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Sorry man, nothing against you at all, it's Olly and his childish faces and downright rude comments he makes about the foods he doesn't care for. He acts like he's 10 and I unsubbed their channel because of him.
18:49 honestly in America there is a range, but your basic level restaurant that would serve fried chicken would be 12 to 15 dollars for fried chicken with mashed potatoes Now I do live in a city, with a lot of wealthy area around, so if you go into a more rural area you might find a slightly cheaper price. However, you can find expensive restaurants selling food exactly like this for more than double that price Obviously these restaurants will not be in the same area, it will be a rich area that has the expensive price
Here in Georgia, we are the peach and pecan state. Pecan, pronounced as puh khan. That cornbread and the collard greens do not impress me, I'm being snobby. :DDD
I asked my husband if he liked sweet potatoes. He said no, didn't like candied sweet potatoes. I said no, just baked sweet potatoes with butter. He said you can't do that. I, of course, had to prove him wrong, lol. Now he loves them as much as baked potatoes. He is 76 and I am 74. Been tickling his palate for years now.😀
I tried sweet potatoes every way possible & never found a way that I like them. I continue to try them at least once or twice a year & still don't like them. I do, however, like the various toppings & seasonings associated with sweet potatoes.
My sister got her boys to eat sweet potatoes by baking them with mashed banana mixed in. It made them even sweeter, without adding a bunch of sugar or marshmallows@@1776SOL
I prefer them without all the goo too, especially without the marshmallows. The man that lives on the corner of our block, brought us sweet potato pie last Christmas. It was SO GOOD!
Okay - I looked them up on line - the items they purchased were Peach Glazed BBQ Chicken (incl 2 sides) is $14.00, The Pecan Encrusted Chicken Breast incl 2 sides - $14.00, The Cat Fish incl 2 sides is $15.00....so there you go ... a great meal (didn't include dessert which is probably about $5.00) - for less then $20.00!
I mean yeah Ifsomeone else went, sure. But they paid around 38.00, including dessert, plus tip and tax lets say 42.50 for their meal alone. And thats two people with drinks and dessert!
Collard greens are not supposed to be bitter. Yes they can have a bite but most people don't cook them with lemon. They cook them with a ham hock, bacon, piece of pork, a splash of vinegar but NOT lemon. Grits is coarsely ground dried corn that is boiled in milk or salted water. It's kind of like porridge. It can be savory or sweet so people have them for any meal. I looked up their menu and you're looking at about $20 depending on if you get dessert. The entree comes automatically with two sides like potatoes and green beans. If you want additional sides then you'd pay an additional fee.
I have eaten other people’s collard greens and cooked them myself and have never heard of lemon juice until this video. Butter? Bacon? Smoked meat? Onions? … and/or so on, certainly! 🍋? Huh….. 😂
@@tvc1848 even the occasional red pepper flakes to give them some kick but even then not much because a little goes a long way. I looked up their menu and they advertise them as lemon collard greens. I would never order them, lol.
Fried chicken is typically coated in flour. Catfish is usually coated in cornmeal which is also used to make corn bread. Corn pudding (depending on whose recipe you’re using is whole kernel corn, cream corn, and cornmeal all baked into a casserole.
When i lived in Georgia, i would go to Sweet Potatoes every so often just for the Pecan Chicken and banana pudding. Not real expensive either. $20 or less for each main dish. You would like it there.
I am from The South. The food is plentiful and far less expensive than in other parts of the country. Fried okra is amazing! Grits are essentially corn meal. We eat a lot of potatoes and a lot of tomatoes, all in different configurations. Most native Southerners are very good cooks. My channel has a lot of my cooking videos. Feel free to check them out. 😁
I live in Georgia and have been to Savannah many times. Savannah was founded in 1733 and was the capital of the Province of Georgia. Many convicts were sent here from England. The city is laid out on a grid pattern and has many beautiful squares with statues and one spectacular fountain.that is a must see. The city is saturated with history. During the Civil War, Savannah was captured by the Union General Sherman. He had been on a rampage through the South, burning every farm, town and city he came across. When he took Savannah, however, he said that the city was too beautiful to burn. He wrote to President Lincoln that he was making it a gift. The city of Charleston is only a short drive up the coast. It is also very beautiful and historic. The food in both places is excellent with surprising differences, considering how close they are to one another. Corn and sweet potatoes are native to the Americas. Okra was brought here by African slaves who contributed so much to Southern cuisine, music and art. I really enjoy your channel. I would love to visit Portugal to soak up some of your wonderful history and enjoy your food and legendary wines.
Very good breakdown. If you come to America and love food, you will not want to skip on the South. The food is unique in almost every way, and everyone takes pride in their distinct differences. There are thousands of homemade recipes for the same dish all across the south. If you’re a fan of paella, the South has many dishes that are similar. Also, Savannah and Charleston have a reputation for being two of the most haunted cities in America. I flew in the Air Force all around the world and can honestly say Charleston/Savannah are still in my top 3 favorite cities….next to Budapest and Dubrovnik. If you come to America, don’t skip that area!!
As a Southerner (South Carolina) I can say that the Southern hospitality is real. It's the way we were raised. Collards shouldn't be bitter is cooked right. I've never had them cooked with lemon. They're cooked with smoked meat as seasoning, along with a little brown sugar and a splash if vinegar. A specialty here is shrimp and grits, which I love.
I remember going to Charleston and loving just how nice everything was there. Visited Fort Sumter and walked around the city for a few hours and I just fell in love with the area.
I moved back to South Carolina last year to Spartanburg in the northwest.. but southern hospitality is why i love living here.. people are just super nice.
