Two Brits try REAL Southern Fried Chicken for the first time!
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- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024
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That waitress is worth her weight in gold, what a sweetheart. I hope her boss recognizes how lucky he is to have such a good employee.
I hope she gets a big raise after this! She's precious!
I'm sure she makes mad tips.
@@wfj50 she gets paid in tips-- and I'm sure her customers adore her, and take good care of her ❤
waitress is 10/10 a classic southern queen
Y’all must not b from the south. This is typical southern hospitality and most of us have it.
Ms. Santana is the picture of Southern friendly hospitality. Not pretentious, just genuine smiles, a good time, and endless cups of iced sweet tea!
Unless 😀
@@Mrneonsean lolol thank you for catching that!
Good waitress, keeping the customer's glasses topped!
I’m just a server at a restaurant. I’m nothing special. Thank you so much for the compliment!
@@santana0511 omg hi Santana! 😱😱😀😀
As an American, when he said "we have the same ingredients in the UK but the flavors here are revolutionary" I couldn't help but feel patriotic.
Lol, so true. Now that it's july and I'm in the south the whole month for me I just think about and appreciate all these southern American delacasies!
🤣🤣🤣🤣...pure gold
I will be attending the Fourth of July this year 🎉
Melting pot for sure: African, Native American, French, German, Irish, Scottish, British, even Norwegian influence
The one time I feel patriotic, lol.
This lady should teach a course on giving service with a smile. What a beauty
I love how Ollie doesn't lie at all just to please anyone. If he likes it, its on his face, if he doesn't like it, he won't lie.
Yea, I like his honesty about what we doesn't like. It's ok to not like something.
Yesss so true. He’s kind about but always honest. Love that
@@ravenna6543 exactly, last video he loved a cinnamon biscuit but not dipped in coffee. Well, neither do most Americans. Fair enough
Don't think he's fully in control of that face.
Ollie is clearly Autistic. That's why he's so honest.
“Georgia’s big on peaches. I learnt that from Justin Bieber.” Is the most British statement in this entire video
I read this comment before getting to that part of the video, and I thought, "Ha, classics Ollie right there!" And then Josh said it? My world has been shaken.
@@secretforreddit sameee
😂😂😂
Says a Brit quoting a Canadian about U.S. Southern cooking. 😅
Of course it is considering that Justin Bieber is a Canadian LOL
Santana is the kind of host you wouldn't even get tired of talking about so many things in life even though it must have been hours that passed
Lol, I love the fact that she was looking out for Ducky and making him eat!
Very cool. Being from Alabama, I’ll say this is exactly what southern cooking and hospitality is about.
@@MicahMann im glad they got a good host, while the hospitality here in bama's good it doesn't always take kindly to strangers. also, have you ever heard of pecan butter? thats new to me. been up to clanton for peach festival so the peach bbq chicken wasn't too surprising; and apparently over in the UK theyve got this thing they call sugar pie, which is pecan pie without the pecans on top.
She's the type of server that'd have me coming back to a place even if the food was just alright. If the food is great and she's the host, I'd be there every other week
And she didn’t know what grits were?
I love how Savannah constantly adapts her conversation/approach to match her guests. Like she starts off saying the corn pudding is “strange but good, right?” And then when Ollie doesn’t like it she switches it up and says “yeah, the textures what gets me too,” and it happens multiple times. like-she’s not fake, you can’t fake that energy that consistently-but her work is calculated, and the switches are so seamless that you hardly notice it even on a recording until you watch it multiple times. I like it, I respect it, and I admire it!!! She’s a stellar hospitality worker!
No, love. She is just a southern woman who knows exactly how to network with a variety of people. Coming from another southern woman with a job dealing with customers. But Santana is an absolute angel.
I'm from the south and seeing Josh and Ollie get to try banana pudding for the first time is hilarious. They've been missing out on a little piece of heaven their whole lives.
Reading your comment was amazing
Her name is Santana Ana and lives in Savannah
the ultimate American drink---do they like iced tea?
My mom and I went to Sweet Potatoes Kitchen today! I told the owner I was there specifically because of this video. He said they've gotten a ton of business because of it.
I had blackened chicken breast, black eyed peas, cucumbers with mustard vinaigrette and a baked sweet potato. My mom had shrimp and grits, okra and corn pudding. We did have their banana pudding.
The food was incredibly good. Probably one of the best meals I've ever had.
Awesome you are supporting a local business like that and I'm glad you had a great meal.
Was it this same lady Santana working!?
@@Austin_159 She no longer works there.
@@Heymrk That's sad!
I figured that would be the case. Poor thing I hope she found something better. She gave the experience.
It was a pleasure to meet y’all! The Sweet Potatoes fam loves Santana SO very much and we are lucky to have her!!
Aww ur so sweet!!! Ur lucky to work with such amazing people ❤
Can't wait to come visit. The Food looks amazing and Santana is the best.
What I want to know is if they were good tippers :)
She is a treasure.
Hoping to get to Savannah to check this gem of a restaurant out!
You can just tell that Santana is one of those people that just makes you feel like you’re at home☺️
She does seem super nice. A lil touchy-feely, but nice
Yep, I knew a waitress like this in my home town. Everyone knew her when they walked into the restaurant and they all talked to her like family as she went from table to table.
@user-mh2df2tn8e in part, that's the southern hominess. But regardless of where, a waitress with those people skills (outside of any five-star restaurant in a big city) will make tons of money
I mean, she is on camera. Most people don't show if they're twats when on camera. 😂 Not saying it's an act, just saying you can't automatically assume someone is nice just because they're nice on camera.
