Southern Food

There are numerous things that make me happy. I get a lot of simple pleasures in my life. But in this post I will just feature one: Southern Food.
While in Kentucky I got to enjoy some amazing Southern Food. (Which is the thing I missed the most about living in Florida.)  So I am going to give you some recipes for my top three favorite southern foods.They are in no particular order they are just things I enjoy. I have not made these exact recipes before, so if you do you will have to tell me how they turn out!

1. Fruit Salad! (But you are required to eat it on a beach for the full effect)

Directions: Cut fruit. Put in Container.
Advice: I suggest cutting up some lemon slices to put in the bottom. This gives the rest of the salad some zest and by the time you get to the bottom of the Salad the lemons have sucked up all the other juices. This way you can eat the lemon slice without them being bitter. The lemon slices are actually my favorite part of the whole salad. Fruit Salad also tastes really great with Johnnie Walker Black Label. (I do not even like Whiskey, but for some reason this makes a good combination that I enjoy.)

2. Grouper! (Okay this probably does not count as a southern food, but I grew up where we had fresh grouper everyday.)
Directions: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/spicy-grilled-grouper-10000001733518/
Advice: If you do not enjoy spicy grouper there are plenty of alternatives like lemon-basil, just the plain fish, etc. Grouper, and any fish really, is extremely versatile. That's what makes it so cool. Having a cook out with a lot of friends? Put it in a Bun. Romantic dinner for two? Throw it on a bed of rice with fresh picked herbs. So many options.

3. Hushpuppies. Someone asked me what a hushpuppy was and it occurred to me... I don't really know. All I know is it is delicious.
Directions:http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/hushpuppies-recipe/index.html
Advice: This is a really great side dish for the grouper mentioned above. For interesting dinner conversation here is a fun fact: Legend says that hushpuppies were first invented by hunters (and/or I have heard both) civil war soldiers to feed their dogs so they would keep quiet while they were hunting/in battle.

Enjoy!