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Garden and Gun's Ultimate Southern Food Bracket

Put a little garlic powder in your pimento cheese and mixing the kinds of cheese does really really help.

Edit: Paula deen puts cream cheese in hers, I actually think it adds to the pimento cheese but don't over do it.
 
Soft Shell Crab v Roasted Oysters is a little unfair. Both could make my final 4.

This thread inspired me to get a subscription to Garden and Gun. I found 12 issues for $6.43 online through MagazineDealsNow.com and using a discount code MPS10.
 
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Go said:
I've heard that a good gumbo and a good boudin are insanely good when they are good. Most of my hate for food from cajun background comes from King Cake. That shit is disgusting.
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Not liking cajun food because of king cake would be similar to not liking bbq because of baked beans.
 
a couple of dashes of texas pete is essential in pimento cheese. just like grandma used to make it.
 
Wuffey said:
Soft Shell Crab v Roasted Oysters is a little unfair. Both could make my final 4.

This thread inspired me to get a subscription to Garden and Gun. I found 12 issues for $6.43 online through MagazineDealsNow.com and using a discount code MPS10.
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Softshell crab is the sheeet. Headed to the Nol-ya tomm and will defs be eating some of that and some crawdaddies.

Not a fan of roasted oysters. The only way Oysters should be served in shell should be fresh and raw.

If you are gonna cook them, fry them and stick them in a po boy.


ETA: pic of my soft shell crab benedict from Stanley on Jackson Square a few months ago.

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I love a good oyster roast when you either steam or roast them till they just open. Slap that on a saltine with some cocktail sauce/texas pete and you are good to go.
 
TheTwinAndreBen said:
Softshell crab is the sheeet. Headed to the Nol-ya tomm and will defs be eating some of that and some crawdaddies.

Not a fan of roasted oysters. The only way Oysters should be served in shell should be fresh and raw.

If you are gonna cook them, fry them and stick them in a po boy.
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Agreed. Steamed oysters are the worst. Don't be a pansy. Eat them raw.
 
A friend of mine makes a pimento cheese that I'm pretty convinced is the best pimento cheese on earth, and I'm someone who grew up on pimento cheese. That said, it is a "secret family recipe" that she refuses to share. GAH.
 
Wuffey said:
Soft Shell Crab v Roasted Oysters is a little unfair. Both could make my final 4.

This thread inspired me to get a subscription to Garden and Gun. I found 12 issues for $6.43 online through MagazineDealsNow.com and using a discount code MPS10.
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Its a really awesome magazine.
 
Country Ham Biscuits are going to lose in Round 1??!! What the heck?
 
I voted Brunswick stew, because Low Country Boil should NEVER be called Frogmore Stew. (Unless you are ignorant.)

And Brunswick Stew IS Lowcountry
 
greekdeac2011 said:
Agreed. Steamed oysters are the worst. Don't be a pansy. Eat them raw.
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I do several oysters roasts a year with 3-5 bushels per. The nice thing about an oyster roast is that you can accommodate all types of preferences. You have to get the things open and a little wet heat does the trick. Some get pulled off and opened as soon as they loosen up and are basically raw. Others I can leave on longer until they are "cooked". For some reason some people prefer this (not me). The left over ones are always good for frying. I still steam them a little to make it easier to open. I would love to see some you "pansies" open a bushel of oysters with no heat to help the process along.
 
Go said:
I went Pulled, Mac (i prefer Turnips over Collards and if you've had
my moms mac n cheese, you wouldn't even hesitate), Cornbread (if
Brisket wins I'm giving up on the South), Bbq Hash (its delicious, a
staple in Augusta GA), She Crab (if you've ever had a great bowl of
this stuff you'll know its better than any shrimp n grit), Oysters,
Brunswick, Boiled pnuts, Tomato Pie (should have been up against
something else, Mater pie is a sweet 16 dish IMO), Deviled (this was
my first Sophie's Choice), CF Steak (my 2nd Sophie's Choice), Cobbler,
Catfish, Red beans, Boudin, Gumbo (the Cajun bracket sucks as a whole,
I'd vote for tomato pie over alllll of that stuff.)
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Can't argue with most of your choices, but the She Crab Soup is where I definately agree. Losing pretty badly when I voted, I attribute this to many people never having tried it.
 
legacyfan said:
Can't argue with most of your choices, but the She Crab Soup is where I definately agree. Losing pretty badly when I voted, I attribute this to many people never having tried it.
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i think this is affecting several of the match-ups. some of the less-easily-available dishes seem to be losing just because people have never tried them.
 
Crawfish boil is awesome. Did it last year over Labor Day. This is a cool bracket, but it makes me sad every time one of my favorite foods goes down.
 
My hardest choice was between She-crab soup and shrimp-and-grits. They are both my favorite low country dishes. Chose she-crab since we have shrimp-and-grits a lot here. Mmm, got the taste for Charleston tonight....
 
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