Counting the ballots…
Counting the ballots…
Alabama's ballot is an argument about sauce and cornmeal. White BBQ Chicken makes the mayo-vinegar case; Conecuh Sausage answers with hickory smoke out of Evergreen. The cornmeal crust covers Fried Catfish, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Fried Okra. Boiled Peanuts work the roadside stand in a salt brine. Dessert splits four ways: bourbon-soaked Lane Cake, Banana Pudding under meringue, Pecan Pie, and Pecan Praline, the last two leaning on the same nut. What Alabama is famous for may come down to which fryer you trust. So what is Alabama's official state dish? Ten dishes are on the ballot.