Is fried chicken on Sunday the most southern thing ever?

Sunday afternoon fried chicken, black eyed peas, ‘mater slices with salt & pepper, and cornbread straight out of the cast iron skillet. Mmmmmmmm, mmmm!!!

I still go through the drive thru at Popeyes on Sunday before the Saints game. That’s about as close as I get to the old traditions.

every Sunday I can remember up until when my grandfather died

fried chicken
Sunday gravy with pasta
olive salad

Ordering sweet tea and they bring you sweet tea, as opposed to bringing unsweet tea with sugar packets and a spoon. That's probably one of the most uniquely southern things there is today.

Regarding fried chicken, I remember when McDonald's had to change up all their outside-of-the-south marketing to try and sell fried chicken biscuits for breakfast. Nobody outside our region thought that was a normal thing. Fried chicken being an acceptable meal 24 hours a day is also uniquely southern.

I'll also throw in grits. In the south, grits can be a base, a side, and at any meal of the day. Grits on the side at breakfast. Shrimp and grits for supper. Fried flounder over grits. Just grits in general is still something uniquely southern.

My great-grandmother used to grab two hens out of her yard and ring their necks like a wet sock while she casually strolled back to the house. Damn good fried chicken ensued after that, with creamy mash potatoes and buttermilk biscuits. She was a pioneer woman and they don’t make em like that anymore.

We had rice and gravy on sundays with Mac and cheese, corn and cucumber salad.

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Is fried chicken on Sunday the most southern thing ever?

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hell yeah


even better when its at a small country church in the backwaters of minden, la and you're having a family reunion outside.

literally some of the best moments of my life growing up.

Just about every Sunday it was customary to head to Aunt Judy and Grandma's house for a late lunch/early dinner, usually around 3 in the afternoon.

They would put on a feast. Many times it was a beef roast, rice or mashed potatoes, the best damn brown gravy you can imagine, some type salad, French bread or rolls and for drinks, homemade lemonade, iced tea or Zatarain's Root Beer extract for a pitcher of that.

Then a couple pies or a cake for dessert.

There wasn't much those 2 women couldn't cook and the menu varied from week to week, but one thing was guaranteed------it was all good.

At my house. :)

Only if it's bought with an EBT card