Exactly
"Put that camera down and eat." ❤ the warm, welcoming mom energy is incredible
I'm from Alabama and my husband is from New Orleans. We had a couple who were British friends and another couple from South Africa. Our male friend from England was dying from cancer and his wife and family decided to combine ALL holidays into Thanksgiving Day because we didn't know how much time he had left. Everybody brought dishes for dinner, but being southern, my husband and I took 12 dishes. He nor I know how to do small. I cooked Alabama Southern and my husband cooked Cajun and Creole. There were no leftovers! Those folks could EAT! It was a wonderful night with friends. Our friend died after Christmas. This video reminded me if that sweet night. Thank you fir sharing and rest in peace Paul.
Sounds like such a lovely friendship. ❤
Thank you for sharing such an Amazing and cherished memory.
Bless y'all for cherishing that time together with your friend. They say food is a window into the soul and it's nice to hear y'all shared a piece of yourself with your group. May he rest in peace.
So glad you guys were able to all get together and share some love before he passed..
@@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary Thank you. We sure did! It was a bit strange walking into the house to see that Paul's wife and daughter had decorated the house for all holidays. One wall was New Years, the next was valentines, and Easter, 4th of July, memorial day, labor day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and of course, Christmas. We had pooled our decorations so we had plenty for every holiday. Paul was feeling pretty good that night. He drank cocktails, smoked a cigar and joked outside with our husband's before coming in and eating THREE plates of food! He and his wife said they loved American food because it had so much flavor. With my husband being cajun, there was no lack of flavor! I brought a dessert that my French ancestors brought recipe to America with them in early 1700s, called Charlotte Russe. It's made from heavy whipping cream, sugar, egg whites and clear gelatin. I thought my friends were going to crawl in the bowl with it! Lol! Paul loved it so much, I made another bowl full the next day and took it to him. Food brings people together to make memories. We made some good ones.
Santana is the BEST example of Southern hospitality. I am glad she represented us so well!
No... She didn't even know what grits were.
Was just going to say this, I’m British but would love to be served by her, so friendly, enthusiastic, and funny. Would get a big tip from me.
@@deedeelaveen6872 Don't like your own negative comment its weird....
Hi, so um... I have a very awkward and hard question, so I dearly apologize beforehand for my ignorance. I'm not from US, but I'm tad confused about the "southern" thing. So far I've been hearing two very jarring things about south US: that southerners are racist and are very kind. I know technically one does not mean the other one can't apply, but does this mean southern hospitality doesn't apply to all race for a lot of southern people, or is the "south being racist" is just a very ignorant viewpoint that isn't true at all?
To anyone who are willing to answer I really appreciate the time and I hope you can understand that this comes from a place of curiosity and wishing to fix my ignorance in this specific topic.
She was so sweet. I'm 37 from Arkansas and also didnt know what grits were though I've eaten them.
"I'm gonna getcha some more tea, honey!" That one over-the-shoulder line basically sums up the hospitality.
Her customer service skills are out of this world!!! give that woman a raise
It seems very phoney and overdone
@@nik1128 just go away😂
“I’ll get ya some more tea honey” is probably the one most single thing I have heard the most times while growing up in the south eating at restaurants. They just nonstop keep making the tea. I never complained.
Lol! Yep, fountain soda, it’s one and done, but tea? Bottomless refills! Works for me. 🤣
And then you get to spend the rest of the day peeing every 15 minutes.
@@berthayling1032 Most places here give free refills on soda as well
that and "y'all come back now, ya hear?"
@@berthayling1032 ya reaility soda foutain like shell and gas stations are close to 30 cents sold at $1.00 or more, they can keep profit at 1 or 2 refills possibly 3?
Thats what you call a veteran waitress. So smooth. Makes it look so easy. Delivers an enjoyable experience that adds to the whole restaurant. I love when i get a waitress this good.
Definitely a waitress who gets a 100% tip.
@@jakej2680you betcha, these the type of people getting tipped with $100’s
As a southerner, it’s nice to see folks genuinely enjoy our cooking, and also appreciate our hospitality. So many people work overtime to make fun of the people who live here, but these chaps seem to genuinely appreciate that this is kind of a nice place to be, and the locals generally bend over backwards to make them feel welcome.
Right despite what the media tells them America is not a complete active 2012 COD lobby
The boys have to get into some Carolfina barbecue. It is coronary-squeezing good!
as someone from a southern family who was raised their whole life further up north, southern cooking is truly a special American innovation. It's not fancy, Gordon Ramsey isn't going to rave about it, but it is America in a lot of ways and I think it's great food to show people who are in America for their first time, because it's damn delicious.
I'm from the south, stayed in another state for some months and I could tell them difference. Southern hospitality is a thing, I took it for granted at first
@@KAR1492 Gordon Ramsay has definitely raved over some good southern cookin you should look it up
Being a New Orleans resident for 73 years I started watching your channel when you were touring New Orleans restaurants and I greatly appreciated your responses to our spicy flavorful dishes. I had a friend from England who often cooked her home dishes for us but I never enjoyed it until I started bringing my own Toney’s Cajun seasoning with me and liberally sprinkled it over everything. I just found it so bland and flavorless without the addition of the spices. I asked her permission to add it so I wouldn’t hurt her feelings and she said she understood and after she tasted her food with the additional spices she agreed wholeheartedly and stated adding it to her own cooking. She brought Toney’s home when she went to visit and introduced it to her family. They now have it shipped to them in England and use it regularly. They also say they don’t understand why the English don’t take advantage of adding spices and extra seasoning to their food. I truly enjoy that you are willing to try everything. The only thing I would say to you is don’t write off any food just because you didn’t like it the first time you taste it. Eating in the US is like eating in many different countries. Southern Louisiana food is different than eating even Northern Louisiana food because they have vastly different cultures. Each state or region in the US has their own unique cuisine and culture. Northern states foods are quite bland to us in Southern Louisiana. Take the collard greens you ate. We don’t use lemon and vinegar in ours. We smother them with seasoning and ham or sausage then some may sprinkle the juice from pickled peppers 🌶️ lightly on top. A completely different flavor. Never judge the US food by one particular area. Love ❤️
I'm from eastern North Carolina, and I agree with you, I've never heard of cooking collards with lemon juice. We season ours with ham hocks, fatback, salt pork, or bacon and salt. Vinegar is added at the table if anyone wants it on their collards. Also, in my state, in the eastern part, we use a vinegar-based sauce for our pork BBQ, but in the western part of NC, they use a ketchup and vinegar "red" sauce. We don't agree with each other's sauces for sure!
