This presentation brings to life the people, the history, the tools and the technology that infused Southern food – warm, dramatic, and deliciously rich – LEARN & EAT WELL.
2. TheBeginning
A main menu item for Stone Age
Man, parts of Europe and in China
was horse meat.
Let me assure you horse meat is not
part of Southern Cuisine. Early man
with truly an evolving intellect and
palate enabled horse meat to
mostly slip from their list of
foodstuff.
Instead, before and leading up to
17,000 BC man scavenged for food.
3. Man ate whatever could be scavenged including the following.
Scallops
Oysters
Mollusks
Squid
Calamari
Insects
fish
Frogs
Venison
eggs
Rice
Millet
4. 1700BC-1stCentury
From this period on and a little surprising to me
early man ate many of the same foods we eat
today such as….
Almonds, cherries, wheat, pigs, goats, sheep,
lard, black walnuts, honey, tortillas, maize,
quinoa, avocados, milk, yogurt, pigeons, grapes,
watermelons,pasta, sugar, mangoes, pears,
tomatillos, tomatoes, pastries, appetizers, dill,
raspberries, & blood as food.
8. Copper frying pans were used in ancient
Mesopotamia.
The word pan comes from the English word
panna. The English used a cast iron pan
called a spider with three legs to stand up in
a fire made of coal.
9. Knives used since
prehistoric times for
hunting, food,
preparation .
Fork - Greeks were the first to develop
the two tine fork .
Spoons made of shells or wood
have been used since
Paleolithic Times .
Chopsticks used 5000 years ago and
started out as twigs to stir the pot. When
food became tiny, knifes were
abandoned and wooden chopsticks took
their place.
UTENSILS
10. Food In the Time of the Pharoahs
Spices used included
aniseed, cinnamon,
coriander, cumin, dill,
fennel, fenugreek,
marjoram, mustard
and thyme.
They ate grapes, apples, dates, figs, peaches, bananas, green onions,
pineapples, fish, roasted sheep, roasted geese, roasted cow, roasted
stork, roasted pigeon, and bread flavored with honey, herbs, and
dates. They drank water, and beer, but wine was their favorite. Also
garlic, cucumber, pomegranates, lettuce, celery, watermelon, milk,
yogurt, olive oil, honey, bread similar to pita were imbibed
2181-2060BC-30BC
11. The word salary is derived
from the word salt and was
heavily used by humans as
early as 5050 BC.
South Asia and Southeast Asia
is the home of pepper. It was
used in Indian cooking as
early as 2 BCE .
Pepper was also found in
mummies in 1213 BCE in the
time of Ramesses II.
Salt & Pepper
12. Eating with his fingers and dining at a
low table, King Tut would have had a
royal meal.
Beef
Mutton
Goat
Antelope
Gazelle
Pelican
Poultry (various)
Catfish
Tuna
Mullet
Bread flavored with honey and dates.
Tut would have drank beer and red or
white wine.
King Tut
1332 BC –
1323 BC
13. King Tut’s Pyramid Steak
1 lb of Beef Steak
1 tsp each coriander, dill, cumin, thyme
½ cup green onions
1 tablespoon garlic
2 tsp salt
¼ cup oil
¼Lettuce
cup Yogurt
Cut steak in bite size pieces. Heat oil in pan. Saute steak
figs, onions, garlic, spices in pan until steak is done to
taste. Heat oil in another pan and brown Pita bread. In a
bowl toss steak mixture, yogurt, and lettuce. Stuff into
Pita Bread
Lunch for King Tut
1333B.C.
14.
15. No Sugar for King Tut
China claims to have originated sugar.
However, in Natural History of 7th
century Su-King, sugar a natural grass
grew wild in India.
16. West Africa
Portuguese conquer Ceuta in North
Africa. First Europeans arrive in Africa
opening up trade including slave trade.
Portuguese followed by other Europeans
including French, British, Spanish and
Dutch.
Foodstuffs
Yams
Okra
Hibiscus
Millet
Watermelon
Sorghum
Black eye peas
Squash
Groundnut
Sesame
Cassava
Palm oil
Red beans
In 100,000 BC humans migrate from
Africa to other parts of the world.
1415–1600
17. Dinner for King Mansa Musa
The Richest Man Whoever Lived 1280-1337
2 plantains, peeled and chopped
4 catfish
1 chicken boiled, roasted cut up
1 cup beef chopped
1 cup greens
½ cup onions
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp coriander
2 tsp salt
2 tsp chilies
4 cups water
Make a broth by adding catfish to 4 cups of water. Remove fish
from broth. Add greens, onion, beef , spices and plantains to
the broth. Cook until plantain is tender. Add catfish back to the
mixture.
18. 1st Century - 1600’s
Medieval To Renaissance Fare
Roasted and boiled meat
Poultry
Fish
Pottages
Frumenty
Bread
Ale
Wine
Fruit and vegetables part
of upper class diet.
