Having grown up in a Southern home, and lived many, many years in the South, I never could develop a taste for boiled peanuts.......one of the very few Southern dishes that I don't crave.

I believe I could like real Cajun food, having had a taste from Bojangles and Zatarain's rices.

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Originally posted by xd45man:

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Originally posted by egregore:
Not being native to the South, I haven't acquired a taste for some of the delicacies like sweet tea (a little sugar is OK, but not overly, sickeningly sweet), boiled peanuts, and North Carolina "vinegary" BBQ. Grits are OK. But other than those and my lack of accent, I blend right in.

Now I am going to boil some peanuts and make a gallon of sweet tea!

I formed kidney stones from just reading that.

I grew up south of I-10 in Louisiana. Sweet tea there has about two tablespoons of sugar per glass - not teaspoons.

When I got to Ft. Bragg, I kept hearing about the pulled pork sandwiches that were sooooooo…… great. Carolina pulled pork. I went the place the locals recommended - my uncle retired from the Army there - they brought me a sandwich with coleslaw on it. I sent it back, thinking they brought me some crazy person’s food. The cook came out from behind the counter and explained patiently that the creamy coleslaw tamed the tangy, vinegary BBQ. It took a little getting used to, but I ended up liking it.

I should say that tree ripened peaches from Georgia are however a true delicacy. I was at Benning and Hunter Army Airfield for a while. I used to ride motorcycles through the Georgia countryside on the two lanes highways with buddies. We’d stop every day and eat fresh peaches from the road side vendors. Best peaches ever.


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I don’t like ST, and I can’t understand why sweet or unsweetened became an option over the last several years due to sweeteners being provided. How can a restaurant gauge the correct amount of sweetness for the masses?

I used untold number of packs of Sweet & Low over the years, and I now prefer unsweetened with no sweetener added for the last several years. Yep, bitter is better!