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Southern Culture: Food

By Brion McClanahan on Dec 13, 2016

Food is one of the more tangible and recognizable elements of Southern culture and one that is worth exploring. It serves as a bridge between the tables of the Old South and the New. It was once said that Virginians dined, Yankees just ate. This was due in large part to the old Cavalier practice of multi-course meals that could last for hours, while New England Puritans ate stale brown bread and baked beans as a means of survival. The frontier Celtic peoples subsisted on corn products mostly, from corn meal to corn liquor, but every region of the South had its own barbeque and culinary traditions. The video of the late Cajun chef Justin Wilson also emphasizes the necessity of conversation in the Southern meal. Not only did Virginians dine, they used the meal as a pathway for story telling. It would be presumptuous to think that only Southerners did this, but they did it better than in any other region of the United States, and it became a hallmark of Southern culture, even to this day.

New Orleans Cajun, Justin Wilson - Gumbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK4umRMJlrs

The Southern History Of Barbecue | Southern Living

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxJXTDW4xWQ

The Southern History Of Grits | Southern Living

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AShQDrE41tM

The Southern History Of Cornbread | Southern Living

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUxGaXWWPpA

The Southern History Of Biscuits | Southern Living

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2e-Lxm4Pt4

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https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/southern-culture-food/

 

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