arbitrarily define cultural regions.

I'm not really convinced that Hilton Head is more "South" than, say, Wilmington or Jacksonville.

Or that Kingsport, TN is more "Southern" than Pikeville, KY or Abingdon, VA.

Or that Interstate 10 somehow bisects Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge and New Orleans into "Southern" and "non-Southern" portions.