I laughed when the waitress said, "Put the camera down, Ducky and eat." So funny!
True southern hospitality
Southerners make sure everyone is fed😂
Santana Hanna from Savanna is the best part of this ep
Southerners are like grandma feeding their grandkids
And we always think everything looks skinny, even if it's the pet goldfish
“We sell these pickles by the jar.” Both heads whip around - you do?
Loved the synchronized reaction!
Of course, they’re married.
Sorry Gabie😅
insert Dicaprio meme
I truly hope they were able to get some home to England.
I love that Ducky is the true straight man in this series. He's the cool, calm and collected to Josh's childlike wonder and Ollie's childlike mania.
"That's gravy." needs to be his catchphrase, I can see it on a t-shirt now
I can't believe I just sat here and watched two British guys eat. But it's so much fun to see people from other cultures try Southern food for the first time.
When the Brits said the flavors were "Revolutionary" I giggled a bit because that's a truly spot on description 🤣🤣
Yeah I caught that too. 😁😁
😂🤣
‘merica
We win yet another Revolution
Lol 😆 so did I!!
Because if there's one thing America knew how to do, it was start a revolution!
Lol she is literally one of the most southern waitresses ever
The way she touches their arms
And says "I'm gonna get you some more honey" it's hilarious 😂
That's just Georgia manners at their finest. 😁
“Put down that camera, Dunkey, and eat!”
@@amygreen4408 Most people In Georgia are jerks ngl
The only thing which would make her more Southern is to pronounce Pecan as "Pee - Can"
@@pruittiii LOL fr I say it like that
You guys have endeared yourselves to Southerners forever. Kudos to Santana for representing the friendliness and hospitality of the South so well.
truly
Agreed! I love their reviews of food from other countries, but when I saw they were doing Southern food I was instantly worried and protective. So many RUclipsrs don't get it right, but they did wonderful. I'm so happy they enjoyed it.
They are delightful and they look like they’re loving life.
I’m an old man from the Northern USA. Served in our military and lived in various southern locations. Southern food is extremely addictive.
Hey man, i appreciate you for your service. Thank you
Thank you for your service sir
Santana is the absolute textbook definition of Southern hospitality- down to the accent and the way she sends people off from the restaurant, and I love her
I gotta say a big THANK YOU to Santana Hanna from Savanna for stepping up to the brits and representing the south the way a real southerner should! Thank you very much darlin!
She’s a superstar
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Being from Savannah, I really appreciate y’all going to an actually good local spot and not some fake tourist money grab. Sweet Potatoes is a known classic among locals.
Same! From sav and that’s what I was thinking.
I’m not from Savannah; not even from Georgia; but being from South Carolina, this video filled me with so much nostalgia and love. It’s so great to see someone from another country come and genuinely appreciate our food and culture.
Savannah GA?
@@elbello1975 Yes.
om gosh, I'm watching this, enjoying this way more than I should, only to suddenly realize its a fasting day! 😅
Proudly from Georgia, and cook meals like this all the time at home. We put the soul of a thousand Grandmothers into our cooking.
I love Ducky's behind-the-camera comments to help them know what's normal. "She just filled my tea back up!! Is that normal?" "Yes" Most Southerners would be upset if they didn't. LOL. Thanks for helping them understand America, Ducky =)
The sign of a great waitress/waiter is that your glass is never allowed to go dry! 😂
@@michaelsullivan89 yep😂 even if it’s half way Full they fill it back up😂❤
Never understood the non-stop tea when I moved to Kansas City from Connecticut..I LOVE IT NOW!!!
💜💜💜
Many foreigner don't realize that unlimited refills at American restaurants is much a thing as it is.
"I'ma get you some more tea honey" might be the best words a southern waitress can utter
@alliyahsaotome1917 sweetie, it's just the way we talk! Proud to be Southern! Gimme sommma that sweet tea (Is there any other kind, lol)
Yes!! 100%
Especially when said to a pair of Brits
Unlimited iced tea is the house wine of the South
Early in the video I was wondering where the tea was
Santanas ah-maize-ing pun was top tier. Love her
I could tell by the guys face that he didn't get it!!!
I thought that joke was corny
If they were Irish they would have gotten that joke… Oooooooh! If you know you know 😏
Santana Hannah from Savannah is absolutely the BEST waitress. She is PRICELESS! I hope the owner realizes what a gem she is. Love her!!!!
I really like how santana didnt feel offended if the boys not feeling some of the food, I mean you can just tell if ppl gor offended or not even when they smiled, but she just genuinely accept ppl got diff taste.
Santana is a pure gem! She is so good at embodying the image of Southern hospitality
I appreciate tht!
@santana0511 wow now I want to go!
Yeah, she’s great. I’m way over here in Oregon, but I think she’s awesome. ☺🤘🤘
As a European, we find a lot of the friendliness fake, or overdone. Southern hospitality is a whole different beast, though. I love it. Gotta watch out with "honey", that can mean different things. These are the things I miss most from when I lived in the US: southern hospitality and southern home cooking. You can really only get it there. And look at that setting! I'd eat there every day.
The way that Santana keeps hitting Ollies arm is the definition of true southern hospitality
Exactly! That's exactly what I kept thinking!