Grits are one of the oldest foods in the Western Hemisphere. Made from dent corn/maize (not the fresh eating sweet corn) in a process using wood fire ash producing "nixtalmal" meaning "ash corn." Dried and ground into a meal
This processing with lye, lime or other base breaks down the hemicellulose and frees the niacin preventing pellagra with corn is used as a staple grain. The unground corn kernels are hominy. If the corn is cooked, then treated with the base and ground is the foundation for the dough for corn tortillas and tamales. As the poster above pointed out, corn is a Native American crop. It was breed in Mexico, Central America and South America. Trade spread it among most of the farming tribes of the western hemisphere. There are all kinds of amazing Native recipes for corn. In New Mexico you will find chicos del horno, which is sweet corn which has been roasted in a wood fired oven and then sun dried. It is added to stews or cooked with beans. The Dine and the Pueblo peoples make a mush with corn meal and juniper ash, which is similar to grits. Pueblo Harvest (the restaurant at the Pueblo Cultural Center in Albq) made a version topped with carne adavado (pork braised in red chile sauce), scrambled eggs, cheese and green onions. It was divine. There are cakes, dumplings and steamed breads. There is kneeldown bread which is fresh corn, cut from the cob, wrapped in corn husks and baked in an underground oven. Back east, the Cherokee make a fried hominy that is to die for. The Choctaw make a sour cornbread, which is a fermented cornbread. The fermentation process frees bound nutrients. There are stews and breads of all kinds.
Grits are ground hominy that is similar to porridge but usually served as a savory dish. It’s an acquired taste, on that I never have acquired. Catfish is usually covered with a cornmeal mixture while regular fish and chips, the fish is covered with a flour coating.
Also, check out their other channel, Korean Englishman. They introduce people to Korean food. Josh's wife is a Korean who was on MasterChef and Josh grew up in China, then moved to South Korea for high school.
I am not from the south, so this statement is not biased, but the south has the best food in general. Texas has the best BBQ. New England has the best seafood. This is just my opinion from my travels. I’m aware other people may have a different opinion. I prefer savory grits over sweet.
They essentially the same except grits are made with white corn and polenta with yellow corn. Grits are usually only milled once to have a coarse texture while polenta can be milled 2-4 times to get a smoother, softer texture
banana pudding is a mixture of vanilla pudding (vanilla custard would be the closest European approximation i can think of) whipped cream, ripened bananas mixed into the pudding. whipped cream is folded into the banana and pudding mixture and then it's generally layered with custard, slices of banana, more whipped cream and the vanilla wafers. the restaurant also added pecan nuts to theirs for more crunch. it's sort of like a creamy vanilla and banana mouse, with cookies in it.
I live in Georgia state and we are the Peach State so you might like our peaches. Many Japanese people love those. And this is an overall point, unless stated otherwise any place serving food does unlimited free refills on tea and soda and water. Beer and stuff you normally need to buy more of but basic drinks are normally unlimited. This goes for fast food and sit down places. Good sit down places will do what the lady in the video did and walk by to refill the cup without asking as they are not charging you for more refills so out of a very clear habit she was on top of refilling drinks and that is lovely. It's a very kind caring thing when the wait staff are on top of your drinks without you needing to ask.
2:40 "That piece of cake, not sure why it's there." That's called "cornbread" and is, not a pastry cake. Cornbread is a type of bread made with cornmeal.
@18:40, In and out, Probably $10-$15 dollars for a meal and a drink (with refills). BUT, you better tip! 20% is the average for good service. It's a thing in the South
Sweet potato pie is very much like pumpkin pie. Very good. I like to have plain sweet potato cut into chunks and steamed for 20 minutes, served with a little butter and nutmeg.
@@sherryjoiner396 Yeah! It is funny how we can dislike a food done one way, but if it's done in a different way we can like it. Think about how different a potato tastes if it's mashed, baked, boiled, hashbrowned, French fried, potato chipped, etc.!
@@Laura-mi3nv I like grits more when it's like porridge, probably because there's more texture, but when you cool, slice, then fry it, I like polenta's smooth texture more!
Looked up their online menu; Peach BBQ chicken dinner, from $11 to $16 (depending on choice of dark meat, white meat, or half and half), Catfish dinner, $15, dinners include 2 sides, additional sides are $3.25 each.
I love sweet potatoes, but I like the Japanese ones slightly better (they’re sweeter). Nothing like walking home on a cold night in Tokyo and getting a roasted sweet potato from a street food vendor to keep your hands warm. 😊
Collard (or turnip, or mustard) greens (depending what is in store); and black-eyed peas with corn bread is standard SE US New Years Day meal. The greens are for money, the peas for luck, and the corn bread for gold. (Usually a meat, like pork/ham is involved). Corn bread is delicious and super easy to make if you have a cast iron pan (my pan belonged to my great grandmother). It's made with corn meal, so it has a grittier texture. But it's more savory than sweet (but a little sweet), and more bland so you can scoop up the juices from the greens for the flavor. "Gravy" tends to start with a roux all around the world. We just tend to not let the flour cook too long (too dark) and use sausage fat and meat instead of another fat, like butter).
I don't get upset if people dont like certain foods. Grits are coarsely ground corn. And while fried okra is great i learned to grill okra (the only good thing to come from hurricane Flornce, due to no power for days). Grilled okra is now my favorite. Brown sugar is great ( has some molasses in it). And as someone raised in the south i grow the vast majority of my vegetables and fruits. Also, there ain't nothing in my house that is instant, and i mean nothing!! Tea in the south is sweet unless you ask for unsweetened tea. And there are different types of bar-b-que in the south. In eastern North Carolina, bar-b-que is only pork. Other foods like chicken, we call bar-b-qued ( with the "d" at the end), ex. bar-b-qued chicken. To answer your question: about $15. I refuse to pay that much - i cook my own ( and the homegrown chickens taste soooo much better). Summer collards can be bitter, if not cooked right, but i do like the flavor of winter collards much better. I do hope you get to try our food at some point. Its a true labor of love.
Collard greens are amazing if they're cooked right. You can get that bitterness out of them. I dunno about putting lemon in them, not something we've ever done at home. I can see why you'd add put but we go for a different, heavier savory flavor Personally i think the restaurants in Charleston are better than Savannah, that place doesn't look as great, lots of weird combinations that i don't like the sound of I've never had grits with fish, but we do mix them with shrimp. Mostly eat them for breakfast though. And with eggs over easy, they're better that way so the yolk can run into the grits For the best sourthern restaurants, i don't think you can beat New Orleans and Charleston. Amazing seafood in both places as well as traditional southern cuisine.
The airport is pretty close. Most plates are $12-$17 depending on the sides you choose. I live just across the border in SC probably only 25-30 mins away from it! When you make you way to the US, definitely visit the South first! Great video my friend!
