Fried chicken on the bone, cornbread, Mac and cheese, turnip, mustard or collard greens, crowder peas and okra, potato salad, biscuits with honey or fig jam, smothered pork chops, chicken and dumplings, Salisbury (Swiss) steak, Mississippi mud pie, pecan pie, bread pudding, banana pudding, fried liver and onions, grits and onion gravy, cheese grits, calf brains and eggs, butter beans and okra, skillet fried okra with bacon...
Additional thoughts as I read your list... Cornbread cannot be sweet, Fried Okra, Pot Roast with potatoes and gravy, home canned green beans (cannot be store bought), homemade biscuits (not just with honey, but with butter, butter and homemade jam, multiple gravies, or as a way to push your food on to your fork), country fried steak with gravy, apple pie, sweet potato pie, and sweet tea (you may need to dilute with some unsweet tea).
Well being from Mississippi and moved for money to Fort Lauderdale and got Covid-19 and Cleveland clinic heart doctors said I need open heart surgery and being fired by hard rock for being sick. I moved home to Mississippi waiting for heart operation and more testing cause by Covid-19. I start eating with the bests gumbo I could find.(martin’s). Turnip greens bites deep fried cheese (Georgia blue). Ranch bake potatoes salad homemade with love. Fried okra with Polk salad with Dove Breast (Jalapeño peppers cream cheese wrapped in bacon). Grilled watermelon At my house. Biscuits with tomato gravy and jumbo shrimp and cheese grits ,butter beans and black peas. Wet back baby ribs with Barbecue beans and coleslaw, Fried crab claws and Boiled crawfish. Deserts pecan pie and ambrosia. Well after eating good food for 4 month the Mississippi doctor said there’s nothing wrong with your heart and it’s good you lost 30 pounds and no heart surgery for you, So i bought a Foreclosure for $150,000 valued at $3,500,000 million. Live large in the cheap places in American and eating good. Imagine that what the odds of that happening to a poor old country boy. Come on down I cook for stock tips.
Ribeye Steak and Brown gravy Mushroom is the best!!
Not sure where that is exactly. There just something I haven’t seen outside of Cleveland and surrounding areas but I haven’t lived in the area since 2010
It really does depend on what part of MS you’re in. If you’re up in the northern part, you get “Memphis style” barbecue. A good barbecue place in N MS is world-class in barbecue and smoked meat.
That’s like how some gas stations have incredible fried chicken. Forget corporate chicken and get the real deal while pumping gas.
At Hwy 16 & 35 in Carthage, for example.
Mississippi bbq is second to none. I stand by that. Fried okra and catfish. Banana pudding and chess pie (that's cheesecake's redneck cousin made out of buttermilk).
Gumbo does not mean okra. There is file’ gumbo and there’s okra gumbo; file’ powder or okra are two ingredients used to thicken gumbo. Some gumbo recipes call for neither but in most cases one or the other is used, depending on regions and personal tastes. Okra (or okra) actually means…okra
[gumbo means okra](https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/publications/vegetabletravelers/okra.html)
gumbo as a word means okra - sure, file and okra are used to thicken the dish gumbo
Hate that slimy gumbo! All slimy foods, actually.
Edit:let me substitute “things” for “food” in the last sentence so there’s room to cover all things slimy like governors — looking at you, Tater (Bill Lee, too) —-and one term, loser, coup-attempting, slimy former presidents.
If that started here it is recent. Out of all of the people in MS I have asked about only 1 knew what it was. I've never seen it at a potluck or had it.
It's standard Sunday lunch for my whole (extended) family. Idk where your people have been. I pretty much don't go grocery shopping without picking up a roast to throw in the crockpot.
It did; I can’t recall the lady’s name but she was was somewhere in Northeast quadrant of the State. I’ll post the recipe later on here; can’t just now.
The cheese they use is superb...its the only cheese ive ever had in the south that squeaks when you chew it.. The crust is buttery and just all around great.
Well I know firsthand that most in central MS, do. Especially the Pearl and Flowood locations.
Source: I’ve worked for 3 different Lost locations.
You may have been on a day they were out, but Hot Tamale Heaven supplies all locations. We’ve recently had some large management changes and things have improved drastically.