Tbh i thought it was just me that does it out of habit. It really is a southern culture thing
Don’t walk into a southern pool hall discussing the girth of that pickle. 🤣
Yes, the touching is a gesture of making a new friend and showing affection to an old friend! I had to get use to it when I moved to the South. Also, the hugs. We hug a lot down here. But what my Southern friends had to get use to from me, (being half-Italian), is the kisses on the cheeks I give to all my friends and family when saying both Hello and Goodbye, (Ciao)! So, we each had something to get used to and both are very lovely and loving gestures.
@@johnweimer3249 LOL! Good one, John! No, they best not do that!!
The synchronized "Do you?!" when she said they sell those pickles by the jar at 10:34 was amazing :D
Congrats on the marriage Santana! Her service was awesome
Agreed!
I think she took a shine to Ollie the way she kept tapping him on the arm.
100% she is the kind of server you want when you go out to eat. She was so lovely!! I would have tipped her extremely well.
@@eurogael - a lot of southerners are touchy feely, they probably also got hugs when they left.
I’m a toucher/hugger. It’s just the way we are in the south.
Santana out-punned Ollie with that maize joke! 😂 She is a delight. Way to rep southern hospitality!
I personally thought Ollie got her joke when he also said Ah-maize-ing then he had to ask how southerners would say it 🤣🤣🤣
So proud as a Southerner, Santana showed the best hospitality besides taking them to her home
There is nothing better than real southern cooking. We never had “lunch” but rather dinner, and it was always a hot meal. Supper was the evening meal.
The food looks amazing but honestly Miss Santana stole my attention. As a socially awkward introvert, seeing her working the crowd is really what I wish I could do. I’m half convinced that by just listening to her saying “It’s okay” can cure my depression 😭
What an awesome lady. I live half across the world from the US and I feel like going to Sweet Potatoes because of her 😂😂
I wld love to see you, when you decide it’s good for you!
Come on over! We'd love to have ya! 😊
I've met a lady like her, because of my social anxiety I mostly just nodded!!
@@santana0511you’re amazing. Keep up the good work!
You'd love it here in the south if you liked her.
I’m happy they have Ducky with them on this trip so they can get the American insight when they ask “is this a thing?”
And he deserves a big raise for not calling them out on everything they get wrong 😂
I was thinking the same thing as soon as they asked if the country gravy was cheese sauce LOL. I was so glad there was someone there to clarify things.
They definitely need an American with them when they try American food. Can’t have a repeat of the Superbowl foods they tried
It's nice to see this age-group enjoying life instead of being perpetually offended! I loved that!
I liked that too. They are gushing about all the cheese and Ducky was just low key, "that's gravy".... 😊
My mom made a bitters course in every dinner every day of the year;
collards, mustard, turnip, etc...
There are many nutrients in bitters not in other foods. I grew up on the Cherokee Nation east of Broken Arrow, OK. My mom would send me to the woods to forage for collards, poke, sassafras, wild onions, hazel nuts, native pecans and tiny cherries about the size of a pea, wild plums, wild grapes, wild blackberries and dewberries. There were pear trees everywhere with hundreds of great pesrs on each one.
It would be a great episode for JOLLY to try.
Polk salad homemade muscadine jelly yup same in East Texas/Louisiana border half my relatives from OK and meringue pies all flavors plus pecan pies 😢 I miss all that ❤
My Nanny has something green every meal. Leafy greens are good for eyes and skin.
Every server should study this lady. She was phenomenal. 10/10
Thanks for this huge compliment!
No share plates, leaning on the table, "secret ingredients" aren't a thing (servers should know everything because allergies) and didn't know what grits are...WTAF?!? How do you not know what grits are!?! Sure, I'll show my team how much details matter in service & how not to make these errors.
@@namehere4954
If you go around and ask people born and raised in the South, most have no clue grits are made from corn. They just know that grits taste good and that's all they care to know.
@@robertalexander5892 if you are in a professional capacity to serve food, you know what you're serving. It's literally your job to know what's on the plate and sell it to people.
@@namehere4954 I recon in most of those dishes the "secret" ingredient is butter ... lots of it ;)
"You gotta fix your face!" That's like the most Southern Mom thing to say. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂yes!! My momma said it to me and my friends and I say it to mine, too! Lol!!
Mums all over the world say that 😂 I’m in Scotland 🏴
@@ballpythonlover10 she's omplying there's somethrinf wrong with your face, that's funny
It's usually followed by, "before I do"
Or possibly "get me a switch"
Im Jamaican and my mom says it all the time
santana saying the “amaze-ing” joke made me crack up laughing and josh and olly not knowing what she meant at first made it even better LMFAOOOO
I know, right? LOL 🤣🤣
I "caught it" almost immediately as she dragged out the vowel, "ama-a-aizing," and was a bit surprised the Brits did not, considering the European tendency to use that term more frequently than "corn."
It's "a-maize-ing" with an "i"
Same here....she said "A-maaaaaize-ing" and I giggled, and then he said it right back......and then it was clear he didn't get the joke, lol.
I thought he got it the first time 😆 it was just a courtesy laugh
I’m from Virginia and our greens are cooked in bacon grease, we also always have pinto beans with supper. My daddy would not set down to eat until the pinto beans were on the table.
Pinto beans and corn bread
@@Dar-kl1upmy winter time comfort food
This is literally the first video I’ve ever seen where someone from another country tried American food and didn’t trash it. Kind of refreshing❤
That’s because they’re eating Southern Cuisine. There’s not a better cuisine in the country.
Tbh they're British, not that hard to top regular UK foods
@@cypherusuh exactly! not hard to top "beans on toast & mashed pees".. lol but seriously, thought our southern my food was basic - but really UK food is very basic too (recipe wise).