That’s not cake-it’s cornbread! Wonderful stuff when made well. Personally, I really dislike collards-they ARE horrible. You’ve just never had true fried chicken if you think you don’t like it. The peach chicken looks and sounds amazing! Sweet potatoes are one of my favorite foods so I can’t imagine how good they would be with pecan butter sweet potatoes need to be baked in the oven so that they kind of caramelize. Corn pudding is good-not good enough for me to cook it, though. Sweet potato fries are amazing! Grits are ground corn and are delicious when cooked properly. They’re typically a breakfast food (extra good with lots of butter, cheese and crumbled bacon) but are also used in other dishes such as shrimp and grits. If you know what polenta is, it’s typically made with what we call grits. It is easy to grow corn and potatoes in the south, so we eat them in lots of iterations. Okra is best fried in cornmeal or cooked in a gumbo or stew. The price of a meal totally depends on where you are. You can go into a little diner (what some call a greasy spoon) and you would probably pay less than $10 but it would go up from there depending on the location and restaurant. Sweet potato pie is pretty good, but there are others that I like much better. Banana pudding, made right, is swoon worthy! I don’t like coffee so the other pie would not appeal. I know they’re British, but who chews ice cream? Savannah is on my bucket list to visit, but only between November and March-it’s hella hot!
I love how friendly the Southern folks are. Where I live in Arizona, my experience has been the opposite here. I also would love to try Southern cooking.. yum!
I've been there; the missus and I went the last time we were in Savannah. As good as this video is, it still doesn't do it justice. The place made me wish I had 3 stomachs.
Chicken is usually fried with wheat flour, catfish, and most fish, is usually fried with cornmeal, very different flavor profiles and textures. Beer battered fish is usually flour.
Grits are from hominy, a large-kernel type of corn that is ground into a grain. It is a staple of many Indigenous people of North, Central, and South America. It is cooked like polenta.
Banana Pudding: Layer pan with vanilla wafers, banana slices, banana flavored pudding, repeat until out of pudding & sliced bananas. Top layer should be sliced bananas. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until pudding has set. Serve with whip cream if desired!
Grits is like polenta with fine ground corn and left rather loose. In the coastal south they make it with butter and cheese and then sauteed shrimp on top.
Easiest way to know what grits are, is they are the same thing as the Italian dish, Polenta. They are just cooked in a different way, usually with more milk and butter added.
This is my favorite episode of jollies!! I love the old saying the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach… in someways that is so true!! Good food and a friendly atmosphere can unite us all!! I’m already rethinking that I love their episodes of barbecue in Texas & Louisiana! I forgot about the little homemade meat pies Scotland!! I just wish you could smell the aroma of the food they’re trying..YUM! After an episode of Jolly you can hear the rumbling of stomachs around the world!! Nice reaction…Love your channel!
I lived in South Carolina for 15yrs and my husband was born there Banana pudding is his favorite I worked at piggy wiggly and we made our banana pudding with bananas sliced and vanilla wafers banana pudding mix then we put in a scoop of homemade whipped cream so good also homemade Mac and cheese is very big there also love your page.
I layer my banana pudding and alternate vanilla wafers, pudding (I use vanilla pudding), whipped cream, vanilla wafers, pudding, whipped cream, etc.. It’s a favorite, also peach or blackberry cobbler.
Grits are basically corn meal porridge. The closest thing you have in Europe is polenta, which uses a slightly coarser grind on the corn, and flavors it differently with stuff like parmesan cheese and italian style broths
to answer your question: not sure about that restaurant in particular. But a ma & pa place for fried chicken meal in southern California, probably $12-$15 However! most local grocer chains have a deli that also provides fried chicken meals. A family sized meal (usually has about 16 pieces, some rolls, and 2 sides) is about $30 to take home
The simplest way to describe grits is as coarsely ground corn (so, not like powder or flour, more like rice, actually), and typically is prepared by boiling it with water; personally, I add some butter to the mix as well. Some people enjoy grits with cheese, personally a bit of salt is all I need. While corn is something like 'the rice of the south' ("it seems like they use it for everything"), grits are most frequently served as a side dish for breakfast, and they go very well with eggs (I habitually mix my eggs and grits together on the plate), and sausage or bacon. The texture can vary, depending on cooking time, from a sort of creamy rice consistency to something more crunchy.
You need to come visit. You’d love Southern food. It’s the ultimate comfort food. Eating it is like getting a warm hug from your grandma. ♥️ PS- Southern hospitality is no myth. It’s the real deal, and our way of life. I like that about us. 😊
Grits are pretty much the same as polenta. Sweet and salty combined may not be instinctual but goes incredibly well together. Years ago, at a party, they had a bowl of Fritos corn chips mixed with plain M&Ms. I’ve been eating them together ever since.
I'm from Georgia.. yes, the food is amazing .. savannah is awesome. Grits are ground up corn. I lived in savannah for 10 years. Probably a plate is maybe 10 dollars to 15 dollars including drink. Savannah is cheap. Lots of historic homes and live music.
I live in Tennessee... but lived in Georgia for a few years.. then N. Carolina... the food in the South is fantastic. If.... of course it depends on who is cooking lol. Hope you will someday get a chance to visit and try it for yourself... ❤
Grits are coarsely ground and dried from maize or hominy, kind of porridge-esque. The trick, though, is that you don't want soupy grits. And many places I've tried grits at (though I'm sure not all) will serve them with just butter and then you salt them to your taste. I've had cheesy grits before, and I've heard of sweet grits but never tried them sweet.
I'm sure it's been said, but grits are sort of an American Polenta. It's generally made with Hominy corn that's been ground instead of a traditional cornmeal, and is often made with some milk or cream, and butter. It's usually a little bit looser than polenta. In the southern US, we usually have it for breakfast with eggs and toast, but it can also be served at other times with things like shrimp.
At this restaurant, the meal you described would probably cost about $15-$20, depending on adding a drink, dessert, and tax, plus a tip. Prices on a fried chicken dinner vary a lot according to where you are in the USA and how upscale the restaurant is. You can find it for a lot less, and a lot more.
André, if you remember Cowboy Kent he does have a no-bake banana pudding. There's also some recipes for baking that some families do for generations but then there are some on the internet.
i was born and raised in Tennessee, grew up on home made southern cooking. our food is carb and protein heavy to give you all day energy for working the farms or whatever heavy labor job you have. its fatty delicious comfort food. i love it, i look forward to every meal. now the greens that my family makes are seasoned and a lil spicy, they were never bitter or sour, so i mean everyones got their way of making something. the grits, i love savory buttery warm grits with bacon. and generally the people their are all small town kindred religious folk who who believe in the golden rule. they are so nice and polite, the kinda place you could leave ur car running while u run into the store real quick or leave ur house door open and not worry about intruders course everyone is armed so they can afford such risks cause no ones gonna try anything knowing everyones got a gun on them.