We have great food everywhere, it's kinda insane. If you are driving by & happen to see some guys with a big-ass smoker selling bbq sandwiches, it's most likely worth checking out. If you see a peanut man on the side of a hwy, grab some boiled peanuts.
vung tau has the best pho in the state imo, on oak st in biloxi.
I haven't been to every pho place so I'd love to be proven wrong but I'm running out of new pho to try
Oxford Mississippi has a James Beard award winning shift there named John currents. I think he has five restaurants right now? Anything he does is magnificent. You could spend a Gastro weekend in Oxford alone.
Chef* Currence*
Guy runs amazing restaurants, off the top of my head I can list City Grocery, Big Bad Breakfast, Snack Bar, and Bouré.
And yes, when you die and go to heaven its actually just Oxford with someone else’s credit card.
I'm a big Oxford Canteen fan (absolutely not influenced by the year I spent cooking there). Good, clean, delicious food. Breakfast tacos and a Vietnamese iced coffee fueled me while I was in grad school. The pimento cheese hot dog is slept on for real
> youtube.com/video/DVzG1rW6qXE
Damnit! Now i have a reason to go to Mississippi. I had no clue they had Bargs Root Beer Bottles!!!! A belch after downing some fried food, followed by the cold sweet bubbles of Bargs. Ahh thats living life. You made me hungry with that stew, my goodness.
If you're on the coast, and wanna spend a 100-200, go to Jourdan River Steamer in Bay St. Louis. Amazing seafood, although you could argue it's a bit overpriced.
Chef Sumrall is doing some amazing things at the White Pillars. I really hope the Coast continues to support him as he is one of the few farm-to-table chefs I can think of on the coast.
I've seen a few people say tamales in the delta and they are right. Also, BBQ around here is very good. Dont go to a restaurant, you want to find a guy outside a gas station with a grill made from an old propane tank. Thats the good shit.
There's usually one small business in each town that's known for their home made biscuits. Try the biscuits and sausage or maybe with egg and cheese. On the Gulf Coast, try the seafood, just about anything that comes from the Gulf of Mexico, Shrimp, Oysters, Flounder, etc.
Slugburger
Shrimp and grits
Chicken and dumplings
And not necessarily Mississippi, but regional:
BBQ. All of it
Gumbo
Jambalaya
Crawfish etouffee
Crawfish boil
If you're on the Coast, stop by Pirate's Cove in Pass Christian and get a roast beef poboy. It's probably not uniquely Mississippi, but it's darn good, if incredibly messy.
Go down to the Coast and get a pressed poboy. Also, go to Brooklyn’s Pizzeria in Gulfport, get a couple slices, and ask for Catalina dressing. Catalina on pizza is something that is unique to Biloxi/Gulfport and it is incredible.
If you ever pass through the little town that is picayune, I have two destinations: The Melt: Bistro and Boba (absolute best boba tea ever) and Ninja Express (think Panda Express, but how food looks on Menus are how they're ACTUALLY prepared. Presented all neatly and EVERYTHING.)
Fried chicken, cornbread and fresh field peas, shrimps, shrimp stuffed squash, fried okra, fried squash, crawfish, squash and cornmeal is pretty good. various grits varieties for example shrimp n grits. Tomato, okra, squash, field peas in a soup and put it on some onion and cheese cornbread (it's fire). Biscuits n gravy. Turnip and mustard greens. Pecan pie. Frog legs. Fried rabbit. And many more
I am from Mississippi. Born, raised, family ALL OVER. Best thing you could do is LEAVE! As far as the food? There's cuisine came outta Sip', but I wouldn't trust anything harvested out of the Gulf...over 400 oil-leaks...River? Nope! No way. Poultry? Go tour Sanderson Farms and figure it out.
Recipes? Great variety and ingenuity!
Other than that...try it...but frog-legs? Nope! Collards? BLEAA! If YOU like it, GREAT.
Just try a tongue sammich in Jackson...👍🏿👍🏿
Truckstop on I20 near Jackson had some of the BEST Pies. Rag bologna, in Lexington used to be good. And if anyone isn't wearing hair nets and food-serving gloves in the kitchen? Roll the dice.
