Comments on: What "southern dishes" could we serve at our reception? My wedding theme is Southern Flair .?

By: LovingLife

LovingLife — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:09:59 +0000

We also had a southern wedding (I’m from VA, he’s from MD, my family is from GA and TN). We served:

Fried Chicken
Fried Catfish
Baked Chicken
Mac and Cheese
Collard Greens
Cornbread and Biscuits
Mashed Potatoes w/gravy
Sweet Iced Tea
Lemonade
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By: chocolatecupcake

chocolatecupcake — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:49:59 +0000

MMMMM! Chicken fried steak! Iced tea (long island iced tea), lemonade (limoncello liquor!), fried okra, mashed potatoes, and some peach cobbler 4 dessert!
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By: janecat

janecat — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:21:59 +0000

sweet potato souffle, taters, fried chicken, okra, butter beans, peach cobbler, collared greens, grits and bbq, grits and steak, mmmm
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By: Kara

Kara — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:47:59 +0000

There are tons of food ocmbinations available for you. I just depends on how Southern you want to be. You can go traditional Southern or you can do Southern with a twist by presenting Southern favorites as finger foods if you are doing passed hors douvres (sp?)

For example:
Mac-n-cheese or Mac-n-cheese puff pastries
Crabcakes or mini crabcakes
Cornbread, hushpuppies or little cornbread cakes
Fried green tomatoes are pretty
Sweet potatoes, whipped sweet potatoes, sweet potato quiches
Greens or green beans
Fried corn
Black-eyed peas
Smothered chicken with rice and gravy
Country fried steak

Ok, I’m getting hungry. Hope this helps. Congratulations!
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By: Suz

Suz — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:09:59 +0000

Most of the southern wedding receptions I have attended lately just served heavy hors d’oeuvres.

I suggest:
Meatballs and cocktail franks in bbq sauce can be kept warm in a crockpot. Assorted finger sandwiches, fruit tray and dip, veggie tray and dip, cheese and crackers. Marinated crab claws. Boiled shrimp. Maybe some type of pasta salad? Rotel dip and chips. Deviled eggs. Mini quiche. Open bar.

And in addition to the wedding cake, one must also have a groom’s cake. The groom’s cake usually reflects one of the groom’s hobbies or interests.

Sometimes there will be a carving station . . . and ham, turkey , or roast beef will be served. Perhaps a spinach dip and crackers? Maybe taco dip and tortilla chips? Perhaps seafood-stuffed mushroom caps? Chocolate-covered strawberries?

Quite honestly (and no disrespect intended to the other responders), I have never attended a southern wedding where fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, and biscuits and gravy, or sweet potato pie were served. Sorry, but that is the truth.

Here is an example of a southern wedding menu (that is, if Louisiana is far enough south for everybody, LOL).
http://www.victoriainn.com/weddingmenu2.htm
and
http://www.victoriainn.com/weddingmenu1.htm
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Personal experience

By: Lil Mama

Lil Mama — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:43:59 +0000

fried cat fish
fried chicken
sweet potatoe pie
potatoe salad
macaroni and cheese
corn bread
green beans
collard greens
peach cobbler
crawfish
fried okra
chitterlings
biscuits and gravy
smothered chicken
BBQ ribs
Sweet Tea
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By: Colie

Colie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:01:59 +0000

Fried chicken, mac and cheese, collards, white rice, biscuits, gravy, kitchen fried steak, sweet potato pie, and most importantly, and it’s CRUCIAL that you get this down… SWEET TEA! it cannot be unsweetened with sugar in it, that’s not right at all. if you need to, get it flown in from Georgia. I live in Georgia and I’ve been to resetraunts where they try to serve raspberry sweet tea or unsweetened with sugar or splenda, and it’s nasty.
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By: maigen_obx

maigen_obx — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:19:59 +0000

Sweet iced tea is a must. Fried chicken is definitely southern, so is macaroni and cheese. Ribs or pork barbecue are both southern. Shrimp and grits, crab cakes, fried green tomatoes are all southern.
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By: seekinganswers36

seekinganswers36 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:48:59 +0000

Fried Chicken
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
Collard Greens
Cracklin Corn Bread
English Peas
Corn on the Cob
Lemon pound cake
Peach Cobbles
Vanilla Ice Cream
Sweet Iced Tea
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By: bjshelley

bjshelley — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:06:59 +0000

Collard Greens Mac&cheese Sweet Tea
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