Grits are ground hominy corn, just like polenta, except grits are not ground into meal, but left bigger, grittier. Usually grits are white corn, too, rather than yellow. And while polenta is often cooked to a creamy texture, much like risotto, grits are left more toothsome, and served looser, often with only butter and salt, but bacon, cheese, sausage, and shrimp are also popular with grits. Cheese, sausage, and green onions, for me please, or just plain with butter. I love grits, even yellow grits.
Grits are a popular dish widely consumed across the Southern United States. They're made from dried, ground corn (Maize) cooked in various liquids - including water, milk, or broth - until the mix reaches a thick, creamy, porridge-like consistency. The consistency of grits varies.. maybe $15-20
One thing that isn't often mentioned - in the US, if you get non-alcohol drinks (like soda, tea, lemonade, etc) you almost always get free, unlimited refills. You don't even have to ask for a refill, the server generally just keeps an eye on it and tops it off when your drink starts to get low. In general, a meal at a place like this would be around $7 to $12 or so, plus a drink, which is usually $2 to $3 or so.
My favorite kind of sweet potatoes are served like regular baked potatoes, but stuffed with barbecue , sour cream, butter, cheese, bacon, green onions. I do love a good sweet potato pie… Greens are not supposed to be so bitter that you can’t eat them. Like everyone else said, they usually get a little tiny bit of vinegar, but mostly lots of smoked meat, onions, seasonings. I don’t know what’s going on with those greens. I’d have to try them. Those sensitive English pallets, sometimes get things wrong, lol. Banana pudding is my favorite with extra cookies. 😊 From my understanding grits are ground up hominy, which is basically a type of corn. All I can tell you is I love grits with just butter and salt. I usually have mine for breakfast with fried eggs and bacon or breakfast sausage.
I was curious myself so checked out a menu. Not sure how updated it is but should be within a dollar amount. Most of the meals on that menu were 16.00 dollars. 3 or 4 dollars for a unlimited drink, plus tax, and a tip. Ill probably spend like 30 total in that situation.
The waitress' attitude is old-school American hospitality. Also, answer to your question, when you add a drink and/or desserts (no tips) then you'd probably pay around $24. It would be a good and satisfying meal for sure.
When done right, fear food. You've been expressing an open mind and for good reason. You're not underestimating the quality of the food. So one day at a time. Hopefully you can find a guide for each experience you need or missing out on.
@@jeffhampton2767 you don’t realize how much I hate any bit of cold, I even got used to the humidity since it helps with my shoulder and back as opposed to the cold which makes them ache even more. The weather staying warm for pretty much all year will be sorely missed.
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Sorry man, nothing against you at all, it's Olly and his childish faces and downright rude comments he makes about the foods he doesn't care for. He acts like he's 10 and I unsubbed their channel because of him.
I would look for reactions to southern BBQ and Cajun soul food.
18:49 honestly in America there is a range, but your basic level restaurant that would serve fried chicken would be 12 to 15 dollars for fried chicken with mashed potatoes
Now I do live in a city, with a lot of wealthy area around, so if you go into a more rural area you might find a slightly cheaper price.
However, you can find expensive restaurants selling food exactly like this for more than double that price
Obviously these restaurants will not be in the same area, it will be a rich area that has the expensive price
That's not cake on the plate, it's cornbread. Cake would have frosting on it.
Here in Georgia, we are the peach and pecan state. Pecan, pronounced as puh khan. That cornbread and the collard greens do not impress me, I'm being snobby. :DDD
I asked my husband if he liked sweet potatoes. He said no, didn't like candied sweet potatoes. I said no, just baked sweet potatoes with butter. He said you can't do that. I, of course, had to prove him wrong, lol. Now he loves them as much as baked potatoes. He is 76 and I am 74. Been tickling his palate for years now.😀
I'm making sweet potatoes tonight.. Cut them up into chunks and put a bit of oil and brown sugar on them and roasted in oven. Yum.
I love baked sweet potatoes
I tried sweet potatoes every way possible & never found a way that I like them. I continue to try them at least once or twice a year & still don't like them. I do, however, like the various toppings & seasonings associated with sweet potatoes.
My sister got her boys to eat sweet potatoes by baking them with mashed banana mixed in. It made them even sweeter, without adding a bunch of sugar or marshmallows@@1776SOL
I prefer them without all the goo too, especially without the marshmallows. The man that lives on the corner of our block, brought us sweet potato pie last Christmas. It was SO GOOD!
Okay - I looked them up on line - the items they purchased were Peach Glazed BBQ Chicken (incl 2 sides) is $14.00, The Pecan Encrusted Chicken Breast incl 2 sides - $14.00, The Cat Fish incl 2 sides is $15.00....so there you go ... a great meal (didn't include dessert which is probably about $5.00) - for less then $20.00!
I mean yeah Ifsomeone else went, sure. But they paid around 38.00, including dessert, plus tip and tax lets say 42.50 for their meal alone. And thats two people with drinks and dessert!
I have never heard of putting lemons in collard greens and I am from the south!!
Me either... maybe a small splash of apple cider vinegar.. like my turnip greens that way too
I live in Louisiana & we put the spicy juice from chow chow on our Collards or Mustard greens.
I just put bacon in the pot with the greens and some Texas pete
most casual restaurants like that are anywhere from $8-15 a plate on average. usually a protein and a couple sides. very healthy portions.
Yeah, you're likely looking at about $15 for a meal at Sweet Potatoes, pretty standard for a restaurant like that.
@@brandonshelton3046 Overall, $20 with tip. Many tourists are lost on tipping norms here
Collard greens are not supposed to be bitter. Yes they can have a bite but most people don't cook them with lemon. They cook them with a ham hock, bacon, piece of pork, a splash of vinegar but NOT lemon. Grits is coarsely ground dried corn that is boiled in milk or salted water. It's kind of like porridge. It can be savory or sweet so people have them for any meal.
