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From urbandictionary.com: Slabs of meat taken specifically from the sides of a pig, practically a staple in the deep south. May be smoked and cured, in which case it becomes known as bacon, or salted, in which case it is known as salt pork. Sometimes referred to as "side pork," as well, it is an indispensable ingredient for the southern dish of boiled greens. "Side meat" was mentioned numerous times in John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," a story of an Oklahoma family who left home during the Dustbowl years to work in the fruit picking industry in California. Fry up that side meat, ma - I'm starvin'! Here is a site with a photo: clicky

Chik-Fil-A chicken minis are my favorite. DH gets the Chikin Biscuit. We split some tater-tots. My 2nd choice is What-A-Burger's Gravy Biscuit. DH gets the Sausage Biscuit with Egg. (When you have 18 greyhounds on board, headed for new homes, fast food is the ONLY choice! We have learned where the good spots are for grab-it-and-go!)

Is this maybe close? Clicky

I'm going to ask our local fish house about these! They specialize in local products (Apalachicola Bay and the Gulf), with their own boats and crab-picking facility. But, they may be able to get some of these jewels! If all else fails, I'll have a friend from Hollywood bring me some next time we meet up to run our dogs in Jax (we run for fun, not money)... Anne, could you post your casserole recipe, please??? Pam

Kim, Please, please post your recipe for those Sugar Baby cookies! I LURV molasses/spice cookies and they can only be made amazing with the addition of those little Sugar Baby candies! <mostly a lurker, but this one drew me out> Pam

Brennan's and other NO restaurants serve their Eggs Benedict/Sardou/Houssard/Etc over Holland Rusks instead of English muffins. Or, I've had great success with King Arthur Flour's recipe for English Muffin Bread. Pam <usually a lurker, but I do love me some Eggs Benedict!>

Hello y'all! This is my first post on Egullet... I just had to weigh in on this one! I lived most of my early life in the Show Me State. Any time you discuss North vs South, you need to remember, Missouri was the only divided state during the "War of Northern Aggression". During the Civil War, Missouri had two duly-elected state governments. As a result, it remains a state divided by culture and cuisine. Excepting two frigid years spent in Omaha (a city I learned to love), I have been a GRITS girl all my life. After our time in Omaha, I told my husband I wanted to live where Spanish moss hangs from the trees and the sun shines white in the summer, gold in the winter. I got my wish! We live with our six greyhounds in far South Georgia, where it is "summer camp" all year long. My freezer is full of butter beans, pink-eye peas and peaches. We'll eat Thanksgiving dinner on the screened porch. We now live in the DEEP South! My childhood home in the Southern half of Missouri is definitely part of the South! I grew up with the joys of summer days when Grandpa brought me rich, ripe strawberries in the crown of his big straw hat. My Grandma taught me the wonders of fresh shelled English peas, munched raw, right out of their bright green pods and long-cooked pole beans with just the right number of "shelly beans" floating in the rich bacony broth. I savored sweet corn cooked minutes after we'd torn the cobs from their stalks. She taught me to make pillowy biscuits, smothered in gravy, lucsious with her own homemade sausage. Please don't leave Missouri out when you define "South"! Pam (a/k/a the crazy greyhound lady)