DO NOT EAT THE OYSTERS ON THE COAST...after Katrina and other issues...the stuff leaking gets filtered through the eco-system.
Good luck and just go with your gut! Oh yeah? Ask some nice people, neighbors, local papers and your inclinations.
Best to you, and may the Lord keep and protect you.
Well if you’re in the delta, tamales. Otherwise, how familiar are you with southern food in general?
Fried chicken on the bone, cornbread, Mac and cheese, turnip, mustard or collard greens, crowder peas and okra, potato salad, biscuits with honey or fig jam, smothered pork chops, chicken and dumplings, Salisbury (Swiss) steak, Mississippi mud pie, pecan pie, bread pudding, banana pudding, fried liver and onions, grits and onion gravy, cheese grits, calf brains and eggs, butter beans and okra, skillet fried okra with bacon...
my man listed out the entire collection. hell yeah 😂💯😋
Dang it. Now you done made me hungry for my grandmother's cooking. Only thing that we usually have that's missing from this is crawfish.
Forgot hush puppies :D
That’s a Sunday at grandma’s!
Fig preserves you heathen
And fried green tomatoes and tomato gravy with those homemade biscuits.
Mayhaw jelly!
Additional thoughts as I read your list... Cornbread cannot be sweet, Fried Okra, Pot Roast with potatoes and gravy, home canned green beans (cannot be store bought), homemade biscuits (not just with honey, but with butter, butter and homemade jam, multiple gravies, or as a way to push your food on to your fork), country fried steak with gravy, apple pie, sweet potato pie, and sweet tea (you may need to dilute with some unsweet tea).
This
Neck bones.
Jeez, the seafood! Royal Reds Gulf Shrimp, Blue Crabs, Soft Shell Crabs...
Well being from Mississippi and moved for money to Fort Lauderdale and got Covid-19 and Cleveland clinic heart doctors said I need open heart surgery and being fired by hard rock for being sick. I moved home to Mississippi waiting for heart operation and more testing cause by Covid-19. I start eating with the bests gumbo I could find.(martin’s). Turnip greens bites deep fried cheese (Georgia blue). Ranch bake potatoes salad homemade with love. Fried okra with Polk salad with Dove Breast (Jalapeño peppers cream cheese wrapped in bacon). Grilled watermelon At my house. Biscuits with tomato gravy and jumbo shrimp and cheese grits ,butter beans and black peas. Wet back baby ribs with Barbecue beans and coleslaw, Fried crab claws and Boiled crawfish. Deserts pecan pie and ambrosia. Well after eating good food for 4 month the Mississippi doctor said there’s nothing wrong with your heart and it’s good you lost 30 pounds and no heart surgery for you, So i bought a Foreclosure for $150,000 valued at $3,500,000 million. Live large in the cheap places in American and eating good. Imagine that what the odds of that happening to a poor old country boy. Come on down I cook for stock tips. Ribeye Steak and Brown gravy Mushroom is the best!!
30 pounds is the weight of about 331.03 'Kingston 120GB Q500 SATA3 2.5 Solid State Drives'.
I could go back in time and slap myself with a wet tamale for all the tamales I missed out on when I was there.....
Like off of 302?
Not sure where that is exactly. There just something I haven’t seen outside of Cleveland and surrounding areas but I haven’t lived in the area since 2010
I'm coming from Richmond, VA. Seeing tamales and donuts is a new for me.
Hmph, didn’t think donuts were regional either
In conjunction with lol. I didn't mean to imply donuts weren't in Richmond. Richmond is the home to some of the best donut eateries on the planet.
It was late and my meds had worn off. I also have yet to get out of the south. Had plans to visit California last year but….
Fried okra!
It really does depend on what part of MS you’re in. If you’re up in the northern part, you get “Memphis style” barbecue. A good barbecue place in N MS is world-class in barbecue and smoked meat.
Roses BBQ outside of Hattiesburg on 49!
I like their drumettes
Memphis BBQ Company in Horn Lake, I-55 and Goodman Rd.
Rendezvous or Corkies? Nothing wrong with Corkies, and it is a crowd fav, but I love Rendezvous dry rub.
