What is the most popular food in your southern state? In my opinion that’s a highly debatable question but the folks at Garden & Gun has complied a list of favorite foods from each state originally compiled by Thrillist. Here you go.
The South has given the world many culinary gifts, including pimento cheese, Frogmore stew, and Moon Pies. So, when we saw Thrillist’s state-by-state list of America’s most important food innovations, we had to see what they picked for the South.
(Photographs by Peter Frank Edwards (2); Johnny Autry (center)
Below, are the Southern foods Thrillist’s editors claim caused the most movin’-and-shakin’ through the country’s collective palette. On the list are some classics: hot chicken, boiled peanuts, and even the Waffle House. But of course, there are a few omissions (hello, Duke’s mayonnaise!). So now we want you to weigh in: What’s your state’s best food innovation?
Alabama
Their choice: White BBQ Sauce
(Photograph by Caroline Allison)
Arkansas
Their choice: TCBY
Washington D.C.
Their choice: Half-smoke
Florida
Their choice: Cuban Sandwich
Georgia
Their choice: Waffle House
Kentucky
Their choice: Bourbon
Louisiana
Their choice: Hot Sauce
Maryland
Their choice: Crab Cakes
(Photograph by Johnny Autry)
Mississippi
Their choice: Mississippi Mud Pie
North Carolina
Their choice: Pulled Pork
Oklahoma
Their choice: Girl Scout Cookies
South Carolina
Their choice: Boiled Peanuts
(Photograph by Peter Frank Edwards)
Tennessee
Their choice: Hot Chicken
Texas
Their choice: Brisket
Virginia
Their choice: Virginia Ham
West Virginia
Their choice: Pepperoni Roll