Counting the ballots…
Counting the ballots…
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.