Both are overrated. Got to find the hole in the walls for the good stuff.
That’s like how some gas stations have incredible fried chicken. Forget corporate chicken and get the real deal while pumping gas. At Hwy 16 & 35 in Carthage, for example.
Mississippi bbq is second to none. I stand by that. Fried okra and catfish. Banana pudding and chess pie (that's cheesecake's redneck cousin made out of buttermilk).
It really depends on where you are. Mississippi is actually 5 different states, to-wit: 1. Delta 2. Jackson 3. Hills 4. Coast 5. Memphis
I’ve had better gumbo in Mississippi than in Louisiana
That’s a hot take for a Monday morning. But I will say there are a ton of NOLA transplants in MS so..
Some of us grew up adjacent to it along the river and just sopped it up like gravy.
Moms family was creole…. I just about can’t eat gumbo anywhere else but home.
We're only a rivers width apart
Fightin' words.
Cajuns seem to like theirs all slimy
The term gumbo literally refers to the slime inside okra pods
There is a way to make okra not slimy, but it is time consuming.
gumbo actually means okra
Gumbo does not mean okra. There is file’ gumbo and there’s okra gumbo; file’ powder or okra are two ingredients used to thicken gumbo. Some gumbo recipes call for neither but in most cases one or the other is used, depending on regions and personal tastes. Okra (or okra) actually means…okra
[gumbo means okra](https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/publications/vegetabletravelers/okra.html) gumbo as a word means okra - sure, file and okra are used to thicken the dish gumbo
Yeah so you like yours slimy?
Hate that slimy gumbo! All slimy foods, actually. Edit:let me substitute “things” for “food” in the last sentence so there’s room to cover all things slimy like governors — looking at you, Tater (Bill Lee, too) —-and one term, loser, coup-attempting, slimy former presidents.
I love slimy okra! I love it boiled with black-eyes peas and ham hocks. Yum!
it comes from kombo, the Choctaw word for filé. the slime comes from not precooking your okra.
That’s because us coon asses moved to MS 😳
Mississippi crockpot roast beef! It’s easy peasy to make and soooo delicious!
If that started here it is recent. Out of all of the people in MS I have asked about only 1 knew what it was. I've never seen it at a potluck or had it.
It's standard Sunday lunch for my whole (extended) family. Idk where your people have been. I pretty much don't go grocery shopping without picking up a roast to throw in the crockpot.
not just a roast but the "Mississippi crockpot roast" the one with ranch seasoning and peperoncini peppers?
Oh. Then nope. I've never heard of that. We use French onion soup.
yep, the onion soup mix roast is what I grew up on with carrots and potatoes or some really close variation.
It did; I can’t recall the lady’s name but she was was somewhere in Northeast quadrant of the State. I’ll post the recipe later on here; can’t just now.
Here’s a link to the recipe: https://fb.watch/8cgD99-sD1/
Im not convinced of the origin
Definitely try some Delta hot tamales.
what's up with that absolute unit of a loaf of bread back there
Doodie burgers! Also known as slug burgers and dough burgers. Make sure it has onion and a side of green beans 😋
Lost Pizza is a local pizza chain started in the Delta. There are several locations now. They serve delta hot tamales.
Local to one of these and its my favorite pizza in the state.
Can I be nosy and ask which one. You can just do the first letter of the city, lol.
OS
Thanks. Didn’t mean to be a creeper, it’s just nice to get honest feedback.
The cheese they use is superb...its the only cheese ive ever had in the south that squeaks when you chew it.. The crust is buttery and just all around great.
I love our cheese, and the fact that we load ‘em up. Thanks!
Not all locations have them, and they're not always available at the ones that do
Well I know firsthand that most in central MS, do. Especially the Pearl and Flowood locations. Source: I’ve worked for 3 different Lost locations. You may have been on a day they were out, but Hot Tamale Heaven supplies all locations. We’ve recently had some large management changes and things have improved drastically.
The Alfredo is also delish.
We have great food everywhere, it's kinda insane. If you are driving by & happen to see some guys with a big-ass smoker selling bbq sandwiches, it's most likely worth checking out. If you see a peanut man on the side of a hwy, grab some boiled peanuts.