I love okra and tomatoes
I’d take American food and all its varieties over any other countries food
EVERY restaurant owner needs to see this to understand how a happy waitstaff can MAKE or BREAK you. Santana was awesome. I'm up North, If I head South, guess where I want to eat at?
Easily possible by not having them depend on tips
@@ALASTOR101. Well, bless your heart. Please, be a dear and do some research before you compare the United States to your, or any other, country, especially in Europe.
@@hadmatter9240 Im Texan, having to make ends meet from customers' generosity instead of your employers is demeaning
@@ALASTOR101. not always, i work in a chain barista shop with hundreds of customers in a small shift but because i have a really great boss/managers, i love my job as well as the rest of my coworkers. The job doesn't pay much but many have been there for years and just work 2 jobs. We all work together and have good attitudes/share tips. This is all in california too. I really do believe happy workers change the establishment's environment. Our customers compliment our workers and establishment, saying we are the best chain they've been at lol.
@jackrobinson8557 You don't sound like you're American, so I'll cut you some slack due to cultural differences. I know that tips are not the norm in European countries, and understandably so because the restaurant owner is probably responsible for paying all their workers' wages, but in the U.S. it is the other way around as many restaurateurs don't pay their staff a living wage. Therefore, the wait staff is left at the mercy of patrons, many of which are not proper tippers, no matter how great the wait staff is. This is why some restaurants have imposed a built-in 18% gratuity (tip) for staff, which is split between the wait staff and the personnel in the kitchen. In a perfect world, tips wouldn't be necessary, but here in America, they're a necessary evil.
This girl was a fabulous server and she’s needs to be in management or helping them in marketing. They should make a dish after her.
I make more money just being a server. I have managed a few places in the past, but the money was funny- time+$ didn’t wrk for me. Also, I do not wrk for this establishment anymore. But I’m still definitely still wrking! Thank for the amazing compliment!
She needs to train!!!
Calm down
@@santana0511 oh my gosh, I didn’t see your comment! You are so welcome! I hope all is well and you are being appreciated. 🫶
By now, she probably is!
Grits are ground hominy. Basically, it's corn preserved with lime.
Santana just stole the show for me! She has such a delightful, lovely character. I just love how she told Ducky to put down the camera and eat..love the comfortable, friendly, at home kind of vibe..If I were to visit US anytime soon then I know where my first stop will be!
It's a good choice. These kinds of truly genuine places are rare but such a wonderful find.
As a person burn and raised in the south when she told him to put down the camera I thought that was a very southern thing to say. Because in the south food is very important. We do not mess around with meals 😂
I am from the Northwest US but I can tell you Southerners are just the best people on Earth, they are the nicest, kindest most helpful people you will ever meet and they will feed you until you pop.
As a born and bred southerner from Texas I can say all of this: from Santana"s sweet hospitality, the typical southern food options, to the undisputed champion of cookout/potluck desserts (banana pud) all of this is what you'll find throughout the south. so glad y,all enjoyed it.
Also affectionately known in my Texas home growing up, as 'naner puddin'. 😉
I’m from the south and I NEVER have put lemon in my collards….We used hot peppered vinegar and the collards was cooked with ham hocks.
@@bubgum0079 yeah, I was pretty confused when she said lemon. We use bacon and it's fat with a smoked turkey leg. Strip the meat off the bone and cook it down for awhile in the fat, then add the turkey and bacon about 10-20 minutes before serving.
"What's crazy about this is they're using the same ingredients as in the Uk, but the flavors are completely revolutionary." XD 😆 🤣
The cook is always the secret ingredient.
@@CIMaddox56 and the concept of seasoning
Just like the war
Sausage gravy on biscuits is what gets me thru life
There are some uniquely american combinations.
I'm a Yankee (northern US), but I thoroughly enjoyed watching you lads sample what amazing food the US has to offer. Your channel is fantastic.
Santana is the typical lovely southern Mama. She will hug you and feed you and make you smile.
I am OVER the moon that y'all REALLY had good southern food. Now you know the secret of why southern people are so hospitable, loving and kind. .... We LOVE through the food we prepare for everyone. When you enter the home or even a step on the porch this is what you'll hear. Come on in ..... I just fixed a pie. Come sit down. ( We don't give you a chance to respond....we walk away) We return with a plate of food, a drink and your pie. That's the way we are. God bless y'all and your families may he continue to keep y'all safe and healthy in body, mind and spirit.
Spot on! Our "love language" is food. You'll never leave a gathering hungry, and usually we're sending you home with plates of leftovers for the next day.
You said it perfectly
@@pinkLeopard580 Thank you 😊 God Bless you.
@@AB2B Absolutely! God Bless you.
Your comment is sweeter than the southern tea😊
Absolutely love this. She was an amazing waitress. Her joke with the grits saying "isn't it aMAZEing" went over their heads but I laughed so hard.
Sorry about this, but- - it's MaIze!
Therefore it's 'a-maizing!'
She didn't know what grits were though :(
@@captainsalty5688 Tbf I’m a Texan and I didn’t know what they were either 😂
@@MinorKey135 I thought it was like a savory oatmeal or something bc I've never tried it
I thought she was referring to corn mazes lol
Grits are grounded up hominy which is corn that’s been soaked in a lye solution. It removes the corn hull and makes it swell. They let the hominy dry out then grind it into grits. They cook the grits like you would Cream of Wheat. You serve it with plenty of butter and salt and pepper, or with sugar.
Only northern and midwest people put sugar on grits. You’d get stoned in the south for that. We add cheese.
We live around the corner from Sweet Potatoes and we love Santana. She’s one of the best waitresses in Savannah. An absolute doll!
All the plates look so good. When we’re out traveling we are always looking for places to enjoy that this place called Sweet Potatoes…. Would you be so kind to give me the address to this location? So we can drive there sometime. 😊
A Yankee from Philly here, what a blessing for y'all (I grew up in Southern New Jersey and we say y'all).
