I've been agonizing over an email that I received this morning... from "Anonymous" no less!!! I'm compiling several blog posts that I have written on Southern Cooking and Soul Food. They all contain information on the history of Southern Cooking and Foods. The links are at the bottom of this post. That being said...
I am a Southern Belle with very strong ties to my Southern Roots. My Family History and Southern Heritage are a great source of pride for me. Southern Style Cuisine gets a bad rep from time to time... with Fat, Butter and Sugar being criticized at every turn. That's fine with me. You eat what you want, or don't eat what you don't want. Like it or don't like it. Love it or hate it... it's your call.
So, who peed in my corn flakes this morning??? "Anonymous", that's who. Someone not brave enough to leave their name... on my blog post about my baby brother's famous pizza... and I quote!!!
"Pizza is not southern but it shares a few major characteristics of typical southern fare: yummy but heart attack inducing. I feel fat after just looking at the pics."
#1... Knocking my baby brother's pizza is a BIG no no! If my Mama were still alive, she would find you Anonymous! BTW... I have the same knee-jerk reaction, since I took care of him after she died.
#2... If I told my baby brother that someone left a note on his lit'l Sis' blog insinuating that our food isn't southern, he'd be in his pick-up blaring Hank Jr's "Country Boy Can Survive!" demanding, "Take it back!"
(at the least... that's what he'd do.)
#3... My daughter-in-law, that had her wedding portraits taken in her breathtaking wedding gown, camo hat and rifle... would demand, "Take it Back!"
#4... My Mama was Southern. My Daddy is Southern. My Grandparents were Southern. My son is Southern. I am Southern. My kitchen is Southern. The food that comes out of my kitchen is Southern. Getting the picture?
My Grandmama Bradham, My Mama,
Me and My Son! Four generations of Southerners!
#5... I am NOT saying that a Southerner created the pizza. If you are a Northerner, and think New Yorkers created the pizza... NOPE. If you think that the Italians created the pizza, NOPE, wrong again. The Italians are the first recorded to have used the WORD "pizza". Foods similar to pizza have been prepared since the neolithic age also know as the Stone Age, beginning about 10,200 BC. Records of people adding other ingredients to bread to make it more flavorful can be found throughout ancient history. For more info on the history of the pizza... Click Here!
For more (calm and rational) posts on Southern Food and History choose any of the links below! :-)
My Mama... The original Southern Belle... no emails please!!!
http://lynn-southernwithatwist.blogspot.com/2012/04/no-one-who-cooks-cooks-alone-even-at.html
What is Real Southern Food?
http://lynn-southernwithatwist.blogspot.com/2010/07/real-southern-cooking.html
Family Reunion Picnic on the 4th of July
http://lynn-southernwithatwist.blogspot.com/2012/06/4th-of-july-at-cabin.html
Whole Hog Southern BBQ
http://lynn-southernwithatwist.blogspot.com/2011/01/southern-whole-hog-bbq.html
Collard Greens
http://lynn-southernwithatwist.blogspot.com/2011/12/southern-collard-greens-and-ham-hock.html
Soul Food History
http://lynn-southernwithatwist.blogspot.com/2012/04/what-is-soul-food.html
More Soul Food
http://lynn-southernwithatwist.blogspot.com/2011/05/healthy-soul-food.html
