re: Favorite southern side dish?

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Ice box lemon pie made with vanilla wafers as the crust

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nothing better than chicken fried steak and a side of ice box lemon pie made with vanilla wafers as the crust

Sweet Potatoes

More of a soul food than southern but, fried corn is good for me.

Also, any okra dish; stewed okra and tomatoes, fried okra, okra stew, grilled okra...

Succotash with Lima beans, corn and okra.

potato salad

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Also, any okra dish; stewed okra and tomatoes, fried okra, okra stew, grilled okra...

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fried okra

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squash and onions

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are gross AF.

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my grandma used to thinly slice onion, tomato and cucumber and mix it with oil and vinegar and lots of pepper. it was delicious.

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Reminds me of summer growing up. Now that it's tomato/cucumber time in the garden, we eat this a couple of times a week. Also add in some herbs from the garden as well

It's hard to beat field peas though

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I love nearly all "southern foods" except for collards and turnip greens. My grandmother could throw down anything in the kitchen and no one has ever said a bad thing about her cooking, but I've never been a fan of any collard/turnip recipe. Just not my thing.

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I'm with you! Everyone in my family wanted a big plate of turnip greens with cornbread. About half put that pepper vinegar sauce on it. They would make a meal of it. Nope, I just can't.

if mac in cheese is considered southern then that, but i dont, its too universal.

so

greens (preferably combo of collard and others) with smoked ham hock.

honorable mentions to corn bread and dirty rice