19. Frumenty Porridge This was a popular dish in medieval times
made primarily mostly from cracked
wheat. It was a specialty dish served on
Motherly day when servants were
allowed to visit their families.
1400
England
1 cup beef, cooked, chopped
1 cup beer
2 cups beef broth
½ cup onion, chopped
2 tsp salt,
1 tsp coriander
1 turnip chopped
2 slices oat bread
Pour beer and broth in a pot. Add onion,
chicken, turnip and spices. Simmer until
turnip is tender. Add beef.
Take 1 slice of oat bread, chop and line
bottom of bowl. Pour over bread bowl.
Top with other slice of bread.
20.
21. 1607-1700’s Thanksgiving Menu in Jamestown in 1621
Haunch of Venison
Roast
Chine of Pork
Roast Turkey
Pigeon Pasties
Roast Goose
Onions in Cream
Cauliflower Squash
Potatoes
Raw Celery
Mincemeat Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Apple Pie
Indian Pudding
Plum Pudding
Cider
22. Jamestown 1619 – Africans Arrive
Out of a storm a Dutch ship sails into Jamestown
with 20 African servants aboard (not slaves) who
have a fixed term of service. Yams, rice, peas,
horsebeans (fava), plantain, coconuts, limes,
peanuts, and palm oil, lima beans and millet are
the foodstuffs. They trade their services for
foodstuffs and sail away.
First Africans like white Europeans who
could not afford passage were treated as
indentured servants.
24. Southern dishes new and old
which represent the culinary
favors and cooking techniques
of following countries.
France
Africa
Britain
Spain
Dutch
Portuguese
Southern
Cuisine
Influences
26. Catfish Nuggets
¼ cup corn meal
½ cup flour
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp basil
2 tsp garlic
2 tsp dill
Salt & pepper
¼ cup olive oil
Mix corn meal, flour and
spices in a bag. Drop
nuggets into mixture
and coat. Heat oil in
pan and fry nuggets
until done to taste
Alabama
27. Fruits – apples,
peaches
Vegetables
Soybean
Wild game
Poultry
Southwest fare of
Texarkana barbecue (Spain)
influences, and down home
flavors of cured ham,
smothered in a light sauce
(French) fried pork chops ,
wild game and African food
are featured in Arkansas
food fare. There is also a
large Greek community in
Arkansas.
1541 Hernando De Soto makes first
expedition into this territory
1700’s&1800’s
farmerssettle
here
28. Arkansas
2 lbs chicken ,cut up
2 cups beer
4 cups water
½ cup spinach, chopped
¼ cup sliced onions
1 tablespoon onion powder
2 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp minced dried red peppers
2 tsp each salt & pepper
1/2 cup flour
2 tablespoon butter
Add flour, salt and pepper to a bag. Add
chicken to bag until well coated. Saute in
butter until golden. Pour beer in pot,
add potatoes, spinach, onions, and
spices. Take a 1/4 cup of broth from the
stew. A little at a time add flour. Add to
pot to thicken stew to taste.
Stewed Chicken
29. Florida
SpanishsettleinFloridainthe1500’s
Spanish brought seeds for lemons and oranges.
Spanish also brought Caribbean fruits and Vegetables.
State largely populated in the 1700’s by Minorcans, Greeks
& Italians.
Timorucua Indians added wild game, plants , seafood and
cooking techniques roasting and barbacoa (barbeque).
In 1581 first African slaves brought to St. Augustine.
30. Barbecued Whiting
4-6 Whiting
½ cup onion half length
slice onion
¼ cup honey
2 cups beer
2 tsp rosemary
1 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tsp each salt and pepper
Use fresh or frozen fish. Mix
remaining ingredients. Dip
fish in sauce. Saute in pan
or oven.
Florida
32. Georgia
Fried Chicken with Peach & Brandy Gravy
2 -4 peaches, peeled, chopped
2 tablespoons brown sugar
¼ cup brandy
Mix all ingredients and mash/puree. Heat
in pan until warm.
4 lbs chicken, cut up
Mix ½ cup flour
2 tablespoon garlic,
2 tablespoons paprika
1 tsp each ginger, salt, pepper
Toss chicken with flour and spices. Fry in oil
or roast in oven. Pour peach and brandy
gravy over chicken.
34. 1 1/2 tablespoons salted butter
1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1/4 cup cheddar cheese
Pinch of ground nutmeg
Salt and pepper
14 oz. sliced turkey or chicken
4 slices of Texas toast
4 slices of bacon
2 Roma tomatoes, sliced
greens
Kentucky Hot Brown
Fry bacon. Make Mornay sauce . Melt butter in pan
and sprinkle flour over melted butter. Add milk.
Simmer along with cheese and spices until desired
thickness adding more milk if necessary. Put greens
on toast, top with tomato slices, top with turkey or
chicken, top with bacon. Pour Mornay sauce over
top of all.
