Counting the ballots…
Counting the ballots…
“Pimento Cheese made of government cheese was my great aunt Sis's favorite. And yes, her name was Martha but like all good Southerns, we called her Aunt Sis.”
“Oldest consistent dish served for hundreds of years. Best is the Catfish Hotel. By an obvious accident of surveying… it is over the stateline in TN but let’s no let that stop us.”
“Done best by small town Southern Dames, served in the dining room on a Sunday afternoon. Iconic, timeless dessert. Always an occasion for Mississippi Mud. Soothes any heartache.”
“Delta Tamales originated in the Mississippi delta and only be found there. The dish shows how the state embraces cultures and makes them its own. Airport Grocery makes the best.”
“Taylor Grocery, in Taylor, MS, does it best. Crispy on the outside and just perfect in the inside.”
Mississippi's ballot runs from the Delta to the lunch counter. Delta Tamales have been simmering in the flatland since the early 1900s. Fried Catfish is the working staple, and Comeback Sauce started as a salad dressing before it went on everything. Thrift shows in the Slug Burger and the Pig Ear Sandwich, a Jackson legend since the 1930s. Pimento Cheese rides a saltine, Mississippi Pot Roast rides a slow cooker. Then Mud Pie, Sweet Potato Pie, Caramel Cake. Mississippi is famous for catfish, tamales, and stretching a dollar. So what is Mississippi's official state dish? That is what the vote decides.