I looked up their menu and you're looking at about $20 depending on if you get dessert. The entree comes automatically with two sides like potatoes and green beans. If you want additional sides then you'd pay an additional fee.
I have eaten other people’s collard greens and cooked them myself and have never heard of lemon juice until this video.
Butter? Bacon? Smoked meat? Onions? … and/or so on, certainly!
🍋? Huh….. 😂
Actually the real southern way to make collard greens is you boil them with hamhocks. At least that’s how African Americans do it
Yep. Never heard of lemon on greens. Season them with meat, usually pork.
@@tvc1848 exactly. I was like LEMON????!!! WTH??? LOL!
@@tvc1848 even the occasional red pepper flakes to give them some kick but even then not much because a little goes a long way. I looked up their menu and they advertise them as lemon collard greens. I would never order them, lol.
Good BBQ can be found in every city. Just ask locals for recommendations.
Grits is ground hominy, which is brined corn. How the hominy is prepared influences how the grits taste.
Fried chicken is typically coated in flour. Catfish is usually coated in cornmeal which is also used to make corn bread. Corn pudding (depending on whose recipe you’re using is whole kernel corn, cream corn, and cornmeal all baked into a casserole.
We do use a lot of corn. Also potatoes, turkey, cranberry, blueberry, squash and pumpkin, etc as it's all native to the Americas.
It's called Sweet Potato restaurant in Savannah Georgia and the menu is on the internet. Looks like most dinners cost between $12 and $15 ❤🇺🇸🙏🏻
grits is basically polenta. corn is a new world crop you can use it 1000s of different ways.
That's not cake. That's corn bread. Very different.
Really the only difference is the amount of sugar.
@rowynnecrowley1689 no it isn't. There is no corn in cake and nobody has ever made a corn flavored cake.
"Of course not... I mean this is witchcraft"
I'm here fighting a flu and started laughing and coughing up a lung! 😅
When i lived in Georgia, i would go to Sweet Potatoes every so often just for the Pecan Chicken and banana pudding. Not real expensive either. $20 or less for each main dish. You would like it there.
Same, I lived in midtown and it was a regular lunch spot
I am from The South. The food is plentiful and far less expensive than in other parts of the country. Fried okra is amazing! Grits are essentially corn meal. We eat a lot of potatoes and a lot of tomatoes, all in different configurations.
Most native Southerners are very good cooks. My channel has a lot of my cooking videos. Feel free to check them out. 😁
I live in Georgia and have been to Savannah many times. Savannah was founded in 1733 and was the capital of the Province of Georgia. Many convicts were sent here from England. The city is laid out on a grid pattern and has many beautiful squares with statues and one spectacular fountain.that is a must see. The city is saturated with history. During the Civil War, Savannah was captured by the Union General Sherman. He had been on a rampage through the South, burning every farm, town and city he came across. When he took Savannah, however, he said that the city was too beautiful to burn. He wrote to President Lincoln that he was making it a gift. The city of Charleston is only a short drive up the coast. It is also very beautiful and historic.
The food in both places is excellent with surprising differences, considering how close they are to one another. Corn and sweet potatoes are native to the Americas. Okra was brought here by African slaves who contributed so much to Southern cuisine, music and art. I really enjoy your channel. I would love to visit Portugal to soak up some of your wonderful history and enjoy your food and legendary wines.
Very good breakdown. If you come to America and love food, you will not want to skip on the South. The food is unique in almost every way, and everyone takes pride in their distinct differences. There are thousands of homemade recipes for the same dish all across the south. If you’re a fan of paella, the South has many dishes that are similar. Also, Savannah and Charleston have a reputation for being two of the most haunted cities in America. I flew in the Air Force all around the world and can honestly say Charleston/Savannah are still in my top 3 favorite cities….next to Budapest and Dubrovnik. If you come to America, don’t skip that area!!
As a Southerner (South Carolina) I can say that the Southern hospitality is real. It's the way we were raised. Collards shouldn't be bitter is cooked right. I've never had them cooked with lemon. They're cooked with smoked meat as seasoning, along with a little brown sugar and a splash if vinegar. A specialty here is shrimp and grits, which I love.
I remember going to Charleston and loving just how nice everything was there. Visited Fort Sumter and walked around the city for a few hours and I just fell in love with the area.
I moved back to South Carolina last year to Spartanburg in the northwest.. but southern hospitality is why i love living here.. people are just super nice.
Grits are one of the oldest foods in the Western Hemisphere. Made from dent corn/maize (not the fresh eating sweet corn) in a process using wood fire ash producing "nixtalmal" meaning "ash corn." Dried and ground into a meal
This processing with lye, lime or other base breaks down the hemicellulose and frees the niacin preventing pellagra with corn is used as a staple grain. The unground corn kernels are hominy. If the corn is cooked, then treated with the base and ground is the foundation for the dough for corn tortillas and tamales.
As the poster above pointed out, corn is a Native American crop. It was breed in Mexico, Central America and South America. Trade spread it among most of the farming tribes of the western hemisphere. There are all kinds of amazing Native recipes for corn.
In New Mexico you will find chicos del horno, which is sweet corn which has been roasted in a wood fired oven and then sun dried. It is added to stews or cooked with beans. The Dine and the Pueblo peoples make a mush with corn meal and juniper ash, which is similar to grits. Pueblo Harvest (the restaurant at the Pueblo Cultural Center in Albq) made a version topped with carne adavado (pork braised in red chile sauce), scrambled eggs, cheese and green onions. It was divine. There are cakes, dumplings and steamed breads. There is kneeldown bread which is fresh corn, cut from the cob, wrapped in corn husks and baked in an underground oven.
Back east, the Cherokee make a fried hominy that is to die for. The Choctaw make a sour cornbread, which is a fermented cornbread. The fermentation process frees bound nutrients. There are stews and breads of all kinds.
Grits are ground hominy that is similar to porridge but usually served as a savory dish. It’s an acquired taste, on that I never have acquired. Catfish is usually covered with a cornmeal mixture while regular fish and chips, the fish is covered with a flour coating.
You can usually get a good meal for $10 to $15 unless you go upscale. And we have a 15% tip to the waitress.
It is also called working for tips, the better the service the better the tip
Also, check out their other channel, Korean Englishman. They introduce people to Korean food. Josh's wife is a Korean who was on MasterChef and Josh grew up in China, then moved to South Korea for high school.
