The boiled peanut pic got me thinking about "southern foods".

Here's a question:

How many people here eat fatback?

Damn good sh*t, if you ask me.

I don't eat it, but I use it for cooking. Put it in my red cabbage, use it my clam chowder, lentils, stuff like that.

I used to eat that stuff once in a while when I was younger. A place near Union and Broadway (IIRC) in Seattle. There was a soul food shop next to a teriyaki place.

Used to get: beans, grits, black eyed peas, hogback (fatback), chicken feet, and hotwater cornbread.

Now, just for cooking. Mostly my wife used it when cooking habichuelas.

Gringo

I don't like girls with backfat.

I've never eaten it, but it's probably good to throw into a pot of beans while cooking ...

Re: #3

.. you're making me hungry!!

... we used to have an elderly woman that ran an illegal restaurant out of her kitchen over in New London ... she'd make a huge dinner every day of the week and it was a first come, first served and when it was gone - it was over ... no choice on the menu - you got/ate what she cooked and she used to only charge $10 for basically all you could eat ...

... for an illegal restaurant ... there was a heck of a lot of cops that used to show up and make a donation to her 'soup-kitchen' as we called it ...

... she passed a few years back, but geesh ... I used to eat there 3-5 times a week and just could not get enough of her cooking ...

... her cabbage soup was awesome ... and even if I wasn't there - she'd save me a large bowl of it and give it to me the next time I was there - along with fresh homemade cornbread every day ...

... I miss her ... she was a very good-hearted woman and did that just to make ends meet ... and she would not let you ever leave more than $10 ... anything more and you'd insult her and she'd throw you out ...

... now we've only got an "Allie & Marie's" about 15 miles up the road ... all home-cooked everyday ... family owned ... good food ... but not really any Southern cooking to choose from ...