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USA's Fattest & Leanest States

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Alright, alright, so I will say that Louisiana and Mississippi are often tied for such dubious awards as fattest citizens.
But, I was watching Andrew Zimmern's food show on the Travel Channel whence he made a run through south Louisiana and Mississippi. Hey, we'uns in Louisiana pride ourselves in cooking and making poor-man's food into gourmet delights. But those people (should I say it? Rednecks.) over in Mississippi will eat ANYTHING. I mean even roadkill. The only time we eat roadkill over here in Cajun country is if we run over it on purpose (saves a shot shell) or the food stamps are running late.
 
Now, if ya'll don't mind, I am going back into my FEMA trailer to check my email.


In South Louisiana, we pepper our language with the usual Antonyms, Synonyms and Homonyms but softened with the requisite How's-Your-Mom-And-Thems.


(For the unknowing, "How's your mom and them" is an oft-used greeting where one will ask about an acquaintance's Mother and the rest of the family. It is used so often that I don't even catch myself doing it, it's natural.)
 
Brooklands said:
PA is slowly getting leaner since the shut down of many Pennsylvania Dutch Restaurants...
I guess I will have to go the Allentown Fair tonight for Pierogies with butter sauteed onions, a Sausage Sandwich, and some deep fried Twinkies and Oreos to help work us back up in the rankings for next year.
But there are few places around to find filled pig's stomach and/orfried scrapple anymore. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif
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Fried scrapple. I love it! I've been married almost 50 years, (to the same woman), she cooked scrapple for me once. When I told her what was in it, she never cooked it for me again! Can you believe that!?!?
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Oh Dave, Yous signature is cool. I've often wondered why they drink warm beer. Now you've cleared that up.
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Basil said:
By the way Mailbox, I drove right through Tupelo a few weeks ago when I drove the wife's new Hyundai Santa Fe home from Huntsville (Were I bought it because it was $2000 less than the same car in Albuquerque). I stopped to visit Elvis' boyhood home.
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Aw man, I wish I had known. I would liked to have talked to you in person. Anyway, what did you think of "The Birthplace"? Not much to it. Strange thing, I have lived here all my life and have never been in the house or the car museum. Plan on doing the latter someday soon. TTFN. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
when i think about the ratings all i can envision is when in the movie "fatso" dom deluise has been unsuccessful in getting the keys from his "sponsor" and he gets up and rips the locked chains and cabinet doors off all the kitchen cabinets. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Aw man, I wish I had known. [/QUOTE]

That's alright, mailbox...he comes to Huntsville all the time but only on the rare occassion does he call so we can go to dinner! The rest of the time he just blows through.

I had an uncle like that once...lived in N'Awlins & would blow through his little country hometown in Mississippi every once in awhile, usually at night & was gone before most folks got up for breakfast.
 
22.0% for the Land of Enchantment. Drats! I was hoping for an excuse..... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif

Read it again. Suffering from cranial flatulence. I guess I do have an excuse. #42. Only 8 more rungs to go.....
 
Arkansas...right there with the rest of the South. Like I tell my boys, "anything is edible as long as its fried or covered in cheese or chocolate" Heck what do you expect when one of the local delicacies is deep fried twinkies.
 
terriphill said:
Arkansas...right there with the rest of the South. Like I tell my boys, "anything is edible as long as its fried or covered in cheese or chocolate" Heck what do you expect when one of the local delicacies is deep fried twinkies.
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deep fried twinkies????? now way! ya had ta make that up, i just watched a cooking show and they were doing deep fried pickles. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/pukeface.gif
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]...deep fried pickles.[/QUOTE]
Oh, man, one of my favorite appetizers....with key lime mayonnaise as a dip!! Think tomorrow night I'll wander down to my favorite Cajun place & order some! Right before I eat some fried catfish - or maybe shrimp - or crawfish...
 
anthony7777 said:
deep fried twinkies????? now way! ya had ta make that up, i just watched a cooking show and they were doing deep fried pickles. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/pukeface.gif
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Last night I saw a stand at the Allentown Fair featuring deep fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. They were not doing that much business, and I decided to just walk by as well.
 
tony barnhill said:
Alabama #3 with 29.4%.....gotta love all that fried food!

But, DC has the fattest children with 22.8% of them obese - that's worse!
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tony, when i lived in sav. geo. just about anything i could afford to eat on a grumman mechanics salary was deep fried, every four or five months id fly a grumman tiger v.f.r back to long island and go shopping in brooklyn with a list of stuff for myself and all the guys theyd all await my arrival at savn airport youd thing the rolling stones were coming into town.heck of a trip but worth it, p.s. you must have a stomach build like a healey engine block. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/sick.gif
 
Fried pickles w/key lime mayo dip - shrimp salad - fried catfish & "hot dam" sauce (a special concoction made by my friend who owns the restaurant; name says it all!) & french fries w/ garlic bread - ice tea - key lime pie for dessert....I'll pay tomorrow when my blood sugar goes out of sight but it was worth it!
 
Where's the fried okra, fried green tomatoes and banana pudding?
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Where's the fried okra, fried green tomatoes and banana pudding? [/QUOTE]

Oh, no, not with Cajun! Plus, banana pudding is off my list of things I can eat! & I only eat like last night about once a month & next day blood sugar lets me know I shouldn't of!

When I was in Watertown, NY last week, I had fried okra in a restaurant!
 
Reminding y'all that I work for a chain of hospitals....we are adding lap banding procedures to yet another one of our facilities. I had to add a full team of burly men (Patient Lift Team) at each of our hospitals just to handle all of the huge patients we now have. The nurses are wrecking their backs trying to turn and positon these patients. Cardiac business is booming, too.

On a lighter note /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif I have lost 20 pounds! Virginia's numbers are coming down now!
 
tony barnhillWhen I was in Watertown said:
I'm so sorry. Perhaps one day you'll be thorugh central Arkansas in July or August and I'll cook you up a batch out of the garden....Pan fried of course...... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/yesnod.gif
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]I'm so sorry. Perhaps one day you'll be thorugh central Arkansas in July or August and I'll cook you up a batch out of the garden....Pan fried of course...... [/QUOTE]
I'll take you up on that - however, wife pan fries fresh out of our garden okra all the time! Steams it also!
 
or cooks it with fresh tomatoes and onion?
 
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