I am not from the south, so this statement is not biased, but the south has the best food in general. Texas has the best BBQ. New England has the best seafood. This is just my opinion from my travels. I’m aware other people may have a different opinion. I prefer savory grits over sweet.
The South has great seafood too now 😉😁 Shrimp, crab, fish of multiple kinds, lobster, crawfish, conch....etc. yummy goodness 😋
The South always had great seafood. A good Low Country Boil will rival anything you can get.@@kikibigbangfan3540
Texas is as the best BEEF based BBQ. Most people eat grits savory. I prefer sweet grits.
@@harryballsak1123 , yes, I should have specified “beef” BBQ when talking about Texas.
Definitely savory grits. Shrimp and grits is amazing!
Southern people we love peoples
I think grits and polenta are very similar
They essentially the same except grits are made with white corn and polenta with yellow corn. Grits are usually only milled once to have a coarse texture while polenta can be milled 2-4 times to get a smoother, softer texture
banana pudding is a mixture of vanilla pudding (vanilla custard would be the closest European approximation i can think of) whipped cream, ripened bananas mixed into the pudding. whipped cream is folded into the banana and pudding mixture and then it's generally layered with custard, slices of banana, more whipped cream and the vanilla wafers. the restaurant also added pecan nuts to theirs for more crunch. it's sort of like a creamy vanilla and banana mouse, with cookies in it.
I live in Georgia state and we are the Peach State so you might like our peaches. Many Japanese people love those. And this is an overall point, unless stated otherwise any place serving food does unlimited free refills on tea and soda and water. Beer and stuff you normally need to buy more of but basic drinks are normally unlimited. This goes for fast food and sit down places. Good sit down places will do what the lady in the video did and walk by to refill the cup without asking as they are not charging you for more refills so out of a very clear habit she was on top of refilling drinks and that is lovely. It's a very kind caring thing when the wait staff are on top of your drinks without you needing to ask.
Fried chicken in Savannah - and yes there's an airport there - between 10-30 bucks depending on the fancy of the place.
That’s not cake, it’s cornbread. While it does tend to be sweet, it’s still bread.
Grits can be made sweet or savory. Both work. Shrimp and grits are awesome
Fried okra is Heavenly delicious. Collard greens can also be so delicious. Corn bread is exquisite if served warm with butter on it.
2:40 "That piece of cake, not sure why it's there."
That's called "cornbread" and is, not a pastry cake. Cornbread is a type of bread made with cornmeal.
Cornbread and/or biscuits are a must with fried chicken. I make cornbread in a cast iron skillet, also make biscuits in cast iron.
i miss my cornbread...grew up in wv and now live in the pacific northwest and nobody anywhere makes it and ingredients to make it are also limited...
@18:48 A basic chicken & mashed potatoes there. Will probably be around $10-15.
@18:40, In and out, Probably $10-$15 dollars for a meal and a drink (with refills). BUT, you better tip! 20% is the average for good service. It's a thing in the South
Yeah I can confirm that banana pudding is addictive.
Sweet potato pie is very much like pumpkin pie. Very good. I like to have plain sweet potato cut into chunks and steamed for 20 minutes, served with a little butter and nutmeg.
Grits are pretty much the same as Polenta, though they come from different types of corn and ground to somewhat different sizes.
Its like a grittier polenta. I like polenta more and its much easier to cook than grits! Much smoother as well.
Grits are made from hominy. It's weird, I hate hominy but love grits.
Yep...if you've had polenta, you've pretty have had grits. :-)
@@sherryjoiner396 Yeah! It is funny how we can dislike a food done one way, but if it's done in a different way we can like it.
Think about how different a potato tastes if it's mashed, baked, boiled, hashbrowned, French fried, potato chipped, etc.!
@@Laura-mi3nv I like grits more when it's like porridge, probably because there's more texture, but when you cool, slice, then fry it, I like polenta's smooth texture more!
Looked up their online menu; Peach BBQ chicken dinner, from $11 to $16 (depending on choice of dark meat, white meat, or half and half), Catfish dinner, $15, dinners include 2 sides, additional sides are $3.25 each.
You're the only person beside myself who actually read the menu correctly👍🏻👍🏻
@@jeffhampton2767 Stories in the news recently of Gen-Z exhibiting "menu anxiety," unable to order from a menu. LOL
I love sweet potatoes, but I like the Japanese ones slightly better (they’re sweeter). Nothing like walking home on a cold night in Tokyo and getting a roasted sweet potato from a street food vendor to keep your hands warm. 😊
For sweet potatoes, that one's pretty small actually. I have sold some behemoth sweet potatoes in my day.
Collard (or turnip, or mustard) greens (depending what is in store); and black-eyed peas with corn bread is standard SE US New Years Day meal. The greens are for money, the peas for luck, and the corn bread for gold. (Usually a meat, like pork/ham is involved). Corn bread is delicious and super easy to make if you have a cast iron pan (my pan belonged to my great grandmother). It's made with corn meal, so it has a grittier texture. But it's more savory than sweet (but a little sweet), and more bland so you can scoop up the juices from the greens for the flavor. "Gravy" tends to start with a roux all around the world. We just tend to not let the flour cook too long (too dark) and use sausage fat and meat instead of another fat, like butter).
That was not cake, it was cornbread which is made from ground up cornmeal, buttermilk, and egg.
they did not eat the corn bread . corn bread is they best .
I don't like cornbread I don't like anything that crumbles
@@jeffhampton2767 crumble it in chilli . cornbread with butter and grape jelly is good .
I don't get upset if people dont like certain foods. Grits are coarsely ground corn. And while fried okra is great i learned to grill okra (the only good thing to come from hurricane Flornce, due to no power for days). Grilled okra is now my favorite. Brown sugar is great ( has some molasses in it). And as someone raised in the south i grow the vast majority of my vegetables and fruits. Also, there ain't nothing in my house that is instant, and i mean nothing!! Tea in the south is sweet unless you ask for unsweetened tea. And there are different types of bar-b-que in the south. In eastern North Carolina, bar-b-que is only pork. Other foods like chicken, we call bar-b-qued ( with the "d" at the end), ex. bar-b-qued chicken. To answer your question: about $15. I refuse to pay that much - i cook my own ( and the homegrown chickens taste soooo much better). Summer collards can be bitter, if not cooked right, but i do like the flavor of winter collards much better. I do hope you get to try our food at some point. Its a true labor of love.