@@JJfromPhilly67 Yankee from Philly here too😂 live in Texas now, just cool to find someone in a random comment section from back home 😊
You lucky bastards. You have up the street access to that banana pudding.
im jealous of you
Southern people are the Gems of America. The first time my dad took me to Tennessee I fell in love with it just because of how kind the people were! They make you feel so welcome and they are so down to earth.
Thank you. We get a fair amount of hate and disrespect. I lived half my life in the South, then half up North. Pretty different cultures, but not as different as each thinks about the other, on a very basic level.
@@cassaleelee The majority of the people who hate on it have probably never been. I love the south!! 💜
You always welcome down here love!! Thanks for the love back!
@@CaseyAngelicaHardy Yes! And if they can only get rid of Marjorie Taylor Greene...then they are reaching perfection:))
@lisamills161 I find its more the older gents and missus that vote for those people, alot of the younger generation are not very tolerant of her so maybe in a decade the south will be perfect!
Ms. Santana Hanna is amazing and now I do understand why southerner are deemed the most wellcoming people around! She should be a speaker for all of the South! 🥰
I feel like she's not actually from Georgia though. Nothing against Southern hospitality, because she's definitely got it. But her accent doesn't sound like Georgia to me
If that's what you think then you obviously never been to the South because everybody is like that I've never been called ma'am or had the door held open for me more times than when I was in the South ever in my whole life
It’s a bit too much for me tbh. I’m from the south, but I’d be annoyed if she came over that much. However, I’m sure she did it more than normal bc of them being foreign and trying new things etc.
@@LindaC616ms . Santana Hanna from Savannah.
@@BAlex2209 because she lives there. Duh. That doesn't necessarily mean that that is where she is originally from.
Y'alls waitress in this video is a perfect example of Southern hospitality. The whole time I was saying in my head "you go girl, show them proper English gents some proper southern hospitality" hospitality that we Americans originally got from y'all. How bout that 🫵😎👍
Which I think is funny, because based on other videos I've seen and a few friends I have in the UK, Britain doesn't still have this kind of hospitality anymore. Nor do they still have the same manners that are drilled into us southerners. Which is why I give my UK friends hell when they say things like, "you Americans trying to school us. We're the real British/English." I'm nah, WE'RE the original English. Y'all changed. We didn't." 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
She refilled they Tea about 40 times 🤣🤣🤣 gotta love that southern hospitality 🥰🤌🏽
And when you come to our homes we always, always offer you sweet tea.
When the spoon stands straight up its ready
I live around the corner and they do fill up your sweet tea a lot.
I learned in Abbeville SC that ordering "tea" get s you a super-saturated sugar dose. Wow! Diabetic Yankees beware!
@@mpetersen428 it’s a treat not a daily thing
10:35 the boys' synchronised shock of being told they can get their own pickles sums up their relationship so well lmao
As a Southern U.S. expat living in Japan, you guys are making me cry. I love my adopted country, but I miss Southern cooking so much. I would pay a week's salary for the cornbread alone.
It's not hard to make, if you can find cornmeal and white flour in Japan.
@@fridaylong2812 I can't even find a decent cast iron pan for less than half my paycheck, lol. Plus, special ordering cornmeal for around $15 bucks, it takes a week to deliver. I'm waiting on it.
Then I have to special order buttermilk for $30 for a quart, because it's has to be delivered refrigerated from Hokkaido.
I'm working on it, but my wife is going to kill me when she finds out how much I'm spending. 😅
@@ericbailey6779 Can’t you make buttermilk at home? Just add some lemon to milk, atleast that’s how my mother dies it
@@ericbailey6779 Cook some for her-hopefully she'll love it so much she'll forgive you xD
@@ericbailey6779 yes you can make the buttermilk with a little vinegar or lemon.
I never would've thought cornmeal was hard to come by in Japan..
We love the southern hospitality! Truly wonderful people. And, can they cook!
The food. The trees in the background. The hospitality. The South at its finest.
Yes, yes, yes!! Love my south!!!
Makes me proud to be southern
@@bedrock30_same!
Yep, absolutely!
Just stay away from the Spanish moss.
It may contain chiggers.
Thats another southern delicacy.
Oops, got that wrong. people are a delicacy for chiggers.
My fav part is Santana being Ducky's mom for 2.5 seconds and telling him to put his camera down. He listened too 🤣
YES that was so cute! 🤣
Well she's the big mama isn't she 😂
That is also a very Southern thing to say. We make sure everybody eats and is full!
Ducky was amazing- literally & got to partake & hopefully enjoy the experience!
Manners, etiquette, and couth are a big deal in the south.
I have been making collard greens for 35+ years, and NEVER have I EVER made them with lemons. EVER and I'm personally offended. Lol jk about being offended, but I mean the rest of it. My collards are AMAZING and nowhere near bitter. And I LOVE Savannah!!!
I don't like bitter collards. I wonder if they left out the pinch of sugar?
She's great they're great but the food ho hum glad my grandma passed her recipes and cast iron skillets down.
Sweet potatoes were the only sweet on the plate imo no h lol they use too much sugar oh except for the tea lol
As a southern living in Pittsburgh, I legit cried when that catfish plate came out. Dadgum it I almost bit my screen, it looks SO GOOOOOD!!!
Lol i miss living in that area . I have been thinking about moving back
Where were the 'puppies?
I cooked some this week. Love catfish! Hello from Columbus, Ohio!