36. 8 cups water
1 cup chopped carrots
1 cup chopped celery
½ cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons garlic
2 tsp each salt and pepper
1 tsp cayenne
4 fish or other seafood if desired
Boil water, vegetables and spices for
45 minutes until you have a savory
broth.
Add seafood and simmer until
tender (10 minutes ). To thicken take
½ cup of the broth, mix with flour
and slowly add to soup.
Seafood Muddle
Louisiana
37. Founded by English on shores
of Chesapeake in 1664,
Pennsylvania Germans arrive
in 1740’s
38. Smothered Fried Chicken
¼ cup oil
1 whole chicken cut
up
2 tablespoon flour
¼ cup wine
2 tsp thyme
2 thyme curry
2 tablespoon onion
powder
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
Maryland
Heat oil and saute chicken. Remove chicken and leave
tablespoon of oil in the pan juices. Sprinkle flour over oil
and pan juices. Add wine and spices. Return chicken to
the pan and simmer.
40. Mississippi
Grits with Shrimp & Sausage Gravy
1 cup grits
½ lb shrimp
4 sausages cut lengthwise
4 cups water
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tsp each salt & pepper
1 tsp thyme
2 tablespoon flour
2 tablespoon butter
Cook grits in 2 cups of water with a
little salt and pepper and a dot of
butter. Cook sausage in 2 cups of
water with spices. Remove from heat
and add shrimp. In a sauce pan
make gravy. Melt butter and stir in
flour until of desired consistency .
Add shrimp and sausage to gravy.
Simmer about two minutes. Serve
over grits.
41. Moravian Germanic peoples settle in Winston-
Salem NC in 1766
State is number one producer of sweet
potatoes
Seafood
Barbecue
North Carolina
42. Sweet Potato Soup
North Carolina
2 sweet potatoes (2 cups)
2 tsp onion powder
2 tsp garlic power
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp each salt and pepper
1 tsp crushed red pepper
6 cups chicken stock
½ cup apple cider (optional)
Boil potatoes, peel and mash.
Mix spices and stock and cider.
Bring to a boil. Add mash
potatoes lower to temperature
to simmer. Stir potatoes into
broth until desired thickness Is
reached. Top with fruit or
peanuts for crunch.
43. South Carolina
South Carolina established as a
land grant in 1663 for eight
proprietors from King Charles
II of Great Britain.
44. South Carolina
1 cup long rice
4 cups water
½ cup wine
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ cup of chopped carrots
½ cup chopped celery
2 tablespoons garlic
¼ cup chopped green onions
4 bay leaves
2 tsp each thyme, onion powder,
½ tsp cayenne
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 lb shrimp, deveined with tail
on
Cut off shrimp tails, add to 4 cups of water. Add the wine. Boil for five
minutes. Remove shrimp tails. Add spices and vegetables and rice boil for
five minutes. Let simmer for 10 minutes until vegetables and rice are near
done. Add shrimp and simmer until pink or done. Add wine or water to
obtain desired consistency and flavor .
Shrimp & Rice Soup
45. 1541 area explored by
Hermando De Soto and
Canadians Jacques
Marquette and Louis Jolie
1673
Cuisine influenced by
English
French
Scotch-Irish
Settlers grew corn, other vegetables
(greens, potatoes) , fruit, apple trees
Deer was abundant and the state is
known for its cured ham and stews
46. Barbecue Pork Chop Plate
4 pork chops
¼ cup flour
1 tsp each salt and pepper
2 tsp thyme
2 tsp mustard
2 tsp brown sugar
1 tsp red wine vinegar
Oil
Mix flour with salt, pepper,
and thyme. Coat chops with
flour mixture. Heat oil and
fry in pan until done. Add
brown sugar, red wine
vinegar
Tennessee
48. Virginia
Chicken Pudding
4 eggs
2 cups milk
½ cup butter
¼ cup flour
1 tsp each salt & pepper
2 cups cooked finely chopped
chicken meat
1/2 teaspoon ground thyme
1 teaspoon of parsley flakes
In a medium bowl, beat the eggs and milk until blended well.
In a medium sauce pan, melt butter and whisk in flour, salt and pepper and cook,
stirring, for one minute. Add a little more flour if it is too thin.
Add the egg and milk mixture to the butter and flour combination. Whisk until
smooth and remove from heat. Add the chicken, thyme and parsley to the above
mixture and blend well. Pour into a greased casserole or a deep 9” pie plate.
Bake at 350° for 45 to 50 minutes or until a knife inserted halfway between the
center and side comes out clean.
50. Area carved out of the British Virginia Colony in 1607-1776
Mix together chicken ingredients. Mix dressing ingredients,
then toss with the chicken mixture.
West Virginia
Chicken & Apple Salad
2 cups cooked, chopped chicken
2 tablespoon green onions
1 /2 cup salad greens
1 cup golden delicious apples,
chopped
¼ cup raisons
¼ cup walnuts (optional)
Dressing
½ cup apple cider
2 tablespoon olive oil
2 tsp mustard
1 tsp salt