I would say most places like this in america, you can have a full dinner for around $25-40
The menu is on the internet and the dinners are between $11 and $16
Collard greens are amazing if they're cooked right. You can get that bitterness out of them. I dunno about putting lemon in them, not something we've ever done at home. I can see why you'd add put but we go for a different, heavier savory flavor
Personally i think the restaurants in Charleston are better than Savannah, that place doesn't look as great, lots of weird combinations that i don't like the sound of
I've never had grits with fish, but we do mix them with shrimp. Mostly eat them for breakfast though. And with eggs over easy, they're better that way so the yolk can run into the grits
For the best sourthern restaurants, i don't think you can beat New Orleans and Charleston. Amazing seafood in both places as well as traditional southern cuisine.
The airport is pretty close. Most plates are $12-$17 depending on the sides you choose. I live just across the border in SC probably only 25-30 mins away from it! When you make you way to the US, definitely visit the South first! Great video my friend!
Two sides are included with each meal
Those collard greens weren't cooked my way 😊... hopefully you get to try southern food for yourself sometime
No way! Someone other than you cooked differently from yourself??
My mind is blown
ikr, where are the ham hocks and hot sauce? And lemon? Must be a regional thing.
That’s not cake-it’s cornbread! Wonderful stuff when made well. Personally, I really dislike collards-they ARE horrible. You’ve just never had true fried chicken if you think you don’t like it. The peach chicken looks and sounds amazing! Sweet potatoes are one of my favorite foods so I can’t imagine how good they would be with pecan butter sweet potatoes need to be baked in the oven so that they kind of caramelize. Corn pudding is good-not good enough for me to cook it, though. Sweet potato fries are amazing! Grits are ground corn and are delicious when cooked properly. They’re typically a breakfast food (extra good with lots of butter, cheese and crumbled bacon) but are also used in other dishes such as shrimp and grits. If you know what polenta is, it’s typically made with what we call grits. It is easy to grow corn and potatoes in the south, so we eat them in lots of iterations. Okra is best fried in cornmeal or cooked in a gumbo or stew. The price of a meal totally depends on where you are. You can go into a little diner (what some call a greasy spoon) and you would probably pay less than $10 but it would go up from there depending on the location and restaurant. Sweet potato pie is pretty good, but there are others that I like much better. Banana pudding, made right, is swoon worthy! I don’t like coffee so the other pie would not appeal. I know they’re British, but who chews ice cream? Savannah is on my bucket list to visit, but only between November and March-it’s hella hot!
I love how friendly the Southern folks are. Where I live in Arizona, my experience has been the opposite here. I also would love to try Southern cooking.. yum!
I would get so big eating there. Thanks for another fun video. Yours are a delight to watch.
You crack me up! “You have to apologize!” lol 😂
The chicken dinner is $14 and the catfish dinner is $15.
I've been there; the missus and I went the last time we were in Savannah. As good as this video is, it still doesn't do it justice. The place made me wish I had 3 stomachs.
Chicken is usually fried with wheat flour, catfish, and most fish, is usually fried with cornmeal, very different flavor profiles and textures. Beer battered fish is usually flour.
Grits are from hominy, a large-kernel type of corn that is ground into a grain. It is a staple of many Indigenous people of North, Central, and South America. It is cooked like polenta.
Banana Pudding: Layer pan with vanilla wafers, banana slices, banana flavored pudding, repeat until out of pudding & sliced bananas. Top layer should be sliced bananas. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until pudding has set. Serve with whip cream if desired!
Grits is ground corn porridge. If you've ever had polenta, it's similar but they use a different type of corn.
Sweet potato pie with marshmallows. GOOD.
NOT potatoes, different. And yeah, in brown sugar. MAZE native word.
Grits is like polenta with fine ground corn and left rather loose. In the coastal south they make it with butter and cheese and then sauteed shrimp on top.
Grits are a white corn derivative dried white corn and/or hominy ground up into a porridge
Grits are like a mushy polenta. You can have it plain, with butter or cheese, and you can add things like shrimp.
Easiest way to know what grits are, is they are the same thing as the Italian dish, Polenta. They are just cooked in a different way, usually with more milk and butter added.
This is my favorite episode of jollies!! I love the old saying the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach… in someways that is so true!! Good food and a friendly atmosphere can unite us all!! I’m already rethinking that I love their episodes of barbecue in Texas & Louisiana! I forgot about the little homemade meat pies Scotland!! I just wish you could smell the aroma of the food they’re trying..YUM! After an episode of Jolly you can hear the rumbling of stomachs around the world!! Nice reaction…Love your channel!
I just took a look at the menu and it’s $11.50 to $15.00 by type of meat (dark vs white meat) and it comes with your choice of two sides
Corn bread is more like a cake than a loaf most times.
I lived in South Carolina for 15yrs and my husband was born there Banana pudding is his favorite I worked at piggy wiggly and we made our banana pudding with bananas sliced and vanilla wafers banana pudding mix then we put in a scoop of homemade whipped cream so good also homemade Mac and cheese is very big there also love your page.
I layer my banana pudding and alternate vanilla wafers, pudding (I use vanilla pudding), whipped cream, vanilla wafers, pudding, whipped cream, etc.. It’s a favorite, also peach or blackberry cobbler.
Grits are ground corn. It’s usually made into a porridge.
Grits are basically corn meal porridge. The closest thing you have in Europe is polenta, which uses a slightly coarser grind on the corn, and flavors it differently with stuff like parmesan cheese and italian style broths
Grits are a neutral corn based dish, you can add various things like cheese, shrimp, or Red eye gravy
to answer your question: not sure about that restaurant in particular. But a ma & pa place for fried chicken meal in southern California, probably $12-$15
However! most local grocer chains have a deli that also provides fried chicken meals. A family sized meal (usually has about 16 pieces, some rolls, and 2 sides) is about $30 to take home
The simplest way to describe grits is as coarsely ground corn (so, not like powder or flour, more like rice, actually), and typically is prepared by boiling it with water; personally, I add some butter to the mix as well. Some people enjoy grits with cheese, personally a bit of salt is all I need. While corn is something like 'the rice of the south' ("it seems like they use it for everything"), grits are most frequently served as a side dish for breakfast, and they go very well with eggs (I habitually mix my eggs and grits together on the plate), and sausage or bacon. The texture can vary, depending on cooking time, from a sort of creamy rice consistency to something more crunchy.