Yeah, fellow Pittsburgher here. You gotta make your own catfish. Tough to find good catfish. Now I heard Hook in McKees Rocks is good. Try there. 🖤 💛
Depends on where you are at in Pittsburgh. Hook, Fish and Chicken has some decent catfish. There are some other places it just depends. There's a good one in Homewood also Penn Hills
Their appreciation for our food is so comforting
I adore food from US south. Fried chicken is my favourite
Many of us came from there hjundreds of years ago and brought the spice pack with us. For evermore the Brits have been going to India for tasty and savory bites but all they needed to do was follow their ancestors to the Southland. :) LOve it.
The camera guy saying, "It's gravy" when they were trying to figure out what was on top of their chicken was absolutely hilarious.
Milk and cheese are counsins.
Shes the definition of southern hospitality
I heard that head snap when Santana said they sell the garlic hot pickles by the jar. Santana is a benchmark for waitstaff! The boys reactions and facial expressions - priceless
As a southerner from Alabama it really makes me happy seeing our culture displayed in such a nice way
I've had some great experiences with people in the South (it's "honey" everything) but I just can't understand how people like DeSantis and MTG rise out of that to become such awful people.
@@dzerres Because you probably have a very wrong impression of DeSantis, and nobody wants their southern state to turn into a shithole like California.
@@dzerres its almost like people are different and have differing opinions because of a wide range of life expierances
@@dzerres Governor DeSantis was born right here in Jacksonville, Florida, raised in Florida. He defended your sorry ass while proudly serving in the military. You BEST take your negative comnents elsewhere, HONEY!
@@dzerresDesantis being awful? Im a southerner and I’m having a hard time understanding what you mean by, “he’s awful”?
She's a true southerner. We love to make people feel at home and welcome. That's what southern hospitality is all about.
Not 100%. She's a transplant, but that's ok. A true Southerner knows where grits come from. 😋
@jillhollon768 That's true. You are right about that. I noticed that immediately too. Every southerner knows what grits is. However, she has the southern charm. That's all I'm saying.
@@travisreifke4356 Yes, she does. And a lot of it, too. She's a great waitress 😁👍
wait, are all hosts like that over there?!
@malicealice6346 For the most part. And, if you have the misfortune of getting a waitress that isn't pleasant and has a bad attitude, just know that the phrase "bless your heart" is not a compliment in the south. It's an insult.
In the Deep South, many cook's go Sweet, Sour & Spicy Hot with their Greens. I also cook mine in Chicken Stock. I learned all this from a lady with whom I cooked at a barbecue restaurant in Virginia in the 90s. We used lots of smoked Pork Butt scraps from our Pulled Pig in the Greens. In New Orleans, black and creole folks use Pickled Pork for seasoning meat, while cajun cooks use Tasso Ham. The standard seasoning meat of the south is Smoked Ham Hocks or Fatback, depending upon the application. Grits are very simply what Italians call Polenta. You can make it like a mush or porridge and serve it like Mashed Potatoes. You can also spread that on a cookie sheet and bake it in a slow oven then cut in squares as with cornbread. it's a blank canvas, so you can add most anything you'd like. Roasted Garlic, Cheddar, or other cheeses, Crumbled Bacon or Sausage, Caramelized Onions, Roasted Peppers, Chilis, Jam or Preserves, Cinnamon & Brown Sugar, Maple or Cane Syrup. Float a Voluté or other Sauce on top and crown with some beautifully fried prawns for classic Shrimp & Grits, a South Carolina Low Country dish invented by French Planters.
My mouth is watering right now!!!
I’m loving this Southern States series. As Southerners, we take hospitality and food seriously. I’m wondering if they tried the cornbread. Break that up into a glass of milk or buttermilk and you have the perfect snack.
We pour chili on top in tennessee. In texas, its beans and steak.
@@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124 Some southern families do pinto beans and cornbread. But yes, cornbread and milk is common in certain families.
I didn't see them try the cornbread but those collards should've produced some potlikker for perfection.
Depend, sweet or savory cornbread...team savory here. Savory goes great with either milk, especially right out of the oven, crumble it in a big bowl, cover it in milk like breakfast cereal. I love to mix it, diced onions and tomatoes with some pinto beans, sometimes mix in a little coleslaw.
@@bamachine savory here ,too!
Savannah was a great ambassador for great southern hospitality!! Well done!
Her name was Santana. Savannah is the name of the city.
As a southerner, this is a real southern experience you'd get at most restaurants. I'm glad I found this video, normally the southern food videos I see are eating it in your home country or state (like ordering southern snacks online) or making it yourself at home in your state or country, or going to a southern restaurant in your state or country. But very rarely do I see people eating at an actual southern restaurant in the south and even more rarely a local restaurant that's not part of a huge chain. This whole video was fantastic. In the south, we're known for our wide variety of delicious foods, that contain really everything you don't want to eat if your health conscious lol.
June Banana
What you say about Southern foods
"one doesn't want to eat" is inaccurate .
True southerners know the reality , which is , nobody lives on this present plane forever , we"re all destined to ascend or descend on the spiritual universal ladder...of all the human pleasures on this plane , one of the most personal is the gift of taste and appetite..Our food , here in the south and in New Orleans especially is glorious...and the whole world comes here for that SHARED experience. Spiritual emotional health is far more lasting and fulfilling than physical health.Our food is literally a gift , given us who recognize and share this truth.
Beats the CRAP out of bean sprouts and humus ..🤩
@@gainesken52 poor physical health hurts emotional health.
@@Loj84
I'm sure that's true , but presently irrelevant.
I'm 71 , born and raised in New Orleans .
Because my parents were musicians and heavily involved in New Orleans show business , I've had social friendships with a great many great chefs , and also local family settings as well. , through the years .
I am completely intimate with all of the deep south food venue and can cook more than half , myself ..
A great many , probably most of those disagreeing with me here , are casual diners who go out only occasionally so they think they know something about the industry, the recipes involved , etc.
They speak from ignorance at least as much as from arrogance..