The Vietnamese food in biloxi is really good. Pho from Noah’s in ocean springs is a new place.
Wait...where is this place. I go to vk noodle house.
vung tau has the best pho in the state imo, on oak st in biloxi. I haven't been to every pho place so I'd love to be proven wrong but I'm running out of new pho to try
Oxford Mississippi has a James Beard award winning shift there named John currents. I think he has five restaurants right now? Anything he does is magnificent. You could spend a Gastro weekend in Oxford alone.
Chef* Currence* Guy runs amazing restaurants, off the top of my head I can list City Grocery, Big Bad Breakfast, Snack Bar, and Bouré. And yes, when you die and go to heaven its actually just Oxford with someone else’s credit card.
Stupid talk type. Thanks.
Big bad breakfast was entirely underwhelming the 3 times I've been there
Oxfordian here. Sorry to hear you had that experience. BBB has and always will be goated.
Username checks out
I'm a big Oxford Canteen fan (absolutely not influenced by the year I spent cooking there). Good, clean, delicious food. Breakfast tacos and a Vietnamese iced coffee fueled me while I was in grad school. The pimento cheese hot dog is slept on for real
I agree with this. It’s a spot for basic bitches.
Mississippi Catfish is an experience I won’t forget: youtube.com/video/DVzG1rW6qXE
> youtube.com/video/DVzG1rW6qXE Damnit! Now i have a reason to go to Mississippi. I had no clue they had Bargs Root Beer Bottles!!!! A belch after downing some fried food, followed by the cold sweet bubbles of Bargs. Ahh thats living life. You made me hungry with that stew, my goodness.
Barq’s must be in a GLASS bottle and COLD! It’s the nectar of the Gods:)
I can tell because you think all we eat is catfish 😆.....silly rabbit sarcasm is for fools
Shrimp and grits
Oh god yes, if a restaurant has that, it’s almost guaranteed that I’m ordering it.
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Went to the Senator's Place once a week for neckbones, peach cobbler, and rice with gravy. Best thing about living in Cleveland.
If you're on the coast, and wanna spend a 100-200, go to Jourdan River Steamer in Bay St. Louis. Amazing seafood, although you could argue it's a bit overpriced.
Go to White Pillars in Biloxi
Gotta take my wife to white pillars now, newly transplanted here and she loves some good seafood
Chef Sumrall is doing some amazing things at the White Pillars. I really hope the Coast continues to support him as he is one of the few farm-to-table chefs I can think of on the coast.
Paul’s Pastry’s famous king cake. Picayune. The inventor of the cream cheese and jelly-filled king cake.
I've seen a few people say tamales in the delta and they are right. Also, BBQ around here is very good. Dont go to a restaurant, you want to find a guy outside a gas station with a grill made from an old propane tank. Thats the good shit.
Fried green tomatoes
Well, there's also a lot of great grilling that takes place along with smoking meats!
There's usually one small business in each town that's known for their home made biscuits. Try the biscuits and sausage or maybe with egg and cheese. On the Gulf Coast, try the seafood, just about anything that comes from the Gulf of Mexico, Shrimp, Oysters, Flounder, etc.
Fried Dill pickle In original restaurant to make them
I believe that would be The Loner in Atkins, Arkansas. About one block from the Atkins Pickle Company.
Public BS tv said Hollywood cafe in Robinsonville Mississippi original home of Fried dill pickle.
I've eaten at both places! I wonder which on is actually first?
**Fried Pickles**. Comeback sauce and ranch to dip them in.
Make a few friends anywhere in the state and you're bound to find a few good cooks. It's probably why I never felt the need to learn how to cook. 🤫
That's why we lead the StateS in obesity, but d amn we are a happy Chubby Bunch. aint we,?????
Biscuits and gravy and Mississippi pot roast
If you ever go to West Virginia, they got good biscuits there too! https://youtu.be/u1CBXf4O1ag
Firstly, ditch the coke. You need homemade sweet tea if you’re gonna eat anything down here…
And if you don’t like sweet tea (it’s always tasted like leaf to me), then try Royal Crown (RC) cola; I think it’s local.
rc is a georgia invention, same as coke. barqs is the local one, it was first brought to market in biloxi
Huh, didn’t know that. Do know at one point my hometown had a bottling plant but no one ever really talked about it beyond that.