You need to come visit. You’d love Southern food. It’s the ultimate comfort food. Eating it is like getting a warm hug from your grandma. ♥️
PS- Southern hospitality is no myth. It’s the real deal, and our way of life. I like that about us. 😊
Grits are pretty much the same as polenta.
Sweet and salty combined may not be instinctual but goes incredibly well together. Years ago, at a party, they had a bowl of Fritos corn chips mixed with plain M&Ms. I’ve been eating them together ever since.
This is one of the best places for great food. A must visit
Pumpkin pie and sweet potato pie are a huge staple on Thanksgiving holiday
I just looked at the menu online and 16.25 for half chicken peach glazed, pecan crusted chicken 14.00
I'm from Georgia.. yes, the food is amazing .. savannah is awesome. Grits are ground up corn. I lived in savannah for 10 years. Probably a plate is maybe 10 dollars to 15 dollars including drink. Savannah is cheap. Lots of historic homes and live music.
Ollie had Brain Freeze from that huge bite of ice cream pie.
I live in Tennessee... but lived in Georgia for a few years.. then N. Carolina... the food in the South is fantastic. If.... of course it depends on who is cooking lol.
Hope you will someday get a chance to visit and try it for yourself... ❤
Agree on the creamed corn, it's like chewing pre-chewed food.
Grits are coarsely ground and dried from maize or hominy, kind of porridge-esque. The trick, though, is that you don't want soupy grits. And many places I've tried grits at (though I'm sure not all) will serve them with just butter and then you salt them to your taste. I've had cheesy grits before, and I've heard of sweet grits but never tried them sweet.
I'm sure it's been said, but grits are sort of an American Polenta. It's generally made with Hominy corn that's been ground instead of a traditional cornmeal, and is often made with some milk or cream, and butter. It's usually a little bit looser than polenta.
In the southern US, we usually have it for breakfast with eggs and toast, but it can also be served at other times with things like shrimp.
At this restaurant, the meal you described would probably cost about $15-$20, depending on adding a drink, dessert, and tax, plus a tip. Prices on a fried chicken dinner vary a lot according to where you are in the USA and how upscale the restaurant is. You can find it for a lot less, and a lot more.
André, if you remember Cowboy Kent he does have a no-bake banana pudding. There's also some recipes for baking that some families do for generations but then there are some on the internet.
I have been to sweet potatoes many many times as I am from the Savannah area and let me tell you it is absolutely some of the best food in the south.
i was born and raised in Tennessee, grew up on home made southern cooking. our food is carb and protein heavy to give you all day energy for working the farms or whatever heavy labor job you have. its fatty delicious comfort food. i love it, i look forward to every meal. now the greens that my family makes are seasoned and a lil spicy, they were never bitter or sour, so i mean everyones got their way of making something. the grits, i love savory buttery warm grits with bacon. and generally the people their are all small town kindred religious folk who who believe in the golden rule. they are so nice and polite, the kinda place you could leave ur car running while u run into the store real quick or leave ur house door open and not worry about intruders course everyone is armed so they can afford such risks cause no ones gonna try anything knowing everyones got a gun on them.
sunny side eggs and grits you break the yoke into the grits its so good
Grits are ground hominy corn, just like polenta, except grits are not ground into meal, but left bigger, grittier. Usually grits are white corn, too, rather than yellow. And while polenta is often cooked to a creamy texture, much like risotto, grits are left more toothsome, and served looser, often with only butter and salt, but bacon, cheese, sausage, and shrimp are also popular with grits. Cheese, sausage, and green onions, for me please, or just plain with butter. I love grits, even yellow grits.
Grits are a popular dish widely consumed across the Southern United States. They're made from dried, ground corn (Maize) cooked in various liquids - including water, milk, or broth - until the mix reaches a thick, creamy, porridge-like consistency. The consistency of grits varies.. maybe $15-20
Grits are coarsely ground corn, often hominy.
One thing that isn't often mentioned - in the US, if you get non-alcohol drinks (like soda, tea, lemonade, etc) you almost always get free, unlimited refills. You don't even have to ask for a refill, the server generally just keeps an eye on it and tops it off when your drink starts to get low.
In general, a meal at a place like this would be around $7 to $12 or so, plus a drink, which is usually $2 to $3 or so.
My favorite kind of sweet potatoes are served like regular baked potatoes, but stuffed with barbecue , sour cream, butter, cheese, bacon, green onions. I do love a good sweet potato pie…
Greens are not supposed to be so bitter that you can’t eat them. Like everyone else said, they usually get a little tiny bit of vinegar, but mostly lots of smoked meat, onions, seasonings. I don’t know what’s going on with those greens. I’d have to try them. Those sensitive English pallets, sometimes get things wrong, lol.
Banana pudding is my favorite with extra cookies. 😊
From my understanding grits are ground up hominy, which is basically a type of corn. All I can tell you is I love grits with just butter and salt. I usually have mine for breakfast with fried eggs and bacon or breakfast sausage.
I was curious myself so checked out a menu. Not sure how updated it is but should be within a dollar amount. Most of the meals on that menu were 16.00 dollars.
3 or 4 dollars for a unlimited drink, plus tax, and a tip. Ill probably spend like 30 total in that situation.
In the north we also have hospitality and good food.
The waitress' attitude is old-school American hospitality.
Also, answer to your question, when you add a drink and/or desserts (no tips) then you'd probably pay around $24. It would be a good and satisfying meal for sure.
When done right, fear food. You've been expressing an open mind and for good reason. You're not underestimating the quality of the food. So one day at a time. Hopefully you can find a guide for each experience you need or missing out on.
The grits I’ve had are the corn type, and remind me of polenta. Something to soak up gravey and butter.
Just sold my house from Savannah area and moved due to work. I’m still already homesick from the food and the weather 😭
Who on Earth would miss that heat
@@jeffhampton2767 you don’t realize how much I hate any bit of cold, I even got used to the humidity since it helps with my shoulder and back as opposed to the cold which makes them ache even more. The weather staying warm for pretty much all year will be sorely missed.