To say I was looking forward to Southern food would be an understatement. I literally planned the whole #SouthUSA trip around what I would be eating! Southern food is rooted in so much tradition and has so many geographic influences, from Africa to France to the Caribbean to Ireland, and I was so excited to finally try it for myself.
Traditional Southern food also
has the reputation of not being so healthy. While you can eat
healthy-ish in the South if you’re committed and have iron
willpower, traditional food here is very heavy. Lots of butter, lots of
cream, lots of fried food. If you’re trying to eat healthy, I recommend
that you indulge with one traditional meal per day, ideally at lunch,
and make up for it with a salad at dinner.