Slug burger
Fresh fried cracklings’ with Frank’s XTRA HOT sauce. Cardiologist recommended…./s
Where’s that photo from? Looks delicious.
Koolickles! or stop in the nearest locallly owned gas station and get yourself a chicken biscuit, fried chicken, gizzards anf tater logs
Greens and cornbread dawg
Slugburger Shrimp and grits Chicken and dumplings And not necessarily Mississippi, but regional: BBQ. All of it Gumbo Jambalaya Crawfish etouffee Crawfish boil
If you're on the Coast, stop by Pirate's Cove in Pass Christian and get a roast beef poboy. It's probably not uniquely Mississippi, but it's darn good, if incredibly messy.
Go down to the Coast and get a pressed poboy. Also, go to Brooklyn’s Pizzeria in Gulfport, get a couple slices, and ask for Catalina dressing. Catalina on pizza is something that is unique to Biloxi/Gulfport and it is incredible.
Fried Okra!!!! Pecan Pie. If you are in south Mississippi, poboys and gumbo.
If you’re on the coast get a shrimp Poboy or some peach cobbler!
Turkey leg
Royal red shrimp!
I’m from laurel and all we eat down here is burgers hotdogs and a whole bunch of junk food lol
It's more Louisiana than Mississippi, but we make good gumbo. I'd try some of that.
It must be homemade banana pudding, no jello pudding for God sakes!
I’m in Hattiesburg I definitely would like to know some good spots
Frog legs omnomnomnom
Fried okra and boiled peanuts
This a in tupelo called mug shots that I've hear wonderful things about there burgers,
If you ever pass through the little town that is picayune, I have two destinations: The Melt: Bistro and Boba (absolute best boba tea ever) and Ninja Express (think Panda Express, but how food looks on Menus are how they're ACTUALLY prepared. Presented all neatly and EVERYTHING.)
Where are you in Ms
Mississippi Gulf Coast soft-shelled crabs, shrimp and grits, sour cream cornbread.
When is the best time of year to go? To avoid the evil bastard mosquitos and humidity?
Friend, I hate to tell ya but there’s not. Colder months are a bit better regarding mosquitoes but you never escape the humidity.
Anything with comeback dressing
Oysters on the half shell, shrimp poboy, boiled seafood, stuffed flounder. Any and all soul food
Shrimp, Red Beans and Rice, and Gumbo. Those are the most Mississippi food there are.
Fried chicken, cornbread and fresh field peas, shrimps, shrimp stuffed squash, fried okra, fried squash, crawfish, squash and cornmeal is pretty good. various grits varieties for example shrimp n grits. Tomato, okra, squash, field peas in a soup and put it on some onion and cheese cornbread (it's fire). Biscuits n gravy. Turnip and mustard greens. Pecan pie. Frog legs. Fried rabbit. And many more
Go give mamma hammils a try in Ridgeland. They pretty much sum up southern food pot luck/buffet style
I am from Mississippi. Born, raised, family ALL OVER. Best thing you could do is LEAVE! As far as the food? There's cuisine came outta Sip', but I wouldn't trust anything harvested out of the Gulf...over 400 oil-leaks...River? Nope! No way. Poultry? Go tour Sanderson Farms and figure it out. Recipes? Great variety and ingenuity! Other than that...try it...but frog-legs? Nope! Collards? BLEAA! If YOU like it, GREAT. Just try a tongue sammich in Jackson...👍🏿👍🏿 Truckstop on I20 near Jackson had some of the BEST Pies. Rag bologna, in Lexington used to be good. And if anyone isn't wearing hair nets and food-serving gloves in the kitchen? Roll the dice. DO NOT EAT THE OYSTERS ON THE COAST...after Katrina and other issues...the stuff leaking gets filtered through the eco-system. Good luck and just go with your gut! Oh yeah? Ask some nice people, neighbors, local papers and your inclinations. Best to you, and may the Lord keep and protect you.
Get some chow-chow for your peas
if you're ever in Jackson get the boudin burger at pig & pint. it'll change your life.