@@gainesken52 It's mostly about balance. Almost any recipe around the world can be eaten in a healthy diet; it's just a matter of how much of it you eat and what else you're eating.
There's nothing inherently wrong with southern recipes. If you aren't careful to balance the types of foods you're eating, though, you're gonna end up in bad enough health that you'll feel a lot worse. And I think southern food makes it harder to be careful than other diets. Those sweet and fried foods taste too good :)
“The southern hospitality” it really is true!! Nothing better than a sweet southern woman calls you sugar dumplin’ and is just peachy to talk with
What's great is that Ollie is truthful with his reactions when in front of the waitress, in the sense where if he hates it, it will show !
Josh is more polite, and will try to hide best he can ! Best RUclips duo these two are by a mile
I like Ollie's honesty it's not him being disrespectful just real.
Oli is the reason why I watch their videos. Cant stand the fake same reaction from Josh every single video
I love Ollie too. He is genuinely himself and refreshing when people seem to always like everything. He does not and let you know.
Best way to make sure someone doesn’t offer you another helping of something you find revolting 🤣
The way Ducky said “it’s gravy” when Josh thought it was cheese has me seriously cracking up!! 🤣 Oh Ducky… I see the struggle is real lol
Josh seems a bit dim when it comes to food lol
@@tommybradly3735 Right? Like, for being married to an amazing chef he's 99% enthusiasm and 1% knowledge
But it's milk gravy, no?
@@thomashernandez8700 Yep, but they'd already had it once at that point. Brits are weird about gravy. It can only be brown and the consistency is based on class.
To be fair, white gravy is a totally foreign idea to the Brits. Imagine what they would think when they go up to the Northeast and find out that gravy is Italian-American tomato sauce.
OMG the waitress was a sweet heart. She took very good care of them. Even told camera man to " put it down and eat"❤️
Southern food is for the soul. Southern hospitality is for heart. You just feel good either way. I hope they tipped her good.😜
Santana is a national treasure. She must be kept safe at all costs.
100%! She must make her bank deposits with a wheelbarrow.
kept safe lol
I just found your channel. Very much appreciate your open minds and willingness to taste unknown food. You are SO enthusiastic about it! It says a great deal for your upbringings that you are so open to new experiences! Good on you!
Can you imagine going back home and eating beans on toast after this?
🤣🤣🤣
@@BP-kx2ig because "British cuisine" is an oxymoron
Conquered the world for spices, and then didn't even bother using any.
When my British friends recommend me food I just smile and wave lol
Only vacation I have ever taken where I lost weight was to England.
Sitting at sweet potatoes kitchen as I write this. The fried chicken is amazing. The pickles live up to the hype. The banana pudding is probably the best in the universe. Will be coming back here for sure.
Nah ..you say that only because you never had MY nana puddin..🤣
I love that Santana went the extra mile and showed the food directly to the camera and gave us the menu description, I hope y’all gave her an amazing tip! She’s an amazing server 👏🏼👏🏼
I can tell you from PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE they don't get the whole tipping thing in general. Maybe these two. But not in general.
@@barbarat5729 My aunt was a waitress her entire life so , I know the usual pay for wait staff is just a couple of dollars per hour, SO I TIP WELL as should ALL AMERICANS!
Do you know the difference between Europeans and canoes?
Canoes tip.
@@rlwoodlief Why? All tipping does is make it so the business doesn't have to pay their staff the requirement of the law. A tip shouldn't be counted as their pay!
@@bill4824 Until minimum wage laws change, tipping will remain a major part of their income
The wait person is delightful!! She's a gem!
As a southerner, this video has made me so happy! WELCOME TO THE SOUTH Y’ALL!
My relatives from the south would've screamed Yankee impostors at that restaurant. I have relatives from Alabama, Louisiana, and Missouri. My nanna from Missouri taught me to cook and would've charged into that kitchen to show them how it's done
@@hellhound1389 As a missourian, can confirm lol
As a Brit, going to the Southern States in the USA is definitely on my bucket list…🇬🇧🇺🇸
I agree. This video shows how our region of the country is the most welcoming.
@@hellhound1389 RIGHT!!! What Southerner doesn't know what grits are and who cooks collars in lemon juice?! I'm like what?! 😅
As a Native American who thoroughly enjoys your channel I would love to see you guys hit up native American cousin, namely Owamni by The Sioux Chef and Tocabe.
My dad always puts vinegar, not lemon, on his collard greens. Also, there are many types of gravy in the South. You have sausage gravy (white and chunky), chicken gravy (white and not chunky), turkey gravy (brown and smooth), redeye gravy (made with coffee!), chocolate gravy (yes, made with chocolate), and more than that. Usually it's dictated by which meat is used as the base.
Yes.. definately vinegar on collards or spinach... preferably balsamic or apple cider vinegar
I do love that the brits put malt vinegar on their fries.. chips? So much better than ketchup.
@@faithrada Yep, Dad's old school, so definitely apple cider vinegar! ;)
😂that’s my lil secret my mom taught me, needless to say everyone loves my greens
You forgot Johnny gravy
My mom always mixes collard and turnip with a nice smoked bacon, with a little vinegar and a bit of brown sugar. Never comes off bitter, but earthy.
Santana is such a delight fr , its crazy good that we get to meet people and eat the food that just completes the homely feel , its great!
As a Southerner, this video was endearing. Glad y'all liked the food so much!
The gasp I let out when Josh said he had never even heard of banana pudding. Bless his heart.
Right? I'm from Alabama and this little mini-series in the south has been quite a delight! I'm glad they managed to get some southern food from the south itself. It's just not right anywhere else. I had "southern food" in Portland Oregon once and thought I was gonna die.
The food was so delicious Josh did the Southern head sway @9:35. It only happens when you eat or hear something GOOD that sits right with your soul!!